It is dishearting to see things that used to be exceptions are now the norms. Things are all out of order and people are accepting it.  A few things in particular come to mind.

1. There was a time when parents died before their children because it was the natural order of life. Usually the death was from age and other less stressful causes.  Now, parents are burying their babies at alarming rates.  And what’s even worse is – nobody cares. It is not normal, first of all, for kids to be killed at the hands of other people.  Secondly, the fact that children continue to die and nothing is being done is just absolutely disgusting.

2. I hope I don’t offend homosexuals with this one, but gay marriage is not natural and should not be accepted.  I am not a homophobe, and I feel that you should love whomever you choose.  However, marriage should be between men and women.  One of the purposes of marriage is to procreate.  That will not happen in such a union.  I know that the argument can be made that adoption is an option.  Which it is.  No matter how many children you take out of the system (bless your heart), two people with the same parts cannot reproduce with each other.

3. Women taking care of men is just plain ol’ outrageous.  Unless buddy boy is a dependent son not of age, or has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual (according to the ADA); and…I think that’s it, women have no good reason to care for an able-bodied man.

4. Some people are nicer to people outside of their families than they are to their own family members.  While I completely understand this, it’s still not right.

5. People who expect to get paid more than minimum wage without an education are waaay bass ackwards.  How do they expect to get something, and you don’t know nothing (yes, I used a double negative.).  So, instead of working their way up, they just don’t work.

6. The government systems are pretty bass ackwards too.  Check this out.  I am a single woman with no kids.  During a period of unemployment, I tried to apply for health benefits under the public assistance program.  Do you know that I could not get benefits in Illinois because I did not have any dependents?  I was livid.  First of all, I know my tax dollars are going into the system.  Who am I paying for?  Secondly, I only wanted health benefits.  I didn’t ask for financial assistance or food assistance.  That was freakin’ unbelievable!  I am still not happy about that and it’s over 5 years later.  Ideally, I should be over it, but my taxes are still being taken and I still don’t have any kids which means I am still SOL!

Ok, I’m done with my whine and moan fest.  I may continue on at a later date.  I’m sure I’m not done yet.