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Things I am currently cheesed off about and that are completely outside of my sphere of influence:

1. Mexico and the drug war. People are so short-sighted. It is the exact same as abstinence-only sex education, meaning it just doesn't work. People are going to keep doing drugs, no matter what. The drug cartels will outsmart, outresource and outgun the Mexican government at every turn. The only way to eliminate the problem is to make drugs legal. It would destroy the black market and the violence that comes with it.

2. Obama and his lackluster "extension of benefits" for spouses of gay and lesbian federal employees which, of course, does not include health insurance. This is paired with the DOJ's brief supporting the fucking DOMA and associating same-sex marriage with incestuous marriages. Thanks, assholes. The New York Times lambasted the Obama administration for the brief in this editorial, which I find awesome. Thanks, NYT. Why can't you be president?

3. The health insurance issue. Ok. Republicans are a bunch of jerks. For some reason they have it in their little pea-brains that single-payer health insurance equals armageddon. This is obviously true since every country that has implemented universal healthcare has imploded in on itself and disintegrated in a fiery wreck (*ahem* virtually all of Europe). Seriously, though. Single payer health insurance would decrease costs tremendously and increase the life expectancy of Americans. But you just say the word "socialism" and people freak out like the U.S. is going to turn into Communist China or something.

4. Immigration. I really think that the whole border-fence/"illegal alien" freakout is just a very convenient excuse for racists to express their hatred of brown people. And I really don't get why people have so much bile for Mexican immigrants. I have never understood how we have this imaginary (except not really imaginary anymore since we've got the fence now) line in the sand and we care about people on one side but not on the other. Xenophobia is disgusting. The Minutemen are disgusting.

5. Iran. I am not really mad about Iran, just concerned. It's intense, all those young people so angry. I think it's good, but scary at the same time. I hope everything gets sorted out. It's been a long time coming, I think.

That's about it for now. Next is to make a list of things I am thankful for, right? To balance it out.