Like almost everything else that has passed Congress the past ten years, a flurry of new legislation has passed that I can honestly say i have no idea what the long term effects will be. Some, like Health care, the financial bill or the credit card bill all contained really good pieces of legislation. But parts of it are so deeply flawed, poorly constructed or just flat out loopholed to death that they become somewhat worthless. No public option for health care kills the bill. No changes in derivatives for the financial bill or reinstatement of the Glass Steagal Act kills the bill. Failure to regulate credit card interests limits kills the bill. All of this is due to the special interests of this country that are slowly dismantling our democracy. Every bill is being written by big business. The effects on us are devastating.
Almost every major city has cromium 6 in their water, a known carcinogen. The reason its there is thanks to Dick Cheney who helped relax clean water and air laws when he was Vice President. This is same guy that Hallburton is going to bribe Nigeria with 200-650 million dollars to keep him out of their court system for crimes he committed while part of Halliburton. Heard about that on the nigthly news? Not on any service I've seen. Overseas papers on the other hand have been very informative. The NYT gets some cred this week for calling out Fox news for what it really is: a hyper-partisan propaganda outlet. And while I agree, I still think it's the best news in town with surprisingly honest reporting being done by Shepard Smith, Geraldo Rivera and Judge Napalatano. CNN is inept and MSNBC is almost too liberal for its own good. Far be it that one of these outlets would expose the actual truth 24/7.
One current bill, formally S 510, is supposed to make food safer. What it appears is going to happen is that food is going to be more expensive, jobs are going to be lost and we will end up importing more food from other countries that have no food safety standards. I feel sick already. Plus, it can be read as making home gardens and farmer's markets illegal. Way to go Congress.
Another stealth bill being passed has no number, just an attachment to a rider to another bill (which is how S 510 passed as well). It's called The Great Outdoors Bill of 2010 and what it does, I think, is it's going to take over vast tracks of land and then some quasi government agency will take over and exploit it for profit. The reason I say I think is that this bill is impossible to find anything out about it. It exists. Only finding what exactly is in it is some sort of top secret nonsense. The way it went through back door channels after it was all but dead shows the skill our politicians have in one overing the American people.
So let's recap the year. Our Constitution is shot, the TSA and the police can grope you at will, your job is not secure no matter who you are, there are now 7 people for every job out there, big business is poisoning us for profit, the government is compiling info on everyone in the country, detention centers are being built for god knows why, the FBI is setting people up for "terrorist" crimes, government no longer operates for the people, and democracy died. We live in a ogliarcy where they use their money for fame, making them important. They are the new royalty. The thing is, people are getting pissed. How long before things explode?
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