How do you raise a 26 year old child?

This post is mainly about child rearing, just not in the traditional sense. My 26 year old brother called me, sounding very close to being suicidal. He's currently stewing in a large cauldron of angst & misery. I almost wanted to type self pity, but what Kenny's currently going through really transcends self pity. It's larger & more complex because he's bipolar & a paranoid schizophrenic. He's suffering in a way that's almost indescribable. He makes bad decisions, then the situation deteriorates until there's really nothing anybody can do to fix it. That's where things are today. His life is in such shambles, I lack the energy to type all the shit that's going on. Keep in mind I'm busy raising my own kids, but I do answer his calls when he's run out of friends that will listen to his constant ravings on why everything sucks. Now here comes the part where I blame my friend Carol for convincing me to look on Myspace 2 years ago to see where my brothers were. Obviously, this is not her fault. I wanted to know, and now am I ever sorry I found out.
People, I've come to the conclusion that sometimes it's best to not know. My initial hope was that Kenny might have a crappy apartment somewhere, a little crappy job, but generally okay. When I found out he was homeless & all sorts of crazy, I was horrified. 2 years later, Kenny's still pretty much homeless & pretty much fucked by his own hand. Given his delusions & lack of impulse control, I am fortunate he didn't take me up on a Greyhound ticket to Arkansas.

My thoughts on the insanity in Arizona

In light of Gov Brewer signing SB1070 into law in Arizona, it's occurred to me how stupid people are. Not just there, but everywhere. When I read how the legalization of those whom are here illegally would increase our GDP by $1.5 TRILLION, my mind was officially blown. I know why the GOP is so against citizenship. It totally plays into what their base is telling them. They're mad as hell there's a democrat in the White House & they're not gonna take it anymore. Mitch McConnell has already admitted to only being interested in strategy and oneupmanship. Lindsey Graham is on the run because teabaggers are calling him gay in an effort to intimidate & influence his vote. I haven't the foggiest idea about how the SCOTUS nominee hearings will go with the GOP promising as mush obstruction as they can muster.

If you've seen any of my tweets, you already know how disgusted I am by all of this. My head continues to throb just thinking about what to type next. So, the only thing I can figure is that if the Republicans (or Teapublicans) want to continue to perpetuate this charade that our country is going through. I know it's not right to reward people for breaking the law, but when it involves families, desperate people who wanted to make a better life for themselves... Well, I know it would take billions of $, years, and more people working to drive people back to whence they came. Just give these folks their citizenship & be done with it. They're already getting screwed out of Social Security, maybe they can help keep it afloat for a few more years. And stop making it harder for people to work with police, to stop narco & human traffickers. It just fosters more distrust & fear, making it easier for criminals to prey on the illegals, the ones that need our help the most. 

I just met some of my neighbors that live close by. I met the wife & child of a man who works here in town. With a few Spanish words & a lot of crude sign language on my part, I was able to figure out how old her baby is & when the new baby is due. How lonely it must be to live in an isolated area, with so few people who speak your native tongue. I didn't ask her if she was here legally, for one it's none of my business. But, I wish I could ask her if people here in town discriminate against her. These are real people, not just sound bytes. They live in a tiny house. They're not loud & rambunctious like our Mexican neighbors when we lived in Gulfport. I worry about these people. I don't know how to help. The language barrier can be overcome to a certain extent. I'm not saying that all people are bad or stupid, but it truly bothers me how much people fear others based on race. I don't fear this family, but I fear for them. I hope that things improve for them and so many millions that are in their same position.

First Entry

I figured I had better post something, so here it is. My thoughts are hard to encapsulate into 140 characters or less. My life consists currently of kids, housework, and my waxing & waning passion for politics. This blog will probably include leftist ramblings. I don't fancy myself to be a left wing nut. I have no desire to live in a commune. I am an Obama voter, and I still feel some surprise the local yokels here haven't raised torches & pitchforks to run me & mine out of this one horse town. Follow this blog at your own risk. There may be a shit load of profanity. Teapatriots, the religious "Right", and right wing nut jobs need not follow. Unless you really want to be offended. Then I guess you've stumbled upon the right place. More from me as time & schedule allow. Now, I must close as the husband expects me to help him plant 18 azalea bushes before it rains or the sun goes down.