Political Rant

I don't consider myself a republican, but I tend to vote that way. Naive people assume that means I'm a bible thumping-gun carrying-war mongering asshole. I honestly think everyone in washington sucks. They aren't doing their job. Too many of them care more about their own personal agendas, or sabotaging the agenda's of their fellow politicians, than actually fixing the economy and progressing the United States as a successful civilization. This is the same on BOTH sides of the two parties. Neither one is better than the other, they're all full of shit and they're all out there to do something other than make our lives easier/better. You've got hundreds and thousands of Ivy League law degrees out there running this country and with all those supposed "smart minds" working together they can't come up with a solution or get this economy back on track? Give me a break. If I was as bad at my job as congressman are at theirs, I'd be fired...and so should they.

Back to why I vote republican: They have more of a tendency to allow me to hold onto my own hard earned money than democrats. Sorry if I sound like a dick, but I haven't exactly been rolling in cash lately, and if I want to be anytime soon I'm going to have to work my ass off for it. That being said: why the fuck would I want to give it to other people who don't work as hard as I do? If I become president and CEO of a company I started and risked everything to build, and it becomes a top global company where I'm worth billions, what gives anyone, let alone a government started upon a free-market economy idea, to take it and redistribute it? None.

Healthcare you say? What makes you think healthcare is going to be better if the government is running it? Have you been at the mercy of a transportation system for your commute run by a goverment agency? Have you been on the CTA? It's an absolute joke. It's inefficient and a waste of money. Privatize that shit already.

War in Iraq: as long as there aren't any terrorists blowing up my building, I don't give a fuck, keep the war on their doorstep, not mine. If it means a nuke won't go off on my city, assassinate that psychopath. If it helps millions of oppressed people from being under the mercy of a tyrant political/militant group....bonus.

Immigration: It's cool if you want to be in the US, I don't blame you, my ancestors did it too. But if you're gonna come here, do it legally, and respect/adapt to our culture. I'd love to hear of another country that welcomes and respects different cultures as much as the US does. Japan won't allow it's population to fall under 95% full blooded Japanese citizens despite a declining population that's leaving them in a huge economic shitstorm (how is this not racist by the way?) I can respect your culture, but if I have to read signs more carefully because there's two languages on it since millions of people who showed up illegally are forcing their culture on our society, then I have a beef. If I want to watch a movie on TV really bad but it's on a spanish channel, I can't understand it and it ruins the fun. "Oh but it's too hard to be come a legal immigrant these days": That's because so many people have been doing it illegally for so long that the government has attempted to make it more difficult. (Another reason not to allow the government to take over healthcare, they can't even run efficient border control.) Talk about a homeland security nightmare. We don't know who is crossing over or what they're brining with them (guns, drugs, bombs, AIDS).

Bleeding heart bullshit: Save it. I'm no more of a dick than you are just because I have the balls to admit how we ALL think: we're out for ourselves. Everyone is and it's become more apparent to me now more than ever during these economic times. Don't pretend like you care more about people half way across the country and their "rights", because you don't, you're just saying you do for your own personal agenda, whether it's self-righteousness, impressing some hippie girl, or trying to fit in with a group of activists. It's garbage and most people are tired of it by now. Now get out of the street.