Get Off MY Chest !

There are a few things that I would like to get off my chest today. The dislike and even hatred of gays is one of them.  I often wonder why some people are so disgusted by gay people. I grew up with a couple in my class and knew they were gay when we were all just kids. I never gave it a second thought. I met a couple of gays in the military and a few in college. They never seemed to be a problem to me or my life. I met a few more during my work years and again my relationship with them was just the same as everyone else.  What bothers me is the number of people who go out of their way to ridicule and generally make their lives full of misery. Why?  Could it be that some of these haters have some guilt over latent homosexual feelings they have had sense they were young? I really can’t see any other logical explanation for this dislike to the point of trying to deny happiness to this group of Americans.

Another thing that bothers me is the language, lies, false statements and disrespectful treatment of the President of the United States. Let’s agree to two simple points. Mitt Romney is not and never has been a neo con or a far right crazy. Just look at his record as Governor and his policies and stances on issues before he ran for President. He is, in fact a little right of center.  The president is not a Socialist or a far left communist. Just look at his record and his term as Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He is by all accounts a little left of center.

Another issue that bothers me is some people’s attitude toward the poor. I taught school and received my pay from the taxes paid be citizens from my state. They paid for half of my retirement annuity and I paid for the other half. I must admit that I owed my living to a Government program that required everyone to contribute money to educate all children whether you had any yourself. I could never wine or cry about people on disability or food stamps. This tax money came from the same place as my salary did the tax payers. It just bothers me when Government employees complain about government spending. They are spending some of it on you. Some will say “I earned it”. I would say “yes you did”, but also point out that their retirement is, in most cases, partially paid by tax payers. I also include all government employees no matter what they did.

There are a couple of things bothering me today but I have to go and eat. I guess I will finish another time.