Twitter brings me great happiness, mostly because of the sweet glimpses it affords me into your joy, your seemingly neverending drama, your generally unfounded rants. Last night’s vote on health care reform was no different. I followed my twitter stream in silence, and both teared up at points and giggled myself silly. Silly. I’ve saved a snapshot of these for you, just a few, mostly because I couldn’t figure out how to screen shot more without draining my brain of all its reserve power. Click on the image below to enlarge it, and do read from the bottom up. That helps with chronology and what not.
(Interwebs savvy FAIL.)
I took great pleasure in reading the following, as well, led to the link by my trusty Twitter, to the official flickr page of someone apparently Obama approved. It’s a striking image of the President as the outcome of the vote is apparent, at that moment when the team begins to celebrate months if not years of effort. It’s a lovely, inspiring shot, a moment that captures more than just that, and reminds me why I’m proud to be American not just some nights, but always.
The comments deserve their own note. Some are supportive and respectful, as you’d expect they’d be, whether the writers support health care reform or not. This is a momentous event, the kind our children’s children will read about in textbooks (if those even exist then), and we were there to witness it. Amazing, no matter your view.
And then there are folks like Cockney Bull Dog with Lipstick, who respectfully adds [and do cover your children's (and bull dogs' eyes for this one)]:
Fuck you liberal cunts. May you all be last in line on your next visit to the ER behind border hoppers Ramirez & Lopez & fucking Montoya.
Uuuuuuugh. Stay classy, America.
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i know. right? technology a/k/a screenshots – too much for me.
It’s a very interesting political situation. Is that “P.C.” enough?
Classy America. yeah, right.
Yeeee haaaaawwww.. (western states exclamation of pleasure)
That screen shot was hilarious.
Despite the name-calling, spitting, and otherwise immature behavior demonstrated by some of our people, I am pleased about yesterday’s events. It’s not perfect but it is definitely a step in the right direction.
Now if we could only convince the dissenters to be classy….
Twitter was much better than facebook last night. I must have a thin skin about these things. Will work on that later in 2010.
Lovely post, as always.
Waaaait a minute. There’s far too much elation here and elsewhere. The Republican line in today’s papers is that they’ll keep fighting because Americans everywhere totally oppose this legislation. They wouldn’t make something like that up, would they?
I want to follow all the people that YOU follow! :)
I’m reading this while listening to Fox News Radio and hearing the voice mails left on the machines of members of congress. Things like “I hope you fucking die” and “I hope you bleed out of your ass”. Real life adults speaking to other adults – MEMBERS OF CONGRESS – in such a horrid way. And you know I like to use bad language but the response that people have had because of this vote – and hell, since this debate started – is horrifying. And it makes me really sad that such evil can come out of something that isn’t perfect but is pretty good.
Just UGH.
Too funny, I’m sure my tweets reflected my sense of feeling a bit torn here – my job is around benefits, so depending on the fallout from the bill, I might not have one eventually – and a sense of DAMN IT, I VOTED FOR THIS GUY TO CHANGE THINGS AND HE’S FINALLY DOING IT! YEAH!
The hater clearly doesn’t realize that Ramirez, Lopez &Montoya’s families very well could have been here for decades.
The problem with the internet is it’s too effing democratic and any jackass can spew hate. ;)