Let's give 'em something to talk about.

There is story floating in cyberspace about a conservative writer who wrote a book blasting a few widows of 9/11 for writing about the deaths of their husbands and using these deaths for political statements. I saw the book at Target and it did not have a "free" sticker on it, so I can only assume that the writer was hoping to profit from it.

If I am correct, a writer hopes to profit off a book that complains about profiting off of tragedy. Um. Okay then.

An article about this author shows quotes from her ranging from assassination threats (which I thought were illegal, joking or not, in this country) to being against the First Amendment. She's not a fan of the very thing that keeps her out of jail.

I do my best not to get upset about political ranting. I'm about as liberal as they come, simply because, unless they are really hurting others, you can't tell people how to live. My biggest fear is that political ranting is just a clever distraction from the real issues in this world. Six years ago, we talked about the environment, AIDS, drugs, education, gun control, urban sprawl. Have these issues been solved?

We are so focused on gay marriage. To me this is a basic human right denied mostly because big business doesn't want to spend the money on benefits and health care, but is played up as a "moral" issue. If gay marriage is such a threat to the state of marriage, why is the divorce rate as high as it is? Can we talk about the rising demands on parents and children, the state of working in the US, the cost of living vs. the stagnant salaries? How can you be the perfect parent as well as the perfect worker bee as well as the perfect contributor to your community as well as healthy/happy/cheerful?

A revolution is coming. If you, like me, are tired of the pressure, lets start talking about what to do about it. And, Ms. Ann Coulter, if you are reading this, why don't you think about irony before you open your mouth and, please, eat something. You look sick.