and I have to speak out.
1. Hello, Supreme Court, corporations are not human beings. What were you thinking?
2. Does "No Child Left Behind" really mean that children who cannot speak and require diaper changes must be "mainstreamed" in middle school classes with those who are capable of learning?
3. Why does a cell phone recharger cost $33.3% more than a new cell phone and an identical recharger?
4. Mega-rich people pay lower tax rates than the people who work in their offices. Why do we refuse to ask them to pay their fair share?
5. Why is health insurance such an expensive morass in the United States, while it works perfectly in Switzerland and other countries? (Crone's disease medication costs $75 a month in Switzerland, but $2,000 in the U.S.)
6. Do we really have to argue about whether "global warming" is human-caused? That's just a semantic obfucation to avoid the fact that we are shitting in our nest and ruining this beautiful planet.
7. Does the United States really need to be a world power? Can we support military bases all over the world forever? Come on; it is impoverishing us.
8. Can't we make anything anymore? What happened to that great, proud slogan, "Made in The U.S.A.?
9. Will we continue to knuckle under to tea partyites who strive to impose their religious views on the entire nation? Will we defend the separation of church and state?
10. Is it possible for our culture to sustain rational thought?
Oh, Lord! Maybe I've become a cranky old woman, but I can't understand why our nation is on this self-and-world- destructive path.
4 comments:
Couldn't have said it better myself!
I am the one who can personally attest to the ridiculous nature of "No Child Left Behind." I have seen for myself the money and energy spent in public education to babysit children who belong in a group home, not a public school.
I cannot believe ANYONE with a brain voted for Michele Bachmann, and that she continues to be considered seriously for a presidential run. I've decided we're not smart enough as a collective to run a country anymore!
You go girl! I'm ready to join your flash mob! And while we're at it. Let's stop the war on drugs and minorities. Work for health care for all. Tax soda and fried foods to pay for obesity. Move the nation's capitol to Omaha and require that all lobbyists move to nearby Lincoln or Des Moines and restrict their restaurant privileges to fast food.
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Nancy and Linda, thanks for your contributions to this rant. It does not pass my notice that Linda phrases hers as actions we should take. I'll work on casting my rant in that light. We can create a to-do list.
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