I've always said there are two types of republicans: the ignorant and/or the greedy (ok, that's technically 3 if you put those two together!).
Let's talk about the ignorant: the ones that don't believe in abortion, but in capital punishment; the ones that don't think gun control would save a few lives; the ones that don't think that 2 people, who love each other, should get married (I'm talking, of course, of gay marriage). These are the 'birthers', the people that don't think that President Obama is a US citizen (you are a US citizen if one of your parent is a US citizen - our daughter became a US citizen and we are 'naturalized' citizens!), and, last time I checked, Hawaii is part of the United States. They are the ones that don't know the difference between socialism and communism ('iz all de same to urs' - insert southern accent!).
These are the ones that didn't let their 'chirdren' watch President Obama's speech because they were scared he'd turn their kids into 'communists'. I heard a republican talking on the radio today, saying that the speech was to 'complex and that he used too many big words'. Yes, let's dumb down America! Let's use 3 letter words - max!!! All ... will ... understand (did you get that last word? I know, it's a long one!).
Then you get the greedy ones. They make tons of money and they don't want to share the wealth with their fellow Americans. They go to church, give a lot of money to their church (it looks good, right?), neighborhood hospital (where flat-screens tv are a must in the hospital room). They don't want to give money to help, as one republican told me, 'minorities that have kids and then raise their kids without fathers - they're on crack, they're lazy, etc... ' (then her husband went off on the Chinese and she went off on the Arabs!!). Nice people - good Christians (:Z), they give to the local wealthy hospital (it looks good to see your picture in the local newpaper, to be seen as a giving person - to 'your' kind ;) ).
Both of these 'types' would have liked to hear Bush talk on the war in Iraq. They would certainly have let their kids listen to THAT speech. Remember how 'unpatriotic' it was to talk about a president that sent his fellow Americans to die (and killed over 100,000 innocent Iraqi men, women and children). I guess it's become ok to 'diss' this president - I wonder why? (Need I askkk?)
I am angry that our school district didn't have the balls to let the children listen to an important speech, made by their President, about education. They were too scared of the republicans (in my neighborhood, it's the greedy kind, and sometimes greedy/ignorant kind, sad to say).
As mentioned, we are in temporary housing until our house is done with construction. I was sitting by the pool one day and a n American man struck up a conversation with a German man:
American man: "Uhhh, in Germany you have that 'socialized medicine?'" (disgust on face).
German guy: "Yes, we have both. Everyone has public, but some have private insurance, also. But very little have private, since it costs a lot of money".
American guy:"Do you have to wait a long time to get service?" (and other derogatory comments I forget).
German guy (probably thinking - 'what a dumb-ass, he assumes and has probably never left New Jersey!') "Everyone is insured, not like here where 45,000,000 people are not insured".
American guy: "Ahhh, no it's not 45,000,000, that number is inflated, it's more like only 10,000,000".
Me, thinking: " Ah, only 10,000,000, phew that's nothing. Who cares if they get sick, it's only 10,000,000 men, women and children who don't have health care! Now if it were 45,000,000, now that would be different!" Just hope you're not one of those 10,000,000 (or 45,000,000).
Is it me or do they not get it?! ONE person, with no health care, is too much in the richest country in the world. Are they not embarrassed by that fact? I don't get it... I just don't get it!
