(as Peter Griffin would say).
1. I was watching the local news tonight. There was a story about a man who needs a liver transplant. Another family member's dying wish was that her liver be donated to this man. He is married with four little girls. But there was some kind of insurance mix up, and the hospital said, unless you come up with $200,000 right now, the liver goes to someone else. And it did. People are upset, and the governor says we should blame Obama and his Obamacare. Then the news showed a viewer comment from Facebook, saying that since the man had a translator, he was most likely here illegally and didn't deserve the liver. Seriously? I was livid. Of course, if he was here illegally, that's not right. But here's my solution to that- give him the liver. Let him live. Then worry about all that stuff. Of course he should have to pay the bill, and if he's here illegally, he should have to go back to where he came from. But a father's life is on the line. Can we worry about the other stuff later? Also, it's pretty audacious to assume that just because someone doesn't speak English means that they are here illegally. I've learned a lot teaching where I do. Many of our students' parents require translators, and it doesn't mean they're here illegally, or even that they don't speak English. Most of them can get by in English, but when it comes to something important like their child's education, they don't want to be limited by language barriers. Anyway, enough about that.
2. Republicans and the folks over at Fox News are freaking out about Obama's new book. In it, he highlights historical figures and their admirable character traits. One of these people is Chief Sitting Bull, the Lakota chief whose tribe fought at the Battle of Little Big Horn (aka Custer's last stand). Apparently the Native Americans are still our enemies, and we were right and they were wrong. I didn't realize the manifest destiny philosophy was still alive and well. Scary. Maybe there are still people out there who believe that God sent smallpox to kill the Native Americans, and he wanted us to have their land so it was totally okay for the white guys to rub blankets all over themselves and then send them to the Native Americans. Seriously disturbing. If you don't like Obama's politics, that's okay. But attacking him over this just makes you look like a creepy extremist.
3. Pete is pissing me off as well. It's a long story, but basically it finally occurred to me how low I am on his list of priorities, and I thought, why do I make him a high priority? I'm such an idiot.
1. I was watching the local news tonight. There was a story about a man who needs a liver transplant. Another family member's dying wish was that her liver be donated to this man. He is married with four little girls. But there was some kind of insurance mix up, and the hospital said, unless you come up with $200,000 right now, the liver goes to someone else. And it did. People are upset, and the governor says we should blame Obama and his Obamacare. Then the news showed a viewer comment from Facebook, saying that since the man had a translator, he was most likely here illegally and didn't deserve the liver. Seriously? I was livid. Of course, if he was here illegally, that's not right. But here's my solution to that- give him the liver. Let him live. Then worry about all that stuff. Of course he should have to pay the bill, and if he's here illegally, he should have to go back to where he came from. But a father's life is on the line. Can we worry about the other stuff later? Also, it's pretty audacious to assume that just because someone doesn't speak English means that they are here illegally. I've learned a lot teaching where I do. Many of our students' parents require translators, and it doesn't mean they're here illegally, or even that they don't speak English. Most of them can get by in English, but when it comes to something important like their child's education, they don't want to be limited by language barriers. Anyway, enough about that.
2. Republicans and the folks over at Fox News are freaking out about Obama's new book. In it, he highlights historical figures and their admirable character traits. One of these people is Chief Sitting Bull, the Lakota chief whose tribe fought at the Battle of Little Big Horn (aka Custer's last stand). Apparently the Native Americans are still our enemies, and we were right and they were wrong. I didn't realize the manifest destiny philosophy was still alive and well. Scary. Maybe there are still people out there who believe that God sent smallpox to kill the Native Americans, and he wanted us to have their land so it was totally okay for the white guys to rub blankets all over themselves and then send them to the Native Americans. Seriously disturbing. If you don't like Obama's politics, that's okay. But attacking him over this just makes you look like a creepy extremist.
3. Pete is pissing me off as well. It's a long story, but basically it finally occurred to me how low I am on his list of priorities, and I thought, why do I make him a high priority? I'm such an idiot.
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