So am I a liberal, a tea-partier or what?

I have no idea anymore. I think it's good that there is a Tea Party. Washington needed shaking up. In a time of crisis (?)* their plans could upset the whole applecart. Meaning we could all die. lol It's not funny. But what they want is right, but it's not necessarily the right time to do it.

My opinion on the debt ceiling crisis: I liked Boehner's plan. Raise it for now, but have another crisis date looming so they'll be forced to do the things they probably should have been doing all along. Cutting waste and fraud, etc. But will these ninnies even cut waste and fraud, or will they let illegal aliens stay and get public assistance and college money Americans can't get, while cutting things like education and medicare. It's a problem because they always go for the wrong things.

So whose side am I on anyway? I really can't tell you. I think we're screwed either way. It almost makes you not want a government at all, which is what the Tea Party sort of really wants. But the anarchist way is much too dangerous. Overpopulation means it really isn't possible for a decent person to just go out there and pull themselves up by their bootstraps. People need help.

And as far as I'm concerned they should get it. So maybe I'm a socialist? I always wanted universal healthcare. And I think our education system should be totally reformed but also mostly free. For Americans, that is. I think government's main purpose is to provide a safe secure environment for people, so that means fixing roads and infrastructure. I think we should really lock down our borders. We should be creating jobs on both those fronts putting Americans back to work strengthening our country. Americans working means Americans buying means economic recovery. Isn't it really that simple? What don't they get about that?

I'm curious to see what's going to happen but kinda scared too. I really don't think they have any idea what they're doing.

*I'm not sure we're even in a crisis right now, because I just can't trust these people.

Only violence against Guatemalans is intolerable

So in today's Standard Times the mayor says that hate crimes will not be tolerated. Apparently some kid stabbed a Guatemalan man the other day. People get stabbed here all the time. Sometimes they get shot even. But I guess that can be tolerated because people don't count, only certain kinds of people count. Or only certain people who will get you some kind of headline that makes you proud of yourself as a supposed hippie do-gooder count. Well New Bedford is full of crime that goes unchecked every day. But we can ignore all that. If you really weren't racist, you'd want everyone to be treated equally meaning everyone who is the victim of a crime should feel the support of the community not specific members of the community who may or may not be part of the community legally. What's right and what's wrong compared to the law and what the law enforcement people seem to think are laws around here seem to be up to individual opinion. Go ahead and prosecute the hell out of this kid and then prosecute the hell out of everyone else who is victimizing innocent people in this craphole of a city. I am sick to death of double standards and corruption.

New Bedford Half-Marathon

So this year's half-marathon was much better organized than last year's and it seemed a lot more people came out too. Here are some videos of the race.

Catching Up on New Bedford

Catching up soon....