DOUCHEBAG OF THE WEEK; THE MIDDLE EAST

No contest on who is screwing things up most. Let's see those runner ups.

1)The 41.2% of taxpayers who pay no taxes lie- This is the most egregious use of statistics I have ever seen. As an expert on statistics (I have a degree in Anthropology which requires years of statistics classes and a subject I have followed since) I can tell you this is a case of massaged numbers and should be seen as a scarier stat than people really see it as.

First, that 41.2 stat includes active military, who do not pay income taxes, millionaires/billionaires who pay no income tax due to write offs (around 2000 of these people paid NO income tax in 2009), and the working poor.

Remove those from the equation and the number plummet into single digits. The people left, albeit a very number, not paying taxes are the ones who should be. Corporations, in the drive to be seen as people should be included in the above state which would skew the number even higher, probably into the sixty percentile range. Why do we get so mad that people are not paying taxes, yet let corporations get away with it every year?

The number that should make everyone nervous is the sheer rise in numbers from middle class to working poor, a twenty eight percent increase over the last few years. I am one of them. Don't be like me and get laid off the same week you get deathly ill. Living in MA with subsisted insurance saved me from bankruptcy. The work laws however didn't protect me from a predatory way of working today which requires you to make less so they won't get rid of you to hire someone cheaper. Don't believe me? It happens every day and I know a dozen others who have felt the same wrath, some getting "fired" after twenty years of service to eliminate pension and unemployment problems. They invent a problem, blame you for it and heave you out the door. Corporate loyalty does not exist. We shouldn't be either.

2)Paul Ryan- This corporate stooge said we should raise taxes on the middle class while lowering taxes for the rich. Where are the tar and feathers? More importantly: WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? Anyone seen pandering to vote for just about any democrat or republican at this point should be given a good tongue lashing. Down with the two party system. Unless fascism is your cup of tea, cough, tea party, hack.

3)Air shows using WW2 planes- After two spectacular crashes this week, both involving WW2 planes, maybe there comes a time when they should be retired. I love air shows, having gone to quite a few as a kid and as an adult. But with the tragic deaths this week new safety rules have to come out of this.

4)Wall Street- After screwing us blue for so many years, protests have FINALLY started. During yesterday's "Day of Rage," protests erupted in cities like New York, Seattle and San Fransisco. Some people are starting to wake up to the fact that the US that you know is gone. Democracy does not exist, unless you believe that voting R or D in the next election makes a bit of difference. MSM called the protests "childish" and "pointless." I think I speak for most of us when I tell you to shut the F up. Things are going badly and you keep cheering on this recovery that never seems to happen. ENOUGH! We are screwed and the sheep and MSM are propelling us to a day that will make today's misery pale in comparison.

5)Obama- Missing douchebag of the week by a hair, he has proven this week what we all knew: he as corrupt as everyone else. With the downfall of Solyndra, facts have arisen that show gross incompetence at the least and a major scandal about possible bribery being broadcast by FOX news 24/7 and for once I agree with them. This deal never should have been made. Their own people said the company would run out of money in September of 2011, which it did. This is a classic scam that's been going on for decades. A company petitions a politician for favorable status usually done by "donating" money to his campaign. In return, the politician gives huge sums of taxpayer money to the company. Then the company takes the money and runs. I watched it happen to my movie studio proposal in CT personally. There's no drive to actually make anything, just get rich schemes that benefit the two parties and no one else. Solyndra was selling their solar panels for three dollars per unit and making them for six. WTF? This company was used in the classic bait and switch scam that has been going on since at least the mid nineties, maybe longer. Obama should be investigated for this and, I can't believe I'm saying this, impeached.

6)The Middle East- Took a long time getting here. What a week. If all that above wasn't bad enough, now comes word that a huge new war may be brewing in the Middle East and no one seems to care. Turkey is trying to become a world power again and is turning more Islamic by the minute. PM Erdogon is possibly the most dangerous world leader on Earth. Let that sink in for a minute. This guy is way worse than Admadinejad and Kim Jong-Il combined. In the last week, he's all but pissed on the Israeli treaty that has been in effect for decades. He's threatened to attack oil platforms in the Mediterranean that Cyprus/Israel/US have started over oil rights that the UN recognizes belong to Cyprus. He's also said the next flotilla to Gaza will be accompanied by warships and is one of the loudest voices for UN Palestinian statehood. With the vote Friday on the subject, Israel is on high alert for trouble. They may very well get it. This area is a tinderbox and Turkey is stroking the fire. So congratulation Middle East, especially PM Erdogon, you are indeed douchebag of the week.