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Two reasons why this country is so fucking awesome and so fucking screwy at the same time:

Major Nidal Malik Hasan. This is the asshole who shot and killed 13 people at Ft. Hood this past week and is now in the hospital after having been shot himself. The fact that he was able to get into the military, display questionable behavior, and openly question the role of Muslim U.S. soldiers, shows how fucked up he is and how fucked up the country is for letting someone like this even on a military post.

Here is what makes us a great nation even in this tragedy: After Hasan was shot and wounded, he was given first class medical treatment to save his life and then taken to a hospital and given round the clock intensive care and military and federal protection to keep someone from sneaking in there and killing him. Since he has awoken from his wounds and has started talking, he has refused to talk to investigators and has asked for a lawyer.

How many countries around the world would have given Hasan all this after what he did? I am guessing not too many unless they have the same laws and freedoms that we have regarding the right to an attorney. I don't agree with it all the time but everyone is entitled to be treated the same way just the same. I can imagine a lot of countries out there where Hasan would have been taken down and then someone would have just walked up to him laying on the ground and put another bullet right between his eyes. Personally, I am all for that kind of justice when a crime like this has been committed but that's just me.

The second thing that is really fucked up that's on my mind is the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas. These are the fuckheads that protest almost everything in the name of God and carry signs that say things like, 'God hates fags', and 'God hates the U.S.A.', and 'U.S.A. = fag nation'. It seems that the level of sliminess that these people are willing to go to, to state their position has no bottom.

Here's the great thing about America though. These assfucks can stand outside a place with their signs and say all they want and it's all legal. We have freedom of speech and so do they. As long as they don't hurt anyone physically or destroy property or commit other crimes, they enjoy the right to shit on everyone all they want. It's infuriating to me to see people using religion the way they are, but sometimes I think they embody more of Christianities true motives than most people are willing to let on.

Anyway, that's all for now. Remember to always vote and inform yourself by whatever means you can.