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I hate this country
Sep. 13th, 2004 02:19 amWhy the angst today? I'll tell you why... I hate watching the news, but my parents love it and being as I am usually working on some huge project on the living room floor, it's either pack up and move or sit there and listen to the latest horrors. And being as I'm close to D.C., the horrors are way worse than anywhere else I've lived. This country is so screwed up... yeah, a few of you random people who actually visit this blog and don't know me might say "So why don't ya get your butt outa the USA then?"
1) I can't afford it. If I could, I'd be so outa here. Japan, Australia, mmmm...
2) I have issues with how my brain is wired, if you want to look it up go do a Google search for Asperger's Syndrome. What it boils down to in this scenario is that I can't take care of myself on my own (at least not yet, I really don't see it ever getting much better though) and so I am horribly dependant. I hate it... but I can't change it and I have been sort of learning to accept the things I can't change.
Okay. Hypothetically, let's assume this IS the greatest country in the world: economically, politically, socially, etc. There are still so many things wrong with it! Just because we're #1, does that give people here the right to mindlessly say "Isn't America wonderful?" I'm sorry, but I just can't agree. Just because we are the lesser of many evils (not that I'm calling other countries "evil" but we're on this hypothetical trip thing), does that gives us the right to overlook the BAD things going on in this country? NO! And so I hate it... because the bad things are so very, very bad...
The system sucks. I can't get health insurance because of beurocratic idiocies that I don't even want to get into right now, but it'd help if I was an illegal alien and didn't speak a word of English, instead of an American born citizen who's actually paid taxes and social security I'll never see again. Heck, I couldn't even get into a battered women's shelter when I was trying to escape my previous horrible living situation. Because I wasn't "physically" abused, and they didn't care about anything else. How stupid is that? Just because he didn't hit me, nobody cared. Why should they care if he HAD hit me, then? Eh? I wish he had, it would have been easier to deal with than the things he actually did.
And we left the hypothetical thoughts behind a long time ago. This country really does suck. Maybe I'm spoiled and the things that annoy me about this country are things people in other countries wish were the only things that annoyed them. Maybe I'm an idiot and I don't know what I'm talking about. I'll be the first person to tell you that.
What else... oh yeah, I tried to get legal help a while back for a divorce, but unless I want to shell out $1500 + $100-$200 for an initial consultation, nobody cares. Great country, eh? It's all run by that infernal thing called money.
How ironic that gas prices are going down slightly. Or should I say, convenient. I wonder if they'll go down even further as we get closer to election time, so Dubya can say "Oooh lookie what I did." I'm sorta half convinced it's partially his fault or even his design that gas went up (and I don't mean over the Iraq stuff). I really do think he's out there to make rich white people richer and screw everybody else. I creep out when I see him on TV. And if there's one thing I've learned as I go through this messed up life, it's that I really do need to pay attention to my reactions and gut feelings. Call me psychic, call me psychotic... whatever. I just feel odd and uncomfortable when I see the guy.
Which reminds me, Kerry isn't any better. I'm not registered to vote, and I really don't care about anybody on the ticket this year for president. It's all rigged anyways. Conspiracy theorists of the world, unite! Now, I will admit that I actually thought Dubya's nomination acceptance speach at the Republican Convention was good... but then, I'd imagine he has good speach writers. I don't even want to get into the joke about his problems with the English language but, well, there you have it. (I've been reading a lot of Doonsbury lately, that hasn't helped either). I thought the humor in the speach was great, but I'm rather afraid of all those promises he made. What do you want to bet he'll conveniently forget them if he manages to stay in office? I don't know, I'm not him. I sure as heck wouldn't run for president. I honestly don't think he should have either though. That's just my humble opinion. Like I said before though, I don't think Kerry should be running for president either.
Adam Corolla for President! I'd vote ;)
1) I can't afford it. If I could, I'd be so outa here. Japan, Australia, mmmm...
2) I have issues with how my brain is wired, if you want to look it up go do a Google search for Asperger's Syndrome. What it boils down to in this scenario is that I can't take care of myself on my own (at least not yet, I really don't see it ever getting much better though) and so I am horribly dependant. I hate it... but I can't change it and I have been sort of learning to accept the things I can't change.
Okay. Hypothetically, let's assume this IS the greatest country in the world: economically, politically, socially, etc. There are still so many things wrong with it! Just because we're #1, does that give people here the right to mindlessly say "Isn't America wonderful?" I'm sorry, but I just can't agree. Just because we are the lesser of many evils (not that I'm calling other countries "evil" but we're on this hypothetical trip thing), does that gives us the right to overlook the BAD things going on in this country? NO! And so I hate it... because the bad things are so very, very bad...
The system sucks. I can't get health insurance because of beurocratic idiocies that I don't even want to get into right now, but it'd help if I was an illegal alien and didn't speak a word of English, instead of an American born citizen who's actually paid taxes and social security I'll never see again. Heck, I couldn't even get into a battered women's shelter when I was trying to escape my previous horrible living situation. Because I wasn't "physically" abused, and they didn't care about anything else. How stupid is that? Just because he didn't hit me, nobody cared. Why should they care if he HAD hit me, then? Eh? I wish he had, it would have been easier to deal with than the things he actually did.
And we left the hypothetical thoughts behind a long time ago. This country really does suck. Maybe I'm spoiled and the things that annoy me about this country are things people in other countries wish were the only things that annoyed them. Maybe I'm an idiot and I don't know what I'm talking about. I'll be the first person to tell you that.
What else... oh yeah, I tried to get legal help a while back for a divorce, but unless I want to shell out $1500 + $100-$200 for an initial consultation, nobody cares. Great country, eh? It's all run by that infernal thing called money.
How ironic that gas prices are going down slightly. Or should I say, convenient. I wonder if they'll go down even further as we get closer to election time, so Dubya can say "Oooh lookie what I did." I'm sorta half convinced it's partially his fault or even his design that gas went up (and I don't mean over the Iraq stuff). I really do think he's out there to make rich white people richer and screw everybody else. I creep out when I see him on TV. And if there's one thing I've learned as I go through this messed up life, it's that I really do need to pay attention to my reactions and gut feelings. Call me psychic, call me psychotic... whatever. I just feel odd and uncomfortable when I see the guy.
Which reminds me, Kerry isn't any better. I'm not registered to vote, and I really don't care about anybody on the ticket this year for president. It's all rigged anyways. Conspiracy theorists of the world, unite! Now, I will admit that I actually thought Dubya's nomination acceptance speach at the Republican Convention was good... but then, I'd imagine he has good speach writers. I don't even want to get into the joke about his problems with the English language but, well, there you have it. (I've been reading a lot of Doonsbury lately, that hasn't helped either). I thought the humor in the speach was great, but I'm rather afraid of all those promises he made. What do you want to bet he'll conveniently forget them if he manages to stay in office? I don't know, I'm not him. I sure as heck wouldn't run for president. I honestly don't think he should have either though. That's just my humble opinion. Like I said before though, I don't think Kerry should be running for president either.
Adam Corolla for President! I'd vote ;)
