Yet Another Reason To Hate Republicans

Insensitive, self-righteous, obnoxious pig -- how's that for a start?

South Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer gave me yet another reason to never, ever, ever become a Republican. Never.

On Friday, not only did he open his mouth, shove his foot in, but he's still gnawing at his hip instead of admitting that he could be WRONG and APOLOGIZE to the poor and needy families he insulted with his typical Republican point of view of the "welfare" system of cash aid, food stamps, Medicaid/Medi-Cal.

Quote:
"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals," Bauer told a Greenville-area crowd. "You know why? Because they breed.

"You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior. They don't know any better."

He's comparing poor families to ANIMALS??? In a state with 12.6% unemployment?

And he feels NO need to apologize.

Say what?

OK, like I didn't need another reason to hate a closed minded, selfish, arrogant, self-righteous political organization that not only condones but encourages this kind of attitude toward the peoples of his state and the United States.

Calling poor families, even children, animals?

As a Christian, I'm embarrassed that someone who professes Christianity would forget that Jesus himself told us that the poor would always be with us AND that we're supposed to take care of the widows and children. It's our mandated duty, given to us by our Savior. We don't get to pick and choose what we think the right thing to do, this is straight out of the Big Man's mouth. We are to care for the poor. Period.

Bauer needs to crack open the Word and let the Lord smack him up side the head a few times. Then apologize and do some actual work for a change, like volunteer at the local soup kitchen and homeless shelter. No, not just a donation -- I'm talking about actually getting his behind up out of his white castle and go down into the streets and do some important work for the Lord.

In the meantime, we the people have a duty to handle politicians with this kind of disrespectful attitude toward the families they're supposed to represent.

IE: Vote the B******s out! (And in Bauer's case, don't vote him in as governor!)

Links:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/82910.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Bauer

I AM LIVID!!

Oh my gosh, I am just livid with our California lawmakers and the idiot governator.

They have a budget, so he goes in with his blue pen and lines out more stuff?

Why the HELL did the budget get so delayed, when he was holding it up, and then he just went in and destroyed a bunch of hard won agreements and work anyway?

The governor of California is a bleeding idiot and so are all too many of my fellow inmates in this beautiful asylum we call a state.

I didn't vote for this guy.

Anyone who got sucked into his BS should be sorry now.

I could have told you that we'd have a budget mess a long time ago. In fact, as soon as he got into office and leveraged all our state debt into new agreements. All he did was push the payment back, and now here we are, backs against the wall, thanks to him and his "solutions" to our budget problems.

The poor will suffer.
The middle class will suffer.
The old, the children, the disabled are now officially screwed by the governor.

I am so angry I could spit nails!

He needs to go back to the fanatsy world of the movies. Because he's forgotten where he came from. Now he's just another bent up Republican on a power trip.

People, pay attention to who you vote for.

IE: Be careful what you wish for -- you might get it.

And oh, man, did we get it...

November Is Adoption Month!

This is the time of year that we think about family, friends, loved ones.

Salvation Army will be ringing their bells, giving trees from various organizations will be appearing in the malls, stores, community centers.

You'll have many opportunities to give material things. But you know, in the end, that's just stuff. We have so much stuff clogging up our houses, our minds, our hearts. Isn't it time to give?

The question of the day is: Do you have an empty space in your heart, in your life, in your home? Is there room in your life to give a baby, a child, a teen, a forever home?

November is Adoption Month.

Now is the time, if you've ever thought about adoption, to go get hooked up with your local county offices. Seriously.

People think that adoption costs a lot of money. No, it doesn't. It can be darn near free.

If you choose to go through the county, you can do what's called foster/adopt. Basically, you get certified as a foster parent, then a child that may soon be available for adoption is placed in your home. When the child is available, you're first in line.

Yes, there are many hoops to jump through to do this, but think of this, while you and your family are having a lovely holiday season, children are being removed from their homes, never to return. Children who may have NEVER had a Christmas or Chanuka or Kwanzaa or other holiday celebration.

Some of these kids have never had a real home, a real family. They've been lost in the system for years, bounced from family to foster care, to family, back to foster care. That's no way for a child to grow up. All children deserve a safe place to grow up. All children deserve a forever home.

But think about it. What better gift to give a child, than hope and love and a forever family?

A few informative websites:
http://www.davethomasfoundation.org/
http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/
http://www.solanocounty.com/resources/Health&SocialServices/UPDATE/November07.pdf
http://relativechoices.blogs.nytimes.com/