How I Do Go On

It’s been really cold outside for a couple of weeks. I get out of the house every day, but I spend a lot of time indoors because it’s warm in here and I don’t have to be concerned that my feet are going to get wet from walking through slush. Amazingly, I have not blogged in about a week. Part of what has been getting my attention is the news: the horrible tragedy in Haiti, the health care run around and the political pundits talking about both of those issues (and more). I have to say that I’m disgusted with what’s going on in the US.

I’ll warn you now that this is just me ranting about American politics - specifically the right wing. I need something to get me back into the swing of blogging. I’ll lighten it up tomorrow.

Full disclosure, the majority of my news comes from lefty sources. I watch Keith Olberman and Rachel Maddow every day. I read articles on the Huffington Post and The Daily Beast. I also watch The Daily Show, which I know is not news however, they talk about current events and comment on things going on, and that’s something because I think Jon Stewart is a really smart guy.

So I hear what’s going on and I hear what the right wing is saying - albeit filtered through lefty media sources. Conservatives do not come out looking too good. Rush Limbaugh is an idiot who comes to mind. According to some sources, he recently encouraged his listeners to not donate to help out Haiti. On his website he claims he did not say that, but it doesn’t sound like he’s encouraging them to donate. He also said something about Obama using the situation to burnish his reputation with the Blacks. Rush Limbaugh is disgusting. Then there’s Pat Robertson and his demented monologue about the slaves in Haiti making a pact with the Devil to get the French out. I hate that stuff. People actually listen to these two fools. And when Pat Robertson says, “It’s a fact,” there are people who say, “Oh! It’s a fact.” Not only does a statement like that spread lies, it also makes Christians looks like bigots. It’s hateful.

The other day, I said to someone, “I have the first line of my next blog post: Sarah Palin is a whore.” Of course I didn’t write the post, but I thought it was a good start. She will apparently do whatever she is asked for money and she is using what the good Lord gave her to make as much money as she can. Sarah Palin is probably the best thing that’s happened to the Democrats in a long time. She is a megalomaniac liar and she keeps saying and doing stupid things. She can’t keep her face out from in front of a camera and she’s so stupid that she just keeps talking and talking even when it’s been time to shut up. I saw clips of her with Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly. What a salty mix of nuts! I can’t believe people watch Fox News. I couldn’t do it for long. I know people love to hear what the jackasses on Fox are saying, but people actually watch it and take them seriously. That’s just dumb.

Then there are the obstructionist Republicans in the US congress doing everything they can to make Obama look bad. It’s not about helping the country. It’s about the Republicans getting back into power at any cost. Talk about selling your soul to the Devil.

I do not understand Republican or Conservative politicians and pundits. They play mean, they cheat and they lie. And then the people who listen to them believe it without fact checking any of it. I try to listen the bile they spew and believe that good will win out and that all of the hate they keep preaching will be proven wrong. But then some dolt like George W. Bush and his satanic sidekick Dick Cheney get elected twice.

American politics is such a dirty business.

I know and love some Republicans. I trust that most of them are just Republicans because they “believe in fiscal responsibility” (Whatever. Tell that to the gigantic debt Bush ran up.) but I really believe that most people vote out of habit. And if someone really does believe all that, I don’t really want to have much to do with them. If you’re part of that, you’re part of the problem.