One of the things I don't miss about America is the awful state of politics over there. It's so frustratingly conservative and slow and panders to idiots. I meet someone at the Rock Social (I'll get to that more later) and we got to talking about politics. He said I'm sorry if I was offending me, and I said I liked talking politics. He pointed out that we are still having debates about creationism, where all of Europe settled that in the 1700s. The pope himself said it was wrong. Yet there are still backwards thinking people who think it could be right in America. He also thought it was hilarious that if I got hit by a bus in America, and had no insurance, that they would treat me until I wasn't dying, then throw me out on the street (but who pays for that if I have no insurance? Taxpayers. So we already have socialized medicine). Here, he was upset because Taxpayers paid to have someone change from a guy to a girl. Which is fair, a little bit. But he did had to convince a bunch of people he was actually a girl in a guys' body. So it wasn't like he just walked in and they gave it to him. But the more we talked, the more I realized that there are just so many ignorant, backwards thinking people who have votes, that hold America back. It's maddening. Obama's healthcare, which is sooo right wing here it ridiculous, was hailed as socialist in America. Our left wingers are crazy right wingers in the UK. When I got done talking to Russ, some of his friends apologized to him about him, saying, "I'm sorry he's so conservative", to which I replied, "I thought he was very reasonable". The fact is that people in the UK seem to just be nicer. They seem to not mind sharing with their neighbor (A CRAZY CONCEPT). They don't mind higher taxes if it means that more people can be happier, which then leads to greater prosperity. The post mortem love that Ronald Reagen gets just infuriates me. I had to hide Will Weis (probably not the worse thing in the world) because he kept saying ignorant things about Obama (Nobama. Soooo clever) and Reagen. Yes conservatives, less taxes and less government will lead to greater freedom. For you rich people. The people you've structurally suppressed through government constructed racism will have no chance in hell. Be a decent person. "Only in America could a movie star be President". Here in Britain, they do not pander to idiots. They don't think that they need to be nice to everyone "cause they're just different". They call them out for what they are: idiots who need to learn som basic facts before making any sort of decisions. I'm reading emails I get from Moveon.org and I'm realizing I just don't miss the awful, partisan politics bickering that happens in America. We're going to ruin the world because we can't tell the Sarin Palins to sit down and shut the hell up.
On a further note, I didn't post this in my blog about England, but I no longer believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy. 911myths.org simply just proved me wrong. I wanted to be wrong and I wanted proof that I was, and I found it. I'm glad I did. I suppose Israeli agents could actually be the ones piloting the planes, but that seems unlikely to me. The dancing Israelis can simply be dismissed and being rude, selfish individuals. They were excited that America might know what it's like the live in Israel. It was an inappropriate reaction to the situation, but not everyone reacts the same way.
