"Thank God!!! No more Health Care...talk."

Tweet I’m so disappointed right now. No more health care talk from the bumbling idiots in Washington. Sure it’s great that health care reform passed…I guess. I suppose if you didn’t want health care reform to pass then it kind of sucks for you. A friend of mine said this today, “the world isn't ending. There were many pieces of legislation in the Bush years that I got worked up over....my life hasn't changed since they passed. If you get all worked up about something that has been blown significantly out of proportion, you'll give yourself ulcers and have to take advantage of your health care. Chill out and just enjoy life.”

Of course my conservative friends will respond with, “Who’s going to pay for this?” or “ Sure you can enjoy life unless you’re a small business who has to lay off employees to cover the cost of health care that you’re now required by law to provide.” To this I say, Wow!

Fox News really did a number on some of you out there. The people asking “who’s going to pay for this” never asked that question when we decided to head into Iraq. Now that a Democrat is in office they’re asking the question. To be fair many on the left were asking, “Who’s going to pay for Iraq?” while supporting health care reform. I guess it equals out? God I love this country.

I heard today that Dunkin Donuts had a beef with the plan because they didn’t want the sugar tax to be raised. As long as they don’t raise the internet tax to fund it I’m happy. Otherwise you’ll probably see Jason, Bry, Sean (both of them) and I picketing in Washington DC. Fox News will probably tape this and make it look like there are thousands more of us.

The Michael Moore’s, Bill Maher’s and the way left think the bill is too watered down, while the right is totally against the bill. Is it possible that if both sides aren’t really happy with it that it could be perfect? I mean everybody in the senate and the house…Hell everybody in D.C. are heartless bastards that only care about themselves. Everything they do is with the intent of getting reelected; they don’t care about you or me.

The Republicans played this one perfectly. America is scared right now…well some of them are. Come election time the scared could knock the left out of office. That said Obama and his peons actually accomplished something (good or bad) other than being the first African-American elected as President. So they’ve got that going for them.

I love politics, I really do. I love it because I really enjoy being pissed off. Watching these two sides go back and forth like grade schoolers really satisfies my need to be pissed off. Lack of real compassion for the average American citizen and worker is depressing. For instance, late last year more than $70 million was spent on an Olympic bid for Chicago. In the last two weeks more than 17,000 teachers have been pink slipped in the state of Illinois. A logical response would be that if Chicago had gotten the Olympics, the city and state would make money off of that. Unfortunately, 21 out of the last 22 cities to host the Olympics have actually lost money…and you’re talking about Chicago and the State of Illinois, one of the most corrupt cities and states in the nation. What is it, three out of our last four governors ended up in jail (4 out of 5 if Blago goes to jail)?

Arguing over politics is like arguing over what movie to watch. Don’t take it personally, it’s all trivial BS. The right side believes that if you work hard you’ll be rewarded, which can be true but often time isn’t. The left believes that everyone should have equal opportunity and in the process give hand outs to as many people as they can. Many of those people need the hand outs to survive, while others cheat the system because they can. Both sides have the right idea; why can’t we just meet in the middle? This is probably the funniest thing I’ve ever written. I make myself laugh sometimes.

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