We are all doomed you do know that right? I could go in depth, by why bother? just look around. Ignorant robber barons in control of the government, An endless army of religious lunatics willing to blow you up in the name of allah/jesus/whatever. and you and i and everyone else with nothing to do about it. go on and bitch about it and vote new politicians in. Its not like it doesn’t work right?..oh wait.
There is no light at the end of this tunnel. America is screwed, and so am I and you. Forget that lying coward Obama and his hope and change. the world belongs to people like Sarah Palin and George Bush now. so put on your tinfoil hat and pray to santa jesus to save you. The age of reason is over. Just try to gather some books to read before the evangelicals burn them all. and sing it with me!
The thing is - no matter how messed up things get with the world. No matter how crazy things are. None of it ends up effecting the day-to-day running of my life. If It weren’t for 24 hour rolling news and internet message boards it would be as if none of it is happening at all.
Well, actually, it does effects my life directly - and I don’t even live in the good ol’ USA anymore. When I fly there to visit my family I have to submit to all sorts of idiotic rules and regulation and indignities. I have to pay a fuckload more for my plane ticket because of all the rules and regulations and upcharges for god only knows what including “security” among others. I can’t fill a bottle of water and take it on the flight with me. I have to cough up $4 to purchase one after I go through “security”. (it’s a little thing but it pisses me off every time)
The economy of my adopted country is going into the shitter because it’s so closely tied to the grand fuck-up that’s going on down below the 49th where they’re pissing money away on adventures all over the place. That means my cost of living is getting higher. And my adopted country feels obliged to join in the adventuring so, rather than the hefty chunk of taxes I pay going to things that might improve my life (like road infrastructure or social programs) it’s being pissed away killing brown people.
If I did still live in the USA I’d be royally fucked because I couldn’t afford health insurance when I was there (self employed very small business owner) and I have had a few minor health issue in the interim. I’d be well in debt if I’d stayed there. Rather glad I bailed. But the cost of health insurance does impact my offspring which means I get to subsidize them.
And that’s just off the top of my head.
So yeah, the robber barons and the lunatics are having an effect on me personally.
