I want to preface this blog by saying I am a proud American. I love this country and have a profound respect for all those who have fought for her. I treat the American flag with dignity. I love the USA.

One of the things I love about America is the First Amendment:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

It allows me, and numerous others like me, to air our grievances in a peaceable manner. If I lived in Derka-Derkastan, I would not be able to speak about my government or its policies.

I have been a, well, a sort of non-vocal opponent (depending on who you are, you may or may not agree with the “non-vocal” part of that) of this government’s recent “leadership.” Hopefully the mid-term elections bring the hope of change we were promised two years ago (you know what I’m talking about).

I am a tax paying American citizen and I vote – so I’m pretty sure that gives me the right to complain. I’ll try to keep my thoughts concise.

A little too revealing for this airline passenger.

1) The notion of the TSA’s new “full body scan, invasive pat-down, or NO FLIGHT FOR YOU” policy is damn disturbing. I have always enjoying flying, and never found the previous security measures to be a problem. I will gladly take off my shoes, my belt, empty my pockets, take off my watch, walk through your x-ray machine, fail because I forgot to take out my phone, take out my phone, walk back through the x-ray, get the thumbs up, put my shoes back on, my belt, re-fill my pockets, grab my carry-on, and be on my way. I’ve even been randomly selected to get the more secure wanding, and had no problem with that. However, I will not be subjugated to a full-body pornographic scan, showing my ample stomach and, well, ok, my fat ass. And I will not be a part of your regulated TSA inappropriate touching/groping. One victim of your shenanigans claims that you kneaded and twisted her breasts. Well, I have man boobs, and they are sensitive. So, until these practices are removed, I will be driving. Your loss.

2) California… wtf are you thinking? You’re actually going to award illegal immigrants in-state tuition for colleges? You have their information, their addresses, etc (remember, they have to apply for college, and submit this information on their applications). Send the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) their info and let’s get them all deported. Please. And while I’m at it, can we please please PLEASE secure our borders so we can do away with all illegals? If people want to come in to this country legally, pay taxes, and pay into the system instead of just taking from it, I’m all for it.

3) And that brings me to my next and probably last topic of the night: leeches. You know the ones I’m talking about. I’m talking about the ones that feed off of the system. You who reproduce like rabbits and collect thousands of dollars from the government. You who don’t work or can’t hold a job but continue to upgrade your home theater system, car stereos, etc. The state of Illinois loses who knows how much money each month to welfare fraud or unworthy jackasses thieving from the hard working taxpayers. I could site one specific example, but I won’t this time. I recently read a story of a Maine woman who forged documents to dupe the system into thinking she was pregnant and paying her for forty months… forty. This is beyond unacceptable. Stop the free handouts. I continue to say that I would vote for the candidate who states, “If I have to pass a drug test to hold a job, you have to pass one to get a handout.” Maybe I should run for office on that platform…

4) Ok, I lied… one more thing: Bring back corporal punishment, and make it public. If people start realizing that their crimes have legitimate punishments, crime would go down.

You’re welcome.