Get Off My Lawn

by Soben

Now, I’m a guy, and I certainly haven’t had any experience with breast cancer anywhere in my family, so this isn’t immediately related to me, but it doesn’t mean this type of shit doesn’t annoy me.

I love breasts, and I want to see them still exist.

Recently, due to the constant nagging and pressure from anti-abortion groups (who tend to be the same ones that don’t want regulation on THEIR lives, but are fanatical about restricting OTHER people), The Komen Foundation recently pulled their funding of Planned Parenthood.

SGK’s money was put to work at Planned Parenthood for thousands of breast cancer screenings and mammogram checks, which are vital parts of what Susan G Komen’s Foundation is about. So thanks to anti-abortion groups, thousands of women are likely at higher risk of breast cancer now, without access to much needed screenings.

What particularly set me off (and got me to come here to let off steam), is that the VP of the Komen Foundation recently retweeted (and quickly retracted the RT), a message that is highly hypocritical and ignorant:

It argues that pro-abortion (which, of course, sounds worse than what it really is: pro-choice) are complaining about a cancer group as if they have no say in the matter (they’re completely unrelated subjects), but it ignores the damn fact that ANTI-ABORTION groups turned to a CANCER organization to force a decision that is completely unrelated to the organization’s goals IN THE FIRST PLACE. They did the EXACT same thing that the pro-choice groups are now pointing out and making a stand against.

SGK screwed up here. They should’ve kept supporting what they were created for (prevent breast cancer with awareness, regular screenings, and search for a cure), and not let groups that are completely unrelated to that goal intimidate them.

Stick with what you were created for, and don’t focus on anything else!

/endrant

by I hate everything

Any person above the age of say, six, who spouts the term millennial needs to see a doctor. Hopefully they can get the oxygen flow restored to their brain and continue functioning if they end up getting help. But frankly, most are the social media ninjas that have double-jointed their arms to pat themselves on the back so much you’d think they’re giving themselves reach-arounds the wrong way full time these days.

‘Millennial’ is the adjective form of ‘millennium’, which as most people who’ve managed to pass elementary school should now know stands for one thousand years (that’s a one followed by three zeros, or, 1000 years). If you’re referring to a millennial person, then, you’re referring to someone who’s managed to live from before 1012 at this point. They’ve lived through the rise and fall of the Eastern Roman Empire and are still alive and kicking. Frankly I’m not sure why they’re even using the internet and working, they should have invested a little more wisely in their 200′s perhaps in order to avoid such things.

If you’re the mouth-breathing sort that enjoys saying shit like “This will appeal to the millennial crowd”, get off my lawn, before my decadial ass goes medieval on yours.

by MyPeeve

When is enough enough? All we’ve heard from the “one-hit wonders” (AKA politicians) for years is how everyone needs even lower taxes. Don’t raise taxes on the poor/middle class/rich folks and corporations who fund our campaigns. Boo-hoo.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a million times until SOMEONE hears me. Taxes pay for the things a nation needs to function as a civil society. Roads. Public schools. Subsidized rural services like electricity and access to clean drinking water. They pay for the regulations so that your food is safe to eat and your homes don’t fall down because of shoddy construction practices. Police and fire departments so you have someone to call when something terrible happens. These are just a few of the thousands of things that being a tax-paying citizen affords you.

Now we have a Congress that is so in denial about how a democratic society runs that rather than raise taxes to combat a $14 Trillion national debt, they are going to nickle and dime public services to death. How stupid do you have to be to not understand how to use a calculator?

Here’s some simple math. $14 Trillion debt – $100 Billion (or so) in cuts to everything from fuel subsidies for the poor, national public radio, and planned parenthood will make a puny dent in the national debt (yeah, my calculator won’t even go up that high to give you an actual number). What it will do is devastate programs and services that people who otherwise couldn’t afford it need very much.

What about Social Security? Now, if you actually know how much you really pay in Federal withholding tax, you’ve probably also noticed that what comes out of every paycheck for social security is at least twice as much as you pay in withholding. However, the Social Security Administration is one of the most efficient bureaucracies in our government. Yet now, Congress wants to cut funding to that as well.

What’s the most important tangible value of the Social Security system? That’s right. Your parents won’t have to move in with you when they get old. Think about that. If that fact alone isn’t enough to make you beg Congress to raise taxes in order to protect Social Security from cuts then I don’t know what is.

The last thing I want is to have Congress start slashing Social Security benefits to old folks. They are happy in their retirement communities getting their monthly Social Security check and visiting the grandkids on occasion. Lets keep them there! You don’t want them living with you, do you? Of course not. So congress, raise everyones taxes NOW to start digging us out of debt. And for crying out loud, GET OFF MY LAWN!