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I’m going to post some things this evening to my blog, but my regular readers have, I’m sure, noticed the last few days of silence. Truth be told, I have had no ability to write anything at all. I am so angry, bordering on rage-filled, that to try and write much of anything past a few characters on Twitter has been impossible.

I am beside myself because I feel as if there isn’t any point whatsoever in trying to have any real, thoughtful, meaningful or reasoned voice- it won’t accomplish anything. I am beside myself because if we can not count on this presidents whom so many of us worked so hard to elect to accomplish anything that will benefit our country, then there isn’t any hope for that to happen at all. I am beside myself wondering why I spend hours writing with the hopes to encourage others to be engaged in a democratic system by contacting their elected officials.

I haven’t written because while I have focused predominately on gay rights issues, we are all getting screwed in terms of the health care debacle that is 100% the fault of our president and the elected officials in Congress. Instead of acting to create laws that will make things better for all, this misguided president has opted for some bipartisan dream that hasn’t had any hope since day one. Even the timing was flawed, the execution flawed, and I’ve lost any faith that any politician could do any better.

So why focus on gay rights issues? If the country can’t do health care reform which will benefit everyone, how will we ever accomplish anything on the gay rights front that clearly benefits only some? If we can’t cut through the lies and deception about health care, how will we ever eliminate the lies about gay and lesbians?

During the Bush administration, it was easy to know what to do. Get the other side elected. But now what? What happens now, where do we turn now, when the so-called progressives act exactly  like the conservatives? I would be happy to start campaigning now for someone to replace Obama in 2012, who who would that be? Where would they come from and how  in the world would they ever be able to garner enough trust from an electorate who continues to get screwed no matter which side they vote in?

And to be honest, I can’t believe just how hugely all of this is affecting me. I am astounded by the level of rage and frustration I feel.

So, I’ve tagged a few things to write about, and we will see how that goes this evening. I’ve worked so hard to build my readership, that I don’t really want to walk away from blogging even for a week or so and lose my readership. At the same time, I wonder if I accomplish anything by writing either. Another blogger reported that there were no local Pittsburghers at the National Kiss-in last Saturday. Is anyone listening? Is anyone making any actions?