Here We Go Again!

Joe Slack, angry citizen, suicide murderer and crazy as hell! I know the climate of the country is one of anger and resentment toward the government and its agencies. People are unemployed, broke, homeless, starving and totally disillusioned at the way things turned out. Mentally impaired individuals with weapons are coming out of nowhere promoting, planning and executing acts of domestic terrorism.

James Von Brunn, another mad man with a weapon and a hatred for Jews and Blacks attacked and killed an innocent man and was subsequently killed by surviving security guards. Neither man knew their victims' names, nor did they care.

Slack is considered by some a hero for his act of domestic terrorism, while Von Brunn is just considered "nuts". Maybe in the circles of White Supremecists, VB might be considered a hero, too. Twisted, isn't it? The victims are the real heros. Two individuals who did no harm to their assassins, but paid the supreme price of both of their killer's insanities.

The anger perpetuated by the plunging economy is spreading like wildfire and if continued unchecked, the violence will escalate and the collateral damage will increase exponentially. The fuel to this anger is the raging conservative rhetoric of the tea party members. While not actually participating in the violence, (as far as we know), their rants and divisive actions are running many of the social accomplishments back the dark ages.

I spoke with an individual who is as angry as anyone I have ever seen at the government and how our citizens are being treated, but for the life of me, I cannot get it through his head that what he is angry about, my people have been subjected to the same thing since the abolishment of chattell slavery. He is a Viet Nam vet, who is being shafted by the same country he chose to defend and returned home to an ungrateful society calling him things like "child-killer" and "murderer", to name a few. He is homeless, unemployed, in need of medical care with little financial support. I feel his pain. The Veterans Administration wants to place him in substance abuse rehab, but the guy does not drink or use drugs. He needs a shelter that would act as a "hand-up" to allow him to become independent and self-supporting again, unfortunately, like so many other vets of other wars, there is no place like that for any of them.

Now, I am not saying this guy will snap and commit some kind of domestic attrocity, but the law of averages says there is at least one person like him close to the edge, with the idea of doing so. The rhetoric he speaks is so similar to the tea party, it's scary. Only without the bigoted overtones. Hopefully, something miraculous will happen and all of our vets will be treated fairly and get the help they need.

Hopefully, there will come a time where we will not have to wonder whether or not we will return home that evening as we leave to start our day. Let us be optimistic, shall we?

Now, the IRS? That is another blog. They have to be the most despised and hated government agency in America. Their agents are threatened constantly! Everyone who gets audited, hates them. They may have earned their reputation, because of the blanket authority they have and wield. They literally can take everything you own in the name of tax evasion. Heaven help you if you are caught cheating them. We read about celebreties that wind up in jail for not paying taxes. Unfortunately, little people also get punished for not paying taxes. It is harder on them, because they usually get cleaned out and ruined, so you wind up with angry little people with an ax to grind. Scary, isn't it?

I have no answers to that issue, but Joe Slack thought he did, unfortunately for everyone, (especially Vernon Hunter), he was dead, dead wrong. Anyone else have any more bright ideas?

Bi-Partison? BS! Compromise Will Never Happen!

Here we go again! The President is fighting an uphill battle (and what seems a losing one), because no one in Congress seems to realize they are supposed to serve the people, not the Fed, not the banking community, and not corporate fat cats! It seems they are paying up for those campaign contributions!

I see why the conservatives are surging. I listened to some of the speeches from their big gathering in DC and the keynote speaker is the best example of a reincarnation of every bigot I have ever seen, heard or read about. Glenn Beck is a racist posing as a Born-Again Christian. The Tea-Baggers, or Tea Party, whatever they call themselves have some good points, however their racism ansd bigotry is prevelant and on display. The statement made about illiterate people voting in the last election, was he or was he not referring to the days when Blacks were unable to vote if they could not pass a literacy test. I got news for you, Creep; a lot of your buddies wouldn't be able to pass a literacy test either, and they have been voting since they were eligible!

I am sick of hearing how they are going to save America, while millions continue to starve and fight poverty and homelessness. I am sick of hearing about how far we have come as a people when in reality the racism, bigotry and ignorance still exists, only with a little window dressing. The real problem is not between Blacks and Whites; it's between the "haves" and "have-nots". Racism and bigotry are only tools to keep the rest of us asleep and at each others' throats. However, some of us are too stupid to recognize when we have been played.

Getting back to the stupid Congress. For the first time, there is a President willing to work on both sides of the aisle and no one wants to agree on anything. Nothing is getting done, because everyone is playing politics. I see why the senator quit! It has to be frustrating for those who want to get something done, to be thwarted by knuckleheads who either stupid or just plain don't get it.

Well, I hate to bet the bearer of bad news, but if someone doesn't wake up, things are going to get much, much, worse. I can only hope that Glenn Beck is not the voice of the majority. I hope there are some with some kind of intelligence that can circumvent what his kind is trying to do. I personally am not with the Slavery thing. Maybe I am a bit paranoid, but it sure sounds like that is where this guy is going.

The whole situation is just sad.

Wake Up People!

The "Tea Party" movement is a threat to any people of color, low-income and who believes in equal rights. Their reaction to the misinformation of Republican zealots who release lies and falsehoods about any programs to help the poor, disenfranchised and less fortunate. I have remained silent and just watched the madness surrounding the healthcare reform efforts and anything the present administration attempts to implement to get us out of the mess we are in. While I have questions about some things, overall I think many of the ideas are good. The opponents of the bills are usually in the pockets of the medical and pharmaceutical lobby. That includes both Republicans and Democrats. The latest Supreme Court blunder is the ruling that corporations can donate any amount of money to any candidate during a political campaign. If you think that money will not influence the candidate's actions once he/she is elected, you must be smoking crack or just plain stupid.

Healthcare Reform will not happen because the money is invested in the direct opposite! The economy will remain in the toilet, because the jobs that would normally be created are all overseas! Big corporations have moved their factories overseas where they can pay workers four dollars a day and reap big profits while whole cities have died as a result of their decisions.

I always believed the oil companies should have bailed out the auto industry, because the auto industries kept producing the gas-guzzlers that made profits for the oil industry so astronomical. The American taxpayer continues getting screwed without any grease. The President cannot do it by himself. He has to have the backing of Congress and the people. Congress is off kilter and the people are misled on all fronts by the media and knuckleheads like Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin.

We make rock stars of dingbats and villans out of those who would help. Race is a part of the equation. I have seen the President subjected to all sorts of disrespect that no other President had to endure. If a member of Congress would have called Bush or Reagan a liar during a speech, he would have disappeared or been thoroughly ruined. The one thing the former "powers that be" want more than anything else is for Obama to fail! If he does not accomplish anything during his tenure the race card is back in play and we will not see another president of color anytime soon. This reminds me of Jimmy Carter's term, he had to try and clean up all of the damage done by Nixon and Ford in four years! Not gonna happen.

What is real scary is that we gave Bush eight years to wreck everything, but we will only give President Obama four years to straighten it out. The whole thing sucks and we, the real little people are going to suffer again!

The solution? Stop giving tax breaks to companies who send our jobs overseas. Stop allowing corporate contributions to politcal campaigns to go unregulated. Find some way to dispell the lies and misinformation consistently disseminated by the media and make somebody tell the truth.

I DARE YOU!