Recovering Republican

Today was a congressional hearing that most of you have probably never heard of, but if you really believe in finding fraud, waste, over spending, and abuse, you need to look into it. Today the Comptroller General of the United States met with members from Congress to discuss the Government Accountability Office’s High Risk report. This report shows all of the recommendations across the federal government the GAO has made that identifies programs at high risk for waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. There are 38 high risk categories spread across the government. Some are shared across agencies, and some are agency specific. Please, if you’re interested in seeing people truly care about making our government efficient, check out the GAO’s website. Now that I’ve done a brief overview of what the hearing was about today, let’s talk about what was discussed today. First, Gene Dodaro is fucking awesome, and the GAO is too. They handled some pointed and contentious questions from both sid...

I used to be a Republican. Not the crazy ass, racist, closed minded, super religious zealots that we see today, but yes, a Republican. I didn’t have much of a choice in the matter growing up. I was surrounded by them. My aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and everyone they associated with were all republicans. My parents always said they were democrats, but when you saw the way they raised us and the way they talked, they were more center/center right. They only talked about how everyone shouldn’t have guns. I grew up idolizing an uncle of mine that served in the Marines. I wanted to be like him. So that’s what I did. I listened to his every word and took it as gospel. I didn’t do any of my own thinking or even tried to contradict him on anything. I was religious, anti gay, pro second amendment, pro life, and thought that colleges were just trying to indoctrinate everyone into being a left wing loser. I enlisted in the marines when I turned 18 and thought I knew my life trajectory f...