I've had a discussion with a friend of mine the last few days about a post I put on Facebook. And it's a pretty interesting topic. There were some hateful anti-muslim statements in there, and most of that I could care less about because if you look hard enough, you'll find someone doing something that someone else is going to disagree with. I try to avoid discussions about that. But the rest of it has to do with the country and the way the people react. About the people who abuse the system, and about the people sitting at the top one percent of income in the nation.
One of the biggest problems I have with the top one percent is that they are very self-entitled. They thing "more for me, and to hell with anybody else", when there are people out in the country fighting to put food on the table for one meal a day. If they'd spend $100 a week less, and give it ot the less fortunate, the country would be better off. But instead, they pay FEWER taxes, spend WAY more on school, and cars, and clothes, and ignore the rest of us struggling every day just to make it through. And truthfully, that kinda pisses me off. But until EVERYONE takes a stand against it, and the greedy corrupted government, NOTHING will ever change. So I just keep making sure my family is taken care of, sometimes working my butt of to get it taken care of. I make sure we have clothes on our back, food on our table, and a roof over our head. And thus far, we haven't ever wanted for any of that. So as long as we are taken care of I consider it a blessing. And I do whatever I can to help others less fortunate than myself. But I've always tried to be that way - even if it's just giving someone my time when I had nothing else to give. So It doesn't make sense to me that others aren't the same way. I really don't know WHY I'm surprised. But whatever.
Then she mentioned something that really got my brain working. She said that she would be interested to see how the country would have progressed had RELIGION never been formed. Organized religion, not spirituality. And yes, there is a HUGE difference. Believe me, haha.
That really is an interesting thought. This nation was formed by a people running from a country that was enforcing it's RULES on it's people and not giving them the freedom they so desperatly (sp??) wanted. They came over, and formed a new nation BASED on freedoms. Freedom of speech. Freedom of Religion. Etc. And yet, if you look at this nation today - it's run by a bunch of people who are wanting to DENY people those same freedoms. The right to carry a gun was written into the constitution (as an amendment, yes, but it's still there) - yet they are making more and more rules about who can carry a gun and where. Freedom of speech is great - until you give your opinion about someone in office, and then you are treated by some as a traitor would be treated. Freedom of religion was a HUGE one - yet laws are being made that only follow ONE religion, and to hell with the rest of them. I just HATE being right. People make the same mistakes OVER AND OVER AND OVER again - yes, sometimes with CENTURIES in between, but still - and then wonder why so many others look at them with disgust. I know if I had my way, I'd gather up all my friends and form our OWN country, haha. Without out the forced religious beliefs. Without the hatred towards those who ask for help, or especially those who NEED help. Without all the GREED and ANGER that we see in this nation we call home.
But I can't. So for the most part, I try to ignore things like that. Truthfully it's not worth the drama that it causes when you voice your opinion about things like that. So instead I'm just going to go about living my life the best way I know how - doing the best I know how to do, and helping other when I have a chance - and leave the drama and BS up to those who are ok with dealing with it. Know what I mean?
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The girls seem to have had a good third day at school. They come home excited about the things they are learning, and ready to tell me all about them. And truthfully, that makes me happy, because it's good to know they are having a good year.
Ruben and I ran a bunch of errands this morning. Finally got around to replacing the power supply for the computer so it will actually run everything we have without crashing, haha. I've just gotta tear it apart, dust it all out, and put it back together. Probably gonna do that once I'm done with this post and my daily post. :)
WHITNEY IS IN LABOR! Well, kinda. Her water broke, so they are up at the hospital getting ready to have a baby. :) I'm ready to meet the newest little in the family, seeing as how it's gonna be my last niece from Whitney. I've got other babies to look forward to though, haha. So I'm not TOO sad that it's the last one for her. Truthfully, Ruben and I aren't really thinking about having another one either. We just don't wanna screw up the dynamic of things right now. We are finally making ends meet, have free time together, and KNOW we can pay the bills without issues. That, paired with my MS, and I just don't think it would be good to stir the pot right now. Speaking of which, I need to get my appointment set to get my mireana switched out with a new one. Anyway, So now we are just waiting to see how her labor goes, and then we can meet the newest little. :) I'm excited. Just hope we can make a trip down before TOO long to visit. We were gonna go down the weekend she had her (which would have been THIS weekend) but we have other plans that we've had made for over a MONTh going on this weekend. SOO, it's gonna have to wait. Oh well, we will make it work. :)
Tomorrow is payday, and then we have to come home and work on getting the cat/ dog pee smell out of the apt. Apparently it is bad enough that the office had something to say about it. Which makes me feel bad, cause I usually do better about it than that. BUT, we know how to get rid of it pretty easy, so it shouldn't be too bad. Just gotta actually do it, ya know? UGH!
Then, and I'm super excited about this - Friday Ruben and I are gonna have a DATE DAY! :) YAY! Been forever since we've had the chance to get out and do something we WANTED to do, without having to worry about when we had to pick the kids up, and how much to pay the babysitter. Ya know? So it'll be nice. NO IDEA what we are gonna do, but I'm sure it will work out pretty darn good. :) hehe.
Anyway. I need to crank up the music on the TV, and tear the comp apart so it's back together before Ruben gets up tonight. LATERS!
LYZ
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