Political hypocrisy

So generally in American politics there are two issues covered:

• Should government interfere with economic issues

• Should government interfere with social issues

I personally believe for each issues one can have two standpoints

• You believe government should interfere
• You don't believe government should interfere

This is how terms such as Liberal, conservative, populist, and libertarian were coined.

1. A liberal believes government should interfere economically but not socially
2. A conservative believes government should interfere socially not economically
3. A populist believes government should interfere both economically and socially
4. A libertarian believes government should interfere neither economically nor socially

Politics is not your personal beliefs based on your morals or past experiences. Politics is whether or not you believe government should have power socially and/or economically. It's not a gray issue. It's completely black and white. Either government should play a role.. or it shouldn't.

With that being said, the average american is a hypocrite. We make decisions not based on the basic ideas I stated above but on personal values. The argument is not on whether or not social security should be privatized. It's on whether or not government should control economics. The argument isn't whether or not abortion is moral. It's on whether or not the government should be able to decide what is moral. But people forget that. They get distracted by the specifics and forgot the main topic being argued here. Should government have control?

If you believe government should not have control socially, I don't want you to be like... well government should allow gay people to get married but not allow abortions. It's hypocritical because you're saying that government shouldn't have a say in our social lives then you're turning around and saying that government should very much control social lives. If you are for social liberty, you better back it up. Just because you don't believe government should make abortions illegal does not me that you are a baby kill. On a personal note you can be completely against abortions. If you are, I say you should protest abortion.. spread the word.. and try to convince people that it's wrong. It is your job, as someone who opposes abortion, to speak out and convince the population to share your opinion.. not the government's.

I don't deny that I am a hypocrite at times.. but I'm trying to change that (on a political level at least). I try not to base my decisions on what I believe but on whether the government has the right to make others believe it. Think about that when you consider certain issues. Don't focus on whether it's right or wrong.. focus on whether government has the right to tell you whether it's right or wrong.

Bob Dylan always says things best

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

Illegal Immigration

So I find it disappointing.. that I go to research illegal immigration and cannot find an unbiased site.. nor can I find a .edu site so I can be assured of the accuracy. My solution: I went to the BBC news site.. and got some plain facts.. but these facts really don't support nor refute my argument.

Illegal immigrants count for 3.6% of the population
Illegal immigrants count for 4.9% of the workforce
An estimated 11.5-12 million illegal immigrants live in the US
of which only an estimiated 6.2 million are mexican
and an estimated 5.7 million are women and children


ALSO

Steps to becoming a citizen:
Obtain an LPR
then obtain a green card
must live in the US 5 years to apply for naturalization
File an application
Take a naturalization exam
Participate in an Oath Ceremony

I don't know all the details.. but I know it's an extremely lengthy process.. it can be a fews years before your application is even reviewed. It's also an expensive process.. an application costs roughly $600 and who knows what other expenses there are. I'm not going to research it in detail.



With all of this said let me begin my argument.

I am not condoning illegal immigration. I mean it is "illegal"; therefore, it's obviously wrong and shouldn't be done. But while I say this.. I also don't condemn it. If I was living in Mexico, and I had the chance to go to the land of opportunities and make a better life for myself.. and possibly my children.. I would. Would I do it legally? Definitely not.. not when I have the chance to do it illegally. I don't have to pay taxes.. I still get health benefits. Why become a citizen? It is a lengthy process.. it takes time I don't have.. it costs money I don't have.. and I always have the chance of them denying me. Why would I risk that? I would gladly be an illegal immigrant. It's wrong.. yes. But the people shouldn't be judged so harshly for doing it.

They're not taking your jobs. Maybe you should start working longer hours for lesser money. No? Well maybe you should blame the companies for overworking poor illegal immigrants then. It's not they're fault. Everyone needs to make a living.. and that's all they're doing. It's not like they have the best of jobs.. they usually have shit jobs where people treat them bad.. they get paid next to nothing... why are you going to hate them for that? I think those companies need to stop being assholes and start thinking about their employees.

Why do illegal immigrants deserve your abuse? Give me one good reason.

Next.. don't abuse all Mexicans because they might be an illegal immigrant. That's what I like to call "racism".. which is an instant way to make me HATE YOU! Illegal immigrants shouldn't be criticized in the first place.. so definitely don't criticize an innocent person who's made an honest living because he's spanish. What's wrong with you? I'm tired of hearing people talk about hating Mexicans. Why do you hate Mexicans? Seriously.. I want to know why. What have they done to you personally? And I don't want to know what a single person who happened to be Mexican did to you.. for you to generalize like that.. it better be every mexican on the face of the planet did something to you. So what is it?
Bottom line.. don't tell me you ahte mexicans. Don't tell me you hate illegal immigrants?
Ya know what I hate.. stupid people.



Oh.. and I love people that are like "we shouldn't let anymore immigrants in period." What the hell you idiot? We all come from immigrants. This country was founded on immigration. The whole point of this country was so people could come to "the land of the free".. and escape their harsh life. To deny immigration is denying the whole purpose of this country. Let's send the statue of liberty back to france and blow up ellis island while we're at it. They've held no purpose

The Blog of many topics

Is "liberal" a poor choice of words? To be liberated is to be freed. Is it possible for one to be free when it comes to political views or just one's mentality? Aren't we all somewhat constrained to the values of society? Even if we fight it, to completely liberate oneself is impossible.
But still I continue to fight and everyday I realize yet another minor unwritten rule of society is only necessary because we were conditioned to believe so.

With that said this entry contains multiple subjects of a personal and impersonal nature.


I've worn nothing bu long sleeves since I was in the ninth grade (3 years approx) which wouldn't be a big deal if I didn't live in a place where the average temperature is 90 degrees. I went to the beach in long sleeves. I went to band camp in long sleeves (which is torture trust me). I've had to hear repeated comments from many people about how I'm insane. I've had to constantly argue with my parents and hear their whining. All because of my long sleeves. I suffered for my long sleeves and what lie beneath them. 'Cause I certainly didn't wear long sleeves for the hell of it.
We've discussed in past entry my issues with self harm. I've had issues and my arm paid for it.. and I've been wearing long sleeves to hide that. ..until now. Now I say fuck it. I wore long sleeves so people wouldn't know, but why do I care? Am I afraid people will accuse me of searching for attention? Why should I care what these people think?! Am I afraid because society teaches us to keep these things hush hush? Why is it a curse because I went through something? Why should I suffer because this isn't something people want to hear about? I don't want to shout it to the world. I preferably don't want anyone to see, but so what if they do. I don't care about these people.. so I don't see why it should matter what they see and don't see. I shouldn't have to suffer for them.. because society considers my decisions taboo. Fuck it.



Discussion 2

Is medication a cure or a curse? What is required to be diagnosed worthy of happy pills? So what if I have an unbalance in my brain? Isn't that just part of my personality? Isn't that just who I am? Wouldn't taking medication to fix that be like conforming to society? Who are these people to decide if I'm crazy? And who are they to interfere with that? It may affect my everyday living.. hell I may be unstable.. but maybe I'm meant to be this way. Is the really a problem medication is saving me from.. or are people creating the medication to turn us into sheep?
And even if there is a problem.. was has medication done to solve it? I've been taking the generic zoloft (sertraline i think it's called) for almost a year now... (well actually I stopped taking it a month ago but let's not tell my mom that).. I don't think it helped me at all. To me it increased the emptiness I've always felt.. it increased my already intense anger and dislike for myself... it increased every bad emotion except my depression. It did ease my depression.. and replaced it with a void. I felt like I sold my soul to the doctor.. I mean devil. I compromised the one part of me that felt real (my sadness).. the one part of me that reminded me how I'm still human.. and replaced it with wires.
Is medication a cure or a curse? Who considers it the cure? Who considers it the curse?

To me a mental illness is not "crazy".. there is no "crazy". Everything you feel.. from the urge to kill others.. to the voices inside your head.. anything.. can be controlled without medication. Hell have I killed anyone yet? Have I killed myself? It's a battle.. but it turns me into the person I am today.. and I still carry the "craziness" with me.. because it is my character. I don't think you should have medication to rid yourself of that.

Obama and Osama are not the same

I received an e-mail that infuriated me.. well not quite infuriated.. that's a strong word... but it annoyed me pretty badly. It was an e-mail talking about how Barack Obama may be Muslim. Not only did I find inaccuracies and unsupported accusations.. but I just found it horrible that this was such a bad thing.

Yes I know.. it was Muslim extremists who flew planes into the world trade center... but guess what! It was christian extremists who blew up abortion clinics. It's christian extremists who currently invade other countries who are vulnerable and try to force christianity on them.. as if they have no rights to decide for themselves because they are poor worthless being who deserve to be patronized.

*sigh*.. but that's off subject i guess.

You can't blame a whole group of people.. for the acts of a few. That's called stereotyping, dumbasses. That's what provokes racism and homophobia.. and makes me want to brutally destroy you. So then I hear people say.. "but victoria.. it says specifically in the Quran that if you are not of Islamic faith you should be killed." To that all I have to say it..
ARE YOU AN IDIOT? Did your mother drop you on your head as a child? Maybe you sniffed too much glue when you were in Kindergarten? or wait.. no.. Are you southern? (now to all southern people that get offended.. this is more proof that stereotyping is bad). Have you ever even read the Quran? Of course not.. because if you had.. you would know that is not at all what it says. The Quran is much like the bible and the torah.. it teaches peace and harmony.. love the sinner hate the sin sort of stuff. But of course as in any work of art.. it can be interrpreted in many ways.. and there are those extremists that believe so strongly in their faith that they kill others who disagree. It's horrible I know.. but it's everywhere.. in every faith. At least they aren't like christian missionaries. (again no offense.. and umm.. stereotyping is bad!)

Then people will say to me.. "so are you telling me victoria.. that when you see a person walking around who are obviously of the muslim faith... you don't think for a split second it may be a terrorist?" NO YOU IDIOT. I don't even notice people who are of the muslim faith.. because...
I DON"T CARE! I don't care.. what the hell you fucking look like. If I don't know you.. and you don't do anything special to stand out.. then I'm not going to pay attention. Maybe if it's some hot chick I'll notice.. haha But otherwise.. I have more important things to do than cruise the scenery for a possible muslim. And even if I notice a muslim I DON'T CARE!.. to assume everyone muslim is a terrorist.. is to assume every person is a thief, murderer, rapist.. w/e. I would never walk out of my house again. And ya know what.. if every person is a thief, murderer, rapist, or terrorist.. wtf ever.. I'm still alive aren't I? And if I get blow up.. hey life sucks.. what can I tell you? Maybe I should thank them for sparing me from spending another year.. in this fucking hell hole.

Ok.. so now onto that email (which I will paste onto the bottom of this blog). I personally like Obama.. I will not say I 100% support him until I learn more about him.. but at the moment.. he's better than any other candidate to me.. and in 2008 I will probably vote for him if I get the chance. If he is muslim... I don't care.. but I'm pretty sure he's not.. and he's actually been known to say that he believes religion runs this country way too much.. which makes him my hero. So what if he went to a muslim school? There is no proof he's muslim.. this email accuses him of being muslim (stereotyping him as a terrorist).. but states that he himself claims he was only "once" muslim. Then they state that his mother was atheist and his father was muslim. THere's no proof he's actually of the muslim faith.. and even if he is.. it doesn't matter.
"the muslims said they planned on destroying this country from the inside out"..
no they didn't... the terrorists said that. I can say that too.. it doesn't mean every white person.. or agnostic person.. or gay person said it.. it just means I did.

And now I've given myself the perfect time.. to advertise my new poem.. =]

http://allpoetry.com/poem/show/3243017

Subject: Who is he? Who is Barack Obama?

Probable U. S. presidential candidate, Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a black Muslim from Nyangoma-Kogel, Kenya and Ann Dunham, a white atheist fromWichita,Kansas.

Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii. When Obama was two years old, his parents divorced. His father returned to Kenya. His mother then married Lolo Soetoro, a radical Muslim from Indonesia.

When Obama was 6 years old, the family relocated to Indonesia.
Obama attended a Muslim school in Jakarta. He also spent two years in a Catholic school. Obama takes great care to conceal the fact that he is a Muslim.

He Is quick to point out that, "He was once a Muslim, but that he also attended Catholic school." Obama's political handlers are attempting to make it appear that Obama's introduction to Islam came via his father, and that this influence
was temporary at best.

In reality, the senior Obama returned to Kenya Soon after the divorce, and never again had any direct influence over His son's education. Lolo Soetoro, the second husband of Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, introduced his stepson to Islam.

Obama was enrolled in a Wahabi school in Jakarta. Wahabism is the radical teaching that is followed by the Muslim terrorists who are now waging Jihad against the western world.

Since it is politically expedient to be a Christian when seeking
Major public office in the United State s, Barack Hussein Obama has joined the United Church of Christ in an attempt to downplay his Muslim background.

Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential candidacy. Please forward to everyone you know. The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out, what better way to start than at the highest level.

Actions or Intentions?

This is going to be a personal post.. if you don't like it

get over it.





I'm tired of living the life I"m living. I've dug myself a hole, and I have to climb out before it gets too deep. It's already begun. The choices I make are not even choices I like or agree with.. so why do I make them? They weigh on my conscience and seem to work out at first then stab me in the back in the end. And now it's left me soooo angry.. that it's hard to sustain it. I hate everything. I hate most of my "friends". I hate the people I crush on. I hate the bad habits I've picked up. I need to push away and start changing now.

I'm giving up smoking.. and already I feel sick. This happened to me in NY too.. I thought I was just actually getting sick.. but it's coincidently been the two times I've quit smoking. I hope I can do it.
I'm giving up drugs.. which won't be hard at all.
And I'm giving up the people that negatively influence me and fuck me over.

Charlie made a point last night when we talked about backstabbing people.. and how they're not worth forgiving..
now what I must work on is pushing them away. And that I will.

I'm not the bad kid.. that does bad things.. and negatively influences others.. I don't know why I convinced myself I was. I'm the kid that makes good grades.. has very high goals.. never makes enemies.. and will help anyone in need. I don't want to be judged for my actions.. but instead understood for my intentions. I'm tired of feeling like a failure. I even dream about it all the time.. that I get caught doing something.. and I disappoint those I love. It's a pressure I can no longer handle.

In an attempt to be understood.. I've become more misunderstood than ever.


I personally believe you can't judge someone for their actions.. it's their intentions that matter.. if you have good intentions your actions can be forgiven. That's what keeps me going.. and keeps me from holding grudges (though I never forget when someone does me wrong). If my intentions are so good though.. I think it's time to straighten up my actions.

I can't go out like Tracy.. I've always wanted that.. but I can't.. I'm not a tragedy yet.







I wish I could start over.. escape to a place where no one knows me.. remove the disguise.. and live as me.

Morning After Pill

Before I begin I must state this... I hate ignorance.. and I hate people who disagree with my opinion due to ignorance. With abortion though.. I may strongly disagree with the opinions of others.. but I can respect their opinions sometimes because there is one that is ignorance free.
The problem with abortion.. is the argument of "where does life begin?" If you believe life begins at conception.. I understand why you're against it..c ause you do not want to kill a human being. Though I disagree with you.. I can respect that.... unless you start bombing abortion clinics.. cause then you're just a moron. (I mean seriously.. how can you use murder as a method to protest murder? common sense people..)

But anyways.. now to todays subject.. the morning after pill.

Emergency contraception (also known as the morning-after pill) is a high dosage of the birth control pill. It is recommended to be used after sexual intercourse, over a period of 72 hours, to achieve the goal of preventing (or ending) pregnancy. There are three different ways birth control pills are currently being promoted for this use: progesterone alone, estrogen alone, or both of these artificial steroids together.

The emergency contraceptive/morning-after pill has three possible ways in which it can work (as does the regular birth control pill):

1. Ovulation is inhibited, meaning the egg will not be released;
2. The normal menstrual cycle is altered, delaying ovulation; or
3. It can irritate the lining of the uterus so that if the first and second actions fail, and the woman does become pregnant, the human being created will die before he or she can actually attach to the lining of the uterus.

The two main controversies about the mornings after pill is "for one thing, there seems to be some misinformation that it is really an anti-abortion - or, rather, an abortion-inducing pill, which it is not; it doesn't cause an abortion. It actually interferes with fertilization or with ovulation. It's a contraceptive, some confusion about that.

The other source of concern among social conservatives has been in making it broadly available, especially among younger teenagers, if you were to make it available over the counter, would lead to greater sexual promiscuity among teenagers."

In some ways I can see how it could be considered an "abortion inducing pill".. due to the possible way it can prevent pregnancy (possible way 3). If you believe when a sperm and egg interact.. life is immediately created... this could be a problem. I refuse to delve into this too deeply because the argument of abortion requires it's own blog post, but I will touch on the subject lightly. When a woman miscarries.. it is not considered a death.. there is no death certificate.. for there was also no birth certificate.. there is no funeral.. there is no body.. there is no proof of life.. there is also no proof of any suffering, feeling, and there are definitely no vital organs. It does not breath.. it does not bleed.. it is an egg... hell we eat scrambled eggs for breakfast. To say that preventing the egg from latching on to the uterus is murder.. makes no sense to me. Therefore this is indeed not an abortion inducing pill at all.. it actually prevents the need for abortion.. so if anything conservatives should be worshiping this amazing advancement in medicine.

But then there is the problem of increased promiscuity. I used to consider this a problem.. that by making contraceptives available.. it is encouraging promiscuity. Then I realized that was wrong. It is instead teaching the kids out there who will not listen to Abstinence is Cool lectures.. it's better to be safe than sorry and since you are going to have sex.. make sure you don't fuck up.

But then I realized.. that too was wrong. To believe that is to still believe premarital sex is wrong. And I don't. Guess what.. I'm gay.. which means there's no marriage in my future. And even if marriage is a broad term which includes commitments and long term relationships (not in the governments eyes of course *glares*) what's so wrong with NOT waiting? So what if it's not a social norm? I despise social norms.. it's being told to do something because people were told to do it by people who were told to do it by people who were told to do it x1000 years. What is truly wrong about pre marital sex? I can understand the argument about some people not being mature enough to handle it.. but what about those who are? I can understand the increase in STD.. but how about teaching caution? I can understand the pregnancy rates but HELLO.. morning after pill. What else is so wrong about it? Religion? Not all people are religious. No.. the only thing wrong is "it's not a social norm" *that is to be said in a whiny voice btw*. If you want to be promiscuous be promiscuous. I know I'm hedonistic.. deal with it. I don't think it's a big deal.. and if there can be a pill that ensures women don't fuck up their lives.. THANK GOD!

Banning the morning after pill is just one more way to supress women. Man are welcome to explore their sexuality.. but women must raise children and cook man dinner. We're not living in the 50's... read the awakening! If a man can be a whore.. why can't a woman? What is with the double standard? And if promiscuity is such a huge problem.. why isn't viagra banned? Dumbass.

As the wise margaret cho once said
"I never had access to a morning after pill and that didn't stop me from fucking my way through the usa"