Silly Politics.

I'm going to make this one fairly short. A friend of mine recently posted a status on his facebook account that read "Is there an option where the Government doesn't get involved... that would be great!!! Thanks!" I see a lot of this kind of talk lately. And every time I do all I can think is that not only do these people want to have their cake and eat it too, they want to take the bakery as well. I mean, forget about the fact that this democratic government gives you FAR more rights than any other country. Forget about how they pay to keep you safe from attacks, and let you have a free market style economy, and provide roads and national parks and so many other luxuries that we take for granted on a daily basis. And on top of that, the first amendment gives you the right to bitch about it.

Don't get me wrong here, I'm not for socialism or anything of that sort. But when you sit back and really think about it, where else in the world would you have it better than here in America? And if you can think of somewhere, then why the hell aren't you there? Just leave already and quit the incessant bitching. To say that people take our freedoms for granted is a gross understatement.

The health care issue nowadays is where a lot of this is stemming from, and the way I can best describe it is with the words paranoia and selfishness. Any reasonable and rational person knows that the government will not step in and fully take over health care, ever. If they try (which they won't,) that's why the second amendment is around. There will always be privatized health care and insurance around for those who can afford it (as long as this country is intact.) So what about those who can't? There are people dying because they can't afford proper health care if any at all. And the people who CAN afford health care have a problem with being taxed to pay for those who can't. Now, no one likes a worthless freeloader, which is really a thorn in the side to those of us who work hard for what we have. Yet the ugly truth is that there will ALWAYS be worthless freeloaders out there, mooching away off of us hard working people. And as pathetic as they may be, do you really wish death on them if they don't have the money for a necessary medical treatment? Would you be able to sleep at night after telling a fellow human being "sorry you have to suffer and die, guess you should have worked harder in your life?" And what about people who lost their insurance benefits after being laid off due to the economy? Would you tell them that if they had chosen a better career path that maybe they could afford to take their sick children to the doctor? And what's really sick is that these conservatives and others who oppose changing our health care system at all probably consider themselves Christians. What would Jesus do? Well he probably wouldn't be so damn selfish to his fellow man in need.

So thats my story on this. I know some of you will get this in an email and you will disagree with me, and thats your right. Send me an email if you want to discuss it. Or if you can't take someone else's opinion, I'll promptly remove you from the mailing list if you so wish.

In closing: what happened to common sense and compassion?