My sister has been reminding me to write another blog post with all my "free time" before the kids get out of school for the Summer. I explained to her that my heart just hasn't been in the mood to write and comment on politics lately. I'm still paying attention to issues. Trust me, my elected officials wish I would stop calling them! It is just overwhelming how many serious issues there are spinning around at the moment. So many that I can't find the words or energy to blog about them all.
My sister, being the great person she is, suggested I make a list of all the issues I am following that make my head explode and post it. So here it is...
Pravda article on the demise of American CapitalismThe proposed addition of a Value Added Tax or National Sales TaxCalifornia's continued fighting over Prop 8, when the people have voted on it twice and the courts have upheld the ban on gay marriageRepublican infighting, rather than fighting back on all the spending by the Democrat controlled Congress and AdministrationCap & Trade, a HUGE energy taxVoter ID bill failing to pass in TXNorth Korea testing their missles unansweredThe fight over the alleged torture photosThe administration wanting to either release terrorists from Gitmo or bring them to the US for trialPelosi vs the CIAGM now being owned and controlled by the federal governmentChrysler closing dealerships based on something other than profitabilityUltrasound notification bill failing in TXConceal Carry on College Campus bill failing in TXWoman forced to take the American flag down at her office because it was deemed offensiveThe media's love of the new "Buy Black Only" movementThe Justice Dept's dropping of charges of Voter Intimidation against the New Black Panther MovementSwine Flu PanicUnprecedented increase of the National DebtThe continued media worship of the PresidentRecord number of foreclosuresSupreme Court nominee SotomayerThe Federal Government controlling privately owned American Businesses (i.e. determining pay rates for bank executives)Decrease of the DollarThe push for Socialized medicineUsing the fallicy of Climate Change to push for redistribution of wealthThe myth that embryonic stem cells show greater promise than other types of stem cell therapy already in useGovt officials in San Diego prohibiting a couple from holding bible study in their home without a major use permitBacklash against "Men in Power", a new male networking organization at U of ChicagoStates hit hardest by recession receive few stimulus fundsDepartment of Justice halts verification of voter citizenship in GAI'm sure I've forgotten a few things, but that's all I could handle putting on "paper" at the moment.
I understand what you are saying; it's hard to absorb all that is changing, and not for the better, so quickly, without any scruitny by media and elected officials - of both parties. Everyday, it's something more disturbing.
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