Perhaps a bad idea to start with

Actually, I know it's a bad idea to start with this. But to be fair, this has been driving me up a wall for the past month and a half, and I don't really want to put Lynn through another venting session, so here goes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUPMjC9mq5Y

This video is of a 9/12 "tea party," in Washington D.C.- "Tea Party" is a term that has been given to the conservative protests of literally everything President Barack Hussein Obama has done since being elected to that office 7 months ago- well. Okay. Some of the more reasonable among them (*shivers*) say they're protesting Obama's massive government spending, and that they're simply trying to save their children and grandchildren from paying massive debts off for this generation.



These people pretend to know what they're talking about, throwing around big terms like "socialism," and "final solution,"whenever they talk about him, without even realizing what they're actually saying. Comparing The Final Solution to Public Health Care is, literally, comparing a plot to exterminate an entire religion from the face of the planet to an attempt to bring care to those who need it the most- those that can't afford it. This is a push by the Christian and Radical right in the United States to show that despite all of their political losses, they can still make a difference in the country- by any means necessary. Like, showing up to Presidential appearances with automatic weapons and signs that read "It's time to water the tree of Liberty," a reference to a 250 year old quote from the American War of Independence- "The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

What is happening? I can understand people calling Obama "Hitler," (simply because it's in vogue right now. What??? HE WANTS TO LET GAYS IN THE ARMY? THATS WHAT HITLER DID WITH THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS!!! HE'S JUST LIKE HITLER!!!!)- but threatening to end his life over his idea that all humans should at least be treated with humanity when they need medical help, and not charged more than most people can make in a year? I don't understand why violence is so close to the surface here. How many European countries almost broke out into civil war over Health Insurance? Strike that, how many of them even had a person bring a gun to an event where the leader of the country was speaking, with the expressed wish of harming him/her?

Sure, I'm a liberal. But does one really have to be a liberal to see how FUCKING ridiculous that is? "He's already destroyed like, half the country. He has to be stopped. That's just scary!" How can anyone over the age of 2 actually believe that complete and utter bullshit! Almost NOTHING has changed from the Bush presidency as far as domestic policy, and yet these people are threatening to shoot him and comparing the man to a genocidal dictator bent on world domination.

All this is making me even more happy that we elected him, however. The fact that a man as moderate and cool-handed as Obama can make those on the right this scared shows how stupid and dead that part of the spectrum has become in this country. When people questioned about their reasons for hating him haven't the slightest clue on how to answer (see the video)- it's a sign that your argument- indeed, you're entire point of view is built upon a steaming pile of bullshit.

The man has Closed Guantanamo Bay- a symbol of almost every failure of conscience and morality that this country has embodies over the past decade. For this, he is a traitor. He has suggested starting rehabilitation and support programs for sexually-abused elementary school children. For this, he is a pervert that supports child abuse and pornography. He has pushed bills through congress that have saved our country jobs and perhaps even avoided one of the largest economic disasters in generations. For this, he is a pork-spending, debt inducing elitist, socialist-liberal bent on spending our country into the ground.

Without speaking too boldly, I hope, I feel safe in saying that already, in only 7 months of being the president, Barack Hussein Obama has done more for this country's future and invested more in our humanity than former President George W. Bush did in his entire 2 terms of office, and I sincerely hope beyond hope that these crazies never, ever get their way as far as watering that fucking tree. Why is it that they seem to care more about watering that damned thing than helping their fellow humans?

Fuck.