...is about the right size, to accomodate the combined brains of a lot of Republicans.
I recognize that there are some who aren't as far to the right. Some, at least, are attempting to try to plug the holes in their sinking ship. Others, like myself, have already jumped off.
My "rant-of-the-day" has been festering, since that Sobby-Lobby-SCOTUS decision. This is my way of rinsing the red out!
Dems, Rebubs, Independents, Christians, non-Christians, athiests and pert-near everyone else, has the right to read this and take from it what they wish, or not.
As a baptised Christian, even though I do not attend church on a regular basis, I have read the Bible. I believe that Jesus, as he was depicted in that Good Book, came to teach the world to LOVE. Some Christians have forgotten, or are ignoring, quite a few basic teachings.
Before Christ (Jesus), people...
__stoned others to death
_banished the diseased
_shunned the sick, feeble-minded and disabled
_turned away the homeless
_ignored and shamed the poor
_violated women
_worshipped idols
_collected "taxes" in holy places
_and on, and on, and on...
Today, more than a few Christians...
_believe in the death penalty and shoot their enemies
_isolate the diseased
_shun the sick, feeble-minded and disabled
(check the stats for the number of babies, given away to State or Local
institutions, by wealthy citizens. You can bet, a lot of them are Christians)
_ignore the homeless
_dismiss and shame the poor
_violate (or vote down laws that would protect) women
_worship idols (money and power)
_donate obscene amounts to churches (whose preachers flaunt the millions they have
skimmed off for themselves)
_and on, and on, and on...
I know a few people that have walked away from the hypocracy of a church. and many (if not most)
_do not believe in the death penalty or shoot their enemies
_donate to research to banish disease
_see the sick and disabled as fellow humans
_work in food kitchens, serving the homeless
_recognize the poor, and help them, when they can
_abhor the violation of women
_worship life, over money or power
_Give, what they can, to worthy causes
__and on, and on, and on...
To right the injustices that are becoming an everyday occurance, those of us that are fed up with the "new normal", are going to have to ban together. We should, probably, start with our government bodies. Legislation, not being blocked, is being dictated by a Tea Party minority and graft monies from big corporations, organizations and "closely-held religious beliefs"!
As things stand, we cannot call this mess a democracy. But, before we can even address the wrongs, we are going to have to VOTE to secure a goverment "...OF the people, BY the people and FOR the people..."!
If we don't, you might as well stuff our brains in the south end of that northbound gnat, also!