Tainted Life

So you are an adolescent. You have been reared in a single parent home. You are not sure whether you are gay or not. There has been no strong example of hetereosexuality in your immediate personal life. Your public education has been reduced to a "gang existence" with groups of poorly dressed teens vying for control of turf. People are smoking crystal meth all around you, and some are even smoking crack. They are skinny, homeless, and losing their teeth. Television presents the false opportunity that you may become the next American Idol circumventing any creative, academic, or artistic process. You can buy lottery tickets entertaining the prospect you may become financially independent, but most people can't handle that financial responsibility and squander the money and end up in jail. Then you become pregnant. Our society is teetering on the edge of saying your unborn baby is more important than you are. Respect is what makes people mature. When someone respects you in a difficult situation, you feel reassured. You feel that there is hope for the future, and that your past ills can be left behind for a better future. These are things human beings need to exist. On the other hand a right-wing, bible thumping, soap box standing, hypocritical, religious conservative says you are going to be punished for the rest of your life for the small mistake you made in the heat of adolescent passion. Both you and your unborn child are "sentenced" to life in social public prison. There is no clean slate. There is no chance to start over. Both you and your child are products of the extreme right, a constituency living in some weird neo-conservative head trip so far removed from the human condition that ADD pales in comparison. President Bush was elected under this politically preconceived image manufactured by consultants that study the American people. They devise an image they think the American people will vote for. As a result there is someone in power with no philosophy, no intellectual capability, and no ability to think through a problem. Person is not qualified to be president of the United States. How we allowed such a figure to be elected is a travesty. I guess a rodeo, a cowboy hat, and a promise for good cheer is all we needed. Knowing and respecting your people is fundamental and something J.F.K. did well. He did not dare think he was somehow better than anyone else. He held true to the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of independence. He invited musicians and artists to the White House. He attempted to raise the quality of life for Americans. What are we stuck with now? The fucking War on Terror.