Social Causality

…HAND RAISED…makes no sense to me…or any free thinking, real person…

Why does it seem like I am the only person frustrated with the fact that the Teaparty and the GOP keep spouting about how they believe in small, unobtrusive government EXCEPT when they can use it to enforce their arbitrary and convenient morality? Real life and real people outside of their belief and, yes, PERSONAL views are not a factor. We shall see if they ‘factor’ this election year…

Obviously I love this country. The country I was born in. The country I have been able to live free in. To make good and sometimes horrible decisions in. The country that I have been able to get a decent education in, (at least what I have been able to pay for myself anyway…). I say all of this because I know while this country is based on free thinking individuals and multiple backgrounds and ideas I still fail to understand why the basics for the multitude of people in this great land of ours have become about ‘every man for himself’ and not ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ anymore. The idea that we, as a country, are not feeling like we have to look out for and try to protect the basic rights of EVERYONE in our borders is so far from the ideas that this country was founded on. This country was started by people that wanted, first, to be free of religious persecution. Second, in my mind at least correct me if I am wrong, they wanted a country OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE and the best one FOR THE PEOPLE. It kind of pains me to see that some of the people that have hopes of running this country do not like our clean air. Our clean water. Our healthy and disease free food. Or the things that are set to be taught to ALL of our children across the nation. Who, in their right mind, could look someone else in the eye and say that the regulations that are currently in place to keep companies from polluting our air and our water supplies is a bad thing? Regulations that allow you not to worry about what is in the food you are giving your family every day is a bad thing? Really? I fail to see how as an American, any American, that you would want these things to go away. I do not understand why some people in this country think like they do sometimes. Land of opportunity, sure, if you have the money or the resources to reach that opportunity. All doors of opportunity are not open to ALL people in this country contrary to popular belief…it actually saddens me to know that the people with all if the opportunity have turned their back on their fellow country people that have not been as fortunate. I love this country, I live in it, I struggle in it, but ultimately I know that my decisions are my own and those decisions are made and can thrive or fail in a country that allows me to at least to try and just live. That’s what most of us want. Just to live. Not to be rich. Not to be among the 1% or even 12% of the nation that have it ‘all’. Most of us just want the opportunity to live healthy and our families to live healthy lives as well and not worry about how we are going to have to pay for that health. We that do not ‘have’ deserve to live a healthy life just a good as those that do ‘have’ aren’t we all Americans? Damn our socioeconomic status. PEOPLE. HUMANS. AMERICANS. We just want to live, breathe clean air, drink clean water and eat safe food… that’s not much to ask. What American, black, white, Republican, Democrat, does not want that? We are ALL immigrants. Every one of us. Every one of our families. We all make up this country. Why can we not just agree to help each other out? All of us…well at least the majority of us…. 

We all come together when we are attacked as a country. We all come together when a portion of our country is devastated. Then a ‘black’ man is elected to office. I saw that as an amazing step. Progress. But it seems like since that happened we have been treading water or going backwards…”…indivisible, with Liberty and Justice FOR ALL.”