Lost my temper

[Fredkc]

I have participated in another forum, for the last 8 years. The main subjects are preparedness, and politics. One of the problems with hanging around a place for that long is, you tend to start treating people like relatives. Never a good thing.

What I mean by that is, you tend to indulge them their ignorance, in the name of family, or domestic peace. In the long run... never a good thing.

The political make-up of the place is fairly predictable, as far as prepper/political places go:
85% Neo-conned,
10% "Obama couldn't do wrong even if he shot their mother" type.
5% fairly astute people, on financial, or political things.

It's that last 5% that keeps me coming back. They make it one of the best sources for news I've found in the last 10 years. Then came the November '08 elections.

Now this is a forum with a fairly brisk posting rate. A typical day will avg 80 topics/day. Since the election, the whining has gone up considerably. Most of it on things of little consequence. Some deserved. I'd say about 90% have to do with things like:
* Obama bowed to the wrong person, or
* Obama pooped on the wrong colored doily, this morning.

Occasionally the whiners even get it right, like:
* The Executive Order issued Dec. 17, which gave a foreign police agency (Interpol) complete immunity from prosecution for anything they might do in this country.

I have gone from:
* Ignoring all this, to
* Holding my piece, to
* Trying my damnedest to keep my mouth shut, to
* Reminding myself how damned good I've been at not saying anything, to
* Imagining what I'd say, if I were to give in to the temptation to vent, to...
Well, let's face it; none of us are saints all the time, are we? So I finally vented:

Relax guys!!!

We still kidnap and torture people world wide in the name of freedom.

We still murder women and children via remote control 1/2 a world away, then do the same with those who show up for the funerals.

We still have govt employees going thru your phone conversations, emails, text messages, and yes, even your sock drawer without a warrant!

Our govt can still arrest you for no reason whatsoever, and just tuck you away.

We're still going bankrupt at the same speed, it's just that someone else has the credit card, this week.

It's the same Fascist government everyone cheered for the last 8 years... it just took on a few tricks to keep a diff 1/2 of the country quiet, is all. Like it or not, there are 2 herds of sheep, in this country. Both must occasionally be served, or they get grumpy.

This what brings us to year 9 of the Bush/Obama era.

Come on! Embrace the Change!!

It felt so good, I actually had a moment of true pride. After all, I had told them since roughly June of last year, that not a thing would change in the country, with Obama's election. So I was very proud I'd not said "I told you so!" even once.

I got up from the computer, and let my post "percolate" for almost 12 hours. I came back expecting I'd get called every form of traitor under the sun.

Result? not a peep! I was very disappointed to say the least. Finally, it came to me! I'd come over here and type this, then go back to bed!

Here endeth the rant,

Fred