Ranting and Raging- what else is new?

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I know that the majority of my posts are angry rants about what’s wrong with people, society, my life, etc.  BUT the reason I do this here on WordPress is so I don’t drive my friends and family crazy.  I have to rant and rage here because I have no other outlets.  Normally, up close and in person, I am a fairly happy person.  I have my sore spots but for the most part I try and stay positive.  Blowing up here helps me keep my cool in my personal life.

On that note, let me just say that I am so sick and tired of the United States as a whole.  I am sure there are other countries that would piss me off too, but I have only ever lived here (and Canada- but that’s a separate post !) 

I have been home in the States since the beginning of December, and I am getting sickened more and more by what I see.  Since I’ve been home, I have realized that the area where I was raised is now nothing more than a consumeristic cess pool, and is sadly a fair representation of most of the country.  There is nothing to do here other than shopping.  Where there used to be cornfields and forests are now mini-malls and ticky-tac subdivisions.  Where are all these people coming from?  Why do we need 4 Menards, 3 Home Depots, and a Lowes within a 10 mile radius?  There is one of the countries largest shopping malls here yet you cannot drive one mile without passing by a strip mall filled with fast food restaurants and shops selling wares that no one really needs- just like at the fucking mall you passed 2 miles back! 

Our government has turned its back on the Constitution, our media is completely corrupt and inaccurate, and “What kind of gun do you own” is a question picked from millions to be asked at the Republican debates.  Religion is becoming law in a country that was born from the desire to believe what you want and live how you want, I am afraid to say “terrorist” on the telephone, and have to think twice before I bring Christmas cookies into an airport!  Christmas cookies!?!

Our news covers Britney Spears more than the war in Iraq, and when it does cover  the war the information is one-sided, biased, and at times completely false.   And in between the news every commercial I see is for a prescription drug.  I was fine before but now, according to these commercials, I have Restless leg syndrome, bi-polar disorder, and erectile dysfunction!!  Report on Drug Advertisements

 MMMM… Pills!

I wont even get into our diets and how we eat, and then what we spend on weight loss plans… and how we tear down any kind of outside facility that could be used for exercise and then build a gym there!

I’m sorry but I am absolutely terrified.  What have we all turned into?  What have we let our world become?  All we do is shop and eat, and meanwhile our environment is crumbling at an alarming rate, the WORLD is at war, there is no trust, we are all in debt due to our greed, and people are actually convicing themselves that everything is fine.  I’m disgusted with all of us.  It really is that bad too… it really has gotten to the point where it’s not the same old doom and gloom rag that has been going on forever, it’s actually here now!

I try and look for the good in people, and a lot of times it’s not hard to find, but that’s not good enough anymore.  Things are snowballing downhill fast and someday soon something really really really big is going to happen that is going to force us to change our ways.  I just hope me and my family survive whatever happens!

I’m not a religious person, but my dad (refusing to believe that I am not a religious person) showed me a verse in his Bible the other day.  It was from Jacob I think, something about warfare and when it’s okay to start that shit.  He has the kind of Bible that, at the end of each book, explains things for you in Layman’s terms, and it explained that God says it’s okay to go to war when the people you are fighting have claimed the land for themselves and have forgotten or ignored the fact that the land belongs to the Lord.  Whether there is a god or not- what we have here on planet Earth is a gift and we have completely abused it.  I’m not saying start a war, but doesn’t it seem like we are the people who have claimed the land for ourselves and not respected it as something that transcends ownership?  What the hell is this “all for us and none for all” attitude that the majority of the country (and the rest of the First World for that matter) has taken.  Are we REALLY that stupid?

Yes.

This is a Lie

Lie

I do not believe that the majority of the United States wants to bomb Iran.  I also don’t believe that Giulliani is the second favorite presidential candidate. 

We are stupid, but we’re not THAT stupid.  There is no way we would want to make the same mistake in Iran like we did in Iraq, and these polls are obviously false and doctored to fit the current political agenda.  I’m serious.

Current Status and Hypothesis for the Future

I don’t know if world issues seem to be getting scarier because I am getting older and paying attention more or what, but I have a feeling that the world is going to reach its boiling point soon, and that will not be good.

After hearing Condoleezza Rice’s (link goes to npr article) annoucement about what is currently being done about Iran, my initial hypothesis is that our current “diplomatic” attempts to halt nuclear advancements will fail, we will go to war with Iran, perhaps another terrorist attack will occur on US soil, and martial law will be declared… thwarting my dreams of Ron Paul taking over and fixing our boo boos.  This would suck, but I’m a pessimist so hopefully that wont happen.

Hopefully the Iran “embargo” will work, but I just have a feeling that this is about more than nuclear power.  It does not make sense for any country to consider bombing the US (ESPECIALLY with nuclear weapons) because retalliation would be devastating, there is no way a country like Iran could survive our counterattack should the decide to strike!  So what is the threat?  What do they have against us?  What do we have against them?

Going to war with Iran would be an even bigger mistake than Iraq. 

Has anyone ever had a wasp nest in their back yard?  The occassional wasp will circle your pop can, and the nest hangs ominously from your favorite elm tree.  Something must be done about the nest, you can’t have hundreds of wasps in your back yard!  What happens if they all come out at once and sting you!?  So what do you do?  You go get your tennis racket and decide the only way to get rid of the nest is to knock it down and crush it.  What happens after you successfully disconnect nest from tree branch?  I hope you aren’t allergic.

This is what the US is doing to Iran, and vice versa.  The powers that be are obviously antagonizing each other, and this will not result in anything short of a disaster.

If anyone has any insight or would like to start a discussion about what the future may hold… please share.

Thanks!

The U.S.’s Shit Doesn’t Stink

When exactly did the United States gain the ability to decide who has nuclear power and who doesn’t?  Shouldn’t NO ONE have it?  So now we’re probably going to attack Iran… is that what the President meant when he said he was going to “sprint to the finish” for the rest of his term?  Because that would be just marvelous.