Yep, I'm going there...

Today is Primary Day in South Carolina. I will be SO glad when today is over. It's not a secret by any means that the South is primary deeply conservative, right-winged, and very anti-Obama. But lately, what has really been grating my skin is the whole "you're an idiot if you support any Democrat". Granted, both sides are guilty of it but if you're going to do it, do it with knowledge and facts, not blatant lies and mistruths.

Lately, people are in an uproar over NDAA. I get it, I understand. Congress thought they were being sneaky by putting section 1031 in there. Obama basically said "this is crap". Congress basically said "oh well, we don't care, we want to go on our vacation". Obama signed the bill but added a signing statement saying he would not enforce section 1031. Yet people are still mad. Blame the people that wrote the bill.  Blame the people that could care less because all they care about is pissing Obama off and going on vacation. I do wish Obama would have stood his ground more but you know what, he didn't. So by him not doing so, the military gets paid!

You see it's really a catch-22 for me.  I don't agree with indefinite detentions, no trials, etc. But, I also do not like wondering if we're going to get paid on the next pay day, is my husband going to have enough safety gear when he deploys again, will my friend's spouses be riding around in broken vehicles with no way to repair them. The military has had to deal with all of this (thank you Congress) time and time again. It's not fair. Of all aspects of the federal government, the ones that step up and serve should not be the ones to suffer.

If you aren't affiliated with the military I don't expect you to understand. I think Obama knew exactly what he was doing when he signed NDAA and knew the legalities of it (how section 1031 would never be considered constitutional if it came down to the wire), he's a lawyer. But alas, like I said before, so many people are anti-Obama that anything he does (even if it's singing, lol), he'll be criticized for it.  Hopefully come election time we remember how Congress has screwed us over time and time again and Obama is just one of their pawns.