OheMGee Woman, Get a Life Already

I just want to punch her in the throat.

I have a friend, Jane Smith Doe.  She is married to John Doe (also a friend.)  John's ex-wife, Mary Johnson Doe, friended both John and Jane on Facebook.  In this situation, I don't understand why Jane would want to friend her ex-husband's wife.  I think she's just a little off.

Jane posted something a little controversial on FB the other day.  Instead of scrolling on by, Mary was the first to comment, and said she disagreed with Jane's point-of-view.  Then Mary proceeded to go on a rampage through the lengthy comment section, defending her viewpoint to people who obviously sided with Jane.

This is not the first time Mary has made contentious comments on Jane's page.  I usually just shake my head and move on.  This time it hit a little closer to home and she kept going on and on to the point I almost had steam coming out of my ears.  I wanted to say, "If you have a different opinion that you feel must be defended, do it on your own page!"  Mary had the nerve to say at the end that she was just posting her opinion and meant no disrespect to anyone.  The woman disrespected Jane from her first comment.  Twit.

Seriously, I look at your FB page as belonging to you and you are entitled to post whatever you like, within reason (i.e. no porn.)  If you post something that is visible to your friends on their timeline, you are like a host, allowing them to come into your home and make comments.  When you physically enter someone's home, you don't go out of your way to ignore your host's opinion and practically scream at other guests whom also disagree with you.  It's a good way to get escorted out the door.

Disagreeing is a common occurrence, especially in election season.  Friends and family often disagree.  However, it can be done with a little sensitivity.  If you can't be sensitive, or snarky in a loving way, then don't enter the discussion.  It's well known around here when the family descends at Thanksgiving, that there is NO political discussion allowed around me, I don't care which side you're on, or I will kick your happy little ass outside.  There's no such thing as a civil political discussion with KSA's family.

In other words, Mary, shut up.

Hugs,
Flo

My Two Cents

I saw something on Facebook the other day that struck me as absurd.  It was a comment about how Donald Trump refused to drop out of the race, and asked how Republicans now felt about carrying something to term.  With a pro-life platform, I bet there are plenty of Republicans that know exactly how it feels to carry something to term, no matter how difficult, uncomfortable, or personally embarrassing.

I used to find it entertaining when someone told me they voted for a "person," and not a "party."  This election, since quite a few don't like either person, they have to--or should--take a look at party platforms, and hope that the rest of the Democrats or Republicans can keep Clinton or Trump in line with the party principles.  That's my only hope right now.  Or impeachment.

I read an article on how Catholics should vote.  My thoughts can be summed up with these words:  "The right to life is the most important and fundamental right, since life is necessary for any of the other rights to matter. There are some issues that can legitimately be debated by Christians, such as which policies are the most effective in caring for the poor, but the direct killing of innocent human life must be opposed at all times by every follower of Jesus Christ...The health of our nation depends on a deep respect for human life from the moment of conception until natural death, and the future of our society depends on how we protect that right."

One last thing while I'm here.  Once you put on a uniform of any kind, you become a representative of an organization and are bound to the rules of that organization.  Military personnel are required to salute in certain situations while in uniform.  City employees may not campaign or wear political slogans while in uniform.  Etcetera.  My point is, your freedom of speech may be curtailed while you are in uniform.  In that case, I believe NFL owners are within their rights to demand players stand and be respectful during the national anthem.


Flo

We Are Well, and Truly, Screwed

I would be more inclined to vote for Donald Trump if he hadn't maligned John McCain for being a POW; didn't threaten a lawsuit every other day; didn't have such a vulgar mouth or call everyone that disagreed or disliked him a moron, idiot, or liar; or spoke as a conservative to issues that concern me: pro-life, traditional marriage, freedom of religion, and protection of the second amendment.  To me, he's more arrogant that BO, and that's saying something.

When it comes to the general election, both Clinton and Sanders are unsettling to me.  But so far, those are the only Democratic options and one of them will probably be on the ballot.  What is worse are the Republican options and the positions they are putting us in.  Unless all but one of Cruz, Rubio, Bush, Kasich, and Carson throw the towel in and unite their supporters, Donald Trump could quite possibly win the nomination.  I'd be as embarrassed to vote for Trump as those that voted for BO should be.  An even more disastrous scenario would be one of the others winning the Republican nomination and Trump running as an Independent.  If he didn't win the election, he will almost certainly be handing it to Clinton or Sanders.

A critical election that many don't seem to fathom.

Gracious, do I seem to have lost a trace of tact?  Maybe they took it with everything else they took out of my body.

Besides the cancer (which has been over 8 years now, hooray), I developed adenomiosis - none of that run of the mill endometriosis for me - so I had to have a total hysterectomy.  Then I developed fast growing cataracts - none of that normal. slow growing stuff for me - so I had lens replacements.  Let's see...torn rotator cuff, torn bicep, and arthritis in my shoulder that was repaired.  Most recently, I had a lipoma removed from the opposite breast.  My PCP said it was unusual to have a lipoma in the breast, so I politely informed him there is nothing normal about me.  Ah well.

KSA, MFS, and MFD are all doing well.  Maybe I'll come back and fill you in one of these days.

Take care of yourselves,
Flo

Well!

I came here from MFS's site, after finding out MFS had a site, to find over 750 comments to be moderated. Evidently, it wasn't set up to notify me by email that I had comments to moderate. So 750+ comments were sent to that Anonymous Commenter hole in the sky. If you wanted to use a blogger name, or if you had something to say to me personally, or about my blog (or lack of blog) specifically, and not about sex, drugs, or money, please feel free to re-comment.

I also removed MFSG from the side bar. She broke up with MFS almost 2 years ago. It was a bit of a disappointment, we all adored her. But...que sera, sera. Miss Right is out there somewhere.

On another note, I just wanted to say "I told you so." Seems everyone is disgusted and fed up with the way b.o. goes around the world apologizing for America. I warned those of you that voted for him, moments before you walked into the voting booth, that the man was not proud to be an American.

Maybe some of you can relate to this. During a discussion about the presidential candidates, someone made a comment to KSA that "McCain hasn't said anything that's going to help me personally." Well, if he believed anything b.o. said that was going to help him was the truth, I have some swamp land for him. Mostly, though, I was disgusted by the selfishness of that statement. What about his kids? If b.o. gives him everything he said, his kids will ultimately pay. Think about the future, man! Especially when you walk into the booth again in November.

Finally, when congress votes in a bill that the majority of Americans are opposed to, because they think they know what's best, we no longer have a government OF the people and BY the people.

Flo