Poli-dicks

Ok. So I said I was avoiding discussing politics (or should I say poli-dicks?) and world events but I cannot hold it in any longer. America! What the fuck are you doing? I leave you for just over a  year on your own and you cannot keep your shit together, seriously! Ari-fuckin'-zona who do you think you are? So first you want to overturn Roe v. Wade and now you want to make it so I cannot use birth control  as a contraceptive? So basically, as a women, I have no choice regarding having children and my own body. A man, on the other hand, can have access to all the Viagra likes (but I bet he is taking that for non-sexual reasons).   I cannot comprehend how the U.S., a so called democracy based on principles of freedom and equality, has become a women-hating-gun-toting-god preaching-capitalistic-narcisstic society. Oh wait. Sorry that's  Republicans. But somehow they have been given the power to spin out of control. And that is everyone's fault (mine included) because we have grown apathetic and sat behind our laptops/ipad/whatevers (yes I realize I am currently utilizing  a laptop, the irony is not lost on me) and now it has come to this. As an American living abroad I am able to see what other people and countries think of the U.S. and it is not easy trying to defend my country (and try to point out the positive things) when every time I see the news Mitt Romney or Ron Paul is spouting some ridiculous agenda. To make things worse Europeans think it's funny, that there is no way these men could actually do anything or win the election. Sadly, there are people who would vote for these men and there are states like Arizona who will strip a citizen of their rights. That scares me and it infuriates me. What really bothers me is how little I have seen of what is being done to counter these outrageous bills. Ladies, speak up!  Men speak up for your ladies! Regardless of where you stand politically, the bottom line is people's basic human rights are at risk!

This brings me to the next topic in world news that has me in a tizzy. KONY 2012. I am sure by now you have re-tweeted, Facebook posted or re-pinned something on this topic. My question is why? Why now? Surely you cannot be so ignorant as to only be aware of this man and Uganda till now? Oh, wait that's right, I forgot you're trapped in your cyber world so of course you did not know. It's not like you have access to the news or you have ever read a history book. Kony is a terrible man and what he is doing is a travesty but simply re-tweeting is not going to change anything. That's talk but no action. The Congo, Darfur, Sudan and Rwanda are also countries in Africa that have suffered from years of civil war and genocide. But you're not tweeting about them or about the many other countries involved in war or human trafficking, just the one that is currently popular on all the social media sites. By next week you'll have forgotten and move on to the latest meme. Why is no one setting the internet abuzz over the latest bills being pushed in Arizona? Or the war in Syria? Some people believe that social media is the latest platform to promote change, I have yet to be convinced. Prove me wrong. Go!

Over and Out.

Saturday is St. Patrick's day! I will be back with you soon with humorous and more light-hearted insights on living in Ireland soon but this was important to get off my chest.