If you have ever taken a razor blade to that beautiful body of yours, skipped one or more meals, cried yourself to sleep because you never thought you were good enough, attempted any sort of self harm, had thoughts of taking your own life, or actually tried it, reblog this.
(Source: lessthanperfect21)
An Explanation of Sorts
I just reblogged a post that may have some of you a little bit… concerned to say the least. Let me explain before you bite my head off, please?
There are a lot of people running for the Republican nomination for president, and every last one of them, save for one, absolutely terrifies me. They stick their heads up their asses and pretend that their isn’t a problem, or if they do acknowledge a problem, they say it isn’t their responsibility to fix because essentially, we’ve brought this on ourselves.
Instead, they focus on moral issues such as gay marriage, and protecting their cronies in big business. They refuse to acknowledge the fact that their big business friends are one of MANY reasons we are in the economic state we currently find ourselves in. They spent the last 40 years telling people they need to go to school so they wouldn’t have to flip burgers, only to tell us we’re selfish for not wanting to flip burgers. They tell us big business are “job creators” which they are. For other countries, where people will work for a fraction of what we NEED to survive in America. And then they wonder why people are so frustrated with them.
They see the OWS people as threats to their fortune, which they are, and rightfully so. So what do they do? Instead of listening to what the people are screaming from the tops of their lungs, they work to silence them through the NDAA and SOPA. People who use the internet to speak out against these policies could be deemed TERRORISTS by our government and imprisoned without due process of law. How is this right, or fair? Since when did the American people become a people to be silenced? Since when is it okay to silence people for having a different opinion, especially when it comes to their livelihoods?
They claim to pass these laws to protect us from “terrorists” when in fact they are protecting THEMSELVES from US. They see that we’re not happy, and that we have the power to change our government. They realize that while my generation may have its faults, we are loud, and we are NOT backing down. We want answers. We DEMAND honesty and open communication from our government. We want them to be held ACCOUNTABLE for their actions, and we are not going to accept the status quo of the last 50+ years because that simply does not work for who we are as a nation today.
Osama Bin Laden is dead, as is Saddam Hussein. The Al Qaeda terrorist network is essentially crippled. They are not attacking us. The only reason we even involved ourselves in the first place was oil. Do not be fooled. Yes, they attacked us on 9/11/2001. Yes, they flew planes into the twin towers, killing thousands of innocent people. But there is a REASON for that, and its because we have been consistently ass-raping their country for decades, and they finally had enough.
Did you know that we actually gave Al Qaeda weapons? Did you know that we supplied them with the means to TERRORIZE people? And then we turned our backs on them when they needed us the most because it wasn’t convenient for us any longer. I’m NOT saying we deserved 9/11, what I AM saying is that they didn’t attack us because they hate our lifestyle. They attacked us because of what OUR GOVERNMENT did to them.
And all but one of them say that this didn’t happen. They either don’t know, or do know and are LYING to us. Do you want someone as president who is going to LIE to us right off the bat, before they ever get into office? Ron Paul may say things that I don’t agree with. He may have certain opinions that I don’t agree with. But look at his record. He is honest, and open. He doesn’t bullshit us or pander to big business. He realizes the implications of what is going on around us, and he is willing to work WITH us instead of against us.
I’m registered as an independent. I will be changing my party affiliation to Republican so I can vote for this man in the primaries, and if you are over 18, I would urge you to do the same. Obama has MORE than proven that he is NOT the hope and change we were looking for. He is Bush in an Obama suit, if not worse. Yes, we are pulling out of Iraq. When he is up for re-election, not 2-3 years ago when he promised us we were going to. He has said he is going to sign NDAA into LAW. No matter the reasons, he should stand up for what he says he believes in, not cater to our congress because he says he has no other choice. He has backed down on every major battle he said he was going to fight for us, and I truly believe that he is going to destroy our country if we allow him the presidency for another four years. So stand up, and let your voice be heard.
YES
The constant refrain on Fox News that this man has “zero chance” of being the nominee is a propagandistic lie. Nationally, Paul is third in the polls at 9.7 percent. In Iowa, he may win. In New Hampshire, it is Paul, not Gingrich, who is rising this week as Romney drifts down. He’s at 19 percent, compared with Gingrich’s 24. He is the third option for the GOP. And I believe an Obama-Paul campaign would do us all a service. We would have a principled advocate for a radically reduced role for government, and a principled advocate for a more activist role. If Republicans want a real debate about government and its role, they have no better spokesman. He is the intellectual of the field, not Gingrich.
I am, like many others these days, politically homeless. A moderate, restrained limited government conservatism that seeks to amend, not to revolt, to reform, not to revolutionize, is unavailable. I’m a Tory who has come to see universal healthcare as a moral necessity that requires some minimal government support, who wants government support for a flailing recovery now, but serious austerity once we recover. I favor massive private and public investment in non-carbon energy, because I am a conservative who does not believe our materialism trumps the need for conserving our divine inheritance. I back marriage equality and marijuana legalization as Burkean adjustments to a changing society. I see a role for government where Paul doesn’t.
But Paul’s libertarianism may be the next best thing available in the GOP. It would ensure real pressure to make real cuts in entitlements and defense; it would extricate America from the religious wars of the Middle East, where we do not belong. It would challenge the statist, liberal and progressive delusion that for every problem there is a solution, let alone a solution devised by government. As part of offering the world a decent, tolerant conservatism, these instincts are welcome. As an antidote - and a very strong one - to the fiscal recklessness and lawless belligerence of Bush-Cheney, it is hard to beat. The Tea Party, for all their flaws, are right about spending and the crony capitalism it foments. So is Paul.
I regard this primary campaign as the beginning of a process to save conservatism from itself. In this difficult endeavor, Paul has kept his cool, his good will, his charm, his honesty and his passion. His scorn is for ideas, not people, but he knows how to play legitimate political hardball. Look at his ads - the best of the season so far. His worldview is too extreme for my tastes, but it is more honestly achieved than most of his competitors, and joined to a temperament that has worn well as time has gone by.
I feel the same way about him on the right in 2012 as I did about Obama in 2008. Both were regarded as having zero chance of being elected. And around now, people decided: Why not? And a movement was born. He is the “Change You Can Believe In” on the right. If you are an Independent and can vote in a GOP primary, vote Paul. If you are a Republican concerned about the degeneracy of the GOP, vote Paul. If you are a citizen who wants more decency and honesty in our politics, vote Paul. If you want someone in the White House who has spent decades in Washington and never been corrupted, vote Paul.
Oh, and fuck you, Roger Ailes.
