Washington Finally Interested in Helping We, The People... imagine that!

In a January 28, 2009 article at CNN.com, CNNMoney reporter David Goldman reported on the US House passing an $819 billion stimulus bill that included a buttload of money for us poor folks. Now, there are a couple of things to note, here.

First off, do you wonder why the bill that helps the poor folks out is coming now, after the corporations and the banks have already gotten their bailouts?

I looked at that headline and had to stop myself from shaking my head and worrying about inflation. Instinctively, I wanted to say "more money injected into the system which will drive down the value of the money already in the system."

The thing is, we've already seen well over a trillion dollars injected into the US economy in the past six months or so--possibly more than two trillion--it's hard to keep track. The value of the American dollar is fucked already, might as well pretend we have money--after all, it's only fair that finally, we, the regular folks, get our turn at the pot.

Why do I think we won't be seeing checks proportionate to what the banks and corporations have gotten? Regardless, you have to wonder why We, The People of the United States of America are third in line of economic importance behind the banks and the corporations.

It's more evidence proving that our government doesn't give two shits about the people they're supposed to represent. Why do we not get our bailout before these businesses and banks?

Aren't we more important than them?

Don't they exist, like our government, to serve us?

Apparently, not.

Secondly, you have to wonder why precisely NO REPUBLICANS voted for this bill.

To paraphrase Kanye West: Republicans to do not care about poor people.

I mean, seriously, Republicans--do you understand reality? We voted you assholes out of office. You had your asses handed to you in the last election. 8 million more people wanted the Democrats' guy over your guy and you guys are retarded enough to vote against a bill that helps the regular people who voted against you?

UNbelievable.

Of course, we only get our bailout checks because we voted Obama into office. This is his thank you gift to us. Our payoff, if you will. He knows he's got to give us SOMEthing or we'll revolt.

The thing that's the most frustrating is just how illogical our "leaders" in Washington are behaving.

Jon Stewart asked, on Tuesday's Daily Show, why not give us the money and let us pay off the loans we've defaulted on, rather than have the USG buy up all the bad debt? Give us the money so we'll directly spend it on the economy rather than giving the money to the greedy bastards who caused all this trouble in the first place?

It's fucking frightening when the only sane voice in the room comes from a basic cable TV comedy news show host.

What the fuck, America?

We elected Obama, but now what?

Are we going to let ourselves be seduced by hope? Or are we going to demand actual leadership from our elected politicians in Washington?

Change may have come to America, but Washington is still filled with dipshits and morons who are happy to trade oral sex acts with the economic powerhouses that put them in office.

And that Blagojevich guy is getting impeached for being honest about trying to sell the Illinois senate seat. Seems hypocritical when we all know how our government is up for sale.

How else do you explain us normal folks seeing our bailout checks last?

Barry O'Bama's Looking for a Good Deal on Votes!

Back on October 14, 2008, Democracy Now included a clip of part of a speech Barack Obama was giving at some damn campaign stop, I don't know--but he said something that kind of intrigued me. Here's a quote from the transcript of the headlines from that day on Democracy Now's show (get the original here: http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/14/headlines#4 ):

...today I’m calling on Congress to pass a plan so that the IRS will mail out the first round of those tax cuts as soon as possible. We should get you a rebate in your pockets to deal with heating your homes this winter, making sure that—making sure that you can afford the new coat for your child or maybe even a new computer to help them in school.

Really? You want to pass an economic stimulus bill that will put money in our pockets BEFORE the winter?? Dude--when George W. Bush bought our votes back in 2000 (remember that extra $300?), we had to wait until after he got inaugurated to get our payments!

Truth be told, I didn't actually vote for him but got a "thanks for your vote" check anyway. Ah well--he should have paid us all a lot more for what he would put us through, but I digress.

Obama making this promise to us to put money "in our pockets" feels like pandering--he wants to pay us now for our votes, rather than wait for us to vote and then pay us.

What's wrong with paying us for our votes?

These days: nothing.

That's right, I said it. Our lives are based around money so much as it is--we want to vote for the candidate that will allow us to be the most prosperous and tax us the least, right?

This is why we hear so much about "tax cuts for the middle class" or "letting businesses thrive." It's because we all want to make money. When our candidates run for office the one who spends the most generally wins because he or she can spend more money on running ads that make them look good (or ads that make their opponent look bad).

So, why bother with any of this campaigning and these speeches? Why not just put the presidency up for auction and let the highest bidder get it? Then the money they use to buy the office can be divided up and spread amongst each American "voter."

Seems like we're practically already there. And since I haven't heard anything about McCain wanting to give me a check before winter hits (hell, I'm an Angeleno in NYC, winter's already here, bitch!) I'm not sure what else I'm supposed to do.

So, here's my vote for sale!!

What's that, Senator O'Bama? You want to give me up to $1000 before the winter comes? Well, my vote is...

SOLD to the man in the dark skin!

All joking aside, this is no joke. Our system is so very much manipulated by money it's practically hypocritical that we bother caring who is even running. We need to be more like the UK--they have caps on time and money spent on the campaign. How you spend your money is NOT a form a self-expression when it comes to politics. It's a form of country-manipulation.

Sadly, it's the system we've got and if we don't vote for the black man this time around, we get yet another white man--and they've all done so well for us in 232 years!! HOW many wars? HOW many economic depressions, recessions and crashes? HOW many American soldiers and innocent foreigners dead for corporate greed and conquest--aka wars?.

Sorry, I just knew I couldn't go out on a joke. :(