When a Problem Comes Along - Whip It

I'm in an incredibly bad mood.

This rivals my legendary PMS attack of '89 when I beat the crap out of two drug dealers who pummeled my baby sister in front of a child. That was bad. I smacked those unfeeling nut-jobs silly, kicked them in the crotches and had to have my gay friends pull me off the a$$holes.
My hope is that they felt the bruises when they came down off their high.
I cursed them verbally. Back in the day, I knew nothing of magick yet I wished they would stop annoying the crap out of people in the neighborhood. My wish came true. One man was shot dead within a few months because he was caught in a drug deal gone wrong. The other went to prison for, what he claims, was a murder he didn't commit. Don't think too much of his claim, all men in prison say that!

Still, my current anger rivals the anger I felt that sunny April day.

Some moron wants me to stay with him and swear off talking to other men. In a nutshell, we are stuck in a spiraling negative conversation akin to...

1.We have a problem of a financial nature.
2.He can't solve the problem.
3.He has to solve the problem because he's a man.
4.I cannot solve the problem because I am a woman.
5.If I try to solve the problem, he's going to interfere because
I am a woman.

Go to point three and repeat....Divorce is infinitely cheaper than dealing with stupidity.

Sigh....Yes, stupid men crack me up to the point of needing medication. Can't ya tell?

I'd be okay if it were one stupid man. It seems that today I have the talent for lowering the IQ of every male I speak to by 50 points.
I've had recent correspondence with a city councilman. It appears that they're trying to come up with 90 million dollars to pay a developer to build here, so they're shutting down libraries and such. Yeah, this is the super short version but even after considering the arguments of the city, one will realize that this is the truth of what is going on.

The City Council is robbing the poor (and middle class) to give to the rich.

They're also letting developers tax people. Let me briefly explain, in this city there is a new custom of allowing the developers get to add on a .5% tax (or mandatory fee) to any sale. The total amount, including the .5% PIF tax is then taxed by the City. 

The sick part of this tax/fee is that few people know about it.

This tax is insane. It hurts the poor. The poor are getting screwed in this economy, especially with the new and unfair fees the City has put into place. This is a custom that needs to die a quick death before it becomes permanently engraved in the culture.

Stupid taxes (even those called fees) hurt the poor more than the wealthy. I'm pissed. I'm going to take this public - I don't know how just yet but, trust me, the perfect avenue usually prevents itself. This City Councilman defended this city's nickel and diming of the poor. I'm sorry. He seems like a good man caught up in groupthink stupidity. Just 'cuz the other city councilmen support raping the citizenry, doesn't make it right.

He's not the only brilliant mind caught up in groupthink.

I brought this issue up to the local tax activism group. They don't want to deal with it because the politician members think that the public is uninformed and unable to be educated. In fact, if I understood correctly, members of the group were to stay silent on the issue.

Hmmm....I think someone bought off one of the politicians in the group. It's just a gut feeling. I could be wrong. I don't know.

I do know that politicians temper their language and speech to win favors from others. Activists and advocates create awareness about problems and push for solutions. I'm not a politician...I'm an advocate. I can't stay silent about an injustice that will only continue to grow.

I'm done with that group. If they're too scared to educate the public....they can shake in their boots by themselves. To be quite honest, one of the more prominent members is fond of saying that women are emotional. That is not true, only 60% of women respond to emotional appeals; 55% of men do, too. Sexism is probably one reason why you don't see many women among their ranks.

Traditionally, women are the ones who have to deal with most of society's problems (we take the lower paying jobs, we do most of the child care, we provide most of the volunteer labor, we care take for the elderly, and we pay a higher percentage of our income in taxes then men). If we are emotional, dude, it is because we get less sleep than you do!

I'll let the stupid men ignore the real problems. It's all about introducing ideas into the collective...nothing more...nothing less. Education creates awareness and awareness is the first step to reducing resistance to change!
Ah, but I'm not a politician. I'm an advocate. That is the problem, isn't it? We come from two very different world views.

I guess a politician's spots never change....

it's about marketing rather than ideology or serving the people.

I have no time for such horse sh!t and wish them the best of luck marketing their crap!

Mark my words, people who hurl poo indiscriminately and those who support those who fling it tend to slip up in it and get a tad bit smelly!

Babes, I am NOT doing your laundry!

Good luck with that!

S.