My personal soapbox

I've been kind of absent, yet every time I think that I really should write...I lack the ambition. Or maybe, I 'am having difficulty' [that's what I had my students say in place of 'I can't...] getting beyond 'stuff' like...

I 'intensely dislike' [hate] the political divisiveness that is never ending. I find it overwhelming and hopeless. It appears that the vocal name calling and incessant ranting about political parties knows no boundaries. At the moment that the hurtful words and/or scandalous statements are spoken, there is NO getting them back. I wish people would not say everything that crosses their mind. Many things are better left unsaid. I have now reached the point where I sometimes will say, "Now there's an example of something that I wouldn't have spoken outloud."

The shallowness of what's newsworthy doesn't seem to change. Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and the rest of crew whose lives are documented regularly serve to spotlight that there are more than one set of rules as well as subsequent consequences for ...whatever...depending upon who you are or who you know.. And the courageous[ military, nurses, firemen, police, etc.] fade in the background.

It makes me crazy that health insurance has a hierarchy of membership. I know working, educated people who are not 'in the system', have no health insurance. and as a result of this are [seemingly] forced to make choices quite different from 'the insured' seeking medical attention.

Mean, mean, mean...Why is it okay to be mean...as in publicly streaming online the private lives of anyone for any reason? If two people were involved in the decision making, why didn't either one of them wince at the very inhumanity of it. No conscience? Didn't think of the possible consequences? I cannot imagine having that on my mind for the rest of my life. The families and loved ones connected with the oppressed feel the pain forever, too.

Christmas....the madness has already begun as now many retail stores have decorated and hyped 'The Season' as of now...October 4th. Not only ahead of Thanksgiving, but now before Halloween. For the group of people without a job, money, family, or the spirit,etc. , it means that the personal depression starts sooner and lasts longer.

So, wouldn't it be a fantastic if people would mind their own business, be less judgemental and /or superior, and practice some tolerance.

There. I'm done. I hope I feel better after my 'venting session'.

I hope to be back very soon with the positive, witty commentaries.

I just need to catch up on some needed shut eye!! Mine and Flo's!!!