You Sure Are Tough...

Behind that desk, sitting on your bed, drinking coffee in your coffee shop, and typing away on your computer.  You sure are tough, spewing forth your hate speech, and slamming our president, and calling his wife a fat ass.  You sure are tough, doing nothing but making the hate worse and still typing away.   You sure are tough...and I'm no better sitting here, drinking my coffee, and typing away. 

All I do know is that I'm angry.  I'm an angry mom, that's disappointed in my country, and not due to it's leadership.  I'm disappointed in its citizens.  We are so full of hate, and we listen to people that don't understand us, we blame everyone but ourselves, and we take no responsibility.  To add insult to injury; the thing that bothers me the most is how ignorant we are.  Americans seem to be missing the big point of the conversation.  They hear only how things affect them, and think of nothing but themselves.  Maybe it's a good thing that I'm not out there, in people's faces, and letting them know how angry I am.  I don't know if I would make it through a day without punching people. 

Examples of the ignorance, stupidity, and hatred:  "He always good at speeches and reading from a teleprompter.. But his words are hollow and hypocritical, he is just campaigning for re-election.. if he means these hollow words his action of last 2 years of listening don’t show it..he has ignore the public and has said lots of redrick himself. Like when referred to the republicans and the enemy and terrorist and more gaffs". 

This is a quote from a friend's FB link that she posted about the president's speech in AZ the other day.  First, I believe he misspelled rhetoric.  I don't know what redrick is.  I will have to look that up...give me a few mins.  Yup, not what he was meaning.  Apparently this guys hosts a blog radio show in Omaha.  Not good.  But it's what he wrote that just pisses me off even more.  The telepromoter...seriously...like every president should remember and memorize every single speech they've ever read or will recite.  Shut up you ignorant, hate spewing, misspelling and misusing words, ugly American.  I had to endure eight years of GW Bush, or Bush 43 as I call him.  Never did I say such horrid things about him because he was our president.  And that is a position you respect.  He was voted to be there by the public.  My side lost and that's called reality and that's what happens in life.  We have winners and we have losers.  I surprised myself by not saying anything.  I mean, I just wanted to go off on this guy.  What's the point?  I won't change his mind, and he will always not know how to use the English language, and be full of hate.  Me, I'm funny and recognize that I'm calling him out on his lack good grammar.  Seriously, when you get ready to argue in the written language, get it right...or do I mean write.  LOL!!!

Here's another quote from a friend of a friend of mine on FB.  She asked the question if Bush or Obama showed up at your house on a cold, blustery day would you let them in?  Why or why not?  Everyone said they have manners and were raised better so they would let them both in.  Some even said, I would give Obama a piece of my mind (no you wouldn't)...blah...blah.  But this guy took the cake:  " Bush...not a fan, but he is at least likeable and he was always visiting the soldiers! The obamination.....what do you think? I think I would charge him. Since he has taken so many of our dollars for all the follies, like his constant campaigning across the country, numerous luxury vacations and high-dollar dates, he can pay me to get warm in my home. I think the rate was $4,000.00 a night in Hawaii? California is close enough and therefore he can pay the same rate". 

Well, here's the answers about the Bush visits: 
 Bush Jr.'s first trip to Afghanistan was 3/01/06 the first president to visit there since Dwight Eisenhower in 1959.  His second trip to Afghanistan was 8/05/07 according to the Washington Post.  Mrs. Laura Bush visited there 6/8/08.  Bush has made three trips to Iraq since 2003.  We've been at war in Afghanistan since 2001.  Now, I researched visits to military bases during his terms in office and all the headlines were about the Ft. Hood shootings, when he was no longer president.  I had to do more research...he did visit military bases in 2007, 2006, and so on.  It appears to me that once a year, maybe less, he would visit his troops.  Now remember, Bush 43 was president for two terms and that's all he did.  Please, do a little research...that's all we ask.  President Obama has had almost as many visits and he's only been in office for a little over two years. 

Here's my other favorite quote from the same guy:  "How about Lady Obamination in a tutu with that big fat ass of hers....and she tries to tell US how to feed our kids! (Did you see her in the "moment of silence"? Her coat was straining at the buttons and when she turned around to go back inside it was pulling across her huge butt." 

Nice...now, that's really classy.  You claim to have been raised with manners.  I'm sure you were, but you don't appear to be exercising those manners.  That's pretty freaking sad.  Do you know that our First Lady has done more for military spouses in two years than Laura Bush ever did.  She's been to Ft. Bragg numerous times, gone to Ramstein AFB to serve Thanksgiving dinner, and her support of military spouses has been unwavering. 

Where am I going with this?  My point is this...we sure are tough online, on Facebook, and in our blogs, and writing comments on news articles.  I would venture a guess and say that 99% of Americans would never say this stuff to anyones face.  So, stop putting the hate speech out there.  I almost think that writing it is worse.  And if either Bush 43 or President Obama showed up at your house, you wouldn't go off on either of them.  You would wonder why they were out in the cold, why they are at your house, and do you need to feed him and his secret service?  Maybe later, once you've gotten over the shock of a president sitting in your living room sipping coffee you could muster up the nerve to have a "big" talk.  Something tells me you won't.  We all would be pleasant, and ask questions in a tactful manner.  Why?  Because it's the president. 

I think that the online forum is wonderful and it's great how we all talk so big here, but that's all we're doing.  No one would say half this crap in person and those that do, we know who they are, are now getting heat for inciting hate speech.  That's happening on both sides too. 

We, as Americans are tough.  We are a tough nation that will not go down without a fight.  Too bad we're fighting so much with ourselves that we have become our own worst enemies.  I am an Air Force wife that's trying to get by and I promise now, that I won't write it if I won't say it.  If this is the place where I pour my heart out, then let my heart be open to the world.  A friend of a friend last night showed me that we have hope for a rational discussion about guns, hate speech, and everything else that's going on.  Thank you Justin Curley for showing me that sense exists again!


 "And I don't see any reason why rational change would have to change the traditions I grew up in. It doesn't have to. It is possible. People need to stop reacting viscerally to change. It is past due time". Justin Curley.