Mitt Romney thinks people are not entitled to food

[smurasaki]

I think Mitt Romney is a terrible human being.  I also think people are entitled to food.  So does the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 25)*.  And, unless I'm mistaken, so do most (all?) major religions, including Christianity.  I am, admittedly, not a Christian, but as far as I can tell Jesus says in the Parable of the Sheep and the

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[smurasaki]

I know they've managed to completely divorce themselves from reality, but I can't really wrap my head around it. It's like meeting people who are convinced that trees are made out of cheese or that they can walk through walls, or something equally obvious and disprovable. My brain just shorts out because reality just flat out disagrees with them.

(Paraphrased real quotes from other people at the public library I work at...paraphrased because I didn't have a tape recorder, so I can't be sure of exact words.)
Security Guard: "I'm completely independent. I'm not dependent on anything or anyone but myself. Why should I help anyone else?"
Me: O_o (Because the list of what's wrong with that is just so mind blowing,where do you even begin???)

Former Coworker: Why are they raising the utility prices? *grumble mutter* At least with a private business, you know the money's going to the CEO's pool.
Me: O_o But...inflation... And if you think it's a rip off, why does it matter if it's a private business or not?
Former Coworker: Because it's honest!
Me: O_o

Coworker: I'm taking the day off to go to the tea party rally! (Which, of course, was being held in a public park.)
Me: O_o

I mean... I just... What the ever living fuck?

(It does all very much make me wish that Jesus was a) real and b) prone to dropping by Earth to slap people upside the head. Because I'm fairly certain there would be a lot of slapping.)