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"I'm not doing this sh***!!!"
I'm not doing this sh***!!!
by SwedishJewfish
As I write this, it is January 2nd, 2012.
Two thousand and fucking twelve. Iowa Caucuses this week. It's starting to get really...real.
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Like most Americans, I am not looking forward to the 2012 elections. In fact, just glancing over at that date on my computer screen, and thinking about what is going to be unleashed over the next 10 months is enough to give me a sense of impending doom much like I have heard people describe right before experiencing a major heart attack. My feelings may be a bit more intense because unlike most Americans, I will not be a passive observer in this election. I will be out there, on the ground, just like I was back in 2008.
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Chris Hedges will also not be voting for Obama in 2012. He did not vote for Obama in 2008 either for that matter. Chris Hedges happens to be one of my favorite writers, and no one can touch him as far as I'm concerned when it comes to covering the issues on the ground in Isreal and Palestine and the GWOT. He is a man who was fired from the New York Times for having the audacity to tell the truth about the wars, back when doing so was seen as an act of treason. It is his passion for these issues that he writes about that makes him such amazing journalist. Do I care that he is not voting for Obama? As long as he keeps writing like he does, he can vote for whoever he wants.
I WILL, however, be voting for Obama in 2012.For many, many reasons- for the Supreme Court, for DADT, above all else for the Affordable Care Act. Yes, the dreaded "giveaway to private insurance companies and big pharma" that I have seen personally help many, many people. Which I know will help even more people once it is fully implemented, and while it is far from perfect I strongly believe is opening the door to single payer. I have spent a year of my life having the opportunity to be on the ground, on the front lines of the fight for affordable healthcare, serving with Americorps in a Community Health Center. Helping the uninsured access care, and also helping create the infrastructure that will eventually transform the way the healthcare system in my state works. And yes, because someone who looks like me- namely my daughter, who I happen to be rather fond of- has already greatly benefited. But that doesn't mean I don't feel for those that are barely hanging on, who can't wait until 2014 to get care. They are the very reason I went into nursing, the very reason I served with Americorps, the very reason I am dedicating my career to helping the medically underserved, and yes, the main reason I am supporting the election of Barack Obama in 2012. Do YOU care that I am voting for Barack Obama? Does that make you think less of me as a human being?
Whether it does or not, I WILL be spending the next 308 days of my life working to get Barack Obama and progressive majorities elected in 2012. I will be making phone calls, I will be knocking on doors, I will probably end up going to a swing state again. I will also write diaries here highlighting his accomplishments. Some of them may even include pictures. I will not spend too much of my time rehashing his failures. Not because I deny they exist, or I don't think it matters, but because I find it to be a waste of energy, and energy isn't something I have in heavy supply lately. And because it is 2012. And I'm not doing this shit anymore.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/02/1050664/-Im-not-doing-this-sh
by SwedishJewfish
As I write this, it is January 2nd, 2012.
Two thousand and fucking twelve. Iowa Caucuses this week. It's starting to get really...real.
<...>
Like most Americans, I am not looking forward to the 2012 elections. In fact, just glancing over at that date on my computer screen, and thinking about what is going to be unleashed over the next 10 months is enough to give me a sense of impending doom much like I have heard people describe right before experiencing a major heart attack. My feelings may be a bit more intense because unlike most Americans, I will not be a passive observer in this election. I will be out there, on the ground, just like I was back in 2008.
<...>
Chris Hedges will also not be voting for Obama in 2012. He did not vote for Obama in 2008 either for that matter. Chris Hedges happens to be one of my favorite writers, and no one can touch him as far as I'm concerned when it comes to covering the issues on the ground in Isreal and Palestine and the GWOT. He is a man who was fired from the New York Times for having the audacity to tell the truth about the wars, back when doing so was seen as an act of treason. It is his passion for these issues that he writes about that makes him such amazing journalist. Do I care that he is not voting for Obama? As long as he keeps writing like he does, he can vote for whoever he wants.
I WILL, however, be voting for Obama in 2012.For many, many reasons- for the Supreme Court, for DADT, above all else for the Affordable Care Act. Yes, the dreaded "giveaway to private insurance companies and big pharma" that I have seen personally help many, many people. Which I know will help even more people once it is fully implemented, and while it is far from perfect I strongly believe is opening the door to single payer. I have spent a year of my life having the opportunity to be on the ground, on the front lines of the fight for affordable healthcare, serving with Americorps in a Community Health Center. Helping the uninsured access care, and also helping create the infrastructure that will eventually transform the way the healthcare system in my state works. And yes, because someone who looks like me- namely my daughter, who I happen to be rather fond of- has already greatly benefited. But that doesn't mean I don't feel for those that are barely hanging on, who can't wait until 2014 to get care. They are the very reason I went into nursing, the very reason I served with Americorps, the very reason I am dedicating my career to helping the medically underserved, and yes, the main reason I am supporting the election of Barack Obama in 2012. Do YOU care that I am voting for Barack Obama? Does that make you think less of me as a human being?
Whether it does or not, I WILL be spending the next 308 days of my life working to get Barack Obama and progressive majorities elected in 2012. I will be making phone calls, I will be knocking on doors, I will probably end up going to a swing state again. I will also write diaries here highlighting his accomplishments. Some of them may even include pictures. I will not spend too much of my time rehashing his failures. Not because I deny they exist, or I don't think it matters, but because I find it to be a waste of energy, and energy isn't something I have in heavy supply lately. And because it is 2012. And I'm not doing this shit anymore.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/02/1050664/-Im-not-doing-this-sh
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