I need to rant....

Ok, I know I am very opinionated but I have to scratch my head at so many of the opinions/remarks of people that think they are making their point...only to look like mindless animals just following the herd!

I am a person who will go to bat every single time that something I firmly believe in is questioned.  I will also point out differing opinions to people when they are argueing about a subject just to try to get people to look at both sides.  So, my rant today.....politics, religion, and SAHM's (stay-at-home-moms, for those unfamiliar with the abbrivation.).  I'm sure it will strike a nerve with many, and that's fine...but this is my opinion, and my blog.  If you don't agree, or it pisses you off...quit reading!

Politics- Yep, one of those subjects that fires everyone up.  Whether you are Democratic, Republican, or Independent.  Me personally...I'm not sure what I am other than an American.  A person that will vote on the person, not the party.  Someone who will look past the typical lies of a politician to see what COULD happen with the candidate.  I have voted both Dem and Rep.  The 2 main parties have become one in the same.  The politicians are all liars.  They play the game of telling you all what you want to hear, and apparently many need to go back to civics class, because it takes ALL 3 branches of government to make things happen.  Our President is only allowed certain freedoms, he has to get the approval of the House and Senate to make most things law, our House and Senate can only do so much without the approval of the President, and when both of those branches mess up...then it goes to the 3rd branch, the Judicial Branch(e.i. The Supreme Court).  Now, I understand that there are certain citizens that would love to place the blame of everything that goes wrong on the President.  I would love to point out though, that it's just not reality to do so.  Our President is very limited on what he's actually able to do.  We have had basically 16 years, since I started voting, of Democrat and Republican leaders.  Although I was still young when I voted for Bill Clinton, I was aware of what was going on when I voted for George W. Bush, and when I voted in 2008, I voted for the Libertarians.  Although I have already based my primary vote on one candidate, he is not a typical leader from either party.  I was able to research his track record.  I was able to see how he has voted, and if he was a man of his word or just another puppet.  It really irritates me when people just vote how they are told to vote.  Whether it be the unions, their friends, or the pathetic "my vote won't count anyway."  Come on people!  Get your heads out of the sand!  Look, and I mean REALLy look, at the candidates.  Do your own research, and quit listening to a bunch of talking heads.  That is what has gotten us in the mess we are in.  Not the political parties.  We allow Wall street to control how much our commodities are going to be, we allow other nations to decide if we are going to a war or not, we allow our own boarders to be vulnerable while our service members are spread so thin throughout the world, and we allow our well paying jobs to go overseas because we are too cheap to buy only American made goods!  Get this through your heads.... Our current economy is in shambles not only because of our educated idiot politicians, but also because of US!

I can remember as a young person, living in a small town.  That small town was booming.  Everyone knew everyone, our children were safe to play as long as we were home before the porch lights came on, we didn't live on fast food, and when we went to school...we were safe!  Our parents all had decent jobs, most of the toys we played with did NOT say, "Made in China," and we were expected to help our neighbors and friends!  We had respect for our elders, we had respect for our teachers, and if we didn't....well, that was when we got spanked!  We would have never dreamed of turning our parents in for abuse.  We knew when we did something wrong we would get in trouble, we would get spanked, and probably grounded, and we expected it!  All these damned talking heads have infiltrated our lives with pathetic laws that take most rights away from parents, have put teachers in danger every single day, and the younger generations have ZERO respect for their elders.  This is our own faults, folks!  So many people today think that it's the governments job to take care of them, and to they have come to expect it.  IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.  It's not the governments job to bail you out when you can't budget, over spend, can't manage money, or refuse to work a job making less than you think you deserve.  The government itself screws up everything it touches, everyone can surely see that.  If not then you really need glasses!

Religion - Oh boy, another hot button for me.  I think if I read/hear one more person claim to be a Christian, yet be so judgmental of others, I am going to blow a gasket!  I honestly do not believe that anyone on Earth is an expert on the Bible, but here's my opinion of what I do understand!  According to the Bible, all of Jesus' disciples were chosen.  They were NOT perfect.  Each of them were either hard working business owners, alcoholics, adulterers, or dirt poor.  Jesus did not judge them.  He did not tell them they were less faithful just because of their past discrestions.  He took them under his wing, he guided them, he helped the ones he could and then he died on that cross to forgive us our sins.  I see and hear so many talking about social issues not being Christian or going against the Bible.  Here is my opinion.  MIND YOUR OWN DAMNED BUSINESS!  It is the modern Christian Churches that have decided that your not Christian if you don't go to a church, if you're gay, if you have a right to decide to have a child or not, if one religion or another is right or wrong.  Quite frankly, if you really wanted to follow the Bible's teachings, there was only ONE religion....Jewish.  It was Jewish people that were the disciples, it was Jewish people who walked with Jesus.  Every single one of these other religions were formed when someone didn't agree with the teachings of the Jewish people.  It is my opinion that the Bible, although many read it as it's a book, is simple many different passages put together.  Similar to a journal.  Either way, the God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit I believe and have a strong faith in, is a loving God, and savior.  Jesus died on that cross for the sins of his people.  Not just this sins of those supposedly to be followers, but ALL OF HIS PEOPLE.  So, to me that would mean that even those who choose a life different from what I would choose, are saved becaused he loved every single one of us.  Do you believe you are not sinners? HA!  If you really wanted to be technical, we all sin on a regular basis.  We celebrate Christmas as the birth of Christ, yet we go out and break our budgets to buy a bunch of gifts that typically are broke or not wanted/needed, we celebrate Easter as the Resurection of Christ...yet the festivities that we have incorporated into Easter are a Pagen tradition to worship the God of War, Sex, birth and Sun.  That's where the Easter Bunny, easter eggs come in.  It has NOTHING to do with the actual Resurrection of Christ.  I don't know anyone that actually goes out cooks a lamp on a fire, spread the blood of that lamb above their door, and eats that lamb as if starving at a certain time.  That is the way the Resurrection of Christ is supposed to be celebrated!  So, the next time you decide to write/speak/ or post something that is supposedly NOT Christian...think twice.  You do not need to sit in a building full of hypocrits to have faith in God.  You can pray, read the Bible - anywhere you choose.  Faith comes from your soul, not what you are wearing, what church you attend, what "religion" you are, or what material items you have.  Quite honestly, finding my own personal heritage, has had me believing that my Native American anscetors are the most sane of anyone on Earth!  I look forward to learning more about such a large piece of my background, and hope that as I learn and grow with them that they will adopt me back into their tribes.  There is so much craziness about with religion, that hearing from some of the original inhabitors of the Earth will be refreshing!

SAHMS - For those unaware of this abbriviation, it means Stay-At-Home-Moms.  This is what most of our Grandmothers were for my generation.  They were the "Home Makers."  They ran the family, budget, and made their houses into homes.  They worked hard, they just did it without pay, and without recognition.  As many of my generation is finding out, being a SAHM is both rewarding and irritating.  We are looked down upon, and treated as second rate citizens.  If you are a SAHM, you are thought of as mindless, "lucky," or just plain lazy.  Well, now.... I can tell you as a SAHM, I am none of the above.  I am current on ALL politics, I am not really lucky to say, but I am mindful of how I want my children raised, and lazy - that's just freakin' funny!  My personal opinion is that a SAHM has one of the hardest careers there is.  As a SAHM, you are responsible for the kids, the budget, the meals, the housework, the errands, the schedules, not to mention the home itself.  In my family, we added the schooling, gardening, preserving the foods out of our garden, the livestock, and preparing foods from scratch so that our family remains healthy.  Let me give you a little insight.  The way I currently live, was NOT how I grew up.  For the past 14 years, I have learned how to be "self-sufficient."  I did not have live stock, I did not know how to preserve the foods we grow/raise, I went to public school, and I had everything I needed very close by.  While I did have an amazing career prior to marriage and kids, I chose to let that career go because I wanted to be a Mom first and foremost.  I wanted kids, and I didn't want a boss telling me when I could be a Mom.  I don't have to ask for time off when a kid is sick, or when one of their friends wants to come over, and I don't have to worry about who's going to take them or pick them from whatever activity they have going on.  In my eyes, ALL of these tasks are my job as their Mom.  It was MY choice to have children, and it's MY responsibility to take care of them and make sure they are raised by my standards.  Now, I am not going to say that working Moms aren't good moms.  That's just not the case.  Although there are Moms out there that do not care as much about their children.... a MAJORITY of Moms do care, and do the best they can with what they have to work with.  I will NOT say that they are any less important than us SAHM's.  That is just a subject that I am not familiar so I can not say much about it.  I applaud those Moms that do work full-time and are still able to be in their kid's lives full-time.  I don't know how you do it...but you do!  I can only speak about what I am familiar with and that is being a SAHM and being under constant scrutiny for what we do. 

Since I am not the Creator or God, it is NOT my job to judge ANYONE for their choices!  Maybe if a few more people would see things this way there would be less judging and more getting done!  As with all 3 subjects today, it is not our job to JUDGE anyone.  Whether it be the life they choose to live, they path they choose to follow, the God they choose to worship, the sexuality they choose, or the choices they make.  The last I knew the only true judge is the one that forgave his disciples of their sins, and died on a cross to forgive his people of their sins.

Salli