The End Is Near

What we are facing today in the U.S. is on the one hand a plutocracy where the wealthy few control the government and on the other hand a circus freak show composed of idiots , hopeless dipsticks and just plain liars. Our vote counts for nothing. We voted to end the the wars, to provide jobs for the jobless, to end housing foreclosures, to provide health care for everyone, to control Wall St. gambling and what happened? Nothing. The corporations have injected so much payola into the Congress that the politicians are fearful of voting for any laws that would benefit the middle class and the poor. Further, they refuse to enact any legislation that will regulate the highly leveraged speculation of the enormously wealthy and powerful financial corporations of Wall St. No regulation means banks will continue to rob us over and over. Since the legislators that supposedly represent us are unable to act, we are no longer a democracy but we are headed instead toward “totalitarian capitalism”. Hang on to your hat. The Empire is ended. We are about to descend into chaos. We will be poorer while the system disintegrates.

Now let's look at some of the characters in the freak show. They are the Tea Party Protestors, Russ Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Fox News, and Glenn Beck. These people are the right wing representatives of the Republican Party who belligerently combat government regulation and are linked to the thievery of Wall Street and the larceny of the “for profit” health care organizations. The Tea Party Protestors are composed of stupid, ignorant no-nothings. Russ Limbaugh said he will leave the country if a Federal health plan was passed. So where was he going? He picked Costa Rica, where apparently unbeknownst to him there is a national health plan that covers everyone. Maybe he did his homework because now he says he is not leaving. Too bad.

Sarah Palin admitted that as a child, she and her family would cross the border into Canada to use their health plan free of charge. Not too long ago, she advised Canadians to drop their National Health Plan. Is she “cuckoo” or just a hypocrite? Maybe both. We are all familiar with the sanctimonious Newt Gingrich and the people on Fox News are pathological liars who deliberately deceive rather than inform. Glenn Beck is obviously mentally ill.

Nonetheless, 35,000,000 people or more are struck dumb by these buffoons and believe what they say. They are allied with the Christian Right, a wing of the Republican Party. Millions of jobless who have no hope are easy prey for the religious fanatics. The program of the Christian Right is an alliance with the wealthy power brokers to control the State and destroy democracy.

As Molly Ivins once said: “Just when you think there wasn't a dimes worth of difference between the two parties, the Republicans go and prove you're wrong.” Rest in Peace, Molly.


References:


Hedges, Chris. American Fascists. 2006
Ivins, Molly. Quotations
Prins, Nomi. It Takes A Pillage. 2009