Pursuit

I just watched The Pursuit of Happiness starring Will Smith. The film is based on a true story, and I highly recommend that all of you watch it. The story embodies all that was once great(and still can be) about this country. The idea is that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. If you have ever felt the pressure of trying to keep a family afloat, you will be touched by this movie.

I grew up poor, and as an adult I have very rarely felt like I was on top of things financially. I have often wondered if I would ever get it together, whatever "it" is. I am happy to say that I am finally doing fine, and thanks to God and a good woman for that.

So my interests have turned outward, to see what other evils I might rail against for the sake of God and Country and, of course, my children. I am afraid that my worries have only grown...

The word is insidious. The foolish pride on which most of us base our sense of America is shadowed only by our idiotic and repetitious political failure. We are allowing the most amoral and incompetent group of people on the planet to run our government right into the ground. We allow ourselves to be seduced by the idea of security, while we are really just being inconvenienced by the appearance of said security.

For instance: Have you heard about the guy with the drug resistant tuberculosis whose picture has been posted at every point of entry into the United States? This guy has flown into, out of, and back into the United States before being caught. Turns out your Homeland Security force was too busy catching a case of ass over your hair gel to identify this disease-ridden asshole. In the meantime, the most drug resistant strain of tuberculosis so far has taken a joy ride on three (count 'em-3) international flights. Good job Homeland Security, I bet his fucking hair gel was in a two-quart ziplock.

Let's talk about securing our borders for a minute (again, Randy). Does this really seem like such a difficult issue? We have somewhere between 9 and 12 million illegal immigrants in this country. Do we act on this info? No. We start calling them "Undocumented Workers" so it doesn't sound like an invasion. Then we let four pinkos and a bunch of fags start talking about tolerance. In the meantime, Blue Collar Joe gets the shaft. While all of the American working class is trying to figure out the health-care situation, the wetbacks get pretty much any care they need for free.

Let's talk about our presidential hopefuls for a moment. Are any of them worth voting for, or do they just look good standing next to Bush? Have you heard the stupid shit that rolls out of their mouths? Obama wants to increase the quality and affordability of health care in this country by increasing the availability of aparticular type (or should I say brand?) of insurance. He also wants to increase the stats kept by hospitals. Two issues-1. The insurance company in question has a very strong lobby. 2. Asking hospitals to report their "quality stats" is only going to lead to deception for the sake of a dollar.
Edwards wants to remove all of the "combat troops" from Iraq, leaving only the "support troops". Do I really have to go into that?
McCain is flip-flopping on almost every issue, and Huckabee wants to run your spiritual life much more than any government official should.
Hillary is leading the pack, not because of her great qualifications, but because she hasn't looked like a complete asshole so far.

Public opinion is spun and slanted by a (very small) group of liberal media fags, until it seems like everyone in America is a raving fruit-loop. The reality is that most of us are holed up in our respective castles thinking the rest of the country has gone nuts.

The problem with America is that We, the People, have been fooled into believing that we don't run this country. CNN, Fox News, Congress, the President, and even the Judicial branch need us much more than we need them.

There is no greater truth to America right now than this: We still hold the power to make changes here. Stop believing everything these idiots keep trying to sell you. Stand on your convictions, and I whole-heartedly believe that you will be surprised by those who will agree with you.

If I'm wrong, things will continue as they have. If I'm right, maybe things get better.

In other words, we got nothing left to lose, America...