WARNING: This is a rant. It will get foul.
I went to visit some friends today. In a graveyard. It’s where they are now, and will be henceforth. Yeah I know I am supposed to do this on Memorial Day as they were soldiers, and I did then too. I brought a 6 pack of local beer to share. It’s the thought that counts on stuff like this. Had the place to myself. It was peaceful. It helped. But I am still seriously fucking pissed off.
The president is a gigantic bloated traitorous narcissistic bag of shit with no redeeming traits. A majority of the SCOTUS is equally corrupt and one of them is there because the current senate majority leader is a traitor who worships power and nothing else. The current Speaker of the house is a feckless git with no backbone. The perfect toady. My country is permanently STAINED by what these people have done, and will continue to do in the name of political power.
MAGA is a sad catch phrase now. It is tarnished by the tears of children in “detention centers”. Dyed in the blood of POCs abused and killed by our own police forces. Stained by the blood of our service men and women and by the blood needlessly shed in wars we should not be in. It’s warped in the misery of fellow citizen’s in Puerto Rico. It’s in the useless thoughts and prayers sent to the school shooting victims and funny how it never seems to apply POCs huh? Those folks don’t even get thoughts and prayers. They get the stray thought and it’s not a pretty one and I won’t repeat how it was expressed. If you guessed violent and racist give yourself an ice cream cone if you can afford it.
I am getting sick of the leadership in my party. We are in a fight to save this nation and what it is about and what it isn’t about. We keep showing up unprepared for the nasty brawl that this is going to be. You don’t bring a speech to a rumble. You come prepared for mayhem. You don’t offer quarter. The fucking Marquis of fucking Queensbury is not here to set the fucking rules and the other side isn’t fucking playing by any rules anyway. So bring everything you have and ram it down their throats. Including the rule book. I mean if they aren’t going to even read the rule book you’ll be doing them a favor. Maybe they’ll learn by digesting it. Don’t lie and don’t let them lie. A “talking point” is a fucking lie.
When the other side starts pissing and moaning and shitting and groaning about civility you tell them to their face that they will get it when they give it and since there hasn’t been any since Nixon they can fuck off. Call me when you slime molds figure out how to do that and not before. Call them on their bullshit and don’t back down. When they bitch about justice you tell them that when they figure out that Justice is not Just us you’ll be willing to sit down and talk. And yes white people I am talking about you. White privilege is real. And men? My brethren? Male privilege is real too. It’s going to suck to give that up huh? Deal with it. I have. If I can do it then so can you.
Immigration. It’s how we got here. Except for the Indians, feathers, not dots, or Indigenous people or whatever they wish to be called. They can be a wee bit testy about it. Considering the history they have every right to be. We are a nation of mutts. Glory in it. Remember the plaque on the Statue in New York harbor. Big Woman holding a torch. Kind of important. Another thing to note is that the numbers don’t lie. White people WILL be a minority soon. Deal with it. You don’t have to like it. You will have to deal with it.
I am very very very very big on mandatory national service. Don’t knot your knickers! I’m not talking about mandatory military service. We have so much that needs doing in this nation that everyone needs to pitch in. Soup kitchens, meals on wheels, geriatric care, BLM land that needs clean up and maintenance, national parks, energy independence with renewables, power grids, cleaning up water ways, fighting invasive species, the list is longer than I’ve the time for. Anyway I figure from 18 to 24 everyone does a year minimum at federal minimum wage plus room and board. for every year of service you get a year of free tuition and books at any state college or university in your home state. Plus it will make you invest in your country and make you savor it more.
Religion and politics. Oh boy. These two should never ever be involved with each other ever period end of fucking story. God/dess/ whatever the fuck it is does not give a red rat’s ass about the laws of humanity. Any fucking idiot who says otherwise is trying to impose their morals on you. It’s the oldest con in book and oral history. Do what I say because the spirits, gods, goddesses, the divine, the devil, my holy farting asshole spoke the one holy truth to me.
Human sexuality. Lot’s of different flavors out there. There are a few absolute nonos out there. You don’t have sex with children. You don’t have sex with animals. You don’t have sex without clear conscious consent from the other person you want to have sex with. LBGTQ is not a lifestyle or choice. It’s what they are at that moment. They may change. They may not. It is not your choice so stay the fuck out of it. Hell it’s not a choice for them. People evolve over time. You can’t make a person be gay. The reverse is also true.
Lastly, Healthcare. Single payer. It’s past time to stop pussyfooting around it. It works.
Stanley and Mike were great guys. Still are. I carry them around with me. Stan the man died of lymphoma from agent orange and diabetes. Mike died in a training accident on a parachute jump. they make the 4th easier to deal with. So does beer and a relatively quiet place to drink it. It helps me to remember who and what I’m fighting for and more importantly about. I want a place left behind me that Americans will be proud to call home.
So roll up you damned sleeves and get to work. The fucking midterms are coming and I really want to see the house flipped and the the senate too.