*Feels queasy*
I'm absolutely serious when I say I really do fear for his life some days. Look at the insane vitriol from the right that people are sharing in here...some of these people are downright terrifying, they're literally one step away from violent action.
And on that note, in regards to all the right-wing stuff being shared in here-holy fuck, Republicans, you seem to really, genuinely have completely and totally lost your collective minds. Nugent, Dondero, and Limbaugh, you guys are nothing but offensive assholes and you need to stop talking.
And STOP already with this "handout supporters" BS. Just. Stop. You are wrong on that. Completely wrong. Hutchinson has it right, it's good to see she gets it. It's a shame that the GOP is likely not going to even try and listen to her, though.
For the life of me, I just don't get it.......what is all the happiness about?
I'm telling you this because I am your friend and best friends always have to be honest with each other - All you got was four more years of unemployment, more people getting stoned on marijuana, the gradual disappearance of the traditional family unit, and most important - America continuing to be a laughing stock of the world, even though you live in one of the greatest countries on the planet.
1, actually, jobs
are slowly coming back. Not to mention, when we have a massive finanacial crash like the kind we had in '08, it's going to take us a wee bit of time to recover from it. Anyone who thinks that we should've had this all sorted and solved by now is just flat out naive, quite frankly. We don't know what the next four years will bring, but if both sides work together and come up with an economic plan other than tax cuts for the rich "job creators", and focus on making sure your average everyday worker is getting good pay (and equal pay for equal work-which Obama supported with the Ledbetter act), and has some sense of job security, I think we'll be just fine.
2, people have been getting stoned on marijuana for years, this is nothing new. I'm not into doing that stuff, but of all the drugs out there it's certainly not the worst-it sure as hell isn't any worse than alcohol or smoking, and yet that stuff's legal! And it's stupid to throw people in jail over it when we've got murderers and rapists and armed robbers and that-let them take the potheads' spot in jail instead.
3, there is no such thing as a "traditional family", and anyone who believes that is, again, living in a fantasy world. Families of all kinds have been around for centuries. Gay couples should be allowed to be married and create families of their own. Their families are going to be about as good or bad as straight people's have been for years (heck, as Irvine's noted, some studies have shown their families sometimes do
better in that regard) and them marrying
will not bring the downfall of society. Trust me, Iowa is still standing and doing just fine after three years of letting gay people marry here. Enough with the paranoid, outdated, "family values" crap, conservatives-it's not working anymore. I was proud of Obama coming out in support of gay marriage, and I hope he and his administration can do what's within their power to continue to get the ball rolling on that topic. A country whose leaders recognize ALL citizens as equal is a country that will be stable and able to handle things better, because it's not spending its time bogged down in inane decisions over people's personal love lives.
4, so...how do you explain that so many people from other parts of the world were HAPPY to see Obama win? How do you explain why respect has gone back
up for us in most areas of the world since Obama took office? We finally have a president again who actually seems to know what's going on beyond U.S. borders.
I grant that we've still got a lot of issues in the Middle East to work out, but that would be happening no matter who was in office because that area of the world is a clusterfuck (on BOTH ends) and it's going to take a miracle for anything to even begin to get settled there.
And as for the "greatest country" stuff-I certainly love it here and I think it's a wonderful place to live, but sometimes other people think differently
. That's life.
By the way, I'm still scratching my head over Obama's Nobel peace prize that he won four years ago.......exactly what did he do to deserve it?
I have no doubt that I'll be getting criticism for this post - but that's what friends (and open discussion) are for........
Hey, some of those on the left didn't think he deserved it, either-too premature, basically. Me, I have no real opinion on that topic one way or another. I often forget he even won it.
Hopefully this post answered your questions well enough
.