I don't even know where to begin this morning I'm so revved up. What a weekend. There was a constant stream of freaked out people in and out of Pye's place over the weekend. We try to find words of hope and comfort for them, but this seems to becoming more and more difficult.

I first want to attack the problem of the meat packing industry. I'm sure you have all heard of the latest recall, and maybe you have seen the video footage shot by two employees of said meat packers who were fired for their efforts to alert people as to what is taking place there. Horrendous pictures of animals so ill they have to be lifted with machines to be transported for slaughter. Well that's it for me. As much as I do enjoy a nice slice of roast beef now and then, I absolutely cannot condone the torture of animals by continuing to eat them. From here on out, if I buy meat at all, I will make sure it has been raised ethically and morally by local people I KNOW. Fortunately for me I live in an area where people are producing meat this way and it is available. But honestly, if I had to kill and butcher that cow myself...there's no way I could ever eat it, so why do I?

Pye's second question is what is going on with SSI? Every person I know who receives SSI has received notification that they are being re-evaluated. The girl across the hall from me, who suffers with fibromyalgia, a serious liver condition and a host of pyschological problems has been deemed fit for work. I sometimes don't see this girl for weeks on end because she can't leave her apartment..even to get her mail down the hall! But she's ok to go back to work?? I have also received a letter stating I am being re-evaluated. I was told I was 100% permanently disabled five years ago...I thought permanent was forever? Since then I have had additional surgery on my back and a heart attack...are they going to tell me I can go back to work? As much as I would like to, I can tell you right now, if I have to work 40 hours a week, I'll be dead in few months...no kidding. In two years, this fanatical housekeeper hasn't been able to do even half of the spring cleaning required and I've never lived in a house where everything wasn't as clean as a whistle. It makes me nuts.
So what's the plan...is this government hell bent on making sure that all middle aged women who have already given what they've got to give must now re-enter the work force at 55 years old or whatever? What kind of jobs will we be able to find? Who's going to hire us? We can't lift anything..we can't stand for very long...I also have seizures...I just don't know what's going to happen to us, but I'm scared. If they take my SSI away, I'm screwed, big time. I will lose my subsidized housing..and I have no car. I live in a rural area where there is no public transportation.
Is this how King George plans on paying for his war? By killing off anyone who can't pay their own way,...even though they already paid it? Everywhere I turn I'm given the message that I don't matter. My life is expendable and the best thing I could do for my country is die and stop using up resources. So this is the society we have created...wow. How do you guys want me to do it? Shall I hang myself? Find an iceberg to float out on..oh wait, those are all gone now...how about if I go to a zoo and get into a lions cage??
Well I got news for Bush...I will not go without a hell of a fight.
And what's more, I'm pretty sure the millions of women in this boat feel that same way. Won't he be surprized some morning when we all arrive on his doorstep with our mops and brooms and start really cleaning house...the whitehouse I mean.

We are coming for you George...and we won't be nice. It may be my last breath on this planet, but it will be a last breath worth taking if I take you with me...you and your little dog cheney too.

I can't say this is entirely unexpected. I feel as though my entire generation has been ignored since the very start. When we all joined together and stood up and said we didn't want the Viet Nam war, they pulled out the National Guard and started shooting at us...and what happened? Nothing. Our parents sat by their tv's and didn't budge. What kind of message was that? Well..the message was that we didn't matter...and that's still in our psyche. Is it any wonder so many baby boomers feel depressed, inadequate and abandoned? We were, for Christ's sake.
The thing that I'm counting on though, is that we won't let that happen again. We will not sit by and let them do the same thing to our kids and our grandkids. We must come back as a group. We are the largest group in this country...we have power...all we need to do is use it. AND WE MUST. We must stop the de-humanization of the American people. If this means we must occupy government offices just like we did in the 60's, then so be it. WHAT HAVE WE GOT TO LOSE? Believe me, I am against violence. I do not want to see a bloody revolution by any means..but...what happens when they start killing our children, like they killed us? I for one, will not sit back. I will arm myself and I will fight, no question. If that's what I have to do to save my country...I'm already there.