You can't always get what you want, but you get what you deserve.

Wake up goddamn it!

Like my mom used to say, "That's what you get."

People are going on a 'round-the-bendie about today's Supreme Court ruling. The one that Keith Olbermann characterizes as a confluence of "Pandora's Box and the bottomless pit."

"Oh no. The corporation can buy politicians, and run amok, and point the nation in whichever direction they see fit, without regard for the citizens!" Oh no! Whatever will we do? What country have you been living in Keith? Did I miss a meeting? How does this new jurisprudence establish anything that is any worse than what has been going on for the last hundred or more years in The Land of the Greed, and The Home of the Slaves?

Who decided that our options for leader of the free world should be luminaries of the human spirit like Bush, Gore, Kerry, McCain, Clinton, Obama? The people? Really? No! Corporate dollars created these puppets. This court ruling doesn't change anything but degree. We might be out of the frying pan, and inexorably into the fire, but either way we're cooked! So, who gives a fuck whether we're golden brown or flambe'd?

Politicians have been slaves to the dollar since their profession began, but we've had term-limits since our government was formed. They're called elections. Richard Pryor tried to get out the "None of the Above" vote two decades ago. Do you want to get rid of corrupt career-politicians? Stop reelecting the incumbent. Who's the bigger asshole? The corporations who pay for the commercials, or the drooling masses who believe the commercials? Get the bullshit out of your agenda. Stop throwing away good, sensible candidates because they don't share your: religious faith, skin color, gender, sexual orientation, definition of marriage, or any other belief that has nothing to do with the greatest good of our nation.

But you're not going to do that, are you? "He's a commie, he's a socialist, he's a fag, he's a catholic, you can't trust a man who's not married, I'm just not voting for her." This is how you want it. Well. You get it.

...And Healthcare for all.

Wake up goddamn it!

Let me first couch my opinions. I am not a Democrat. I am not a Republican. As far as I'm concerned all politicians are equally worthless. Like all rational, thinking people I have some conservative stances and some liberal stances.

With all that said, I'm awed by dyed-in-the-wool Conservatives calling the President "too partisan" with regard to the health care. How does one maintain a straight face while articulating such blatant hypocrisy? Republicans are having two "rebuttals" to the President's speech (which is way more bipartisan than it sounds). One rebuttal immediately following the address so as to not allow the President to completely dominate the news cycle. The other rebuttal will take place after they've had time to muster up some spin and disinformation, so it should be fun.

Pushing past my hot-air, and getting down to health care.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
I'm quite certain I've read that somewhere. Go back and read that again, and you can probably guess where I'm going with this. Who can argue that access to health care is not essential to LIFE, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness? They are inseparable. If the people can "institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their SAFETY and happiness," what is wrong with creating an "insurance exchange" and a government-run, non-profit provider?

If you call it socialism and say that you don't want to pay for my health care, then I hope you don't have United Health Care as your insurance provider, because your premiums are already paying for by diabetes treatment. Just as our premiums went into paying for my triplet niece and nephews' stay in the NNICU when they were born 8 weeks early. The premiums paid by the healthy are subsidizing the treatment of the sick. We all take our turn on both ends of the cycle. This only seems to be a problem when the subsidy is called a "tax" instead of a "premium." Call it "macaroni." I'm always up for some antics, but as long as I've got medical professionals to tend to me if I go into an insulin coma I don't give a shit what you call it.

If you tell me taxes are too high, Cousin, you done stepped in it. I am not married. I do not own a house. I do not, nor do I intend to have children. I will not live to collect one cent of Social Security. How do my tax deductions compare to yours? How does my tax benefit compare to yours?

If you don't feel like you should pay for my health care, then kindly tell your parents and grandparents to give me back my fucking Social Security payments. You can pay to complete your garage and let them putter around in there. Or pay to euthanize them. I don't give a shit, but give me back my money. Furthermore, you can pay for your kids' tuition, books, athletic uniforms, etc your damn self. Shut up, and give me back my money. I'll use it to pay for my own damn health care.

Of course that's not the way I feel about the matter. I'm playing devil's advocate to make my point. I don't want previous generations who made this country strong and sacrificed for my freedom to live in squalor. They should get Social Security. I don't want younger generations to grow up to be stupid, ill-informed jackals (though I question their parents' and teachers dedication to that cause.) I want our society to be civilized one. So let's act like it, and take care of one another instead of quibbling over semantics.