Stop Hurting My Country

When traveling along a curve, you can take a tangent from the point you happen to be at, which will show you the direction you would travel if you flew off of the curve at that moment.

The curve I'm plotting in my head tends to travel through each disturbing story I read about the direction of this country. If you want links, you can ask for them, but it shouldn't be too hard to find them for yourself.

Sixteen year old girls who only speak english being sent back to Bangladesh because they dared to, like many many other high schoolers, explore their faith.

Congressmen who decide that Crony Capitalism is too moderate of a position to stand on, and unabashedly form symbiotic by the book corrupt relationships with companies in their districts they funnel government contracts to.

White House political flacks that edit scientific articles for content based upon their past experiences lobbying against the same.

DOJ lawyers reducing the requested judgement against the Tobacco industry by 120 Billion dollars. (Yes, I have read the rebuttal on this issue by the DOJ lead attorney on this case - but you can not expect to be listened to as an impartial participant in this issue when the higher ups are former attorneys for... the tobacco industry.)

Bye Bye PBS?

Bitching about Democracy in the middle east, in countries such as Iran, and Saudi Arabia, Syria, Pakistan.

This all in the last several days.

What bothers me the most is two years ago, there was at least a semblance (ah the rose colored glasses of looking at yesteryear) of playing by some of the rules.

Be wary of conflicts of interest, be honest with and respect the people you represent. Is this too much to ask?

In the eighties, Reagan's appointee to the EPA James Watts said that there was no reason to worry about the environment since the second coming was at hand.

I now feel that is how the Republicans in power feel about the country. Don't worry. The rapture is at hand.

The tangent from where we are right now is pretty grim. The world doesn't respect us. We are travelling on inertia. We are governed by born again believers in the Great Chain of Being. Where's a Great Awakening when we need one? Billy Graham in a stadium just isn't cutting it any more.

And if you think I am unnecessarily bitter, I'd just like five minutes with your god. Outside. Right now.