opinions

I'm getting a little peeved at hearing "I'm finally proud to be an American/fly the flag".

Thoughts on this are a bit scattered still, but in short: being proud of your country and your flag doesn't have to mean also being proud of your president.

I don't like G.W. Bush. But he's not America. His actions, IMO, often ran contrary to what I consider to be the ideals our forefathers fought for. Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness anyone?

Doctor told to get out of Australia because of son with Down syndrome

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24578829-661,00.html

"On advice from a government doctor, the department wrote to Dr Moeller saying his son had been assessed as a burden on Australian taxpayers and could not be granted permanent residency.

A copy of the decision said care for Lukas was 'likely to result in significant costs to the Australian community in health care and community services'."

What...the...fuck?