The American People - Screwed Again

And again, and again...

In no particular order:

Number One:
The Supreme Court decison to let corporations, any and all corporations, spend as much money as the want to buy politicians and elections.  I wonder how many people realize that this can be Chinese, Saudi, Indian, German, Japanese, ANY COMPANY ANYWHERE WITH ANY AGENDA as well as U.S. companies?

Oil companies will be able to drill on your property.  Hell, they'll be able to take you property!  Coal companies will be able to strip mine you favorite vacation spot and dump waste into the rivers and lakes that provide your drinking water.  They'll be able to build power stations in you neighborhood and NOT need to worry about pollution controls.  Just imagine your kids having to wear gas masks to breathe.

Yum foods will be stocking your kids cafeterias with high sugar, high fat, artificially colored, flavored and preservative loaded snack foods.  No worries!  At least they'll be fat, happy and need treatment for diabetes, high cholesterol and obesity by the time they're fifteen. 

That'll keep the healthcare companies doing booming business!  As long as you fork over half of your paycheck every month to the insurance companies, you can get every medication under the sun.

The other half of you pay will go to banks and credit card companies.  They'll be able to increase interest rates and tack on fees for everything from using an ATM card to sneezing.  You'll need to use one credit card to pay another.  You'll need to dig cans and bottles out of garbage cans to have any money for food.

It's all good, though!  the Supreme Court is always right.  Right?

Number Two:
The Democrats are doing their customary cowering, cringing and kowtowing  to the Republicans.  Despite months of polls showing that most Americans want healthcare reform, the Dems are now wanting to "think" about it a little longer.  They want to slw down a process that has been fifty years and twleve months in the making.  They want to "wait" and get it perfect before they act.  They want to include the Republicans in the discussion.

Who are they supposed to be serving?  The American people?  The majority?  The millions that gave millions in campaign donations and time and sweat and tears?  Apparently not.  Apparently they are serving the minority and the Republicans.

Number Three:
Chickens with no heads.  The Democrats are in such a panic over the election in MA, that they have turned into deer caught in headlights.  Again.  They are frozen with fear and trembling.  They are quivering in the corner, too afraid to move their collective asses.  And this is over a very poorly run campaign that just about anyone would have lost.  The Senate seat waas lost by Coakley, not won by Brown.

Learn from it and do better next time.  Don't hide under the bed!

Number Four:
The Media.  As usual, the story is not about the facts.  It's about the fear and headlines and what can be made the most salacious and sensational.  Hey, the media is big business!  They need to earn profits, too.  Everyone knows you can't make profits with the facts and truth.

Have you read any history?

God help us.