I am getting soooo very sick of our political extremes. I've been reading "Patriot" blogs and sites. I am amazed how these sick radical people have hijacked that word. The way they claim to be the only ones who are patriots or true Americans makes me sick and yes it makes my blood boil. However, unlike them, I still do read what they have to say and will support their right to say their opinion, which is NOT what can be said about most of them. Of course, I understand that these people are extremists and as such logic is not necessarily something they are interested in exploring. These people are experts at manipulating small pieces of information and abuse faith and good will to trick people who think them reasonable and honorable.
The most recent and blatant of this is Glen Beck's tirade on what "social justice" really means. Apparently this phrase is code for communism or nazi socialism. This is the world in which extremists live, one where an accusation of conspiracy is enough to distract people long enough to derail true progress.
Most of what I hear is complaints about how our president has done nothing so far. How much could a reasonable person expect from someone who receives a country closer to a depression than any other time than the actual depression, fighting two wars, and under the biggest deficit we have had in a long long time? All of this with a republican legislative body blocking every attempt at governance made. I should say blatantly blocking, as many of these people are blocking legislature they had themselves sponsored before! Did I mention that the previous president received the country in the complete opposite state?
Could you imagine what these people would be saying if a Democrat president had received a country with a budget surplus, had 9/11 happen, oversee two expensive wars, a financial collapse all before handing it to a Republican and expecting him/her to have it all fixed within a year!?
