One of my Facebook friends from high school has a parent who is sick. The parent is retired and on Medicare and is having difficulty staying hospitalized despite a serious infection in her back. My high school friend is about ready to explode if her status updates are any way to gauge the situation. This is the same friend who posted on my status, after the election, that she wasn't sure that we could remain friends if I continued to post my political views now that the election was over. I told her to delete me if she couldn't just scroll past my posts on her Wall. She decided to put her Big Girl Pants on. Of course, one of my big problems with Obama was ObamaCare. Well, now my friend is living with the reality of ObamaCare firsthand. I am finding it very difficult to be supportive without pointing the obvious: Elections Have Consequences. But, bless my heart, I am trying. One of HER relatives was kind enough to state the obvious on one of those threads, and put the blame right where it belonged: on ObamaCare. Thank goodness.
Now that the news is filled with one scandal after another at the Big White, I am reading on many blogs bits and pieces, and occasionally full-on rants, about what is going down. If you didn't know, today is the vote on Amnesty. I was unaware (until today) that Marco Rubio has changed his position on his own bill and is now saying that this bill should pass as is. Legalization must come first. Wow. In my humble opinion, this bill has been flawed all the way down the line. Now the speculation is amping up for what will happen next. The GOP is backing away from this bill like a tuna fish sandwich left out in the sun for a week. Some say that Rubio has shot his political aspirations into the toilet and all but cleared the way for Jeb Bush's rush at the Presidential bid for 2016. Are you groaning yet? Me too. I should have seen this one coming. Manzanita predicted that Jeb Bush was the Candidate that the Non-Republican Republicans have been grooming for this Nomination right after Romney lost. If I take anything away from this it is to never disregard anything Manzanita says... ever.
What do you think about the NSA snooping on people via every telecommunications device they can? Right this moment the Whistleblower's name escapes me, but do you think he is legit? I have read varying things. I am not convinced that specific guy is the Real Deal. However, I am absolutely certain since The Patriot Act that the NSA is listening in on our phone calls and reading our email. I have no doubt that they have gone far beyond the scope of what most Americans would find acceptable - if they knew the breadth and depth of the monitoring. It is a good thing we are used to being lied to and accept the lies like we do our morning cereal. As for me, I think George Orwell was a man ahead of his time. He was all too familiar with the human condition and he saw this coming.
“The choice for mankind lay between freedom and happiness and… for the great bulk of mankind, happiness was better.” – George Orwell, 1984.
Given that, how am I remaining sane? I weeded an area for a garden. That felt great. I can't weed out our government, but I can weed a small space that is mine. Yanking out those suckers was extremely cathartic. Then I planted some tomatoes, peppers of all colors, cucumbers, and oregano. Now, I am going to water and watch something grow.
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