with Liberty and Justice for All.

"one nation under god" is where most citizens get hung up... so desperate to keep that added phrase in the Pledge they forget the words that follow::

"Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for ALL"

the most important words in the Pledge, yet the most neglected in the argument on health care, education, and taxes

is it just that those with the ability and intelligence must resort to student loans to better self in the land of the free? tax money that is given to the banks by the federal government to lend to tax payers, and guaranteed by the taxpayers if the student defaults. that has been remedied. it (hopefully) won't have the middleman making money off students.

is it just that those with ability, but unable to get a loan, must wait till the age of twenty-seven? (unless you're a single parent) doesn't that seem like the system is designed to keep people in "their place"?

is it just that when ~46% of an educational districts budget is based upon the local tax base that some affluent districts will spend more per student than those with a less than adequate budget? really? how is that just? it's more a matter of 'luck' as to who your parents are and the position they've attained in this life. 

is it just that some are lucky enough to have adequate health care? yeah, i said LUCKY --- right place, right time, right connections, right qualifications to get a job that has health benefits. 

we have all benefited from those with 'less' fighting those with 'more'  -- your 40 hour workweek with overtime was earned by laborers banding together to fight for the rights you take for granted... yeah, even that health care, and the right for children to attend school and not be forced to work in factories and fields. someone... somewhere... at some point in our history believed in "Liberty and Justice for All"

i will tell you the most arrogant, ignorant, close-minded statement i've ever heard "i made it on my own with NO help from anybody" 

when someone says that i always reply, "bullshit"

if you are reading this, someone helped you... probably using tax dollars from US taxpayers. now that i think about it.... can you name one person you've met (in person or in the virtual world) that hasn't benefited in some way on the backs of the US taxpayer?

just came across this quote [20011.30.01]

‎"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." ~Abe Lincoln 1861

 

 

 

omg! sexting, breastfeeding, & idiotic issues

13-year-old Hope Witsell hanged herself after topless photos circulated

that link will take you to a tragic story ... tragic not because she took a photo of her breast ... tragic because of the way society reacted. [if your child, you, whatever is being bullied due to sexting. .. use this::

LINK BELOW "What Happened to Hope Witsell?" REMOVED BECAUSE SOMEONE THOUGHT I WAS MAKING $$ OFF THEIR 'WORK' *SHEESH* [work is a four-letter word]

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Article 6bis(1), states:

    Independently of the author's economic rights, and even after the transfer of the said rights, the author shall have the right to claim authorship of the work and to object to any distortion, mutilation or other modification of, or other derogatory action in relation to, the said work, which would be PREJUDICIAL to his HONOR or REPUTATION.]

What happened to Hope Witsell? this link sums up much of my outrage ... at her parents, at the media, at society in general ...

there are so many in the country that see the body, especially the female breasts, as taboo ... be embarrassed, cover up, it's "naughty"

that is immature and wrong. even if Hope had NOT hanged herself, she would have grown up with the feeling that her body was bad, that sex and love were wrong. this was emphasized by her parents. the very one's that should have been giving her a positive response about her body, about herself ... instead they reinforced what the bully's at school were telling her "whore, slut, bad-girl" ... and thought they were "doing the right thing" by acknowledging the fundamentalist, puritanical standards of this warped, freedom-luvin' society we call the USA.

i post these photos for Hope, the child that died, and the hope of a more tolerant society...














and if this bothers you ... kiss right here.

is it a "right"?

do i have the right to be treated humanely? do you have the right? what is it to treat another with decency? should i expect more for myself than i am willing to allow you? do i have the right to feel safe in my own home?

healthcare reform, troop surge, right to speak, party crashers.... all of these topics in the news go back to one simple idea...."where do my rights begin? where do yours end?"

do i have the right to expect better health care treatment [because my husband was in the right place at the right time to be hired by a company that offered insurance] than the citizen that works two or more part-time jobs, is above the poverty line. yet can't make enough $$ to afford adequate healthcare?

is that what USA is about? i have mine.... fuck you.

do i have the right to tell my neighbor what religion to practice? do i have the right to tell my neighbor what weapons to have in their house without expecting the same treatment from my neighbor?

for i believe that is what our former POTUS did in Iraq and now our current POTUS is about to ramp up in Afghanistan.

a firm believer in the best offense is a good defense ... a country should not expect to overpower another nation to force an idea that we are not willing to concede because it is our right ...

but then again, this is the USA, i got mine, and you are gonna get what i feel you "deserve"

what has our nation come to? when someone speaks an opinion different from yours they are labeled a kook, libtard, a right wingnut? granted there are quite a few idiots speaking their mind ... i could be one of them.

because the point of view is different--- is THAT a reason to dismiss it as insanity? whatever happened to intelligence? did it leave with common sense ? now i admit i do have a term i like to use for those that get their information from one general source (point of view) and refuse to see that there is more than one truth ... i call them "dittoheads" for that is what i hear ... the same pile of verbal diarrhea spit out verbatim as the next dittohead ... no thought, no reasoning, no comprehension of the damage that might occur because you refuse to think for yourself ...

yet in the good ole USA do as i say, not as i do.....

which brings me to the dittoheads that went uninvited to the POTUS's first state dinner.

... they should be ashamed & should be punished ... for simply entering where they were not invited ... for disregarding the first rule of humanity ... that we feel safe in our own home.

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Location:E Railroad Ave,Wesson,United States

god, hitchhiking, fear

just saw a poll, concerning "keep god in the pledge" --- anytime i see that --- keep god here or there ... i look around and wonder ... who's god ? ... money? power? sex? the christian god? the islamic god? which religion? which faith? which god?


when we allow "god back into school" do you realize that satan is also a god to some people? in the USA a person has just as much right to worship satan as any other religion.... do you realize that putting "god" back in school literally opens up pandora's box??? ....


"in god we trust" on our currency, is very appropriate in this day and age ... for many worship the power that money brings ...


"one nation under god" ... on our Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag ... brings to mind again ... what god are we under? what god would want us to deny the suffering we see on a daily basis, and protect our measly earthly treasures?


many of our religions send money and missionaries to other countries ... overlooking the suffering in their own yard ... people fight to stop abortions... never wondering about the fate of so many abused, neglected, unloved children already in existence .... people fight to keep "their health care" .... never worrying about those who die needlessly ... this is the United States of America ... what happened to "give us your tired, your poor"??


what happened to theses citizens of a once proud country?

is it really all about "me-me-me-me"?

do you really ignore the suffering in the search of your "one nation under god" ??

researching the origins & motives of certain laws passed in the USA, i've discovered that most were written in fear ... fear of the different, fear of "coloured people" ie, abortion (white women were using it as a means of birth control in late 1800's to provide better life for family), drug laws (via the Harrison Tax Act), and "under god" due to integration ...


i was told by a friend, when he read the post about me picking up an unknown man and giving him a ride across louisiana .... "this isn't 1960!!" no, it's not ... but what's wrong with helping a person in need? what's wrong with compassion? should i be so afraid for myself, that i put on blinders and shut out the suffering of my fellow beings?


is that what my Creator intended for me? NO


is that what your Creator intended for you? only you can answer that question....

the preamble of the US Constitution says more to me than any other material written by humanity:


We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.


those that wrote the Constitution never once mentioned anyone's god in the Preamble, and i imagine they were afraid, more afraid than you or i, they were fighting to create a country of freedom.

while today ... we fight to "nanny law" the hell out of our neighbor.

#healthcare

so many are discussing the pros and cons of the proposed healthcare for USA

i don't want to lose the bit of coverage i have left ... i don't want to pay a higher price for said coverage ...
BUT i do know that there is a vast number of hard working, taxpaying citizens that have NO healthcare coverage at all ...

imagine being a single mom, working 2 jobs, trying to make ends meet, and discovering a lump in your breast... no insurance and little time means no mammogram or doctor visit to have the lump examined ...'

options:

ignore and pray for the best,

use the money for the electric bill to pay for mammogram.


if this mom chooses the first option, and the lump is malignant, not only is her chance of survival greatly diminished, but the burden of supporting her orphaned children will fall on the USA taxpayer....

with so few adoptions of older children taking place in this "me" society, the chance these children will grow up to depend on the "system" for the rest of their adult life is high, either through welfare, or imprisonment ...

this is just one example of what our caste-based healthcare system offers in the USA, can we really afford NOT to make a change???