We're dying out here, or don't you give a rat's ass?

I've been avoiding coming in here the last couple of weeks. It's for a good reason. I want to try to avoid swearing, even on my blog. I can swear like a sailor and it isn't for public consumption.

Anyway, I will try to refrain from the profanity. WTF is going on with the Democrats? Have they been beaten so often that they're like a dog that cowers in the corner even when the hand of a new, kind, gentle owner reaches out to feed or pet them? Have they decided that they want to share in the riches that can be had if they bend to the wishes of big business? Have they lost any shred of self respect? Have they just stopped caring about the people of this country? WHAT? Somebody, please tell me?

Folks, we're being sold into slavery. The financial industry got their bailout and are already back to bad business with nary a new regulation in site. Billions upon billions of more dollars are disappearing into deep, dark pockets and will never be seen again.

The big polluters are pouring so much money into lobbying, and the deep, dark pockets of their lackeys in Congress that it's unlikely any meaningful changes will be made. Hell, why pay now for something you can put off onto your children and grandchildren? Who cares if they won't be able to breath and that there won't be enough water to grow sufficient food for the still exploding population? As long as they can live like kings now, they're not going to worry about the next generation. They can buy clean water and fly to the little corners of the Earth that still have breathable air. They think. I wonder how much big bubbles and air scrubbers cost? And, a lot of those nice tropical paradises will be underwater. Literally.

The healthcare insurance companies have so many politicians in their pockets that even more of our wages will be sent their way. They've ordered the supersize abacuses to tally up the profits. But wait! With 47,000 plus people dying every year because of lack of health insurance, there are fewer people to provide profits. But wait! There is talk of a mandate that will mean everyone, except the slice of the population that are too poor to buy even food, will be forced to get insurance or face a big fine. And, the premiums are going to be huge. I wonder how much of that will be profits for the insurance companies? What public option? The public have the option of paying premiums or fines. Makes money for the insurance companies either way. That's healthcare reform!

The biggest corporations are gobbling up small companies and each other. Soon there will be little to no competiton, which means they can charge what they want. On top of that, the competiton sometimes agree to inflate prices in order to make even more profit.

We will be a country of the super rich and the poor. In between will be a small layer of the merely rich, trying like crazy to not be like the middle class that is no more. The rest of us will be working six and a half days a week, living in rentals and eating McDonalds morning, noon and night.

Until the Democrats stop being cowards and do what they were elected to do, I fear for our future. The one bright light is Representative Alan Grayson, a freshman in the House, who stood up and sais enough is enough! Out of the mouths of babes.