Having only met me after I was dead...part 1

Ladies and gentlemen, Wander here again...where were we last? Oh yeah, gay marriage. . still amazed and grateful, but assjoles out there that exclude people who they deem "undesirable"...@lasies and gentlemen, I came here today to talk to you about our medical system...not Obama care persay. No it is the steady removal of patient rights...USTA be that doctors acted based upon the Hippocratic oath, there was systemic integrity, and they were generally more knowledgeable than their patients...there has been a disturbing trend towards forming these huge conglomerations that dictate care based on policy and profit.. due to the exalted position of having doctors as a major portion of their corporate employees lends them credence that is undue, in fact, they should be scrutinized more because of being a corporate entity

Wander

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Again I get the privilege of saying welcome to the all-new America! I am so proud of our country right now. I love America, and the freedoms it affords me…now, those freedoms have been extended to another section of our society. Yesterday, June twenty sixth two thousand fifteen, the supreme court of the United States of America decided five to four, three women and two men, that the practice of discriminating against gay Americans in regards to marriage is unconstitutional.

That means that in all fifty states gay couples can and will get marriage licenses, and they will be legally binding the same as marriages between straight couples. As a gay friend of mine said “now I am not a second class citizen. All of my years of paying taxes and being a very productive member of society are now being recognized!”

Almost instantly the news raced across our country via FaceBook, Twitter, and other social medias “gay marriage is now legal!” and from what I saw the support was overwhelming. People on FaceBook started changing their profile pictures to rainbow hued representing the rainbow symbol that is the universal flag of the LGBT community.

There is some descent though. Four of the Supreme Court justices voted against the decision…four Catholic men. There was also some fallout in the media and those same social medias. One of the arguments was that the ruling interfered with their religious freedoms. Another argument was that homosexuality is a sin and that God is against it. The third and, in my opinion dumbest, “it is gross.”

First of all I would like to remind you the reader that we are not a country with a national religion…in fact we are a country with the freedom of choice in religion, or lack thereof. In this great country we are free to believe what we want, and we are protected in that freedom. We cannot be persecuted by the state for our religious beliefs. You can believe in whatever you want. You can go to the church of your choice.

Now here comes the thing that a large portion of Christians don’t like about that protection, it also applies to other religions and atheists. That is right…in this country you can believe in whatever your heart dictates and the law will protect your freedoms…except when those freedoms infringe on the freedoms of others.

You may decide that being gay is wrong, and you are free to that belief. Your church can decide to not recognize gay marriages. In fact your church can deny you a marriage for whatever religious reason they come up with weather you are straight or gay.

But the government does not have that freedom. Our government cannot hold up the freedoms of one religion over another. And the practice of denying homosexuals the legal right to form a legal union, a marriage, is solely a religious practice and there is no actual legal reason other than religious objection.  

State sanctioned legally binding contracts, or marriages, are not religious in and of themselves. They are a contract between the government and two consenting adults, and thanks to the Supreme Court that includes gay consenting adults.

Now having said all of that…thank you Supreme Court Justices for siding on the side of civil rights! And if you have an objection to the ruling because of your religion, more power to you. Thank God I live in a country that eventually learns that bigotry should not be the law in the land!

Hell yeah, gay marriage is legal! How do you like them apples!


Wander AKA Chris McQueeney

Oh the change in times

On the field


Smear the queer
Was the game
They played
On the field
Each and every day
Catch the ball
You would get paid
Black eye loose tooth
Purple and blue
Bruised to stay
No ball in your hand
Lucky...you're not gay
Heard on the radio
Just today
Gay marriage is legal in Idaho
No smear the queer
What a good day


Christopher McQueeney    5\14\14    5:00 P.M.


I live in Oregon and the issue of Gay marriage is on the news due to a lawsuit about the legitimacy of the ban on it that has been put in place. Riding in the car yesterday I heard the most amazing news, Idaho had made it legal for gay couples to tie the knot. That is so far from what I remember as a child that I literally shouted WOW about three times.
Picture a school yard, freshly mowed grass, wide open space. Now see the children. A good sized group in fact, bunched together. Twenty nine smiling shouting children, one running for dear life...the game was called smear the queer. The "queer" was the child unlucky enough to have been passed the ball. The rest of the children were overjoyed not to be in that position because the object of the game was for the rest of the players to tackle the "queer" and smear him into the ground.
That was an openly accepted children's game, Smear the queer. now thirty years later those children who are now adults voted for the freedom for gay's to join there partners in marriage...have I mentioned that Idaho is one of the more conservative states. Oregon on the other hand is one of the more liberal. I applaud Idaho in their decision, and challenge Oregon to stop stomping on the civil liberties of the LGBT communities.

http://www.chicagonow.com/chicagos-real-law-blog/2013/04/did-you-play-smear-the-queer-as-a-kid/

Budget Debate Rant

My biggest issue with the budget debate in Congress is Boehner's insistance to cut what he terms "entitlements." People who pay into programs their whole lives will not collect. He insists that cutting this spending is just. Billionaires can keep billions over seas, pay next to none in taxes; corporations can get millions from the government (while paying nothing in taxes); but we are stuck attacking our most vulnerable. Sick people must suffer and die so the wealthy keep tax breaks. It isn't right. Why must we pay tribute to overlords who do not invest in America and destroy its environment?

Do Not Go Left

Long time, no see, fellow batlings. It isn't often I do not endorse a liberal news page. This time however, I make an exception. Go Left on Facebook proves that views of both liberals and conservatives can be narrow-minded. Their philosophy is not about fighting for those less fortunate or empowering citizens to make effective change through government; it is merely attacking conservatives. Worst of all, they do it without humor, blocking anyone who questions, or pokes the slightest bit of fun at their rigid guidelines. So, please, if just this once, do not Go Left.

Gun Debate Rant

I concede. Everyone should own as many automatic weapons as they want without background checks. But in return I reserve the right to:

Speed like hell. You need guns to protect yourself from the government and Obama. It only follows we should be able to drive as fast as possible away from both.

Own a penguin. This is a bit of a stretch, but in an argument of individual liberty, it would inhibit my personal freedom to not give me a penguin.

Be Batman. If everyone has the most powerful guns they can acquire, we can't expect police to keep up. The logical solution is to give me a billion dollars and free reign over Gotham. Who needs Miranda rights when you have the caped crusader?

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Your Guide to Party Politics in the USA

Democratic Party: Trust the government.

Republican Party: Trust rich people.

Green Party: Trust the trees.

Constitution Party: Trust Jesus.

Libertarian Party: Trust rich people on heroin who love Jesus.

For Shame

Hi all, Wander here. I waited to weigh in on the massacres happening in our country…Sandy hook, and a bit closer to home, the shooting at the Clackamas Town Center six miles from my home…out of respect for the dead, and the living.

Our country is way too reactionary! Shame on you! The bodies weren’t even cold yet and our country spun off into the argument. Everyone just waiting for the chance to spew their opinion about Guns, or Mental health, or NRA, or any number of reactionary responses.  

As the Hindenburg crashed in a flaming inferno the man on the radio, Herbert “Herb” Morrison, wasn’t screaming about the political ramifications of the explosion, he was crying, and made one of the most famous quotes of all times, “Oh the humanity” because he had just witnessed 36 humans die in a flaming inferno.  

January 28^th 1986 my mom decided to let us stay home to watch the shuttle take off, the Challenger. As we sat there excitedly watching it go up and up and up we had no concept of what was to happen. 73 seconds after liftoff, thousands and thousands of feet above terra firma it exploded. My sister my mom and I lay on the chase lounge and balled. At school they had brought tv’s into the classes to let the students watch. Within moments our phone was ringing, to tell us there would be no school that day or the next, or the next. From what I remember our country shut down.

Not once in that week did I hear my mom talk about the fact that it was NASA’s fault…or those liberals, or government, or fault. What I did hear was how tragic it was; how the lives of those human beings were cut short. That response left an impression on me.

Flash forward twenty two years and twenty six humans were massacred in a school, twenty of them children gunned down before they had the chance to even live; twenty six precious lives cut down, oh the humanity! I cry as I write this, because I have two small children, I have friends, and I have family members that could have the very same thing happen to them. And because they, the dead, deserve my tears for they are of us.

Our country is too reactionary, I say this because the first I heard of this tragedy was an argument on Facebook about weather guns should be banned. The people arguing didn’t even know the names of the dead, or how many…but oh they knew it was their chance to share their opinion…for shame! Twenty six humans were slain and all they cared about was their opinion, for shame!

There are many factors that go into these slayings, Gun laws, lack of mental health funding, the media’s need to sensationalize everything, and our response as a nation. Rather than arguing about cause and effect first, then showing mourning second, we should pull together and show respect for the dead, and then with rational minds work together to ease the primers for tragedies like this.

 Oh the humanity, twenty six were slain in PA, and two in OR, and I grieve.

Rest in peace

PA

- Charlotte Bacon, 2/22/06, female

- Daniel Barden, 9/25/05, male

- Rachel Davino, 7/17/83, female.

- Olivia Engel, 7/18/06, female

- Josephine Gay, 12/11/05, female

- Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 04/04/06, female

- Dylan Hockley, 3/8/06, male

- Dawn Hochsprung, 06/28/65, female

- Madeleine F. Hsu, 7/10/06, female

- Catherine V. Hubbard, 6/08/06, female

- Chase Kowalski, 10/31/05, male

- Jesse Lewis, 6/30/06, male

- James Mattioli , 3/22/06, male

- Grace McDonnell, 12/04/05, female

- Anne Marie Murphy, 07/25/60, female

- Emilie Parker, 5/12/06, female

- Jack Pinto, 5/06/06, male

- Noah Pozner, 11/20/06, male

- Caroline Previdi, 9/07/06, female

- Jessica Rekos, 5/10/06, female

- Avielle Richman, 10/17/06, female

- Lauren Rousseau, 6/1982, female (full date of birth not specified)

- Mary Sherlach, 2/11/56, female

- Victoria Soto, 11/04/85, female

- Benjamin Wheeler, 9/12/06, male

- Allison N. Wyatt, 7/03/06, female

OR

Steven Forsyth

Cindy Ann Yuille

Chris McQueeney    12/20/12    1:39PM

The Dreaded Political Post

I think there’s a moment in grieving when action and solutions become our focus. We want to honor the dead but also prevent the same tragedies from occurring again. Seeing twenty children and their teachers killed, I ask why. It’s a complicated answer. The federal assault weapons ban would have covered the gun used. A better mental health system would have been more effective in reaching out to the severely troubled killer. These are two problems. The how is fixing them.

Do we reinstate the federal assault weapons ban and cut back on extended magazines? It would not stop a determined individual but it would lessen their capacity to inflict harm. This tragedy made me see the value of this argument. Children cannot own guns to protect themselves from other guns. Short of giving them pistols, we have to ensure their safety. We do this by vigilance, security and laws. If you see a troubled individual, reach out and help them get the care they need. But, also keep an eye out. People do not always seek help - they may be afraid or simply do not care. Laws as well must be a factor; giving potentially unstable people access to ammunition and assault weapons with extended magazines needs curtailed by better background checks. Also, restrictions are important. People have a right to defend themselves, hunt and use guns for sport, but the power of the weapons legal today are far beyond that. We need common sense and responsible people. Guns are dangerous and perhaps should be more thoroughly licensed. I cannot drive a car without passing a test and continuing to submit to eye exams and photo IDs; why should I have access to another dangerous machine more easily? Liability insurance as well could play an important role. If you own a gun, damage inflicted will be paid for through your monthly premium.

I also fear what we might become defending the right to own assault weapons.  Do we make schools into fortresses with armed guards and metal detectors?  Is the right worth the lives of so many children and adults?  People can easily defend themselves with less powerful guns. And children may be spared the harsh realities they must grow into.

These are merely thoughts. I do not intend to use this horrible tragedy for political gain. I only want to never see it happen it again. Grieving for me is finding answers. Parents should never be told their children were murdered in a senseless act of violence we could have prevented. They should never be told at all, for that matter.

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the all-new America

Disclaimer: there is use of curse words in this piece…it is my opinion that the use of expletives at times shows, or adds, a bit of an extra punch to the idea being  presented. This piece is intended for adult or mature audiences. If you don’t want your children reading this it is your responsibility to monitor what they are doing, not mine…thank you and enjoy.  

     Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the all-new America…the post twenty twelve election America! I have to say, and I am not sure if this holds true for you, I for one was amazed that the world was still operating the day after the election. I woke up and stretched, then realized what I was doing, and what it meant. America still stands. We still have water running, those of us lucky enough to not be in the path of a storm on steroids, and the rule of law is still enforced.

I wasn’t sure that that was a possibility after hearing how horrible it would be if president Obama won the election. You know, because…everyone knows that he is a Muslim plant that was born in Kenya sent to America to weaken our Christian values, ruin our moral bastion of conservatism, and rape my baby sister on national television!

For fuck’s sake people did you forget how to do actual research? Is our country so riddled with morons that any halfcocked claim can gain national air time without any fact checking at all?

Guess what, Obama won! Not only did he win, he flat out kicked Mitt Romney’s ass…straight up handed Mitt Romney, and Paul Ryan a “you got knocked the fuck out” cardJ!  

So I guess that means that over half of our country didn’t fall for the bullshit that they were selling. Paul Ryan would have you believe that Rape is Rape (except when it isn’t forcible…because you know if they get pregnant they wanted it) and the Mittster would like you to believe that huge multinational corporations were people…”Look Gepetto, I’m a real boy” squealed Halliburton. What a fucking crock! This is how fucking deluded some of the people supporting the right wing party are; Karl Rove made a statement that claimed that Hurricane Sandy stopped Romney’s charge, and that the storm was an “act of god” (his words) and that if the storm hadn’t happened Romney would have won. I guess if that is true…that would mean…God sure as hell didn’t want Romney in office.

Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the new America! The one where we tell the media outlets that they need to tell the truth, to fact check, and stop manufacturing fiction to make a profit! An America where we teach our children to do actual research before they spread nasty shit over the internet. Where we verify what we hear our friends say before we tell it to our neighbors. We are responsible for where this country goes, We!

Get off your ass and start changing things!  If you don’t want jobs going overseas…stop fucking shopping at Wal-Mart! If you want your economy to start growing start spending your money in ways that don’t support companies that are top heavy. No CEO should make thousands of times what the average rank and file, that is not sustainable. If you don’t want the world to have a shitty opinion of America stop acting like they aren’t worth the dirt they rest on. If you want less enemies stop doing shitty things to other countries…and believe me we have been doing shitty things to other countries for the last seventy years…better yet do your own fucking research to prove me wrong! And when your Christian friends start saying that we need to bomb Iran, and to cut of assistance to the poor and infirm, and that anything done in the name of business is ok, tell them that those things go against every principal and virtue that Christ stood for…if they argue tell them to read the bible.   

    Wake up, our world is being destroyed by our actions, and it doesn’t have to be. But to actually change our country, our world, we need to make decisions that are not selfish, and  not only self-aligned.

    And for those that would argue that the Liberal side has some or many of the same flaws that I credited the right wing with having…I would say yes, you are right…but, that doesn’t make your shit stink any less. My mom always asked me “if your friends jump off a cliff would you” and not being a rational person I would always give her a smartass response “if there was water underneath I would”. So I ask you…Is it ok for you to not change the things you do that poorly serve you or society because you think the other side does bad things?

    While you ponder that think about this, over the last ten years we as a country have killed hundreds of thousands of people because of the deaths of forty five hundred people. Maybe think of it this way, how would you feel if a country the size of Russia attacked Iowa because of the things a few thousand people in Detroit did? Wouldn’t make sense to you would it, me either.

Wander     11/12/12    11:51 P.M.

P.S. I cannot express how greatfull I am to live in a country where I can express my opinion without the fear of government reprisal.

Thank you for reading. Good night J

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“Seventy percent of counties with the fastest-growth in food-stamp aid during the last four years voted for the Republican presidential candidate in 2008, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data compiled by Bloomberg.”

Late Night Rant

Today I volunteered in an after school program. I helped them draw, do homework and play games among other things. It didn’t occur to me until tonight how amazing the kids were; not for what they can do but what they don’t do. Let me explain. Every day the children go through their activities, interacting with one another. They do this without the slightest hint or prejudice. Maybe it’s because of their youth, still in elementary, or maybe the world hasn’t taught them to be cruel in the ways adults are. I’ve seen them tease each other but never for a thing the child hasn’t said or done. They don’t look at color and I’ve never heard them mention anything remotely close to income. These things don’t matter.

I fear for the Black girl I push on the swing and cringe I notice that she is or that I even called her the Black girl. I wish I didn’t and I hope no one ever thinks less of her for something she can’t help. I hope I live to see my children not take notice. Does she knows yet or does she see herself the same. I pray she does. And I hope unequal opportunities don’t affect her even as they do now for so many African Americans. I imagine the reminder and the burden of history; being constantly reminded and labeled.

Above all, I’m left with a lesson; that race is constructed and we shouldn’t see it any different. God made humans. There are good people and bad people, and skin color has never determined which was which

Unmanned Drones used against Americans

Wander 10/30/12 1:51 P.M.

"I think we're at the birth of this technology," said David Crump, a professor at the Houston University Law Center. "It's true that it's exploding; it's a very fast growing baby," he said, "But we wouldn't want to tell Alexander Graham Bell at the birth of the telephone" to stop development because of privacy concerns."

This was a direct quote from a man testifying in front of congress about the use of unmanned drones to monitor the united states...these drones can be equipped with cameras able to see into your home from heights or to see through your cloths; they can also be equipped with weaponry as has been used by the military to destroy targets in the middle east.

This is scary stuff! Imagine  if they had one of those in the days of the killings at Kent state. If you don't know what I am referring to, look it up; authorities opened fire on unarmed protesters. We must let our congressmen know that the use of armed unmanned drones, and also the un-unwarranted use of Surveillance  drones against the peoples of the United States of America is not acceptable!

here is a link to the article my info and quote came from Congress likes drones
and another The Seattle Times 

Thank you Brian over at WeighstationOne for bringing this up in his latest post

Paul Ryan's Speech in Findlay Ohio

Hello, Ohio! Did I say Ohio? I meant moochers! That’s right. You college kids are leaches taking government money. I didn’t rely on student loans. I paid my college with social security death benefits like a real American. When I’m VP things are going to change around here. This country is going back to its roots. What does that mean? Well, we’re going to have horses and no electricity! Or I should I say I’ll have a horse. You’ll probably be pulling a cart or something because I’m taking your loans. I need it more than you. I’m a job creator. Every millionaire is. We send money to Chinese companies, you see, and you buy stuff and it brings new jobs. I can’t give details until the election is over. Romney likes to keep things hush hush. Okay, I’ll give a couple. Your next president is a huge fan of the game Risk. He plays it all the time. But to be honest, he’s a little tired of the board. He wants to branch out. That’s why we’re going to place one of those giant cannons on the real Iran. That means we’ve conquered it. The horses and bayonets are waiting in the barn too. It’s going to be a great time.

I’ve got to go for now. But remember, you’re moochers who deserve poverty for being socialist bums. So, don’t even think about asking for that Medicare you’re already paying for. Peace out, peasants!

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I just heard Obama is violating religious freedom from someone calling America a Christian nation. Hmmm. I would think telling people who to worship is the biggest overreach of government authority.

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