The almighty dollar is sinking like the Titanic. Oil is at record prices. Groceries are costing us through the roof. Medical costs are rising far too fast. College tuition is rising faster than the rate of inflation. See any patterns here? This is what happens when you elect Republicans. OK, not all Republicans, but people like Dubya and his NeoCon cronies. I read in the newspaper this morning that we're in an economic crisis second only to that of the Great Depression - oh, great, just what I want to hear as I approach the final five years of my career and head toward what was supposed to be retirement, but is looking more and more like leaving one job and going straight to another one. I can't even begin to express my outrage at the current administration and what deep damage they have done to this country's economy. It will take literally generations to repair the damage, and I am in the autumn years of my life heading toward what I had hoped would be the golden years of retirement and leisure but is looking more and more like spending the rest of my days working until I drop. I like to think that one of the current Presidential candidates will be able to repair some of the damage should they be elected, but I can see that Bush & Co. will have left a legacy of severe damage to this country and to the world both morally and fiscally. People are genuinely angry at paying higher prices for basic commodities, for health care, for gas and for everything else, but they keep going to the polls and voting against their own economic self interest, and it boggles me that they do this over and over again. Two of the best books I have read on this topic are Thomas Frank's "What's the Matter with Kansas?" and Joe Bageant's "Deer Hunting with Jesus : Dispatches from America's Class War". If you haven't read either of these books, I highly recommend them as a way to understand the "red state" mentality. Remember, it's still the economy. I will refrain from calling you "stupid", because I don't like calling anybody names. It serves no purpose but to continue to inflame more anger, and heaven knows, we've sure had enough of that these past 7½ years.
Friday, March 21, 2008
It's still the economy, folks!
The almighty dollar is sinking like the Titanic. Oil is at record prices. Groceries are costing us through the roof. Medical costs are rising far too fast. College tuition is rising faster than the rate of inflation. See any patterns here? This is what happens when you elect Republicans. OK, not all Republicans, but people like Dubya and his NeoCon cronies. I read in the newspaper this morning that we're in an economic crisis second only to that of the Great Depression - oh, great, just what I want to hear as I approach the final five years of my career and head toward what was supposed to be retirement, but is looking more and more like leaving one job and going straight to another one. I can't even begin to express my outrage at the current administration and what deep damage they have done to this country's economy. It will take literally generations to repair the damage, and I am in the autumn years of my life heading toward what I had hoped would be the golden years of retirement and leisure but is looking more and more like spending the rest of my days working until I drop. I like to think that one of the current Presidential candidates will be able to repair some of the damage should they be elected, but I can see that Bush & Co. will have left a legacy of severe damage to this country and to the world both morally and fiscally. People are genuinely angry at paying higher prices for basic commodities, for health care, for gas and for everything else, but they keep going to the polls and voting against their own economic self interest, and it boggles me that they do this over and over again. Two of the best books I have read on this topic are Thomas Frank's "What's the Matter with Kansas?" and Joe Bageant's "Deer Hunting with Jesus : Dispatches from America's Class War". If you haven't read either of these books, I highly recommend them as a way to understand the "red state" mentality. Remember, it's still the economy. I will refrain from calling you "stupid", because I don't like calling anybody names. It serves no purpose but to continue to inflame more anger, and heaven knows, we've sure had enough of that these past 7½ years.
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You are right on, but like most Americans you are not nearly radical enough. Americans are very nice people, but being nice in the middle of a class war merely gets you killed. You all need to start getting serious and going for the jugular. Tell it like it is. For example, Bushnazis have not damaged "this country's economy", they have destroyed YOU -- and me, and us. "Country" is a mental construct, no more. PEOPLE are what is real, and what gets damaged. Also, no Presidential candidate will fix things. They all serve the killers, or they don't get appointed. So there is no solution to be had from politics or the federal government. They, or their military/police power, are the prime CAUSE of the problems. Without that power, this mess could never have happened. So, logically, to change things, the CAUSE of the problem must be ditched or bypassed. My question to Americans is, what are you all waiting for? *grin* Anyway, nice to see someone with some spirit. Good luck in the coming shipwreck.
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