I am not the only one.

The country is pretty much spiraling into a shit hole these days, and plenty of the populace agrees.
And apparently, either a secessionist from Texas or a theist advocating an end to freedom of religion are the top choices for the upcoming elections.

Well, screw that noise.
I refuse to let a party who made tea parties into dirty, shameful affairs take control of my country. The party that refused to tax the insanely wealthy, choosing instead to raise the amount I have to pay on my student loans. (Cuz, you know, medical students. That's where the cash is AT.) The party that advocates constant war with no clear objective. This party currently thinks they've got a shot. And let's face it, there are plenty of racist, wealthy, and/or ignorant people across the country who are supporting these goals.

So, as this dear man says, let's put a party within the left party that's just as crazy as the tea party whackjobs. There are plenty of left wing extremists out there to balance the insanity-scales. We could call it the "Whole Grain Party", and bring a fresh view to the political stage.

Or better yet, maybe we could have a government that could cooperate and compromise within itself. Seriously, all of the debate participants rejecting a $10 in cuts for every $1 in tax raises compromise? That's a more than generous deal, especially considering that the wealthy are currently being taxed at a rate similar to the rates in place for our great grandparents, and the median household wealth has fallen about 50%. (more inequality figures). It's time to wake up and smell the rank, fetid odor of government- the issues at hand aren't really so much of a personal failing of President Obama as they are indicative of the petty squabbling and money grubbing of every single person in higher government.



You've heard me go off on the healthcare practices of this country, and why so many of them are horrible. You may have even heard me bitch about how, despite the fact that I make around $122 a month, I can't get food stamps because my husband's gross income (not the income we get to keep at all) is too high.
I, like many of you, have been lazy.
I'm a medical student, twentysomething, poor as can be, and felt powerless.

But you know what?

I'm not. And neither are you.

Let's use social media to create a riot. Not a break-into-london-stores-and-put-even-more-poor-people-on-the-street-because-now-they've-not-got-homes-or-jobs kind of riot, but a riot of non-compliance. We, the people, are fully capable of stopping the tea party, and the secessionists, and these fat cat billionaires and corporations who don't want to pull their full weight.

We, the people, are this country.

Refuse to elect any of these people who can't be bothered to compromise. Who won't listen to anything but their own logic. Don't vote them into congress. Don't vote them into the senate. Don't let them be governors, legislators, or even a page, running messages in the hall.
If we all speak at once, and show the country what is unacceptable, we cannot be overruled.

You may say I'm a dreamer...but I am not the only one.
There are millions of us.
Let's stand together.