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She blinded him with whiteness - 2008-07-25
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2:11 p.m. - 2008-02-19
Slooooooowly coming out of a dark place. I haven't said anything about it, though my 3-D friends have known I've been AWOL for weeks now, dark places happen and rather than relentlessly chip away at them like Good Little People Pleasers are supposed to I've given myself permission just to wait them out. But for today at least the sun shines without and within so let's roll. Stupid news stories which snagged my attention recently and brief thoughts thereon. On Yahoo news the other day: 'The CDC reported a much higher incidence of late-stage cancer diagnoses amongst the uninsured.' Can you say, "NO DUH!"?? This is news? This is a surprise? Hello, I am one of the uninsured and I can tell you that all those nice things the insured enjoy like regular check-ups and having the freedom to trot off to the doctor to have suspicious growths, nagging coughs, etc, looked at just don't happen for us dregs of society without health insurance. For me to go to the doctor I have to be bleeding from every orifice, running a temp of 117 degrees and have the splintered ends of broken bones sticking out through my skin. Who the fuck can afford things like getting check-ups? Cancer screens? Don't make me laugh. So of course the uninsured aren't getting to oncologists before we're terminal. Duh. According to the Conservative view things are working swell. We losers who are obviously too lazy to get real jobs with benefits deserve what we get. We, the great unwashed, have made our nasty uninsured beds and should die in them. All the better to make room for Life's winners. Social Darwinism, baby. Dick Cheney can have 26 valve replacements on his non-existent heart and I can't afford a pap smear. Again, this is a DUH kind of thing. Somehow the brain children over at the Today Show have stumbled upon the wildly new idea that a woman who isn't completely physically exhausted and choking on resentment over having to do everything might be in the mood for sex more often! WOW! Really? Next up on the Today Show scientists discover people get wet if they go outdoors during a rain storm. I was courteous enough to encourage Mick to get going on his errands before I ripped his throat out. The urge, nay, the need to shriek, "All well and good for you to leave me here with the kid in this shitty house while you tra-laa off to do exactly what you want, you self-serving fuckhead!", well, it was nigh on overwhelming. The man is going to buy a newspaper and wash his truck, it's not like he's going to Saint Bart's for some gambling and rum drinks. Not his fault I feel trapped and miserable. Mick's going out for a paper isn't the cause of my choking sadness so why torture the guy? Guess I'll go clean my kitchen some more.
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