I can't help but feel shocks and appalled at the actions of the the Republican GOP in several states, as well as in the Federal Government. They were voted in because people were unhappy with the Democrats, but within the last month, the Republican GOP seems out to destroy everything in its past, whether it is helpful or not. I would have written a blog post about this some time ago, but every week, a new shocker is in the news about what they want or are doing. I can barely keep up, let along wrap my head around it. Here's just a small list of what I have seen within one month of observing:
--South Dakota seeks to expand permissive killing to include the motive to protect an unborn baby, regardless of the age or health of the baby/fetus and/or the mother. In other words, this could include a miscarrying mother that needs an abortion to save an already dead or dying baby. Doctor tries to save the mother, he gets the knife in the back by a "upstanding citizen." Seriously?
--Georgia seeks to have an investigation board solely based to investigate supposed miscarriages of ANY kind to see if they were true miscarriages, or abortion attempts. This ignores the science that the majority of miscarriages happen in the first trimester and that surgery to remove the dead fetus from a miscarriage leaves the same scars as an abortion. What happened to innocent until proven guilty, or even the right to privacy?
--Indiana and Wisconsin have moved for anti-union bills. While this is limited to teachers and other government employees, this is shocking. Unions were designed to protect from exploitation by companies, businesses and so on. Do you want children working in mines again? OH WAIT!!
--Maine and Missouri are seeking to revoke all child labor restrictions, designed to keep underage children from working too many hours so they can do well in school. This will also allow them to work LONG hours in businesses with overnight hours, like hotels and 24-hour restaurants. The limit is already 16 in most states, which is fine. I can see the benefit in letting kids choose their own responsibilities, but look at the kids nowadays. 16-year-olds generally are barely responsible. Just shows that representatives don't represent kids at all since they don't even know them.
--Kansas seeks to resurrect defunct law to make consensual homosexuality a jailable criminal offense, no exceptions. They keep trying evidentially despite the Kansas Supreme Court striking down each attempt because it is unconstitutional. Makes sense. Jailing homosexuals makes as much sense as jailing people born on February 29th, and there are millions of those.
--Minnesota is moving to make it illegal for citizens on welfare to carry more then $20 in their wallets at any times. WHY!?
That's just a nutshell. I didn't vote for these nutbag Tea Partiers, but they are flying under a lying flag. Let's compare, shall we?
Boston Tea Party, 1773
--Outraged citizens attacked the HMS Dartmouth
--Destroyed an entire shipment of tea, but ONLY the tea
--Swept the ships of tea leaves. They cleaned up their mess! I wish all protesters were like that.
--They did it because Parliament was forcing them to accept the tea regardless of colonial embargoes on the tea, thanks to the Tea Act.
Nowadays
--Outraged politicians attack...well...everything.
--Seek to destroy job security, health welfare, the middle class, anything Obama is out to help.
--Leave nothing to replace the supposed messed up laws, only leave wreckage of a bill
--The only motivation is political, no matter what the voters say.
I've already washed my hands of the Republican party. They have betrayed the voters for the last time. I'll be at the polls next time, and I'll be out to VOTE THEM OUT!!
[breathes heavily.]
On a much lighter note, here's some great photos. Mother told me not to play with my food, but this guy can play as much as he wants.
Have a great day, people.
