he he heFor all of you who don't know about Vermont's political arena of evil, which is probably most, you are missing out on, well, absolutely nothing. Unfortunately, you poor saps are going to have to hear about it from me. (Yes, I do live in Vermont. My brother, over protective as he is, told me not to put what state I live in for fear of our dog getting molested or hung by his ears, or maybe it was something that has to do with me. Oh well, I don't think that he really cares if I tell.)
Anyway, yesterday I went back to my old town to see a few friends of mine, and was staying over at one of their houses for the night. No big deal. It's always nice to see people who have a mind for themselves and use that rare specimen of a: what? could it be? A . . . a thought process!? NOOOOOOOO! AHHHHHH! DON'T LET IT BE SO! (Woops, that's another rant.) Well, anyway, as I was riding in the car with my mom (it's about a two hour drive) I started to come into the area that I used to live in. Yeah, happy memories, la de da, land of joy, happy happy, lets move back, blah blah blah. Well, that lasted for about a minute. You see, our friendly let-me-be-governor has decided to run with Vermonter's prejudice, and much to my dismay, she actually succeeded. It was absolutely amazing. EVERYWHERE there were these "Take Back Vermont" signs. One guy even painted it on his barn, painted it! It had to be one of the scariest pieces of politics ever to grace this poor old state. They want us to "Take Back Vermont," but who took it? The Canadians? The New Hampsherdites? The New Yorkers? 'Cause my G-d, let them have it!
Let me remind you that this is a republican campaign. Ruth Dwyer, who is the one trying to kill me by the age of 14, believes that we should "take Vermont back to it's old high standards." To this, I simply ask, "IS SHE INSANE!?" Take us back to no electricity or medicine, or just the all time high of good citizenship? Ha, we may have a state full of almost caring people (jr. high excluded) but what is she trying to accomplish by having more old men sit on their porches? Oh, and here's the one that really ticks me off. Take back Vermont to a state where same sex couples can't have the same rights as every other person; going against America's, and Vermont's, overall promise to the people of equality by not letting them get a bloody marriage. Is it really that difficult a concept to say yes, you can have it? It's not even marriage yet, no, it's just a few papers signed so that they can get the same benefits as everybody else. Does that really matter? I mean, half the people who are opposed to this have gotten a divorce! Maybe same sex couples will do a bit better, I really wouldn't be surprised.
That's the thing that really drives me nuts about that campaign. The fact that the gross population keeps bringing up that freedom of speech, everyone is equal crap, yet then when it actually applies, no, the Bible said that it was man and women. Here's my question. If G-d created man and women to love one another and not man and man, etc. and he had complete control over every person He made, then didn't He make gay and lesbians too? I would assume that people have been homosexual since the beginning of time and just didn't feel safe saying anything; I know that I wouldn't if my next door neighbor had a club, but now that they should feel safe, they have to fear being beaten up or killed. When we first moved to this town, my brother and I both wore Hawaiin shirts on a regular basis. It was just something that we did. When we got to our new school, he said that he couldn't wear them anymore because he didn't want to deal with peoples accusations, in case they became more than just threats. Now, why is that? He has a girlfriend and he has had one from about a month after we moved in. She's really cool and nobody has ever wanted to date her before because hey, while girls might be afraid to date guys other than wife beaters, guys, (or at least the ones in our school), are afraid to date someone who's smarter than they are. So he has a girlfriend, (who my brother fully admits is smarter than he is) but I'll bet that they're still thinking, "oh, he's gay," mostly because they can't think of intelligent insults.
And that's what EVERYBODY says. I don't like you, you're gay. Oh no, whatever shall we do. People are different. Run. Run, away from the evil people who dare not be like everybody else. Help, help. A few days ago I was riding my bike and saw one of my friends. Sure enough, in five minutes worth of conversation we, or rather he, had covered, "don't talk to him, he's gay. Yah, she's a fag. My brother is a lesbo. Shut up, you gay." Now, this has been a typical sentence starter between the kids in my class.
So, I've gone a bit off course. The point is, if people actually elect a politician who encourages peoples prejudices as a way to campaign for herself, then America really is as screwed up as I thought. Great. I think that at this point all I'm asking is that I make it through 8th grade. Just five more years. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I think I..............doh.
If you agree with me and want to pretend that you are a Vermont citizen (I know that most people would rather be attacked by a reincarnated sushi than say that they're a Vermonter) e-mail Ruth Dwyer and yell at her. I'm only 13, and everybody knows that people don't listen to kids. I'll be able to vote four elections from now. My blood is already stirring in anticipation. Yah.
Update: She lost! Yippee for us! The funny thing is, she got creamed, completely. Something like 19% compared to Dean's 60 something%. I'm so proud, people didn't fall for her, well, her. Woohoo!
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