It's political season!!! All the votes are in!!! A big deal is being made and a new count will be reaffirmed in the morning!!! Here is how screwed up and faithless I am; I voted only for names that I did not recognize, except for DelGrosso. He was the only person I received mail from that addressed any issues and did not mention one word of smear against anyone else. Again, in the mail I received. At that point, even his beliefs didn't matter. He was the only person in any of the races who was behaving in a manner worthy of the races, or any of the positions, in my view. I fully realize that not all views are going to agree. I can vote for someone whose basic views I whole-heartedly agree with and not agree with most of their decisions. I can vote for a policy that I hate, if I think, really think, that it benefits society (rare, but not unknown). I can vote against something that I think we need, if I believe that the plan laid out is fundamentally screwed (Health-Care).They aren't going to make me happy all of the time, they won't make anyone happy all of the time, but politics is a circus at this point. When was the last time that politics was actually about the greater good of the nation? When was the last time that US Corporate Policy tried to really enforce US job creation and overseas outsourcing/production/quality restrictions? Undemocratic! Un-Capitalistic! OH! HEY! By The Way! Democracy is supposed to help to provide a basic level of expected support, if democracy is going to increasingly support programs through the publics' moneys.
So, since we did NOT receive all of the services that all of the added and "better defined" taxes, laws, Constitutional amendments, Propositions, restrictions, Agencies, Regulatories, and Educational Reforms promised over the last 100 years, or so, what have we achieved? Hospitals, Clinics, Museums, Banks, and Social Agencies are all funded with public money, but you had better be illegal, have screwed millions out of mi$$ions, or have figured out how to work the system for what you do not deserve, before you can get any help. God forbid that you ask for just the help you need, or just try being honest. Hell, at this point, our system is geared all the way around toward corruption. For Crimin-iddly-sake! We have made damn near any naturally stupid mistake and any accident in to either a criminal or civilly-liable offense!!!! We are finger-pointy-self-important-to-the-point-of-ego-maniacal-want-everyone-but-ME-to-be-a-clone-of-me-tighter-the-fist-the-more-slips-through-the-fingers type of stupid-asses, these days.
We can not agree to have ONE, legal, expected to be learned for membership (too funny, when you consider that English is the primary second language to learn, WORLDWIDE) language, in this nation. It is not a matter of "the melting pot." It is a unity factor, WHILE we should still encourage multiple-language skills. And I Do Mean Multiple. We need less criminality in some ways, and stronger punishment, with actual treatment in others. It is time to bring back spanking, in the justice system as well. We can't force therapy on an inmate? We can't force education? We can't force inmates to express themselves in constructive ways and use privileges as rewards? I don't have cable. Why do any of them? Why are inmates not required to work in positions that maintain their surroundings? Why should my tax dollars? Let them maintain their conditions. If they want to have decent conditions, then it should be worth personal effort, especially since it teaches a trade. You want a balanced diet? Grow gardens. Low security prisons could do some of that cattle-handing and a self-sustaining supply chain could be instituted. No working out on weights in order to intimidate others, muck a flipping stall! They have given up their rights, right? Make damn sure that every one of them boys and girls can read and write with a minimum proficiency, even if they might need real help or force to learn! They should not have more rights than their victims; and there had better be real victims, or our justice system is a........Oh, hell, never mind.They do not have the right to perpetuate the ignorance that probably is a good part of the reason that they fell back on crime.
Time's Up!
So many thoughts, so little time. I will be back, but it is Statistics and Small Business Management season, so this rant is, dum, dum, dum (ain't I punny)- To Be Continued!
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