A four year old child clutches half a broken dish behind his back, the other half lay shattered in front of him.
No one asks how he broke it. Actually no one is around to ask how he broke it.
He leaves the pieces on the ground, throws the remaining chunk of dish next to it and spends the rest of his life claiming he has no idea how it got that way!
Must have been a conspiracy, a natural disaster, perhaps someone trying to harm him, or it just happened!!
No way did he have anything to do with that shattered mess.
He was just holding the dish and then it happened!
So goes the American people's involvement in the financial crash and trash of our nation's economy.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Break the Unions, Pander to the Rich
Our government generously sustained tax cuts to the top 2% of the nations wealthiest which I am sure they believe is their entitlement.
As Paul Krugman points out, Welcome to the Banana Republic!
The New York Times has a lengthy article describing the rising and ongoing resentment of the general public for unionized workers.
Basically the public is angry at unionized workers for not feeling the pain. Take away retirements. Get rid of "bad teachers". Cut off the cost of living increases.
Why should those who support the infrastructure of the Unites States (in so many ways) not suffer? Make them bleed!
Obama's "throw the bone" gesture of freezing government wage earners salaries is a pittance to the droves who believe government and union workers need to bleed. Cut them. Harm them. Obliterate them and kill the unions.
Why should anyone in this country be comfortable after corporations have outsourced the work, trailing minimum wage part time jobs, no pensions, expensive health care and non existent family coverage?
The rich, the corporations and the politicians shake their heads -how can one nation of people be so stupid as to eat their own?
Give them the cutlery and the cheap dishes made in China, they gleefully, scornfully proclaim behind closed doors.
Let's help them to a five course meal.
As Paul Krugman points out, Welcome to the Banana Republic!
The New York Times has a lengthy article describing the rising and ongoing resentment of the general public for unionized workers.
Basically the public is angry at unionized workers for not feeling the pain. Take away retirements. Get rid of "bad teachers". Cut off the cost of living increases.
Why should those who support the infrastructure of the Unites States (in so many ways) not suffer? Make them bleed!
Obama's "throw the bone" gesture of freezing government wage earners salaries is a pittance to the droves who believe government and union workers need to bleed. Cut them. Harm them. Obliterate them and kill the unions.
Why should anyone in this country be comfortable after corporations have outsourced the work, trailing minimum wage part time jobs, no pensions, expensive health care and non existent family coverage?
The rich, the corporations and the politicians shake their heads -how can one nation of people be so stupid as to eat their own?
Give them the cutlery and the cheap dishes made in China, they gleefully, scornfully proclaim behind closed doors.
Let's help them to a five course meal.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
United States of Kleptocracy
I imagine NY Times Paul Krugman , a Nobel Prize winning economist , writes with a heavy heart.
Each prediction he has made since the market crash occurred. The past year he has been referring to our country as the upcoming banana republic:
Wikipedia definitions
Banana republic is a term that refers to a politically unstable country dependent upon limited agriculture (e.g. bananas), and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy, and (but not necessarily) corrupt politico-economic clique.
I would go one step further.Republicans, democrats, tea partiers and any other piss in the wind individuals who call themselves concerned citizens running to change government do not represent American people.
Wikipedia
This is the definition o our government on both sides of the house as well as the little tea party tricklers:
Kleptocracy, government by thieves, features influential government employees exploiting their posts for personal gain (embezzlement, fraud, bribery, etc.), with the resultant deficit repaid by the native working people who “earn money”, rather than “make money”. Because of foreign (corporate) manipulation, the government is unaccountable to its nation, the country's private sector–public sector corruption operates the banana republic, thus, the national legislature usually are for sale, and function mostly as ceremonial government.
Each prediction he has made since the market crash occurred. The past year he has been referring to our country as the upcoming banana republic:
Wikipedia definitions
Banana republic is a term that refers to a politically unstable country dependent upon limited agriculture (e.g. bananas), and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy, and (but not necessarily) corrupt politico-economic clique.
I would go one step further.Republicans, democrats, tea partiers and any other piss in the wind individuals who call themselves concerned citizens running to change government do not represent American people.
Wikipedia
This is the definition o our government on both sides of the house as well as the little tea party tricklers:
Kleptocracy, government by thieves, features influential government employees exploiting their posts for personal gain (embezzlement, fraud, bribery, etc.), with the resultant deficit repaid by the native working people who “earn money”, rather than “make money”. Because of foreign (corporate) manipulation, the government is unaccountable to its nation, the country's private sector–public sector corruption operates the banana republic, thus, the national legislature usually are for sale, and function mostly as ceremonial government.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
US Calls out Russia's One Party System
Is that not the pot calling the kettle black?
Oh, wait! I forgot!
We have a "democracy" with more than one party, right?
I'm confused-doesn't corporate America run this country?
Wall Street and the auto makers get the best interest rates while people lose homes, retirement accounts, accept wage freezes and lose jobs.
Yeah, We're the free country.
Oh, wait! I forgot!
We have a "democracy" with more than one party, right?
I'm confused-doesn't corporate America run this country?
Wall Street and the auto makers get the best interest rates while people lose homes, retirement accounts, accept wage freezes and lose jobs.
Yeah, We're the free country.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Bill Nye faints, kids tweet
Bill Nye passes out while giving a lecture at USC.
No one helps. The audience get out the phones and start tweeting.
Americans have melded into a huge ball of narcissistic atoms believing whatever comes out of the mouth is so important it takes precedence over real life.
Twittering and texting of course, IS life for many -How, then, does anything which comes out of the brain of a twittering texter have relevance to the world???
No one helps. The audience get out the phones and start tweeting.
Americans have melded into a huge ball of narcissistic atoms believing whatever comes out of the mouth is so important it takes precedence over real life.
Twittering and texting of course, IS life for many -How, then, does anything which comes out of the brain of a twittering texter have relevance to the world???
americanabsurdities
The United States wants to make education more like the current business model.
How does that work?
Do the school districts hire auditors to come in and lie for them like Enron?
Do the teachers find ways around the laws and regulations to make a profit?
Will education be set up like trickle down economics?
Hows that workin' for ya, Americans?
How does that work?
Do the school districts hire auditors to come in and lie for them like Enron?
Do the teachers find ways around the laws and regulations to make a profit?
Will education be set up like trickle down economics?
Hows that workin' for ya, Americans?
american absurdities
Americans "re" vote for politicians who have already robbed them of their pensions and savings.
While unemployment is the highest since the Depression era, more people are on food stamps than ever in the history of the US,
homelessmess has increased 125%,
millions have lost their homes through the bank/wall street/republican deregulation of banks and businesses,
American gladly bailed out the rich and lost their life savings-
then VOTED the same party back into office.
While unemployment is the highest since the Depression era, more people are on food stamps than ever in the history of the US,
homelessmess has increased 125%,
millions have lost their homes through the bank/wall street/republican deregulation of banks and businesses,
American gladly bailed out the rich and lost their life savings-
then VOTED the same party back into office.
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