Morning Swim

Its amazing what that can do for you.

Last night, we watched Sicko - Mr. Moore is a favorite of mine. I have been putting off watching it, because I knew how horrible it would be. Watching his movies, I'm always torn between wanting to run as far from the US as possible or staying and making change. Bill thinks that the change is already happening, but I'm not so sure. He has a lot more faith in people than I thought. What really set me off was the realization that most of what I work for, my monthly costs are : Child care, health care, and student loan debt. If I lived almost anywhere else in Europe I wouldn't have any of those concerns. ..... WOW ......
What's really disgusting is what the RReagan and the Bushes have done. The lies they have perpetrated through propaganda and fear. Reagan was the start of so many horrible things, and the fact that we let him do it , is really incredible. I cried and cried, ashamed at what we had become. I used to be proud to be an American, but that was before I realized that we had torn down all the beautiful things about democracy. When that expat in France said " the difference here is the government is afraid of the people, and in America the people are afraid of the government" I literally burst into tears. Its so fucking true! They should be afraid of US, the ones with the POWER to VOTE them out of office - democracy - by the PEOPLE.

*sigh*

So, I went for a dip in my pool this morning to wash the Sicko away .
I'm going to try to not run for the hills, but make a change. We'll see how that works out for me.

Debates

Not that I didn't know it before, but Dennis Kucinich is my man. He's straightforward, and they never catch him in some crazy politician moment because he's always honest and genuine. Not that he has any chance of winning, but it would be a beautiful thing. He embodies much of what I feel America should be - a modern America that really believes in setting an example. Although a lot of the other candidates did well..... my favorite moment was when that idiot Wolf Blitzer tried to get kucinich to waffle on his stance by putting a ridiculous what if? statement to him -- (what if we knew where Osama was and to take him out we would have to kill civilians etc etc) Of course he said he would not practice assassination politics - as it is against International Law, and he looked at the audience and said 'and anyone who does violate International Law should be held accountable in the International Criminal Court..(not an exact quote) ahemmm.... George Bush. its nice to see someone really stand up, and not be afraid to say what we should all be saying. Too bad its all about looks, money, and marketability. He's my choice (so far) and maybe now that florida has moved up its primary, we can actually have an impact.