will be Barack Obama. Ever.
Rachel Maddow said soemthing on her show tonight that really confirmed what I've been thinking for a couple of months. She said that Bill Clinton had been a great Republican president. It's kind of true. The thing is that it took him eight years to get there.
However, in a little more that 14 months, President Obama is looking to surpass that achievement.
- No consequences for the torturers and those that facilitated it
- No consequences for the banks, investment firms and the people that brought this country, and the world, to its knees
- No public option in healthcare
- A very watered down financial reform bill is being put together
- Climate change legislation being weakened
- Nuclear energy
- Off shore drilling
He's going to be a great president, a great Republican president. And, the poor and middle class of this country will continue to bleed and die slow, painful deaths. I'm really not seeing the change.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Chruch
The Pope said today that one should not be intimidated by petty gossip. Right.
How many hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of people have come forward to accuse Roman Catholic priests with varying types of molestation? How many priests have been sheltered, shielded and given the means to carry on as usual by a church that has been too concerned with its own self-importance.
I love the Cathloic religion. It is a truly beautiful thing. It's the people that have been running it pretty much since the beginning that have always been the issue. An overwhelming number of them have been so busy gathering and keep their power and trying to mould the world to their own narrow views that they seem to have forgotten in whose name they are supposed to serve.
Priests cannot marry, something implemented by the church to save money, women must be subservient in all respects and children can be abused to the extent desired by the local priest. Families must not practice contraception, resulting in utter poverty, illness and early death by so many. That's all as it should be according to "The Church". Everyone is supposed to suffer like Jesus Christ did. At least, that seems to be the thinking in the Church at all levels, right to the top.
Personally, I always thought Jesus wanted to alleviate suffering, feed the poor, comfort the grieving. That is what I believe and will always continue to believe. Jesus served the poor, moving amongst them and caring for their physical and spiritual wellbeing. He was forgiving and patient and kind. He told us never to harm a child, any child. He gave everything of himself for us.
No bitter old men too obsessed with their own power are ever going to convince me otherwise.
How many hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of people have come forward to accuse Roman Catholic priests with varying types of molestation? How many priests have been sheltered, shielded and given the means to carry on as usual by a church that has been too concerned with its own self-importance.
I love the Cathloic religion. It is a truly beautiful thing. It's the people that have been running it pretty much since the beginning that have always been the issue. An overwhelming number of them have been so busy gathering and keep their power and trying to mould the world to their own narrow views that they seem to have forgotten in whose name they are supposed to serve.
Priests cannot marry, something implemented by the church to save money, women must be subservient in all respects and children can be abused to the extent desired by the local priest. Families must not practice contraception, resulting in utter poverty, illness and early death by so many. That's all as it should be according to "The Church". Everyone is supposed to suffer like Jesus Christ did. At least, that seems to be the thinking in the Church at all levels, right to the top.
Personally, I always thought Jesus wanted to alleviate suffering, feed the poor, comfort the grieving. That is what I believe and will always continue to believe. Jesus served the poor, moving amongst them and caring for their physical and spiritual wellbeing. He was forgiving and patient and kind. He told us never to harm a child, any child. He gave everything of himself for us.
No bitter old men too obsessed with their own power are ever going to convince me otherwise.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Headlines: Spines Found!
Wow! The Democrats found their backbones. Not the best healthcare insurance reform legislation possible by a very long way, but it is a start. I hope they decide to keep them.
I also hope the Republicans stop having their hissy-fits and kindergarden playground temper tantrums and remember they have a real job to to. That job is to do everything they can t help this country and its people move forward. Oh, right, that means to progress. Can't have that.
I also hope the Republicans stop having their hissy-fits and kindergarden playground temper tantrums and remember they have a real job to to. That job is to do everything they can t help this country and its people move forward. Oh, right, that means to progress. Can't have that.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Not the Healthcare Reform Debate, Well, Maybe a Little
I was writing another post about the whole healthcare reform legislation thing, but decided I just can't write it now. I am so utterly and completely weary of being jerked around by so many of the politicians that having been fart-assing about that I am...tired of it. We have a lot of good pople trying to do good things. But, then we have those that just don't seem to care enough to do the right thing for the most people possible. They are too concerned with their own pumped up egos and their own jobs and the money they are getting and will be getting from big business. Screw everyone else.
It doesn't help that the President seems to get involved only when it's time to speechify. He's a moving and inspirational speaker, to be sure. But it takes more than that. Maybe he's doing it all behind the scenes. Sorry, I want to see it. I want it to be so in my face that the media will stop being so kind to the right wing nuts, liars and hatemongers that they will start talking about it. The media, all of it, are so busy pandering to the right that they forget to report any other opinion. Their noses are so brown, John Boehner is probably jealous.
Break some heads in public, Mr. President. When you say you are for something, be for it. Vocally and loudly. The sqeaky wheel and all. We need it, now and for the next 7.5 months.
Anyway, since I am not talking about the healthcare reform debacle, I want talk just a little about a movie I saw earlier today. I so love NetFlix. I've seen so many films I would have missed and all in the comfort of my own home.
This week my movie was Food, Inc. I'm well informed and knew a lot of what is in this film, but to see it all together was horrifying. It should be mandatory viewing for all high schoolers and parents. Let them see what they are shoveling down their throats and into their kids mouths day by day. And, quite happily, too! I know most wouldn't give a rat's ass, but if even one in a hundred changed their eating habits and what they demand at the store, it would be worthwhile.
It doesn't help that the President seems to get involved only when it's time to speechify. He's a moving and inspirational speaker, to be sure. But it takes more than that. Maybe he's doing it all behind the scenes. Sorry, I want to see it. I want it to be so in my face that the media will stop being so kind to the right wing nuts, liars and hatemongers that they will start talking about it. The media, all of it, are so busy pandering to the right that they forget to report any other opinion. Their noses are so brown, John Boehner is probably jealous.
Break some heads in public, Mr. President. When you say you are for something, be for it. Vocally and loudly. The sqeaky wheel and all. We need it, now and for the next 7.5 months.
Anyway, since I am not talking about the healthcare reform debacle, I want talk just a little about a movie I saw earlier today. I so love NetFlix. I've seen so many films I would have missed and all in the comfort of my own home.
This week my movie was Food, Inc. I'm well informed and knew a lot of what is in this film, but to see it all together was horrifying. It should be mandatory viewing for all high schoolers and parents. Let them see what they are shoveling down their throats and into their kids mouths day by day. And, quite happily, too! I know most wouldn't give a rat's ass, but if even one in a hundred changed their eating habits and what they demand at the store, it would be worthwhile.
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