Glad I hate my country.

[DenaliDemocrat]

All the Republicans tell me that since I am a liberal democrat, I hate my country. I am glad that I do, because to tell you the truth, I am not sure if I could take much more if I loved it.

You see, I work the government and I have worked over 140 hours of overtime in the last three months. I had to do this because three of my fellow coworkers are in Afghanistan or Iraq, and since the government cut our budget, existing employees had to pick up the slack. I take a hit when I work overtime, and actually get paid less than my hourly wage.

Memorial day weekend, my family went on a picinic. I went to the office and worked. Well, actually I worked Saturday and Sunday, I did take Monday off.

I just had to cancel my fall moose hunting trip. I had planned on sneaking away for four days to catch the end of the season, and hopefully get some food for the freezer. I only get two weeks off a year, so it would be nice to get away, especialy after working all of this overtime. I had to cancell though because a couple of guys just got deployed to New Orleans, and the end of the fiscal year is coming up, so I volunteered to handle their projects to make sure things got done.

Speaking of deployment, I have signed up to go to New Orleans or possible Texas if this next hurrican hits. It will be seven days a week and twelve hour days, and I will be away from my family for sixty days. I cannot take them with me by law. The pay is lousy, the living is primitive, and the work is hard. My two year old will cry and my daughter will be upset because I promised to help her with her science fair project. I will miss the rest of my sons football games.

Yessirree, I am certianly glad I hate my country cause I am worn to frazzle and I don't know what people who actually LOVE their country are going through.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. I hear you

but I have to admit what really stuck out to me about your post was...

MOOSE?

What does it taste like? Aren't they HUGE? How do you get it home?

[DenaliDemocrat]

4. Moose is good

It tastes like - um, MOOSE!

No seriously, it has a taste stronger than elk, but milder than deer, a little sagey tasting maybe. It is a pleasant taste though. It does NOT taste like a greasy burger (and is a hell of a lot better for you too).

You get em out a piece at a time on your back. It can take days, but usually not too bad, need to be careful where you shoot them. No roads really to speak of up here, so you hike in to get one and hike out to get him home. It is a lot of work, but well worth it knowing I have a freezer full of hormone free, low fat, high protien, red meat for the year.

[Pirate Smile]

2. Do you hate your Country or your government? I don't necessarily

think of them as the same thing.

[YOY]

12. or maybe just the party that has hijacked it using fascist tactics?

That's who I hate.

[dhinojosa]

3. WOW, great post, recommending....

[mcscajun]

5. Recommended. n/t

:)

[comsymp]

6. Ya lousy traitor

You should just get a bumpersticker, maybe a yellow ribbon magnet to show how much you love your SUV country... and find a job in the private sector, where you can bitch about those useless bureaucrats, and how much of your tax $$ goes to fund useless LIEberal programs like Medicare and Head Start... and FEMA - THEN you could be a real patriot!

[IndyOp]

7. Too bad that Dems accept passivity from everyone and

don't expect people to be 'personally responsible', much less show responsibility for their communities. End :sarcasm:

DenaliDemocrat -- :yourock: :patriot:

[TechBear_Seattle]

8. "If it is the act of a traitor..."

I wrote this a few years ago and occasionally still use it as my sig on the Usenet:

If it is the act of a traitor to speak out against the unconstitional acts of my government, to excercise my rights guaranteed by that Constitution -- the right to publish my opinions and speak my thoughts, the right to petition for a redress of grievances, the right to be secure in my person and property against search and seizure without due process of law -- then I am a traitor. And God grant us many, many more traitors, for we are in
dire need of them.

[MADem]

9. No reason to hate your country

Did the Germans who suffered under Hitler hate the land they loved and nurtured, their amazing, central history in the development of Europe over centuries, their fascinating culture, because some asshole perverted it? Sure, they felt some shame, but hey, they moved on and remembered, regretted, apologized, and created anew. Did the Russians, with their rich and colorful history, hate the land and the population because they had to endure a load of crap for decades upon decades? The Japanese, same thing--asshole nationalists, screwing up a magnificent and fascinating culture...they've moved on too.

America is a GREAT country. We are SO diverse, we are creative, and despite the current climate where we are ruled by fucking thief-shitbirds, we are still the same folks, just IN CHAINS. We need to break those chains, toss out these assholes, and let America be America again.

BTW, I feel your pain. When Newt shut down Congress, all the civvies left us (under pain of expulsion, because liability insurance no longer applied). I did enjoy seeing assholes of all paygrades and Services who liked to bark orders struggling at a keyboard (or more likely, trying to con someone junior to them to help them out) for that period of time, to be honest.

But back to the point. You do NOT HATE YOUR COUNTRY. You despise this HIDEOUS REGIME.

There IS a difference.

Your country is you, me, and all the people on this forum, the people you know and care about, the ones you don't know who are doing good works.

The assholes are in the minority, and there will come a day when even the most ardent Monkey supporter will claim, in retrospect, that they never really liked the guy. It happened in other dictatorships, it will happen with this one.

Time and struggle will make it happen.

Take heart, stay strong.

[glitch]

11. Hear,hear! Second this. nt

[Lexingtonian]

10. Well, let me thank you

for your effort.

Sadly, an awful lot of people work under unsustainable loads these days. How it ends no one knows anymore, let alone whether it has much purpose. Many of us are too numbed by it for you to get much of a coherent or terribly sensible reply, but we do feel for ya.

Have cool beer sometimes and take some time to stand in sun in some silence and clear your head. This too shall pass.

Good luck.