Yesterday I heard someone talking about Haiti and given the fact that this same person has previously mentioned that certain banks shouldn't be visited due to the presence of "dark homeless types" I had to pay attention--wondering just what other bigoted statements might come out of this clown's mouth. Well lo and behold, the first thing he says, "Oh you can't trust a Haitian..."
What...the...fuck!? How many Haitians do you think a guy who drives around in a 1988 Ford Econoline King Cab Van might have ever come in contact with? He did back up that statement with the ever so encompassing, "Well I did live in Southern Florida, so I have definitely seen a ton a Haitians." Oh...well in that case, touche sir, nothing more to see here...wait...no. So you're going to extrapolate, to all Haitian people, based on the limited knowledge you have that you can't trust a Haitian? Oh well do continue then good sir--and he most certainly did.
This fine specimen of a human then continued on to tell the subject of his verbal barrage that the Haitians not only don't deserve any help, that--yes indeed--they actually had it coming to them. Oh how Pat Robertson-esque of you, let me guess does it go back to the days when Haiti made a "deal with the devil", that now in some strange twist of events God has decided to fulfill? Douche isn't the word I'm looking for, but its up there.
At some point people like this need to be dealt with, and if there really was a God I'm convinced he would have done so by now. If I were a conniving man I could take the staunch opposite view of Pat Robertson and his ilk and pray to God that devastation hits Vatican City, and if they come asking for help I could have a blog that day titled, "Let them Eat Prayer", but fortunately I'm not as cynical as these so-called "holy" men. I wouldn't blame them for the devastation because things like this aren't a result of past transgressions they're random. Anyone who tries to say otherwise or that this was an act of God is flat lying; they should also be smacked in the face, hard.
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Additionally yesterday, Massachusetts allowed a Republican to win the seat long held by Ted Kennedy. No there is no just kidding coming, this actually happened. I'm not exactly sure how something like this could happen, I mean its as likely as the state of California voting for Bush in an election, but it did.
So where do we go from here? All of the news outlets have been insisting that this is the end of the Health Care Reform push, and that the Democrats days are numbered. Oh, really? Why? This is a much larger pro-Democratic congress than Bush ever had and he basically got whatever he want simply by saying that if we didn't vote for this, then "the terrorists win". Maybe what we need is more hyperbole? Maybe the middle-class responds best to hyperbole, actually that's pretty obvious if you've seen anything that's come out of the Tea Parties.
It remains to be seen how this will affect the upcoming health care vote, but it surely can't be taken lightly and should be considered a referendum on President Obama. This one vote needs to be taken as a sign that he needs to be more aggressive and more forceful with his methods, don't seek the other side...they ignored us during the previous administration. Fuck Em. Do your thing, if they want to filibuster let them, and then pass the vote when they stop. Use Executive privilege, you didn't see Tea Parties when Bush abused the Executive branch, in fact they liked him. Do just that. If a vote you wanted to get through didn't pass, just stamp that shit and send it out. Quit waiting for the others to get on board...if you don't pretty soon there won't be enough of them...You're the leader, make the decisions and get it done. Please.
