When President Obama took office he knew he had his hands full. He knew the platter was overflowing. I don't thinlk he or any of us knew just how bad the country was literally bleeding. The country was bleeding from the inside. The wealthiest among us
had made off with billions in golden parachutes, jobs were gone, the housing bubble had
burst and wall street was making out like Jesse James.
Every form of big business had infiltrated the everyday Joe or Jill and was raping their
livelihoods. There was no oversight. Banks and Financeers were charging loan shark
fees and stealing homes and killing every possible dream or future that was plausible.
Now all of this news is old news to most of us but what we did not expect was the
continued roadmap being followed and continues to be followed with more madness
each and everyday from the tea party crowd, the oil spills, the weather patterns,
the destruction, literally of our infrastructure whereas it does not take an F5 Tornado
to tear up roads, bridges and homes but God help when it happens.
We did not expect Gitmo to continue in full swing. We thought we would be climbing
out one step at a time instead of steadily falling deeper into the pit of uncertainty.
Gas prices? Where will that end ! The wars? When will they end? Jobs..will they ever return? Lawlessness is abound with no accountability. TSA? Talk about big brother tactics...and all of these republican governors out of control with show me your papers or no collective barganing plus virtually killing healthcare for all with a bit
of crazy thrown in by people like Donald Trump. Then we have the Corporation being
declared rights as person.
We are all on a sinking ship and it is stinking to high heaven with the backroom deals and lobbyists. Big money and paid for propoganda by the out of control Corporations are putting holes in our democracy. This is no canoe but a huge ship that cannot be
turned around very fast but at a snail's pace because it is that out of control.
I do not blame the President because I think he is a bit overwhelmed by the audacity of
greed. It will not turn or get better until the people in masses, that equivalent of the
Brits who turned out for the Royal nuptials, show up and demand this madness stop.
Veterand and seniors have had no cola in 3 years. I feel we are not in a recession but something much worse. No one can save anything. Many do not even have the necessities of life. Few have affordable healthcare and the crazies want to get rid of
what little was passed. When will the American people put faces on those
numbers that say the country is going in the wrong direction?
People are tired of working and being broke. People are tired period. One used to be able to fill up the tank and drive around if they had no money. They can't even afford that anymore and it is about being scammed out of their vehicles and not enough money for gas if they can afford the one they have, Not many today can afford a car payment and gas.
Most people do not get the graphs and charts and petitions but politicians and business get real live warm bodies showing up in protest until we get some direction for this sinking ship. I truly believe that is exactly why Vietnam ended, because the youth took to the streets in masses and never left. They stayed and protested.
This and only this can change the course we are on. The people do have to push back because ourfrustration is about all most of us have left.