So you’re wondering why America is considered a ridiculous country by the rest of the world and you want to know what kind of monsters would rather blow themselves to smithereens rather than be in a society like America. Now, I’m not for suicide bombers, I think that’s crazy, but here’s a few stories in the news to make you think…
Bush Vetoed Health-Care Bill
Why? Well mainly because it would require that cigarettes be taxed 61 cents more per pack, inevitably raising the price of cigarettes AND would allow four person families making $61,000 yearly to get the health care break- the argument is that most families in America make that or below so the health-care would become too close to socialized health-care.
Now, I’m no math wizard, but I know I make a little more than 1/2 of that a year and I’m freaking broke. So I don’t see how a family of four can live on $61,000 in the first place. Now, I know what you’re going to say wise righty- "Well Alex, if you didn’t spend all your money on Bill Blass shoes for your grass-roots fund-raisers and Michael Moore movies you’d have the money to pay your bills." Well, news flash, I don’t ever go to the movies because I can’t afford it and I haven’t bought a new piece of clothing in months. All my money goes to car payments and college loan repayments and my sky-high, non-rent-controlled apartment and the 160 dollars a month you fat-cat oil tycoons charge for gasoline so I can get to work to make the pittance I require to give right back to you (usually before I even earn it). I DON’T have a mortgage and I DON’T have 2 kids requiring constant care during this flu season so I can’t even begin to fathom how the argument that a family of four making $61,000 a year should be paying for their health insurance makes any sense in the first place. Essentially what is being said is Bush would rather keep it cheaper to kill yourself than cure yourself. Way to go braniac.
Suing Santa Monica OK
Yesterday it was decided that victims of the 2003 tragedy in which an elderly man lost control of his vehicle and plowed into numerous people at the Santa Monica Farmer’s Market can now sue the City of Santa Monica for damages.
I’m all for people paying for their mistakes but c’mon. Lawyer Gregory Moreno is quoted as saying: "This was an accident waiting to happen." So basically, Mr. Moreno, what your saying is that now the city should be held responsible for crazy old guys who happen to be passing through the neighborhood and can’t see a million people right in front of them? Why stop there? I mean if the city should be responsible for completely random acts of violence which no one could ever predict, why not represent victims of earthquakes under the assumption that cities should be able to predict those too? And where is that money going to come from Mr. Moreno? How about all the citizens and victims of the tragedy who live in Santa Monica? Did you get your law degree out of a cracker-jack box? Don’t you know that when you sue a city the taxpayers of that city pay for it? And those suing: I know a terrible tragedy has befallen you, of which you will never recover. But suing your friends and neighbors is not the answer. You may think you are attacking a city, but who is that city comprised of?
Judge Removes Britney Spears Visitation Rights
Today Judge Scott Gordon revoked all visitation rights for Britney Spears. Britney has a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and perhaps has not been a model citizen when it comes to raising her kids.
Why stand up for Britney Spears? I mean she’s kind of a wreck and she clearly likes to party. I mean what 20 something in their right mind would want to do that? Oh wait, all of them… Now the fact that she does have a responsibility to her children does complicate things and I am all for demanding she live up to those responsibilities. However, Judge Gordon, don’t you think you’re going too far? Drug and alcohol tests once a week? Having a monitor present when she visits the children? Judge Gordon, have you ever been a parent? My guess is no because if you were you would know that an occasional drink now and again does not make you an unfit parent and constant monitoring doesn’t make for quality family time. And I’m pretty sure tearing children away from their mother permanently because she smokes too many cigarettes and has made a few young mistakes is going to damage them far worse than being around that. Did you get your law degree from E-Entertainment? C’mon, these kids are already going to be totally screwed up because of the ridiculous life they were born into, do you really need to make it worse? If you had half a brain in that judicious melon of yours you would clearly see that there are greater emotional issues that are at the root of this troubled mouseketeer and instead of making a pointless national example of her (of which all the gun-toting, beer-swilling, negligent parents everywhere could care less about save it’s interesting to read about in People magazine) try and help the poor girl. She’s had a Mickey Mouse childhood and a smothering show-biz mom. Of course she’s going to be fucked up and desperately looking to reclaim some lost experiences of freedom- she’s never had it. But maybe, with a little guidance from a wise old man of the court, she could experience those wonderful things along with her kids and maybe, just maybe, Hollywood wouldn’t have to deal with another screwed up show-biz kid from a broken home.
America: Maybe the reason greed, callousness, and corruption is synonymous with outsider’s thoughts about America is because, far too often, America is consumed by greed, callousness, and corruption… In the immortal words of one of America’s greatest actresses (you voted to give the Oscar Hollywood, not me): "Snap out of it!"
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