Hope and.. fuck it!

It is 18 degrees outside of my house right now. I honestly could not be happier about this. I love cold weather. People tell me all the time that I'm totally freaking crazy because of this. I enjoy winter, what can I say?! It's such a wonderful time for me. There is nothing better than the first lungful of icy cold air in the morning to wake you up and remind you that you have a life to live. There is nothing more beautiful than the moon reflecting from frozen pools of water on the side of a lonely highway in the middle of the night. There is nothing better than a brightly lit house at Christmastime(I haven't believed in God since the second grade and I love Christmastime, fuck you Gretchen from Fox News and your "war on Christmas"). I can't help it, I love the winter. I enjoy the darkness, it's very soothing to me. Of course, it is very obvious why I am ABLE to enjoy the winter; I have a place to go to get warm. Unfortunately, this is not the case for so many people in this country.

What is the difference between the homeless guy at the end of the street and myself? In most cases, it's one thing-luck. Yes, luck. It isn't because I work harder, or because I'm better, or smarter, it's because I'm lucky. Most of us will come into hard times. That is a simple truth and fact that we all must accept and understand. However, not all of us are going to get out of hard times unscathed. There are a shit ton of homeless people that have mental illnesses that they cannot afford to treat. Can you imagine what it is like to be living on the street because you have a disease that you did nothing to inherit? It's heartbreaking, and an absolute reality. Are all homeless people mentally ill? I wouldn't dare make that distinction. However, it is one of the many hard luck reasons that some people are going to fucking freeze to death this year. Think about that for a second, just a fucking second. Someone is going to freeze to death, scared and miserable and alone, because they just had bad luck.

Of course, what makes that fact even harder to stomach is that while some people have nothing, literally, in this country, there are some that are fighting to keep more. These people aren't fighting to keep a roof over their heads, or food in their families stomachs, they are fighting to stay rich and powerful. Who am I talking about? Well, it should be obvious by now. I am talking about the richest one percent of our nation that controls about 25 percent of the wealth. Think about that one too. 1 percent of people earn 25% of the countries wealth. Those people must have worked hard to be that elite, right? Right! They fought very hard; through lobbies, and back door legislation and overall bullying of the working class. They use the Republicans and Democrats as their foot soldiers in a way to keep them Godlike in wealth. Much like the poor homeless eating out of a garbage can, these motherfuckers got lucky.

How could they get any luckier? Just ask Barack Obama, as he is their new weapon in this war. The GOP has the working class in a stranglehold. They are refusing to vote for tax cuts for the working class if the richest of the rich do not get them as well. This is 300 bucks for you and me and 1 million for them. Obama played right into it, and BAM, hope and change continues to mean more of the same. There is some opposition to these tyrants, Bernie Sanders being one that is really shining right now. However, we are in this mess because our leaders are playing pingpong with bills that will benefit the richest Americans no matter what, as they have for the last 30 years. Barack Obama and all of his hype has nothing to stop this ongoing process. Remember that the next time you tell me "This time it's too important to not vote, we have to pick the least of two evils".

At this point, I don't think that there is one. Greed will always rule over compassion when the richest are concerned. How much more will we take until we are all frozen on a door step on a cold winter night?