Argh (rant warning)

Today has already been one of those days. We are expecting another bad ice storm tomorrow, so everyone is on edge, and that certainly includes me. I spent part of the morning trying to gather supplies and prepare for the worst tomorrow. Hoping, of course, that it will be manageable.

And I am just feeling low. Annoyed with people, and annoyed with politics. Read the other day that a new poll has a majority of Americans ready to vote for Republicans in the next cycle. Because, evidently, one year is too long to give one party, but 8 years of major fuck-ups is fine. Same day, I read that Fox is one of the more respected news sources. That made me gag. Then a distant relative posted a video on my Facebook wall wanting my comments. I sent them through email. Silence. More emails inquiring if he received my emails. Silence. Yeah, that is really mature. And then finally, a friend who insists that he is opposed to torture, but also admits that if faced with a Republican candidate who supports torture, he would have to see what the opponent stands for before stating that he would possibly vote against a torturer. Meanwhile the SCOTUS ruling places us perilously close to a return to Gilded Age politics where politicians were bought and sold (practically) by corporations.

So, in my darkened state, here are my predictions:

1) The American people are impatient and ignorant, and can't stand complex policy questions. They prefer Republican simplicity and will elect them even when they are demonstrably the dumbest candidates we can find.

2) America will slide further behind on science as evolution becomes a relic of a simpler, more rational time.

3) America will torture more people and not have a clue what to do when their own people are tortured. Well, they might just bomb the offending country and torture their inhabitants. (See number 1).

4) America will do absolutely nothing about the environment, healthcare, or the poor. After all, conservatives care nothing about any of those. Sure, we will have soup kitchens to turn to when we lose our assets due to healthcare costs. And those will be funded by Christian conservatives who will assure us that they care about the poor, but they care just a little more about tax cuts and stopping the homos from marrying.

5) The divide between rich and poor will continue to grow. Anyone who mentions it will be called a Marxist/Socialist/Nazi/Hitler.

That is about all I can stand today. Take it for what it is worth.