Political rant.....I really am on a roll.

Today I am veering off point.  We all know I have a fat ass, it is getting smaller.  But this country is going down the shitter fast.  So today I want to focus on that.  Here goes...  Feel free to share comments or de-friend me after reading.

While I don't necessarily agree with the current health care bill I do think that the health care system in this country needs a serious overhaul. I have two kids who have had chronic and ongoing health problems which now render them virtually uninsurable. Is that fair, that a health insurance company can look at their health history and basically turn them down or make it so expensive that I (or them when they reach adulthood) would have to work full time just to pay for health care?

Yet an illegal can come into this country, have themselves an "anchor" baby and get themselves some nice free government subsidized health care, food stamps, etc. Many of them can't speak a lick of English yet they seem to be able to find the line for FREE social services. The whole system is flawed. The whole system needs help. Does anyone else have any better ideas. We are all quick to offer criticism, but does anyone have a good answer? Is doing nothing like our last "President" did better than trying something like our current President? If someone hands you a bowl of shit, it's going to take more than wishing and bitching to make it into chocolate pudding! Give the guy a chance.....

There is no one answer for every single situation. I am not for abortion, I personally for myself could never have one. But do I think that a young girl who was raped or a victim of incest be forced to have a baby? Do I feel that I have the right to tell another adult woman what she should feel or want to do with her body. HELL NO! Or to have the baby that one is totally unprepared for or unable to care for and then add more mouths that will end up in foster care or on food stamps and in the end we end up paying and caring for these kids anyway. The kinds of families that these things kinds of things happen in aren't white picket fences, suburbs, private schools and good health insurance. They are mostly under privileged, undereducated, and poverty stricken. I am not about to tell a scared teenager that was raped or molested that I shouldn't have to pay for her abortion. Who else if going to help her, her crack addicted mother, or the father that raped her?

From the bottom up the system is broken. We have seen the headlines, the stories. In this country every day there are children being raped, abused, going hungry, atrocious situations that if we aren't touched by them we can pretend they aren't going on. But they are happening. And we can send millions of dollars to Haiti, Darfur, Iraq, or wherever else. We can spend our time and non existent resources chasing down ghosts in Afghanistan. We can kill a generation of young men and women that will never contribute to the greater good, fighting a century old religious war that no one will ever win, except GOD. Last I checked we don't even have the money, it's IOU's. Our money is worth nothing. We are in debt up to our eyeballs. I am not saying not to help other countries, but we are in a piss poor place to play world savior. Time to sweep off our porch before marching onto others and demanding they sweep theirs.

We need better education, better health care, better border patrol, better sex education in schools. I could go on and on and on. I know people don't want more government, or government teaching our kids about sex. Or controlling our health care, but in order for that to happen we need more RESPONSIBLE ADULTS to teach their kids, and take care of their business. Sadly, I don't see the easy solution here. Or anything changing drastically anytime soon. Where are the incentives for not being a dead beat drain on society? Maybe those of us that are hard working, bill paying, taking care of our kids should see some rewards. But no, there is nothing for us! So, why would any of these society drains ever change, it is so easy for them to stay the way they are. Hell, why not sit at home and cook meth, sell it to the neighbor kids, and create crime and havoc while the government pays for your health care and groceries? All, while their working class neighbors take the screwing......