Over the past week, I have been invited to join the Republican party. Twice.
The first instance was when someone invited me to join a Facebook group that demands that welfare recipients are subjected to Drug Tests if they want to continue to receive welfare. It's being spearheaded by a republican congressman in another state. While I agree that drugs are bad, and do not personally do them myself, I cannot quite commit to this one. Why? Because as of yet there is no clause (and there might be one in the works by the time this blog is published, so forgive me) that says what will happen to the children of those who test positive. Will there be state-sponsored secular rehab? (i.e. NOT THE TWELVE STEPS. Do not get me started on that bullshit.) Would their children be taken away? Are there enough foster parents available/resources available to take care of these children while their parents get their acts together and get off of whatever they are addicted to? If no - then we are essentially cutting off their food supply. Would we only suspend monetary compensation - what about government housing? Would they be out on the street? I mean, no one wants to pay into a system that is being abused, but there are just too many "what ifs" surrounding those people in the care of the supposed drug addicts for my comfort.
Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago once asked the people who criticized his public housing works if they remembered what it USED to be like in Chicago? There were shanty towns in parks all over Chicago. Yes, currently public housing in Chicago is less than ideal, what with small living quarters and high crime. But they were safer. They had indoor plumbing, and heat. They now lived in high rises where the police WOULD go. Versus the shanty towns, which had their own governing laws, and police feared to tread.
Essentially what I am saying is this - yes, requiring drug tests for welfare recipients would be a GREAT idea, assuming there were social works in place for when they fail the test. Specifically, for their children. Because if we just cut off all welfare, and give no further help to people we deem don't need it due to addiction, we'll see a resurgence in shanty towns all over America.
Well, that was heavy, wasn't it? And yes, feel free to call me a socialist. I don't care anymore. (For the record, I consider myself more of a libratarian with a socialist bent, but that's just me.)(And for the record I am not too fond of the Daley's.)
The second instance of someone asking me to join the Republican party was this past week - I got invited to a Tea Party. The lady on the phone identified herself as a republican, and spouted off about liberal agendas and whatnot. I am usually polite to these people. Unless, however, they happen to make the same mistake this woman made:
Woman: ...and then we will be teabagging, and...
Me: Uh, so let me get this straight, you're against specific taxes?
Woman: Exactly! And...
Me: I was not aware that there was a tax against licking balls!
Woman: EXCUSE ME?
Me: You know that's what teabagging is right? BALL LICKIN'.
Woman: I'm sorry? I don't think I understand...
Me: No, I do. And I seriously think that someone, someone very funny, I might add, has pulled one over on you. Big time. Google teabagging. I will wait.
Woman: [click-click-click] OH MY GOODNESS! WHY WOULD YOU HAVE ME GOOGLE THAT?!
Me: Exactly. [hangs up phone]
I didn't want to be a prick to this woman. I really didn't. But she just would not take NO for an answer. Yes, protest away, that's fine by me, but it's not exactly something I agree with. And no means no, lady!
Seriously though, it took MY ALL not to construct a giant testicles costume and show up screaming "I'm ready to be licked bitches!"
(I am so going to hell for this post.)
im still thinking of an appropriate response to this. when i figure that out, i'll be back.
ReplyDeleteThe liberal media is the one who coined the term teabagging. The republicans were having tea parties around the country to protest the amount of money being spent and taxes. You need to get your facts straight before you go bashing other people's beliefs. By the way you can't fool anyone by trying to act like you have an open mind to other people's ideals. It is clear by this article that you don't.
ReplyDeleteI am not a member of the media, I have my own opinions, and this is a BLOG not an article. It's called a post. I know where the term teabagging came from - I was making fun of the fact that the woman on the phone wasn't giving me a chance to say no, that I was left no choice but to make fun of the fact that she kept inviting me to teabag, which is just downright hysterical, and not just to me. Reread the post and then comment.
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