(Author's note: this is mostly to "Values Voters" who don't read this sort of thing anyway...)
Many "values voters" have voted into office representatives, senators (and a president) who have weakened oversight of our banking industry, and told us to just sit back and "let the invisible hand of the free market do its thing." Today, many banking corporations are holding out their hats for federal aid while home owners struggle to just keep food on the table and a roof over their heads, and partly to blame are a voting public that gets distracted by fear tactics while their wallets are being picked clean by the fat cats. Some libertarians will even tell you that "if only it was a truly free market these things would not happen" which is like saying "if we get rid of humans the economy will run fine." Please: wherever humans get together groups will form and governments will be required, to serve either the interests of the many or the few. Take your pick.
While Karl Rove and his ilk have Americans agitated about homosexuality and contraception, the nation has been gutted by the "cut taxes on the wealthy" crowd. Our infrastructure (roads, bridges, highways, etc.) is not immune to the ravages of time, and will require great investment: the venture capitalists will warn of "socialism" while giving themselves golden parachutes as workers struggle to find affordable health care. You've been had, time and time again!
I have a very large gripe that you can just delete but it goes like this: to make mistakes is understandable, but to keep making the same mistakes is mindless. The next time some politician starts ranting about gay Americans or women who are foolish enough to think they should have sovereignty over their own bodies remember to clutch your purse or hold your wallet very, very tightly. Don't be fooled again!
Magicians utilize the human tendency to become distracted by use of misdirection: look over here! followed by the payoff of the trick. Since such acts of prestidigitation are intended merely to amuse we applaud the charade, but there are some sinister magicians out there who are making a whole lot of the people's money vanish, and we'd be awfully damn foolish to start clapping, yes?
If anyone wants to pray for our nation, say a little thank you to the ghost of FDR: had Bush (and many other conservative politicians) succeeded in privatizing Social Security millions of elderly Americans would right now be up a very mean creek without a paddle or a canoe.
Thank you for letting me rant...
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Many "values voters" have voted into office representatives, senators (and a president) who have weakened oversight of our banking industry, and told us to just sit back and "let the invisible hand of the free market do its thing." Today, many banking corporations are holding out their hats for federal aid while home owners struggle to just keep food on the table and a roof over their heads, and partly to blame are a voting public that gets distracted by fear tactics while their wallets are being picked clean by the fat cats. Some libertarians will even tell you that "if only it was a truly free market these things would not happen" which is like saying "if we get rid of humans the economy will run fine." Please: wherever humans get together groups will form and governments will be required, to serve either the interests of the many or the few. Take your pick.
While Karl Rove and his ilk have Americans agitated about homosexuality and contraception, the nation has been gutted by the "cut taxes on the wealthy" crowd. Our infrastructure (roads, bridges, highways, etc.) is not immune to the ravages of time, and will require great investment: the venture capitalists will warn of "socialism" while giving themselves golden parachutes as workers struggle to find affordable health care. You've been had, time and time again!
I have a very large gripe that you can just delete but it goes like this: to make mistakes is understandable, but to keep making the same mistakes is mindless. The next time some politician starts ranting about gay Americans or women who are foolish enough to think they should have sovereignty over their own bodies remember to clutch your purse or hold your wallet very, very tightly. Don't be fooled again!
Magicians utilize the human tendency to become distracted by use of misdirection: look over here! followed by the payoff of the trick. Since such acts of prestidigitation are intended merely to amuse we applaud the charade, but there are some sinister magicians out there who are making a whole lot of the people's money vanish, and we'd be awfully damn foolish to start clapping, yes?
If anyone wants to pray for our nation, say a little thank you to the ghost of FDR: had Bush (and many other conservative politicians) succeeded in privatizing Social Security millions of elderly Americans would right now be up a very mean creek without a paddle or a canoe.
Thank you for letting me rant...
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