Cruz, Conservatives, Corporations and Christians Want You
to Die
I Me Me Mine
"A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and
every member of it is personally responsible for his society." - Thomas
Jefferson
”In this country we rise and fall as one nation, as one
people” – Barack H. Obama
“For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and
you gave me drink… I was sick and you visited me.” – Jesus H. Christ
“I think the first and principle objective is to repeal
Obamacare.” - Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz
“Where's your messiah now, Moses?” – Edward G. Robinson
The notable exception being, of course, the Christians,
who pray to perish, and that’s nothing personal; they desire that everyone
expire, especially themselves. As true
believers, journeyers with Jesus are jazzed and juiced about the hereafter, and
their accompanying assuredness of a Second Coming and an eternity spent in “a
better place.” Well, first off, as a born and bred, native New Yorker, I feel
quite confident that there is no better place. And, as far as a Second Coming,
the only thing that’s coming for a second time is your Obamacare health
insurance rebate check.
For this partisan pontificator, the Affordable Care Act
debate is a very serious and personal matter; and even, at its heart, more of a
people issue than one of government policy.
I have a very close friend who, due to a layoff and the inability since
to secure regular employment in this still weak economy, has not had health
insurance in over 5 years. It's very worrisome that a simple illness or a
broken bone could mean complete financial calamity and regular preventative care
becomes impossibility. When someone expresses the desire to kill or defund
Obamacare they are effectively preaching from a position of prejudice,
superiority and self-centeredness with the preposterous, mercenary and
mean-spirited claim that this insurance-lacking individual is neither deserving
nor worthy to receive the crucial and critical safety-net, and Supreme Court
confirmed, American right – to finally get the insurance and proper healthcare
that she's been without for far too and dangerously long. And this "I've got mine, too bad for
you" attitude has never before been a part of the American fabric, the
American culture; never a part of American Exceptionalism.
Should God, Gloria, righteousness and religion be your
mis en scene, yet you quote Cruz's crafty, anti-Obamacare crankiness after
wailing scripture, get thee down to your neighborhood milliners and be fitted
for your hypocrisy hat; then, once properly chapeau’d, please contact me,
nycityman, and let this Atheist fill in some of the obvious knowledge that you
are sorely missing when it comes to the teachings and lessons of your favorite
Messiah, Lord and Savior and Broadway musical superstar. Or perhaps, even
preferable, play pretend non-believer for a day and pursue goodness and light
and morality, not because of the exhortations of an outdated, antiquated,
ancient tome, or for fear of eternal damnation and Hellfire, but simply to do
what is right. For us unholy, unsanctified, holdouts and heroes of heresy,
words and deeds are not by-products of threats and fears, but merely proper
behavior and treatment of one another. “I’m not giving in an inch to fear. I
promised myself this year. And I feel, like I owe it to someone.”
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| Arrrhh... Fire Bad!! |
In the event that the non-partisan Congressional Budget
Office is erroneous in their optimistic assessments of the coming lower
premiums through the conscientiously, capitalistic competitive insurance
exchanges; and of the billions projected to be cut from the federal deficit due
to full implementation of the ACA; and, instead, the price of millions of our
uninsured fellow citizens now being safely covered results in my rates slightly
escalating, so be it. That is the cost, responsibility and privilege, of being
a member of a community and a civilized society. I realize that Conservatives, from sea to
shining sea, are now seizing smelling salts for fright of fainting spells at
such a profane thought of giving and shared sacrifice, but we are, by
purposeful design, all in this together; to quote, worldly and randy, Founding
Father, Benjamin Franklin, “We must all hang together or most assuredly we will
all hang separately.”
We are Americans, and as such, share in a great, generous
tradition, long a part of this laudable land of the free. But now we are
engaged in a great civil war, and are mightily tested by an entire political
ideology opposed to that philosophy; so to put it in terms that Republicans,
Tea Partiers and Conservatives may be able to appreciate – if you Fox, Beck,
Limbaugh and Palin devotees (combine the IQ of all of the above, and you might
just crack three digits. Combine the hearts of the aforementioned and you might
just detect a faint pulse) should someday find yourself in less fortunate
financial circumstances, (impossible as that is to imagine as you are all such
wealth-wizards and masters and mistresses of your domains, and lords and ladies
of all that you survey) you too shall be cared for in your rare time of
need. So, right-wingers, there is a way
to look at it in terms of the self-interest that you are naturally and innately
much more comfortable with. Empower and embrace your egocentrism and greed, and
make it work for the greater good.
Alas, there was once upon a time in America when faith,
hope and charity were more than just the three best darn pole dancers in
Secaucus, New Jersey. And although not a fan or follower of faith myself, I am
quite smitten with the blonde and the redhead, hope and charity, and
expectantly anticipate that reports of their deaths have been greatly
exaggerated.
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| Yes, we've got trouble... |
If Cruz continues on his current uncharted course and
un-merry way, he will destroy the once great Republican Party (oh, Lincoln and
Roosevelt and Eisenhower, where oh where are you tonight, why did you leave me
here all alone?) Son of Canada, Rafael Cruz is a pure out and out con man, a
heinous Professor Harold Hill, of Capitol Hill, intent on making trouble right
here in River City, with a capital T that rhymes with P, that stands for
Presidential Aspirations. As ringmaster of this pack of pachyderms, Cruz may
ensure that the Grand Old Plutocrats (Gives Oral Pleasures?) never place an
occupant in the Oval Office again. President Clinton deux will be calling 1600
home once more from 2016 through 2024 and, of course, immediately after that
we’ll finally be in the long-promised Jetsons/Space 1999 futuristic time at
which point either the cyborgs or simians will have surpassed us. While initially sounding a tad, if not a ton,
far-fetched to you, let us not forget that in Willard “Mitt” Romney, this land
that was made for you and me already had our first robot candidate. So, once
again, the future promises – Hillary, cyborgs, “damn dirty apes,” but no
Republicans.
Not so long ago, when I was but a greenhorn - naïve,
trusting… a young and callow fellow, when life was slow and oh, so mellow, I
honestly believed that Conservatives, like Liberals, sincerely wanted the best
for this nation and all of its vast variety of citizenry; equally benevolent of
mind and intent but with a separate belief and ideology -a different path in
which to achieve the same goals of equality, happiness and success. But now,
after a long lifetime of living, as days grow short and I approach the autumn
of my years, realizations change with shifting realities. The new reality - If you take all of the worst, most base
instincts of humankind – selfishness, greed, inhumanity; lack of
compassion, caring, community,
empathy and sympathy – the traits that a maturing society overcomes upon
progressing and becoming more civilized - you get Conservatism.
The United States of America in 2013 has an actual, true,
enemy within – the current GOP, the Neo-Cons, the purposely unenlightened. The
Tea Partiers, and the corporations that they represent – and for the possible,
healthy continuation of this noble experiment, this charitable and righteous
republic, these Regressives must surely be defeated at the ballot box, as
surely as past enemies from without have been defeated on the battlegrounds, in
their attempt to transform our noble Republic into a corporate Plutocracy. “Rejoice, rejoice, we have no choice but to
carry on”
We close with two sources of musical inspiration and lyrical quotation - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Carry On" and the Beatles perform, "I Me Mine."
Any comments, questions, criticisms, compliments, candid
confessions, cash contributions? Contact me at butchersaprons@mail.com.
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