Jared Loughner as he relates to William Daley

First, any commentator/blogger, even one as insignificant as myself, needs to do a little soul-searching after this weekend's events.  Me? I was not able to finish my first beer before I was finished. I believe that I know each of my readers personally. Although I call on you all to become angry, somehow I doubt if my angry reponse, which you know to be letters to my Senator, thanking him for taking a specific position, engenders any  violence; especially with my readership.

So onto today's topic. Once again, the press gets it wrong. Why, oh why, can't they come up with the right issue? The issue, in this case, is not how vitriolic political discourse has become.  It is not the violence of the individual.  If you look at all the political assassinations and domestic terrorist events you'll note that the vast majority of them have been committed by nut cakes. They may be wing nuts, whether left-wing or right-wing, but they are definitely nut cakes. The average wing nut, no matter how angry he or she becomes, is not liable to pick up a glock to solve his or her problems.  That does take a little bit of insanity.


So what, in my opinion is the issue?  I think you have to go back one step as to what causes the vitriol and the anger.  The issue is NOT that there is vitriol and anger, but why it exists.


One tactic of the rich and powerful (R&P) has always been to drape themselves in the flag and cry mom, apple pie, and the American Way of Life (AW0L.)   In doing so they have convinced a class of people, who are NOTHING like the rich and powerful, that the rich and powerful are like them.

Of course since they have the same core beliefs,. They believe in a strong government, belief in God, and keeping America for Americans.
(prompt:  flag waving and America The Beautiful playing in the background.)

So the ignorant continue to vote in the rich and powerful thinking that they and the rich and powerful have the same goals.

BUT IT AIN'T SO!!!!!

Our new Speaker of the House, Congressman Boehner, has sent letters to 150 businesses asking them what government regulations they would like to see overturned. Now Pres. Obama, already a moderate pro-business politician, feels the need to appoint William Daley as his new chief of staff. William Daley is the epitome a pro-business politician. So the biggest businesses, and the R&P, in the country are getting help from both the left and the right. And the little man, once again, is getting screwed.

Thus the anger. One percent of the population controls 50% of the wealth  Can someone please tell me why the hell does that 1% need even more representation. Why does it need to be asked what can we do to make your lives easier? When there was even a mention of a National Consumer Advocate why was there so much outrage about the government “wanting to tell us what to buy” yet there is no outrage that the government wanting to protect the rich even more at the backs of the poor?  It's because the R&P have convince the Poor and Ignorant (P&I) that they are in this together.  We both wear flag lapel pins, we want to pray to Jesus, and we want them furners out of our country.  So the right of the political spectrum is angry because their friends have told them to be angry.  As to the left?  Hey, just go back and read about the 1% and 50%.  That's why we're angry.  An if the P&I ever understood what the R&P was doing to the, they'd join us.  But as it is, we are all angry.  And we are all getting screwed.

So the question is, when will we get the government that protects the people instead of the rich? When we start asking that question then we will begin to understand the anger and vitriol that is in existence today.