Watching Paul Ryan on Face the Nation talking about health care. He thinks the most important issue here is not forcing people to buy something they don't want. I know there are a few fringey people out there who do not want to buy health insurance, but the VAST majority of people I know WANT health insurance, they just can't afford it. The ( Read more... )

“There are a lot of damaged people out there on the racist, sexist, bigoted side of things, who have been fucked up by the world in one way or another and who have decided the best way to dig themselves out of that hole is to try to take it out on other people.”
-John Scalzi

( Cut for politics and because this isn’t very polished. I just don’t give a damn at this point, but I want to save some of this because I need to remember it. )

I watched this week's Face the Nation on the DVR, and for the first time in a long time, it actually made me feel better about politics. And even more shocking, it was the Republicans that made me feel better! SC Senator Lindsey Graham actually sounded like a voice for reason when he was talking about how we have to have a strong State Department ( Read more... )

Christian Pastor John Pavlovitz wrote a blog post the day before Inauguration day. Let The Record Show.
Every word resonates with me. But especially these:

And if I prove to be wrong, it will be one of the most joyful errors of my life. I will own these words and if necessary, willingly and gladly admit my misjudgment because it will mean that ( Read more... )

I'm streaming CBS's coverage of the inauguration at work.

If today sucks for me, I cannot even imagine how much it must suck for Hillary Clinton to sit up on the stage with Bill to witness the swearing in, knowing that there are TV cameras trained on her.

I’m feeling quite literally sick to my stomach today as I contemplate the fact that at noon we’ll be replacing our Democratic Oligarchy with what will be (at best) a kakistocracy/kleptocracy and could possibly end up being a Fascist totalitarian government ( Read more... )

I do not want today to happen.

I cannot believe that we're replacing Obama with Trump. I will miss having a dignified leader for our country, someone who, whether or not you agreed with his politics, was always dignified, thoughtful, and presidential as hell. I was never embarrassed by his behavior, even when he was being silly in public, it was ( Read more... )

And this morning comes the news that Trump wants to appoint an anti-vaxxer to lead a panel on immunization safety.

First gutting the Affordable Care Act, and now he's going for vaccines? I fear for the health of not just our democracy, but our citizens.

Things are going to get very, very bad I fear.

I first read Jim Wright’s post about Resolutions for 2017 when he first posted it on Facebook two days ago.

And I’m struggling with it. He’s completely correct on every single point he makes in his post. But I’m still struggling. Donald Trump being President is not a reality that I want to accept.

Somebody has to be the grownup in the room and ( Read more... )