Long time listener, first time caller.

I love America. I mean that. There's just a lot of aspects of America that I despise. The religious Right, megachurches, so-called "christians" that are more vile than I could ever dream of being, yet i'm the fuckface because I don't capitalize "god" or "jesus." By the way, why is a guy with a Mexican name in the middle east? Anyway, the list goes on. I could narrow it down, but that's the gist of it.

The main issue, in my eyes, that is holding this great country back is all the bickering between the left and the right. Guys like Rush, Hannity, Ann Coulter, and to a wee bit lesser extent Glenn Beck, do nothing for us except to incite hatred and divide the country. To them, anyone who isn't a "god-fearing American" that hates gays, the environment, science, and basically rational thought is all that's wrong with the country.

They sit and say that Obama has raised taxes so much, and we're now a socialist country, yada yada yada. The federal taxes taken out of my last paycheck was $11. Yep. $11. That's a HELL of a lot less than dubya was taking. Also, the rich, with their tax hikes, are now paying taxes that equal 10% less than they were taxed under their much-touted Ronald Reagan. Man...I hope they can survive to make all those car, mansion, and boat payments. Facts, assholes.

Then there's the tea parties. Holy shit people. Really? Last I checked, that event in history was due to England taxing the colonists on tea that was imported, and they had no say about it. No represenative from the colonies was able to fight on their behalf, and they got pissed. I'm pretty sure everyone that attended a "tea party" HAS representation on their behalf. They might be a little to dense to realize that, but it's true. They hate the truth though.

So much to say, yet so jumbled. This torture thing. Now, you see the wonderful "christian" right is CONDONING the use of waterboarding and other torture methods because in the end, the information saved American lives. We won't ever know if that's true. But what we do know is that this country is far above that. We're not a nation hell-bent on world domination (not directly, anyway.) The ends justify the means, right? That's the christian theology for ya. Love your fellow man, unless he happens to be brown and worship a different god. Then, drown that motherfucker. Give me a break.

/shrug.