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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.

blergsauce

Ok. I know I've been pissy (and on the wp) about the whole California gay marriage thing of late. But, you know, it's hard not to be, and I blog that shit to get the feelings out so they don't poison me. It's frustrating and ridiculous, and I don't even live in California. I was born there, though, so I feel some connection to it.

But. Here's the thing. Gay marriage will happen. It will. It's only a matter of time. Each subsequent generation becomes more progressive and open-minded. Kids these days, most of them, don't give a shit if you're gay. Even young Southern Baptists feel they have more important things to worry about than gay marriage (according to my mother, anyway).

I promise though, young people don't have these weird hangups about sexuality. And those old fag-bashing fucktards will be dead soon, or in crappy nursing homes their gay children put them in.

So don't worry. (I am mostly saying this to myself.) It's all gravy. And patience is a virtue. This does not mean that I won't be upset by the setbacks and the cruelty of hateful people. This does not mean I won't bitch about it more in the future. It just means that in my heart I know that might does not make right, and all this ridiculousness is only the dying gasps of an outmoded, archaic, laughable way of thinking.

And one day, all that will be left is embarrassment. The DOMA will go the way of miscegenation laws and our children will think us silly. Some of them won't believe there were ever laws that prevented two people in love from marrying. And that will be awesome.