I'm pissed. I'm pissed at the governor and the legislature for their idiocy and political posturing. I'm pissed at this idea that we hit everything with a sledgehammer instead of using a scalpel and hurt a lot of unnecessary people. I'm pissed at all of us who voted for changing our California Constitution over 500 times without realizing the effects and what could happen to law and order in the State and yet have the audacity to completely blame the legislature and the governor for all of our problems. I'm pissed at the people who are always saying that we are being bled - that we are paying more and more taxes and getting less from them. I haven't seen any data showing that, in fact I've seen rebates over and over and over out there. I wonder what would have happened to our state of we were not given a break from paying our vehicle license fee and then, when it was the time to reinstate them, we threw the governor out of office and replaced him with the idiot.
I'm pissed at the people who don't realize that when we take care of our weak and poor, at least a little, we are benefiting all people. Could you imagine if all people had enough of an education to be able to understand all of those mortgage papers they were signing? I'm pissed at people that say we don't need any government regulations because the free market fixes everything but then get mad when their money is taken by people like Bernie Madoff, or at executives get paid millions for losing their companies money, or at companies just end up screwing their customers royally. Want some protection - guess what that means? Oh, you want protection only when when things are bad you, not anybody else. Gotcha
I'm pissed at not knowing whether I should give the guy on the street a dollar, because am I aiding his habit or making sure he has food? I'm pissed I don't do more to help others. I'm pissed that I have to get sick and take prednisone and look like a pufferfish once again. I'm pissed that we don't have universal health care, despite the fact that all the polls say people want it, until you label it with the one dreaded word - socialism. I'm pissed that people don't pay attention to facts and data but are swayed by emotions. I'm pissed that money runs this country and people are blind to the facts.
And damn it all - I'm pissed I got a flat tire on my bike and had to get my dad to pick me up and take me home.
"I find patriotism not only a refuge of scoundrels but of idiots and those who like to buy their thinking ready-made each morning in the vacuous newspapers. Every decade or so governments create wars and whip up a frenzy, so that we will not notice the shortcomings of our own side and will not question the assumptions of our society and demand more rational institutions and laws." -Marge Piercy, Gone to Soldiers
