We had our chance for change and blew it. The right wingers blew when the Tea Party was corrupted by Big Businesses who overtook it and turned it away from anger at banks to anger at abortion, gay rights and unions. The OWS movement started strong and petered out by a bunch of wannabe hippies who refused to stand up and fight when their backs where against the wall. What a bunch of pussies they turned out to be. Many in the movement were disgusted when the cops asked people to leave and they did without so much as a peep. That kind of subservience didn't happen in Greece, Turkey or Egypt which has led to them not getting fucked as hard as they could have. True Greece is in free fall but if the government had gotten their way, there would be a smouldering hole where the country used to be instead. We have become the ultimate in sheep here refusing to stand up and demand more. Instead, we take it up the ass on a daily basis and come back for more. Shameful.
The Republicans have shown they haven't changed an iota in years as they unveiled their latest plan to work with Obama on the debt ceiling. It was a list of bad ideas, few of which have even the slightest chance of passing. They literally came up with a "menu" of things they would be willing to do to raise the debt ceiling. First off, Obama has said repeatedly he will not negotiate with the debt ceiling making the whole endeavor moor. Second, the ideas the GOP has raised as the same boiler plate nonsense rejected by Congress and the American people.
In order to raise the debt ceiling for the rest of Obama's term, he would have to agree to privatize SS and Medicare. That one is dead in the water and it would never pass the Senate in a billion years. Next, for a limited increase, Obama would have to agree to block grants for Medicaid, drastic cuts to SNAP and use of the chained CPI, all of which would create a whole new poverty class in this country. That's unlikely to pass either. Lastly, for a six month extension, Obama would have to agree to means testing SS and cuts to some agricultural subsidies. That could possibly work depending on the specifics of their plan. But if that's the best they have to offer, we are in a lot of trouble. So anyone collecting SS who is still voting Republican is voting to make less money, have less benefits and, most likely, die sooner. They are literally voting themselves to death. Stupid. Expect this to go to the last minute again, sometime around the holiday season.
The Police have become such a paramilitary unit that not a day goes by that some innocent person isn't being killed. In the last 24 hours, a 74 year old man was killed by SWAT while playing in a small time poker game, yes illegally, but does that really need an armed response? Also killed was a 54 year old Sunday School teacher who was shot six times trying to get away from a belligerent cop who had no right to stop her in the first place. Also arrested was activist Adam Kokesh for loading a shotgun in Freedom Plaza, DC and posting it online. In order to get this dangerous mastermind, the local police used helicopters, tanks, a full SWAT team and blockades. After kicking in the door and using a flashbang grenade, Kokesh was arrested for possession of a bag of mushrooms and having a weapon with drugs. He now faces up to ten years in prison. How many suspect that the drugs were planted like me? I would think many, many more agree with me on that. Our police are no better than the Gestapo and should be treated a such. The police are not here to protect us. They are here to make us slaves.
Speaking of slavery, Walmart announced that it would stop building three stores in the DC area after a local ordinace passed that make the chain raise their minimum wage to just over $12 an hour. Walmart has responded by saying the three stores they planned to build there are on hold. My response would be "don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out." First off, Walmart prices are no better than other Big Box stores or grocery chains now. Maybe in the past they were cheaper, but I hardly set foot in there anymore as other stores have better prices and quality. The days of their dominance is over and customers would better shopping just about anywhere else. If they decide not to go into the DC area, places like Costco, which already pay a livable wage. will enter instead. That is called capitalism and what we are supposed to be supporting, not the corporatism/fascism that has emerged instead. Walmart sales have dropped immensely and it is because of business practices like this that are really hurting their bottom line.
We face a terrible reality where all sides are trying to kill us, either by terrible laws, an out of control police force or unlivable wages. Until we stand up as a nation and demand better, it is going to get much, much worse instead. Do not let it.
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