I don't much use this blog for anything political. If you're my friend on FB, then you might see a few posts about elections and whatnot, but usually I simply move right along.
Not today, friends.
Not today.
I cannot, I WILL NOT, let this mid-term election debacle go without a word or two.
Republicans won back the Senate.
This state re-elected a Republican Governor who is the epitome of egocentricity.
What happens if your daughter is raped? What happens if she becomes pregnant from the worst event of her life and won't be given the option to terminate the pregnancy? And what happens if she lives in one of those GREAT states where the rapist gets visitation rights?
Do you fear for your daughter? For your GRANDDAUGHTER???
Do you think your daughter should be paid as much as your son for the same job? Do you realize that the numbers of single parent families are through the roof right now? So your daughter working her ass off won't make as much to support your grandchild as your son?
Do you know how many households go to bed hungry each night because the minimum wage is far below what it needs to be?
Do you know what I see every day?
I see homeless people. I see 18 year-old young adults who have to stay at the Salvation Army because they have NO PLACE left to go. They have no skills and no transportation to acquire them.
I've had customers tell me that they were kicked out of a friend's house where they were staying because there wasn't enough food for all of them.
Are you listening?
NOT. ENOUGH. FOOD.
I've seen more pregnant teenagers than I care to count because this state teaches abstinence. Yeah. That's really making an impact.
NOT. ENOUGH. EDUCATION.
We send our kids to school every day not knowing if it will be their last. I don't want to take your God damn guns. I only want to make sure that some lunatic who doesn't need an assault rifle never gets one.
NOT. ENOUGH. REGULATIONS.
So now I'm living in a country that's so divided they can't even work together to better the lives of its citizens.
This great country?
Not so much.
Not if we cannot work together and quit using elections as pissing contests.
ARE YOU LISTENING???
*******
Not today, friends.
Not today.
I cannot, I WILL NOT, let this mid-term election debacle go without a word or two.
Republicans won back the Senate.
This state re-elected a Republican Governor who is the epitome of egocentricity.
What happens if your daughter is raped? What happens if she becomes pregnant from the worst event of her life and won't be given the option to terminate the pregnancy? And what happens if she lives in one of those GREAT states where the rapist gets visitation rights?
Do you fear for your daughter? For your GRANDDAUGHTER???
Do you think your daughter should be paid as much as your son for the same job? Do you realize that the numbers of single parent families are through the roof right now? So your daughter working her ass off won't make as much to support your grandchild as your son?
Do you know how many households go to bed hungry each night because the minimum wage is far below what it needs to be?
Do you know what I see every day?
I see homeless people. I see 18 year-old young adults who have to stay at the Salvation Army because they have NO PLACE left to go. They have no skills and no transportation to acquire them.
I've had customers tell me that they were kicked out of a friend's house where they were staying because there wasn't enough food for all of them.
Are you listening?
NOT. ENOUGH. FOOD.
I've seen more pregnant teenagers than I care to count because this state teaches abstinence. Yeah. That's really making an impact.
NOT. ENOUGH. EDUCATION.
We send our kids to school every day not knowing if it will be their last. I don't want to take your God damn guns. I only want to make sure that some lunatic who doesn't need an assault rifle never gets one.
NOT. ENOUGH. REGULATIONS.
So now I'm living in a country that's so divided they can't even work together to better the lives of its citizens.
This great country?
Not so much.
Not if we cannot work together and quit using elections as pissing contests.
ARE YOU LISTENING???
*******
1 comment:
Wonderful post, and I am right there with you on everything! There are too many self righteous, two faced, oily politicians out there who preach family values. The funny thing is they hate so much. They hate anything that is different than their narrow minded, christian, patriarchal viewpoint. They scare me. And last I knew, hate was not a family value!
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