Friday, March 4, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Ouch, my head!
The American people make my head hurt. We wanted change!!! We voted in change, now...ehhh..not so much. The health care bill is flawed, it's crap, it's socialism...umm, excuse me Senator, the health care bill is what you have, you seem to like it just fine.
This thing in Wisconsin baffles me. First, you would have to REALLY believe in what you are fighting for to protest outside in Wisconsin....brrrrr. As a nurse, I have always been on the fence about unions. California nurses have great nurse to patient ratios, excellent pay scales, good benefits, etc. So I am not really sure. I guess the south has always been told to be scared of unions, but I am not really sure why. Sort of like when I ask people why they hate Obama so much and they say, ehhh..I'm not really sure, I just know I do. That's me and unions. I guess I should educate myself a little better on unions, but there are so many other fish to fry, as we say down here.
I also would love to say to the protesters...Hey, you voted these people in, right? I mean. what did you expect? That they would fight for you? That they would tell the truth? Hmmm...you get what you ask for.
Anyway, this picture pretty much sums up how I feel about many of the partisan poop- fests we find ourselves in today. Have a good Tuesday!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
My favorite Oscar night
The Oscars were tonight and I didn't watch them, I rarely do. I do remember a special Oscar night just a few years back that I spent in Hollywood, only a few blocks away from all the hoopla! I had this brand new, precious angel of a baby sleeping right on my chest named Quentin. My sweet nephew. I also had some sweet brothers-in-law there to watch the Oscars with while we just stared at how beautiful this baby was (and still is). Blessed!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Dear Mr. President
Barack, may I call you Barack? You know the kid at school that none of the popular kids like? The one who the adults know will really make it, but just can't seem to cut it with his peers? The one that brings special holiday treats for everyone in the class, not just the one whose name he drew? The one that brings leftover pizza for lunch and looks forward to eating it all day, only to give it to the popular kid when he asks for it, just so he can be liked? That kid. You are that kid.
Please, for the love of Pete, stop trying so hard. They cannot stand you, they will never like you. You will never be "in". Acknowledge and move on. Stop giving interviews to ass hats like Bill O'Reilly, stop trying to be so diplomatic, when a journalist (and I use that term loosely)asks you why people hate you, don't laugh, demand respect. When he interrupts you 48 times, tell him to shut his mouth, you are the President of the US and deserve respect. Tell him what you really think about Fox News, you don't respect their narrative, why do you feel you need to placate them?
When political cartoonists and wingnuts draw your family as monkeys or Michelle as a fat slob(which she certainly is not), be offended, I am. No one treated Laura Bush that way, you deserve better, say so! You are smarter than them, you are better than them, you have a great family, are a great dad and husband, now be a great President. You are a role model for millions of kids who were not born with a silver spoon in their mouths, who don't vacation in the Hamptons, whose parents both work like dogs and maybe they have to work a little harder for everything they have.
Now you are siding with people who do not seem to care about the very people who hold you in such high regard. The people who voted for you because you promised to make a difference. To change the rules and stop the madness, and now you are becoming part of it.
You are trying too hard to compromise, for Heaven's sake, you are the President. Remember all the things Bush did that were terrible for the country and he did them because he was the "decider". He made up reasons for war and came out smelling like a rose. You walked straight in to the absolute cluster bleep he created and now you are apologizing for it.
Grab them up and be the progressive President that people voted for. I know you will never read this, but I feel better. Thanks.
Please, for the love of Pete, stop trying so hard. They cannot stand you, they will never like you. You will never be "in". Acknowledge and move on. Stop giving interviews to ass hats like Bill O'Reilly, stop trying to be so diplomatic, when a journalist (and I use that term loosely)asks you why people hate you, don't laugh, demand respect. When he interrupts you 48 times, tell him to shut his mouth, you are the President of the US and deserve respect. Tell him what you really think about Fox News, you don't respect their narrative, why do you feel you need to placate them?
When political cartoonists and wingnuts draw your family as monkeys or Michelle as a fat slob(which she certainly is not), be offended, I am. No one treated Laura Bush that way, you deserve better, say so! You are smarter than them, you are better than them, you have a great family, are a great dad and husband, now be a great President. You are a role model for millions of kids who were not born with a silver spoon in their mouths, who don't vacation in the Hamptons, whose parents both work like dogs and maybe they have to work a little harder for everything they have.
Now you are siding with people who do not seem to care about the very people who hold you in such high regard. The people who voted for you because you promised to make a difference. To change the rules and stop the madness, and now you are becoming part of it.
You are trying too hard to compromise, for Heaven's sake, you are the President. Remember all the things Bush did that were terrible for the country and he did them because he was the "decider". He made up reasons for war and came out smelling like a rose. You walked straight in to the absolute cluster bleep he created and now you are apologizing for it.
Grab them up and be the progressive President that people voted for. I know you will never read this, but I feel better. Thanks.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Wikileaks
From CNN. Part of the sensitive information published suggested Saudi donors remain chief financiers of militant groups like Al Qadea. Another document states that the King of Saudi Arabia in a document, urges the US to bomb Iran.
Jon Stewart. Wow that's confusing. So one of our main allies in the war on terror is also one of the main funders of our war on terrors enemy. So if we give them money for oil, that allows them to buy weapons from us, with a little left over to fund terrorist groups, that we must then send our military over to fight, which costs a lot of money in fuel, which we buy from them. It's like we're the comissionless middle man in a war we are waging on ourselves.
Jon Stewart. Wow that's confusing. So one of our main allies in the war on terror is also one of the main funders of our war on terrors enemy. So if we give them money for oil, that allows them to buy weapons from us, with a little left over to fund terrorist groups, that we must then send our military over to fight, which costs a lot of money in fuel, which we buy from them. It's like we're the comissionless middle man in a war we are waging on ourselves.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving. It's about 65 degrees, not exactly Thanksgiving weather, but nice. My yams are cooking and pies are made. We are headed out to my in-laws house today at noon for Thanksgiving lunch.
Things I am thankful for this year include:
Our great place in Milton. Peaceful and beautiful.
My family. That covers a lot. The best mom and dad ever, sisters I love so much.
Great in-laws that love my kids. Sisters in law (Amy and Abby), brothers in law (Jon, Scott,Chris,Stuart and Allen), three cute nephews and a darling niece. Great extended family and friends.
My husband and kids, to which I added a wonderful daughter in law this year, she is fabulous!
Our health and happiness. Great memories and the ability to make more.
More than we probably deserve.
Barbara Wallace for telling me to be a nurse and then encouraging me to finish my BSN.
A really fun job, that can be very rewarding at times.
Superficially I am thankful for:
A DVR, a car, sleep, MSNBC, hair color, coffee, college football (RTR), down time, a comfy couch with blankets, my great front porch, that I am finished with MTSU, low cholesterol, date nights, down comforters, a man who does his own laundry, my iPhone, music, my stack of magazines I can't wait to read over Christmas break, the horses, that Bristol lost, sushi......I could go on!
Hope everyone has a great TG and gets to see the ones you love this weekend!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Take a chicken to the doctor......
Well today is the big day many people have been waiting for since 2008. Finally, WE get to take our country back. I had not realized anyone had taken it from us besides the big banks, mortgage institutions, and insurance companies. But I guess some communists, socialists, and Marxists have wheedled their way in, thank God someone was there to let me know. In the last couple of years we have been bombarded with the most amazing fear mongering I have ever seen. Glenn Beck is possibly more popular than ever with his vast and overly dramatic conspiracy theories, his crazy Nazi uniforms and symbolism, and his magical chalkboard. Rush Limbaugh is thought to be the tail-wagger of the Republican party with his bigoted hate messages broadcast throughout the airwaves on a daily basis. Not a day goes by that someone doesn't post a warning of Marxist America on their facebook page (why am I friends with these people??) Preachers have even gotten into the mix. Billy Graham's son Franklin is very vocal about fearing Muslims, James Dobson's Focus on the Family has done much damage to any chance a gay teen has to feel like a real person who deserves a good life, and we won't even go into Pat Robertson, it's too crazy to touch on. To me this is sad and a waste of their calling. These people should know better, they really should.
As for the President, I have to say I have been slightly disappointed in him. I am disappointed that there is no public option, I am disappointed in his stand on gay rights, DADT and marriage, and GITMO. I am disappointed in how he, trying to work in the bipartisan fashion he promised, has let the Republicans run all over him. To me, nothing better could happen than for the Republicans to take the house and finally have to take some ownership of this mess they call Washington. The "party of NO" will have to finally do something besides say no. They have already said "we will not compromise". Yes, that would make me feel good about voting for someone.
We have tea party candidates like Rand Paul, Christine O'Donnell, Sharon Angle, Meg Whitman, Carl Paladino, Linda McMahon, that may show up in Washington next year. This is what should scare us to death. This is not Saturday Night Live, these are people that will be making the decisions that change our lives, people that won't talk to the press or answer any questions, people that vilify gays and say that should not be a lifestyle option, yet send pornographic emails to their friends, own two gay bars, and has a second family with his mistress. People that don't have a fourth grade knowledge of what the Constitution says, people that want to deport all the illegal immigrants (ohhh 'cept the ones that work for them), people that think civil rights are ok, BUT business owners should be able to turn blacks away, cause it's their business. Sharon Angle said she would answer questions from the press when she is elected. Is this ok? Christine O'Donnell will only go on Fox, because that is where sister Sarah sent her. "It's safer there for me and I have Sean Hannity in my back pocket." One GOP senate hopeful actually suggested we go back to bartering livestock for healthcare....all righty then. They are going to change this country. They have yet to be able to say how. I am still waiting on Palin to let us know how she will "cut taxes and shore up the economy and create jobs"---maybe we will see in 2012, because it seems she is twittering her way to the White House. I mean Bristol said she thinks it would be awesome! How can you argue with that?
Maybe I am jaded, maybe I have political rhetoric burnout, or maybe I am really ready for one politician to have the audacity to do his/her job. The amount of money these candidates spend on negative attack ads could feed a small country, it's sad, really. The bloat of overspending is mostly in defense, that will never be touched, not even a percentage. Do we ever even hear anyone talk about how much money we are spending in a war that is suppose to be over? Of course not, how un-American would that be?
So we will see, it ought to be interesting. I voted, I did what I could. You probably did too, possibly differently, but I bet we all want the same thing....results.
As for the President, I have to say I have been slightly disappointed in him. I am disappointed that there is no public option, I am disappointed in his stand on gay rights, DADT and marriage, and GITMO. I am disappointed in how he, trying to work in the bipartisan fashion he promised, has let the Republicans run all over him. To me, nothing better could happen than for the Republicans to take the house and finally have to take some ownership of this mess they call Washington. The "party of NO" will have to finally do something besides say no. They have already said "we will not compromise". Yes, that would make me feel good about voting for someone.
We have tea party candidates like Rand Paul, Christine O'Donnell, Sharon Angle, Meg Whitman, Carl Paladino, Linda McMahon, that may show up in Washington next year. This is what should scare us to death. This is not Saturday Night Live, these are people that will be making the decisions that change our lives, people that won't talk to the press or answer any questions, people that vilify gays and say that should not be a lifestyle option, yet send pornographic emails to their friends, own two gay bars, and has a second family with his mistress. People that don't have a fourth grade knowledge of what the Constitution says, people that want to deport all the illegal immigrants (ohhh 'cept the ones that work for them), people that think civil rights are ok, BUT business owners should be able to turn blacks away, cause it's their business. Sharon Angle said she would answer questions from the press when she is elected. Is this ok? Christine O'Donnell will only go on Fox, because that is where sister Sarah sent her. "It's safer there for me and I have Sean Hannity in my back pocket." One GOP senate hopeful actually suggested we go back to bartering livestock for healthcare....all righty then. They are going to change this country. They have yet to be able to say how. I am still waiting on Palin to let us know how she will "cut taxes and shore up the economy and create jobs"---maybe we will see in 2012, because it seems she is twittering her way to the White House. I mean Bristol said she thinks it would be awesome! How can you argue with that?
Maybe I am jaded, maybe I have political rhetoric burnout, or maybe I am really ready for one politician to have the audacity to do his/her job. The amount of money these candidates spend on negative attack ads could feed a small country, it's sad, really. The bloat of overspending is mostly in defense, that will never be touched, not even a percentage. Do we ever even hear anyone talk about how much money we are spending in a war that is suppose to be over? Of course not, how un-American would that be?
So we will see, it ought to be interesting. I voted, I did what I could. You probably did too, possibly differently, but I bet we all want the same thing....results.
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