Independence Day - and a few thoughts that have nothing to do with kink. Mostly.
I've just finished reading and rereading (and responding to, and getting flamed for) a piece written in the Philadelphia Inquirer about homelessness and the "problem" of the homeless congregating around the convention center that the DNC is about to use. I don't know why (although I have a few guesses) that this issue has me so pissed, and adamant. But the comments about drug use, "fake claims" of being veterans, and blaming the homeless for their own situation - Folks, the reality? A lot of those "fake claims" of homeless men and women being vets? They aren't fake. These are men and women who served us in uniform (and I get tetchy about this, because my family are just about ALL military and LEO) - who are on the streets because the VA is top heavy with middle managers and no longer has the resources to help the veterans they were created to serve. Let's just say that it took a lot of breaks playing with my son to stay calm