Come On People

I don't know if you've recently heard about the sudden rising of the "Birthers" in the United States. Well, if you didn't, I just alarmed you about it. Basically, there is this small group of people who whole-heartedly believe that President Barack Obama is not an American Citizen and are finding inaccurate information to defend their argument. Just so you know, a poll was done and apparently 12% of Americans either consider Hawaii not an official state or have no idea that Hawaii is a state. That's really sad.

During the 2008 Presidential Election, I don't recall seeing McCain opponents have a debate of whether or not he was an American citizen since he was born on land part of the Panama Canal. As we all know, the Panama Canal was once owned by the United States. You would think that there would be some ignorant folks who would easily misinterpret this fact and be utterly convinced that he was not an American citizen. Sounds kinda stupid, right? Well, an argument against McCain's citizenship is as equally unjustifiable as an argument against Obama's. There is no point in arguing this now. What the people have to really focus on is the state of our nation, not whether or not our president is from a US state. Furthermore, I'm not making this argument in support or against any of the former candidates. I just want the public to understand how ignorance and narrow-mindedness can cause such insignificant problems. Give it a rest, people.

Aside from that, there has also been protests angrily disrupting town hall meetings on health care reform. We've seen random protesters break into town hall meetings during the Bush era. A majority of them were young, Ivy-Leagued Liberals who ran into the buildings and began screaming about something deeply neglected like the conflict in Iraq (it's not really a war, we all know that) or the environment. But what's this? Who are the majority of the people protesting at these town halls? White, elderly individuals from the Midwest. Old people are complaining about the health care reform in fear of their Medicare being taken away (since they are all under Medicare). If they were aware about Obama's proposed health care policies, they would know that they would be benefitting from the reform. If they were really aware, they would realise that the government is not planning to remove Medicare. As a matter of fact, the government was planning to increase Medicare reimbursement payments for the elderly.

Also, many individuals are not for a single-payer system and for any form of "socialism". Well, so I guess you guys don't want Medicare then? Or how about help for the unemployed? Or Social Security payments? When will these people understand that Socialism is not a bad thing. If it's a practical form of it placed into the government and it functions properly, so be it. Many people connect socialism to the raw, extreme forms used in the U.S.S.R or Germany a few decades back. We shouldn't use the past to instill fear in the public. We should use it to learn from our mistakes and find an alternative to avoid recreating these problems. If you think getting up and acting like a spoiled bitch without a clue about politics is gonna get you anywhere, it ain't. Ultimate Fail.

Then the talk about the death penal also fucked everything up. The idea of the death penal was brought to you by our lovely Sarah Palin. Bloody Palin. You just had to open you big ol' poopshoot for a mouth and spit out more crap than you can chew. Then the crap flies into the ignorant Americans out there and process it into factual information. Also, these people are just taking all which is considered bad and jumbling it altogether as a form of protest. Things such as Nazism and racial discrimination are arbitrarily introduced into the topic of health care. They have nothing to do with health care! What is wrong with you protesters? If you're going to protest, you should have a viable reason as to why you're starting the protest in the first place. These protesters are as transparent as wet rice paper flattened via steamroller.

I was surprised how after all these years, a nation such as the United States would still have such simple-minded bungholes who are completely unaware of the issues. Not only are they unaware, but they don't bother to take the time and actually understand the way government policies work. Everything has to be done when it's asked for without a question or doubt on how it happened. If the people want to be part of the system, you must know about what is going on out there. Participation and debate is what makes democracy. Unfortunately, these town hall protesters define screaming and shouting over others as participation. You would think a place like the US, which continually boasts about its growing state of diversity and openness to ideas such as freedom and well-being for all mankind would respect these qualities. But many don't. You know how in your 4th grade history class, you read about how young our nation is? Well, the way its citizens act I realized one thing. Yes, our country is still young. It's a young and immature little rascal.

Now I'll shutup and go watch Peep Show. That's some good shit right there.