Insanity Point #4: North Korea

I was going to write about the new Tax Deal, but to be honest it truly just upsets me and there is SO MUCH there to discuss I wasn't ready to tackle it. If somebody else wants to, though, please give it a go, as like I said- there is a lot to discuss there!

Instead, however, today I will discuss North Korea.

Yahoo! posted THIS article today.

It quotes a North Korean website that says:

"Because of the South Koreans' reckless war policies, it is not about war or peace on the Korean peninsula but when the war will break out."

There is more in the article about how if they go to war it will be a nucleur war and not limited just to the Korean Peninsula.

Personally, I think North Korea is just looking for an excuse to go to war! Their actions the past year seem to show they are anxious to fight.

Very good friends of ours just returned from living in South Korea for two years, and they said North Korea is always making vain threats and they think all of this is show. In fact, they said they would move back- they aren't scared at all.

But I think the North is looking for a fight, and it could erupt at any moment. Then we would get involved, Russia and China would get involved, the EU would have to get involved, etc. etc.

Any thoughts?

Insanity Point #3

I took the girls swimming today at the local pool, and as I was headed out I overheard this conversation:

Man #1: Soon we are going to be a second rate county.

Man #2: That's what Obama wants.

I almost walked over there and asked him if that was seriously what he believed.

Really??? The man who fought to give all citizens the right to health care wants to destroy America? The man who talks constantly of an America full of opportunity for all wants us all to suffer? The man who puts billions into improving our education and into fighting the correct war wants America dismantled?

I could not believe my ears.

This is exactly what John Stewart was talking about.

You may not agree with Obama. You may not like his policis. You may not think his decisions will solve all of the problems we currently face. But to go around saying Obama- the President of the United States- wants us to become a second rate country is ignorant at best and detrimental to our society at worst.

We are ALL Americans. We are ALL on the same team. Including Obama.

Let's stop name calling and accusing each other and instead find common ground to work together to fix the things that are wrong with this country, instead of destroying it from within.

And Man #2- find something more useful to do with your time than spread hate and lies.

Insanity Point #2

Before children, falling back was fun.

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The falling back I mean is the falling back where you got an extra hour of sleep once a year when you change your clocks.

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With children, unfortunately, the glory of the extra hour of sleep is non-existent. Instead of snuggling with my comforter an extra hour, my kids woke me up 5:45 am. Oh, joy.

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Which leads me to my insanity point.

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Why do we change clocks?

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Apparently it is to save energy. But I am not sure, because now it is dark at 5:30 instead of 6:30 and so that leaves us turning on our lights an extra hour earlier.

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So I am not sure.

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But I think we should forgo this wild tradition of ours so that I can get some sleep.

Insanity Point #1

You gotta be proud as a Republican when your newly elected leader says:

OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE OBAMA A ONE TERM PRESIDENT. -Senator Mitch McConnell

It's gotta feel good to elect a group of people who don't care about helping out the economy. Who don't care about creating jobs. Who don't care about getting money to small businesses.

There are a lot of noble goals I could think of for a politician at this time. If I were a politician, my goals would include strenghtening the health care bill to give insurance companies less power, not more. My goals would include a teacher recruitment program. My goals would include bringing jobs back to America instead of outsourcing them to foreign countries.

But that's just me. Why would I expect elected officials to have goals that would actually HELP the people? Why should they have productive goals, when their ONE goal could be to stop the president from doing anything productive?

Let the insanity continue.