bitter

i don't get why it's such a big deal that barack obama made a comment saying that voters are bitter.

i'm bitter. i admit it.

i'm bitter that more of our budget is being spent on the iraqi police force than on the u.s. education system.

i'm bitter that there are classrooms in portable buildings at my kids' school.

i'm bitter that oil companies are rolling in dough while gas prices are at an all time high.

i'm bitter that my husband works for a huge multi-national corporation, but we are only being offered catastrophic health insurance for our family this year.

i'm bitter that researchers have been able to reprogram embryonic stem cells to fight cancer, but it's too hard to fund research because most people don't bother to understand what stem cells even are, they just follow what the guy behind the pulpit says.

i'm bitter that more and more families are losing loved ones to war every single day.

i'm bitter that people would dare to say that i don't support the troops because i want them to come home alive, and as soon as possible.

i'm bitter that there are children who have never lived a day without hearing a war outside their windows.

i'm bitter that lobbyists have more say in what happens in my community than i do.

you know what i'm not bitter about? someone finally acknowledging that i'm bitter.