Someone Had To Say It

In the words of Stewart Gilligan Griffin: "Who the hell do you think you are?"

Since when is it the government's business if I choose to live with a woman or a man as my partner? And if you can answer that, then explain why, based on that criteria, I would be unsuitable to volunteer my life to protect my fellow citizens.

Where is my right to privacy? How has giving up my privacy in every regard protected me? Tell me that, if you have an answer I would feel slightly comforted. But to have our phones tapped and our emails sifted (and surely recorded) without permission or knowledge or even judicial oversight, how is that fighting terror? Is giving investigators access to gathering dirt on a whim worth the minor benefit? Not for me. Obama has so far failed to correct a massive mistake in this regard.

How is it that banks bent rules and are now enforcing their law to the letter on those who were caught in the middle? How dare they preach financial responsibility when they are the ones who instigated and profited from the whole mess?

Obama isn't a celebrity, he's a hero. The man doesn't take time to parade and make us giggle, he gets to work and doesn't give up. It's easy to criticize from the sidelines, but turning around the problems we face is like trying to derail a train with kittens and string. It's asking too much that he not only lead our country but dance and sing and make us clap as well.

How can Sarah Palin run for a party that voted unanimously against paying men and women equally? How can quitting as governor qualify one for presidency? Does she truly not see the trap ahead, or is she so full of ego that she thinks she will win anyway? Sweetheart, even Superman isn't gonna bust through that glass ceiling.

No one side is right all the time, and it's our duty to listen and try to do the right thing. Make the party that wants to win actually have to do the right thing to earn votes. It's how we control this country, and get rid of the "it's us or them" mindset. It works to their benefit, not ours. Generally, the people who refuse to listen are afraid their ideas will flounder in the face of criticism. The people who are willing to listen and change when faced with new information change the world.