numbers

Sometimes NUMBERS, TOTALS, SUMS, AMOUNTS can be quite interesting.

I wonder what the NUMBER of "opposite sex couples", actually confront one of their perspective partner and say, "honey a same "sex couple couple" just got married, so we need to divorce as our marriage is just a sham?"

I wonder if we had a NUMBER chart located in the Senate or House of Representatives which changed in total every time someone was denied medical coverage due to a pre existing condition OR, was just unable to afford coverage, OR died before their medical insurance actually agreed to treatment or drugs or hospital stay, if the NUMBER of months or years to finally pass legislation to cover ALL Americans would suddenly become sooner than later in actuality?

OR

I wonder what the NUMBER of days it would take if we the tax payer said to the Congress, you get no tax payer paid medial coverage any more until you find a way for all Americans to get the same coverage at the same price you and your families receive.

I wonder what the NUMBER of educated Latina women, similar to Justice Sotomayor, are close friends to the Southern middle aged white Republican Senators, would total when asked of those same Senators do you have any strong, intelligent personal Latina friends?

I wonder the AMOUNT of times Senator Larry Craig had a wide stance in public rest rooms before he was actually caught with his pants down?

I am curious how MANY abortion doctors can be shot at or killed by God fearing, God lead anti abortionist religious right wing believers; before their (the doctors) death equals the righting of the perceived wrong?

Curious if the TOTALS of money held back from the golden parachutes of CEO's of the major banks, mortgage institutions or the 500 Fortune companies even came close to the savings those same institutions made from the lay offs or firings of their employees. Wonder if the sums of the totals saved by laying off the common worker were greater than the shaving back of a few million from about half a dozen executives?

I wonder just what SUMS of money Vice president Cheney will receive from "back pay" as a member of the Board of Directors for Halliburton during the Iraq war. And I wonder if the savings from not supplying the troops with the correct armor, or supplies equals even half as much of the bonus money the Vice President will receive from Halliburton after he convinced the Congress that in a time of war "no bid contracts" were important to keep up the war effort.

I wonder how LONG it will take Anderson Cooper to not come out as the gay man he is and say to his doting fans, you like me, do like me gay?

Curious how LONG it will take the voters of Nevada to forgive Senator Ensign for his infidelity and vote for him when he runs for re-election, and still worry that the entire institution of marriage is reliant on keeping the GAYS from marrying?

And I wonder what AMOUNT of time it will take the LGBT community to realize that unless their NUMBERS come together and stop allowing our rights to be wronged, will we still be second class citizens in the United States? I wonder when the LGBT community stops being so damn passive waiting for others to write our destiny and finally stand up for a freedom and equality which is not owed us but one which in the Constitution is GIVEN to us.

NUMBERS mean something in this country when they ADD up, and TOTALS mean a whole lot more when the SUM of our actions reach an end worth COUNTING on.