hy do the Republicans think they are the only angry ones who feel like shouting? That's why I created Writtin's, my place to say my piece.We all feel that need. I try hard to not speak out as much as I WANT to or I'd be like Trump shouting to the top of my lungs on a daily basis. All the abuse of our system, the political lies, the corporate coop, the human abuse, the animal abuse, the environmental destruction; it's enough to drive a sensible person crazy. Of course I do NOT consider D. Trump to be sensible or even sane on any level I can relate to.
All these gun welding yahoo's-- omg why don't they enlist in the Army if they really want to fight? If they were drafted they'd probably run off to Canada and hide...I'm so over it! Have no tolerance for that bully mentality...Yes we have a right to bear arms WHEN threatened! We are the most armed society in the world!! Yet it has not brought us together, it has not solved our social problems, it has not even won us a war in many many years. SO what's the point...we also have freedom of speech.
This blog post tho, (okay I here and now officially make the t h o spelling of the word though correct English...and thru correct for the word through, and will spell it that way henceforth); is not about those topics per se but it's the daily struggle we all have that I want to speak about...the ones of us who have issues and try to go about solving it legally, or the right way. We "do gooders" try to work within the system, not like the Ammon Bundy's of this land, or Isis, or the KKK who try to force their way around justice, try to rewrite the law with bullet holes, we take the right approach. There is no guarantee either way.
Most of my battles are personal ones. Case and point, I fought the battle against a medical clinic who placed WRONG info in my medical records...I fought them for months, in registered letters, reading numerous online statues of legalese to find out what the LAW has to say about that. I went through ever channel, and even enlisted the help of my State Representative, and yet it was NEVER completely repaired to my satisfaction...they came 75% of the way then just ignored my continued demands of it being right 100%. Finally I had to give up and walk away due to the stress and anger I was feeling after trying for 9 long months to right the wrong. Sometimes you count a partial win as a win...the only reason I didn't get 100% correction was solely due to an arrogant director who decided her balls were more brass than mine. She thumbed her nose at legal statues and I could find no one who cared enough and had the clout to bring her to justice! The law tied my hands as it states a patient can NOT sue a DR for wrong medical info in their records, but must follow this procedure to fix the errors. I did everything possible but when you're up against a liar, a manipulator, and an ego driven personality and have no legal recourse and no money to buy representation, you may as well stand up your white flag.
I'm sure that director has used my case as a sounding board for these past 2 years when it comes to training the staff in the clinic on proper record keeping. I didn't get my just deserves, but maybe I paved the way for ones coming along behind. As long as people are willing to learn from mistakes and first and foremost admit mistakes were made.
More recently another battle hill I decided to climb is one with my electric co-op. No it's not about rates, altho that is probably a battle for later on my radar, its about the horrible mess they made on my land! The easement tree trimming is something they do yearly...this time they contracted a different company, this crew cuts the limbs with no thought to the life of the tree its attached to, let it fall to the ground, then run a big bush hog machine over the grounded trimmings in a apparent attempt of chopping them into smaller pieces. In this case, of the easement on my property, the limbs did not chop up but were mangled and then thrown up against the tree trunks for the entire length of my Southern land boundary! It looks like a Bigfoot got mad and starting kicking the shit outta the woods. This is how I am trying to get satisfaction:
- emailed the branch manager with my complaint
- got reply 3 days later
- he sent 2 reps to review the damage
- they had a long convo of which I was excluded and dismissed with a "we'll take care of it" statement, in other words they patted my ass and sent me home.
- now I wait
I get so frustrated dealing with the Establishment that I do understand where the "let's just shoot them" mentality is coming from, but I'm too far left to stand under that flag!
We all have to stand up for what we believe is the right thing...The upcoming elections scare the bejeeze out of me as I hear the rhetoric of these GOP candidates, and I see the pointing fingers of the Dems...where are the good guys? We need a John Wayne, a
Daniel Boone, a John McClane. Where are the do gooders who can also open up a can of whoop ass if need be. No these are not perfect people, they made mistakes, but they tried to do the right thing for the right reasons. (okay 2 of the 3 are make believe characters, but I'm sure there are people like them out there).
I am a big letter writer I've written and received replies from people like Bill Clinton, Lindsay Graham, other officials and it has not always been favorable. It was my attempt to make things right as I see it...sometimes that's all we can do. Write a letter, email, like on Facebook or dislike! We do still have some avenues open to us that are non violent....but that will disappear if we don't exercise our right to do so. I imagine dueling will become in favor once again...as it seems to me as a society we move forward technologically and move backwards socially.
We no longer have face o face contact with people other than our immediate circle...back in the day if you had some business to take care of you went there, you met people, you heard their side and you came to an agreement. Now we get bombarded with "issues" and unless we go in search of many sides to the story we get an unrealistic view of the issue.
There are so many ways to slice the pie but in the end we all eat from the same pie...
- Speak UP don't take it sitting on your hands with duct tape on your mouth
- Vote
- Back down only when you've exhausted every angle and only if you have gotten something in return
- Do your part, stop waiting on someone else to do it
- And most of all do the right thing
If you don't know what is the right thing, just ask yourself this question- would I stand for this in my back yard? That one question can help you figure out where you stand.
IF I weren't such a hermit I'd run for political office just to see how far I'd get before I hit the wall to see if one person really could create change. After watching Obama die in a GOP crock pot it makes me think democracy is dead or dying right before our closed eyes.
