WHY I'M A LIBERAL

I realize that this is the second post of the evening. I'm having some trouble sleeping since I've had to make up for the work I missed and deal with, once again, saying goodbye to my family.  Which is what also brings me to this posting. I CAN'T SLEEP!!!  I'm also afraid of the precipice that the election of Rand Paul, Ken Buck Sharon Angle and Witchy Woman in Delaware would lead us to stand upon.

I just can't understand the Ayn Rand crap that leads to the social Darwinism advocated by people who want us to teach the fantasy land that is "intelligent design."  However, these same people want us to treat our entire society to their version of survival of the fittest...if you're not born into enough resources to give you a fair shake in the America that they envision, you must just relegate yourself to working a serf life as a convenience store clerk or a 72 year old McDonald's employee asking "Do you want fries with that?"

I am appalled by the new Walmart Ads where they hand pick a few token people who advanced in the company.  What a bunch of crap.  A race to the bottom company that abuses their employees in ways that defy social conscience pimping out a minority employee for a commercial that says "I LOVE working here." Bullshit.

I am appalled by the money from outside our state and that is being lambasted from Karl Rove and friends into every state.  The Supreme Court led by John Roberts has opened the floodgates to the death of the common man representing his district.  It is now a money game to the point of complete bastardization of our entire repubic.

So, what can I do?  Stuff voter guides and give people rides.  Vote and forward every email to everyone I know to get out the vote.  After that, nothing.

But, in the end, I just don't get it.  A guy who would see his neighbor in trouble and rush to his rescue would not extend that philosophy of his responsibility to society.  A man in Tennessee watched his house go up in flames because he neglected to pay the $75 fee to "pay to spray"  fee. The county had privatized the fire department.  He and his neighbors tried to pay on the spot and the fire fighters cried as they told him that they weren't allowed to accept the payment, nor could they help him.  He lost two cats and two dogs in the fire and has nothing but rubble to show for his life.

What have we become?   By the way, I don't give a crap that I was required to read "Atlas Shrugged" in High School.  I'll never understand why it was considered literature or relevant. It is crap. It is garbage.  It defies everything that makes us human.  Compassion, love, and social justice.  Ayn Rand had better like warm climates because her philosophies are relegated to the hottest flames of Hell.  I'll bet she never struggled or  missed a meal. Had she EVER suffered hardship her let them rot ideas would have never formed or been put to print - at least by her.

With that, I'll sign off.  For Christ's sake vote and vote for the ones who will inch us closer to being a better, caring and loving society. We could do that.  Look to our Northern neighbors.  They got it right.  Perhaps it's time to emulate.