This Won't Be Nice

This won't be nice, simply because I am pissed.

I am pissed that the US Congress is tied up in a budget battle that is all about their own individual special interests and has nothing to do with the people they are elected to represent.

I am pissed that people blindly fall for stupid rhetoric. Example, military won't be paid. Boo fucking hoo. I am part of that military that won't be paid and not only am I responsible enough to adhere to the advice freely given by financial advisers to us military folk I am also not blind to the reality that DFAS does not need to have the accounting until the 12th for payment on the 15th. That being said, the military doesn't have to worry about not being paid for another, oh four days, so all you lovely ladies whining about your old man's paycheck on tv, shut your trap and get real, do you really, I mean REALLY think that your husband won't get his pay. I'll answer for you, NO, no you don't but you'd like to let the GOP take every opportunity to stick it to the Commander in Chief even thought it is Congress' DUTY to come up with a budget.

Okay, since I brought up the mere topic of military men let me move on to military women. I am sick and fucking tired of the inference that my service is somehow not enough because I'm "just a girl." Yeah, I didn't go to Afghanistan and spend a whole year away from my family, putting on flak vests at random times because we were being fired upon. Nope, that wasn't me with a weapon on my side, prepared to use it when necessary, because I AM JUST A GIRL. So, yeah, TSA agent, that's my boyfriend's backpack even after I just showed you my military ID to get through your freaking check point.

Okay, so I've now brought up the subject of women which leads me to Planned Parenthood. I really, really, really depended upon this organization when I was poor. They provided me with annual pap smears (cancer screenings) and even helped me get treatment when one of those pap smears turned up abnormal. Yeah, they may have saved my life and ensured that I had good working bits to actually give birth to my son. They also ensured that I didn't have any "unintended" pregnancies giving me the pleasure of assuring my son that he was planned, this means a lot (I should know, since I was one of the unplanned ones and I ruined my parents' lives). Since no federal funds go to abortion (Hyde Amendment) I don't know what the fucking problem is except that some assholes just want to be assholes.

Oh, so now that I've mentioned Planned Parenthood, let me just mention that Planned Parenthood is not contributing to our country's deficit. If you want to know what is doing that just look at GE's tax return (big on return) or even mine. Not only did I NOT pay any taxes this year, I actually got a REFUND. Yep, the government paid me. Multiply that by just about everyone and it's no surprise that the government's in debt. Laughing out loud, thanks to all those Republicans extending the Bush Tax Cuts. Awesome. Those did not contribute to the deficit at all. REALLY!

Hmm, what else is costing us big bucks? War contracts! There are more civilian contractors working in Afghanistan than there are military personnel. That is not a joke. Our government is handing out multimillion dollar contracts to perform duties that our military is trained and experienced at (such as fucking cooking and serving food to troops or driving trucks or building shit or...well, you get the point, there is really no need for civilian contracts, particularly when our military costs us much less since they tend to make less than their civilian counterpart statistically).

So, next time Congress wants you to join their bandwagon, no matter which party line they pretend to support, remember this: the people that were elected to represent US, the PEOPLE have been ASSIMILATED by the BORG. Sadly for us, the borg in our case just happens to be special interest groups with the money to buy our representatives.

We need statesmen not politicians!

My amusement now consists of wondering what would happen if everyone who had their head up their ass pulled it out at the same time...

Okay, I'm going back to studying for finals now, perhaps when I emerge the next time from my books I'll be a bit nicer.