It's 12:08 am here in Indiana. You would think this would be a pretty quiet place considering there are only 30K people in our town, but there are guns and fireworks going on all over the place and the new dog is climbing the walls. Literally.
I'm hoping this year is better than last year, for everyone's sake. Here in the States, I think we all should be able to line Congress up against a wall, walk down the line and smack them all in the head and ask them, "What the hell were you thinking?."
Note to Democrats: If you don't stop sitting on your hands like scared little boys and girls, and back your President like you are supposed to, there are a whole lot of people out here who are fed up with it and we will make damn sure you don't get re-elected.
Note to Republicans: We are not nearly as stupid as you think we are, and if you paid attention BEFORE you started going after Occupy Wall Street people, you would have noticed that plenty of your own people are out there. People with jobs standing up for those who don't, people with college degrees who can't get jobs, and people who are fed up with the greed and criminal behavior of Wall Street and the big banks. You are right to be scared of them, you should be very scared, because we are all coming after your asses. Not just for all the stupid stunts you have pulled this year, but because you have made the whole country look bad. A lot of us don't have much tolerance for stupid people.
NOTE TO REPUBLICAN SUPPORTERS: Unless you are part of the 1% or damn near close to it, your leaders are leading you astray. They have convinced you that it is a good idea to vote against your own economic best interest. They won't tell you that, but that's what they are doing and they are laughing behind your back because you don't see it. They are telling you the same things they have always have to keep you in their pocket. They will tell you that the 2nd Amendment is in jeopardy, but its not. I'm as much for that one as you are, we might want to raise up against our government if one of your guys makes it into office and you see what they are really about. They are scaring you by telling you that Obama is trying to take away your religion, but he's not. Think about it people! You are the one who decides what your religion is to you, no one can take that from you. The Republicans tell that to you, because they know that is one of the most important things to you. Is calling Christmas a holiday REALLY going to change how or what you celebrate? No. It does however make people of other religions feel included in that time of year, because most religions have a holiday around the same time. Does that really threaten you? If it does, then where is your faith? Is it really as strong as you say it is if you let something that includes people instead of dividing them, make you feel threatened? I understand your views on gays and abortion, I don't agree with them, but does it make it right for you to force your beliefs on other people? God gave us all free will to choose as we wanted, you may not like what some people choose, but that is for them to answer for if and when the time comes, not you. Jesus didn't force his beliefs on anyone, and neither should you. Quit letting the hypocrites dictate to you how you should vote. Until the lot of them can get their own lives and depravities under control, they really shouldn't be advising anyone. Keeping yourselves from forcing your beliefs on people is as much a test of your faith as referring to Christmas as Holiday. When you hear all these politicians using God to help further their cause, just remember what happened to the moneymakers in the temple. Another thing you might want to consider when your leaders start talking about the EPA and reducing the number of regulations. Just how happy do you think God is at seeing the Earth and all he created, destroyed for the sake of money.
To all the big corporations out there: As Peter Gabriel so fondly said, "The eyes of the world are watching now", and you would do well to pay attention to that. You would have done well to have the Republicans leave the EPA regulations alone, because now everyone realizes that there weren't enough people to enforce them, so you weren't adhering to them anyway. Brilliant move on your part. And, especially to bp, its pretty bad when your own country won't allow you to operate plants there anymore. You can run all the commercials in the world to promote tourism and pat yourself on the back in the Gulf, you are still making messes all over the damn place, and we all know it. If we put money into hiring a bunch of EPA enforcers (omg, that creates jobs) and had them enforce the regulations we have on the companies who have not been adhering to them, we could probably afford to let that 1% keep their tax break. They would need it because we would be taking the money from their companies, which hurts most of them more anyway.
Note to Wall Street: I really don't know how so many arrogant stupid people have have managed to be so lucky up to this point. Sorry to tell you, but that luck will start running out. The mess you have made playing with derivatives is catching up to you. People who put money into their pensions and thought they were safe, but lost them due to your arrogant stupidity, are kind of pissed off. You see, they EARNED their money, they didn't steal it like you did, and they want it back. So, hold your, "WE ARE THE 1%" signs up while you can. I think your chances of being there in the next few years are going to be pretty slim. Maybe then it will hit home what you have done to the 99%, because you will be one of them.
Note to the big banks: You are the dumbest people I have ever seen. You took the bailout money, which you could have used properly to make yourselves come out looking like heroes, and instead used it to expose you arrogance, greed and criminal behavior. Fannie and Freddie did not make the housing mess, you did. No one forced you to give loans to people who could not afford them, all they said was that you could not refuse to give people loans based on their location alone. YOU chose to give out loans to people you knew could not afford them, because you could just foreclose on them if they couldn't keep up with the payments. Most of those people were first time home owners wanting a piece of the American dream and you told them they could afford it, when you knew they couldn't. You say they knew what they were doing, but we all know they didn't. You can say it was all there in writing and they could have read it before they signed, but a whole lot of people sign those papers without really understanding them. When you got the bailout money, instead of using it to give out loans to small businesses who could afford them, as you were intended to do, you just bought up the smaller banks and cried that you had to follow the rules and keep a certain amount of money in the banks. How gracious of you to finally follow a rule. You think you have made it through it all free and easy, but just remember, once Obama is elected to a 2nd term, he doesn't really have to care what people like. He can't get a third term, so he can start prosecuting the hell out of each and every one of you, as he should. Hope that works out well for you. And, especially for Goldman Sachs, I hope every country whose economy you have screwed up makes sure you don't do business in their country again, and prosecute you wherever they can. It couldn't happen to a nicer group of people and I would like the rest of the world to get some justice where you are concerned.
Note to President Obama: Dude, you know I love you, but you have made some mistakes. You kept people on your staff who wouldn't listen to you, much longer than you should have. I know you have started cleaning house, but I think you probably have a few more to weed out. I know this first term has really sucked for you. Who would have thought that the Republicans would rather take the country down into a deep, dark hole and embarrass us in front of the world, rather than let you accomplish what you set out to do. And they call themselves patriots. They don't know the meaning of the word. You have given into them a few times too many, but I understand you had to do certain things that went against the grain in order to have an easier time getting re-elected this next time. Just promise me that when you get the second term, you'll take the gloves off and give as good as you get. With OWS scaring the hell out of the Republicans, they are making stupid mistakes and will make more and bigger mistakes once OWS can come back full force in the spring, when the weather warms up. Let OWS do what they do best, let the AG do his job with the voter suppression that is running rampant, let your volunteers do what they did last time, and you just focus on sticking to your guns on policy. It might get to be a little tough out there, but we will get you through.
