…..and then he gifted me with a roll of toilet paper embellished with the face of George W. Bush and “bushisms” printed on each little sheet. Now, the amusing part is that my very good chiropractor/physical therapist is a Republican and an excellent man. He is a devoted father and a very skilled medical professional and I like him a LOT. He has always looked mildly distressed and saddened whenever I stormed in news-whipped into a “WTF is wrong with the GOP?” mood.
We finally did have a small discussion as he worked out cracks and creaks in my shoulders, about my “liberal politics” because we came at it from the tangent of hunting. He is an avid hunter and fisherman, and loving game and fish since I grew up eating more of it than store-bought, we agree that hunting is usually at least more humane than corporate farm/ranch practices. He commented that was an odd stand for a liberal, at least in his experience.
So I laid on the line some of my political stands:
An educated populace is a better choice than a nation of dumbshits—spend on good education and keep religion out of schools.
Health care needs to be something EVERY American gets, regardless of income. National health care? Yes and Yes and HELL YES!
Make sure of guilt, but yes, by all means, execute certain killers and child rapists rather than store-housing them in “treatment facilities”. We have six billion people on this planet and can surely do without a few who act more like rabid dogs than people.
Stop engaging in wars to make corporations rich.
Stop giving corporations “civil rights” meant for individuals.
And I said, I am not anti-Republican; I am anti-knee-jerk stupid. That includes knee jerk stupid liberals and feminists, although I consider myself to be liberal and feminist. And the good doctor, leaning hard against the curve of my spine till it surrendered and popped, pronounced me not a Liberal, but a Libertarian.
Well, that is what I usually get when I start expostulating. I sort of wish there was some way for “liberals” to not all be branded with the identical brand, just as I do make substantial effort to not include all Republicans in the same class as the Republithugs running this Administration.
But I take great comfort not only in my smiling doc handing me that gift roll—but in the fact that it was in face, half USED up all ready!
