~*~Tuesday Tantrums~*~ 10/30/12

Tuesday Tantrums

I hate that there is a madman on the loose in the area and he has been evading the police for 2 weeks. He has now shot at 25 different vehicles and they don't have too much to go on yet.




I hate that I was reading on Facebook today and someone was talking about the police scanner and that there was another shooting. I found a link for a local scanner online and spent the next hour listening. Supposedly it was a murder-suicide about 15 minutes from here. They talked about the doors being blocked and that they were going to have to break in. My heart sunk when they said "Man down. Looks like victim and perp both are down". They then talked about where they will transport them. Turns out it was a training exercise! While I'm relieved that no one was hurt, the emotional roller-coaster that it put me through is ridiculous!!!!

I hate that this political season is bringing out the ugliness in people! Yesterday I got into a 'discussion' on Facebook and after the person basically told me that I racist. The discussion was how Romney doesn't understand his community. Really, he was saying that Romney doesn't understand his RACE.

I pressed him on the issue and asked him what he meant. He stated "The Black community. That's where my heart is. Like the panthers in the 70s, I would like to start movement that can reach every community. So with that being said, I start with my race first but my community reaches much further than that."  Funny though because when I pressed further and asked about me supporting "my community" first, I was basically told that would make me prejudiced. When will we get past race??? When will we realize that it's not only white people that can be racist and that, in fact, things like the Panthers, BET, NAACP, Morehouse & Spellman Colleges are just as racist as the KKK or Michigan Militia. This is probably my biggest tantrum right now!  

I hate that during this political season, if you aren't supporting a candidate or proposal you are against someone and their beliefs. I've researched my candidates and proposals and I've come to my conclusions on what i feel is best for my family, my 'community' (to quote above), my profession I am somehow wrong or against everyone else who has differening opinions.