Sasha's commentary for November 1, 2013: I have more important things to do

...like maybe write a letter to run for a position on the National Association of Rail Passengers (NARP) Council of Representatives? Or look for a job?

This article from The Atlantic's website I found disturbing. A real time map of births and deaths. Needless to say, when there's way too many babies being born and way too few people dying, it's a demographic crisis. I don't think our planet is prepared for another three plus billion people, unless we're all prepared to pay a lot more for stuff and/or take a cut in the quality of life? Why are things so much more expensive? Overpopulation. Why can't you find a job? Overpopulation and technology.

*NOTE: I am not advocating for genocide or war, both things I am against, but instead for cultural shifts and birth control. People shouldn't be forced into having kids they don't want/can't/shouldn't have.

Here's my message to the Times Union: do YOU guys have AN ALTERNATIVE to gambling that would bring in revenue for the state? Sadly, for New York to succeed, the state needs to lower its own standards.

Politicians should stop trying to pass legislation to make themselves look good. Or vetoing legislation. If I were a legislator, and if my governor did that, I'd move to have him impeached. Sure, it wouldn't work, but the point remains.

All being said and done: the sooner this nation adopts a parliamentary style government, the better. The founding fathers must have thought that all men were created perfect. Or that we'd always be a small nation.

Another reason I am critical of the Jewish community in New York: they tend to vote as a whole. Want to destroy a referendum in New York? Bring in the Jewish community! Well, just the Hasidic community, whose votes I would sadly need if I were to get elected to countywide office in Sullivan County. I'm not against the Hasidic community, just at their voting mentality.

Chris Christie vetoes a bill that is that simple. Protecting pigs from inhumane conditions, in a state that has barely any pig growers. Any politician that does political moves for the sake of a presidential run should be disqualified from running.

I am also worried that Obama has taken a political hit from the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act, and I'm worried that it's only snowballing. If he doesn't straighten this out, the GOP gets a supermajority in Congress, and then the White House in 2016, no matter what Hillary Clinton does. But as I have said countless times, I am Bernie Sanders on health insurance. I'm not only anxious, but paranoid of a super Tea Party. The Obama administration will go down in history for having high expectations but a lack of competency. And the Obama administration should have been clearer on making the insurance companies keep existing coverage, and I would have made it that even if one's current coverage did not meet ACA requirements, they could still keep it if they were happy. In general, we let big business get away with murder in this country.

It's obvious that I'm not the biggest fan of Maggie Gallagher, in fact, she's a hypocrite in a different manner (but at the same time she's not as very few women choose to be single mothers). But I'm glad she's realized that fighting against marriage equality is no use anymore. Even Chris Christie gave up on it earlier in October.

I believe children have bigger hearts than adults because they don't have a lifetime of experiences behind them, not to mention that they've grown up in a more socially accepting world, or so I would like to believe. The responses from kids on a recent Cheerio's ad is proof enough. The kids just don't get the point-and that's what we should want! For them, interracial families are normal.

In some states, abortion restrictions are so bad that some women have to cross state lines to have one, even if they don't want one and are only having the procedure done as a result of a severe birth defect. The Davis' are not much older than I am, and Jessica is 23, so she has to have graduated high school the same year I did. I know, these things are mind-boggling, I know. And the fact that you're not financially ready and yet raising three children is not only not easy, but I would have to call that nuts, but if you can do it, props to you. I know I couldn't, but it might also be a cultural thing too. It's just odd that may people my age and younger are not only married but also having children, and I still live at home. Failure to launch, anyone, or am I just naively wise? Gynecology has made lightyears worth of advancements since my mom was born, and we now know that for some women, a pregnancy can be fatal unless it is terminated because of a birth defect so severe, or the mother's life is at risk. It's happened before.

And to finish an argument: I'd like to believe that at almost 23, I'm ready to settle down, and in some ways, I am, but I am ill-prepared to do so. But in no way am I trying to bash young parents. I give them all the credit in the world. Their role is by no means an easy one.

The autism cause gravy train has another stop added: weight gain during pregnancy is now suspected as being a cause of autism in children.

Maybe I am hopeless, as I scream "loser". I'm an autistic Ukrainian and Russian American living in New York State. I'm drowning in a pool of "can't do jack right".

Anything to do with that I suck at arguing?