Seriously Republicans?

Why couldn't you just vote on the defense bill? So what if the Democrats tacked on the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal last minute. We all know that it needs to go away. It's perfectly illogical to think that a person's sexual orientation has anything to do with their ability to be a good soldier. I had a roommate who married a woman who would have made a horrible soldier. I was more manly that he was.

It's really sad that a big buff guy who wants to defend his country technically isn't allowed to because he prefers to put his penis inside another man's asshole than in a vagina. Seriously? This might just be crazy talk, but I'd prefer to have a big gay manly soldier on my side than a wimpy WOW playing nerdy soldier who claims to like women.

In addition to passing on repealing one of the dumbest laws ever, they also passed up a raise for our soldiers. Good going guys, so now all those strait guys with lots of kids to support (which is what the GOP wants, remember) can't afford to feed their kids, because they won't get that raise they were hoping on, and wifey's preggo with #4.

Why don't people think before they vote?

Um, I want medical care, not sexism

So, I wanted to make a doctor's appointment for the annual check up, make sure my vag is all good and whatnot, but I encountered a bit of sexism along the way.

I was all excited to make this appointment because it's my first appointment that's not at a planned parenthood or student health services since I saw a pediatrician. I've got a job I love with great health benefits and was excited to book my first appointment as an adult with a real job, but the appointment booker asked some questions that I'm sure she would have never asked a man.

1) Are you married? Which I kind of get for insurance purposes, but that question could have been asked in a much better way: Do you have insurance? Who is your carrier? Whose name is the policy under? To which you would answer "my husband's" if that was the case. Her follow up to that was: I guess I'll make the account under your name, then. Um, so women don't usually have their own accounts? Why the hell not? Why can't a woman be in love and married to someone with out having their identity tied up in his?

2) Do you work outside the home? Yeah, I work outside the home, how the hell do you think I have insurance if I'm not married and I'm 25 years old (which they know from my birthday)? And who the hell asks a question like that anymore anyway? Is it 1962? Isn't it pretty normal for someone to "work outside the home." And I mean if you do have like, a business you run out of your home it's still kind of like "working outside the home" it's not being a housewife. And who the hell is a housewife, anyway? I work a lot outside the home. Most of my time in "the home" is spent sleeping.

3.) Is this appointment for you or one of your children? Why the hell do you assume I have kids? Seriously, because I'm a woman I've popped one or two out? Why couldn't you ask if this appointment was for me? Leave the kids out of it.

I'm very annoyed right now and I'm not sure if I'm going to keep this clinic as my primary care facility, we'll see how the actual appointment goes, but right now I'm not impressed. Not that the questions they asked weren't valid, but the way the asked them was very sexist. Worst of all, these questions were asked by WOMEN.

I'm pretty sure that none of these questions would have been asked if I was a man. It's annoying that because I don't have a cock all of a sudden it's 1962 and I'm Betty fucking Draper.

Small towns are cute and all, but they need to join the 21st century when it comes to equal treatment of men and women.

Welcome to North Dakota/yup, I'm talking about the mosque, kind of

I moved to North Dakota two and a half weeks ago. The change has been interesting. For the most part I knew what I was getting in to. I grew up just east of Grand Forks, N.D. and I knew the state was full of small towns, Wal-Marts and Republicans. (even though all officials elected to federal office are Democrats... go figure!)

What I wasn't expecting was this brash conservatism that kind of slaps me in the face. It's the type of conservatism I always feared. Low-income (and sometimes low class) socially conservative people who have latched on to high-income fiscally conservative Republican ideals because they were preyed upon with scary words and phrases like "abortion" or "take away our church" or "Obama is Hitler." (none of which makes any sense in any context)

It seems like everyone here is married. (check out Single Girls Clean, Too for my take on that) Girls that are way younger than me have surprised me by talking about their husbands... not boyfriends, not baby-daddy, but husbands. But more on that on my other blog...

What really made me want to speak out about politics now is that I feel stifled. I feel like my voice is not represented here, so I must speak out for myself. I grew up in a Blue State, Minnesota, the ONLY blue state in 1984. I moved to Chicago and I loved it, the coolest thing I did in my three years there was attended the rally in Grant Park when Barack Obama was elected.

I guess this mosque thing in New York is really getting under my skin and making want to speak out. First of all, they have every right to build what ever type of building they want anywhere. You can build a porn store by a church if you want to, pending the church is in a commercially zoned area. What gets me the most about this issue is the same people who insinuated that New Yorkers were not real Americans are now weighing in on issues that primarily affect New Yorkers.

Sure, 9/11 victims came from everywhere, but the majority of people who where affected lived in New York City. During the 2008 elections these people were not real Americans, and now it's in bad taste to build a religious center near Ground Zero just because the terrorists practiced an extreme version of that religion? How does this make sense Sarah Palin? Why are you so keen to "defend" the people you put down a mere two years ago?

Republicans and conservatives take votes from Utah, even though there are splinter groups that still practice polygamy that I'm guessing vote conservative, if they vote at all. Granted, having multiple wives isn't flying a plane into a beloved symbol of capitalism and America and killing thousands of innocent people, but it's still against the law, against what conservatives preach. I guess my point is you don't denounce all LDS just because a few have some extra wives, why should you denounce all Muslims just because a few did some very bad things?

And to further my point, aren't al qaeda doing to Islam what conservatives have been doing to Christianity for years? Taking a religion and turning it political to gain power and frighten the masses? Part of the reason I'm not a big fan of church is because politicians try to latch onto religion and turn the faithful into Republican voting machines.

In conclusion: a mosque is just a type of church for a different religion. Just because you're a socially conservative, God-fearing, church-going person it does not mean you have to vote Republican.

Think about it...