$&^! Be Crazy

After the initial novelty of a blog has worn off, it becomes daunting. There are too many topics to cover with too many sources available for each, too many assaults on our basic human rights to address. There're too many people already talking about the same things, often more eloquently. There's little time.

Sometimes I forget that the point of this is to air thoughts and feelings without having to properly cite and source and justify everything. I'm not a journalist. I'm just a voter. And I get to say whatever I want.

That said, SHIT BE CRAZY. What the hell is happening in this state? In this country? And I'm not even talking about the fact that my congresswoman, whom I adore, was shot 4 miles from my house. That's something I don't even want to think about.

Let's break it down (down).

The Feds:
* Budget crap. Seriously, cutting funding to NPR and Planned Parenthood is going to save us from our budget deficit? I feel like Seth and Amy. Seriously. Seriously? Seriously.
* Continual attacks on women's health, especially reproductive health. Makes me want to smash my head through a brick Boehner.
* Uh, hey guys, remember climate change? You know that thing that's going to kill us all like really soon? As soon as the deficit supposedly is? Maybe we should do something about that. OH WAIT, YOU'RE CONVINCED IT DOESN'T EXIST.
* Blocking like every appointment Obama tries to make in the government. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

The State of Arizona:
* SB1070 + others. We just <3 our racism down on the border.
* Relaxing gun control after that thing I don't want to talk about. Because allowing students and faculty and staff to carry loaded, concealed weapons on college campuses makes us all safer. Let's also make a law so no one can wear bulletproof vests. That way crazed gunmen can't wear them!
* Even more attacks on women's health and reproductive rights. Because a clump of cells should have more rights than an adult woman!
* Slashing education funding. Even though we just voted in a sales tax increase to keep that from happening. IS ANYONE IN PHOENIX PAYING ATTENTION?!

So that's a lot of stuff. Maybe I'll try and do topic by topic rants again. But it's all so overwhelming these days.