Monday, March 29, 2010
Man,
Just saw some of the vids on Hutaree's (the angry Christian Militia) Youtube page and then went to some wackjob named IlluminatiTV's website.
I realize that the angriest, most unhappy people walking the planet today are religious.
But I can't fault the religions as I'm sure neither Jesus, Muhammed nor Moses would have anything to do with any of them.
So where do they get their wackiness from:
FEAR.
They are afraid. of what? EVERYTHING.
So they point at those of us just going about our lives, straight, gay, in-between, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, whatever...and they scream like Donald Sutherland in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". Then they appoint themselves judge, jury and on occasion executioner.
As if God actually gave them that authority.
I suppose on some level I feel pity for them, all that hate, all that anger, all that fear burning inside, but mostly I realize that they are here as an example for the rest of us.
An example of what it is like to waste a life or when they act out, many lives.
These people have no idea what it means to have faith, to be human and especially what it means to be a child of God.
They are lost with no hope of finding the way out.
Just saw some of the vids on Hutaree's (the angry Christian Militia) Youtube page and then went to some wackjob named IlluminatiTV's website.
I realize that the angriest, most unhappy people walking the planet today are religious.
But I can't fault the religions as I'm sure neither Jesus, Muhammed nor Moses would have anything to do with any of them.
So where do they get their wackiness from:
FEAR.
They are afraid. of what? EVERYTHING.
So they point at those of us just going about our lives, straight, gay, in-between, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, whatever...and they scream like Donald Sutherland in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". Then they appoint themselves judge, jury and on occasion executioner.
As if God actually gave them that authority.
I suppose on some level I feel pity for them, all that hate, all that anger, all that fear burning inside, but mostly I realize that they are here as an example for the rest of us.
An example of what it is like to waste a life or when they act out, many lives.
These people have no idea what it means to have faith, to be human and especially what it means to be a child of God.
They are lost with no hope of finding the way out.
Labels: christian, Christianity, Conservative, religion, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Party, televangelists
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Last week my brother in law, a successful consultant in the oil industry, with clients that include the Malaysian and Colombian governments, contacted an insurance broker to set up insurance for his new start-up company. He was told that my sister (a Family and Child Therapist with a successful practice), because of her Rheumatoid and Osteo-arthritis, was "un-insurable" by any company currently offering health insurance in this country.
The broker then mentioned that her best option was to continue on with her COBRA coverage for the remaining year and then...get this..."file for Disability and Medicaid".
Essentially she would become a ward of the state.
My sister has worked and been insured her whole life, she has paid her taxes, and most importantly as a Critical Care Nurse, pre-school teacher and therapist done more to help people than anyone else I know. And yet this is how she and millions of others are treated by people who think that our health care industry doesn't need to be reformed.
I am disgusted with this country, but my disgust is tempered by the fact that the US is on a collision course with itself and the only result is that, with any luck at all this country that I once loved will be destroyed.
The broker then mentioned that her best option was to continue on with her COBRA coverage for the remaining year and then...get this..."file for Disability and Medicaid".
Essentially she would become a ward of the state.
My sister has worked and been insured her whole life, she has paid her taxes, and most importantly as a Critical Care Nurse, pre-school teacher and therapist done more to help people than anyone else I know. And yet this is how she and millions of others are treated by people who think that our health care industry doesn't need to be reformed.
I am disgusted with this country, but my disgust is tempered by the fact that the US is on a collision course with itself and the only result is that, with any luck at all this country that I once loved will be destroyed.
Labels: Conservative, Democrats, Health care, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Party
