The Coming Class War

Ponder this for a moment*… 53% of all stocks in the market, are owned by just 1% of American households. Couple this with a 60% decline in net worth for the middle class due to mortgaging. Then add the fact that payment for overtime no longer exists. That’s right!! There is no such thing as overtime. Please refer to page 15, 576 of the Federal Register. You can work over 40 hrs but you will not be paid for it. That is a grand total of 2.7 million workers losing overtime. But they probably didn’t count on overtime in their budget. Overtime is a bonus anyway. FDR must have been a little tired in those first 100 days to enact such a measure. These figures begin to solidify and like cancer the haves and have mores increase there parasitic ways. For example, here is another bit of statistical information to make your blood boil; according to the World Bank the USA has more millionaires than ever: 7,400,000. And the total number of billionaires has jumped to 341. Lets Roll!!

This rot will end, however it could get a little bloody. I know that many are banking on the rapture so that rent for next month will not have to be paid but the fact still remains that America is becoming a mirror image of other more unsavory nations, such as Saudi Arabia and China. The discrepancy in wealth is on par with these two bastions of freedom and democracy. Monopolistic means of production and supply are global and wealth is concentrated within fewer and fewer circles. Within the next 10 years one of two things will happen, a catastrophic depression bringing everyone to their knees or armed resistance. I am taking marksmanship lessons now. Happy Hunting.

*The above stats have been incorporated from Greg Palast and official Federal documents.

A quote from Greg Palast's "Armed Madhouse"

All of the following information was gleaned from the seminal investigative work of Greg Palast, the last of the muckrakers. Pages 138-139….

"Why is our President so concerned with the wishes of Mr. Baker's (James Baker III) clientele (read Saudis)? What does Bush owe Baker? Let me count the chads, beginning with the 2000 election.
"I fixed the election in Florida for George Bush," as Bush's lawyer Baker told an audience of Russian oil industry oligarchs, bragging about his post-election legal work in 2000. That was reported to me (Palast) by my somewhat astonished colleague at BBC Television in Moscow. I assume he was referring to his work as consigiliere to the Bush family. He came up with the strategy of maneuvering the 2000 Florida vote count into a Supreme Court packed with black-robed politicos he helped appoint. Baker's claim to have "fixed" the election was not a confession; it was a boast. He meant, says our eyewitness, to dazzle current and potential clients about his Big In with the Big Boy in the White House.

Over the years, Jim Baker has taken responsibility for putting bread on the Bush family table. For example, among his other titles, Jim is “Senior Counsel” for Carlyle, an arms-dealing investment group that hired both Poppy Bush after he was booted from the White House and Junior Bush while his daddy was still President.

Bush Sr.’s job with Carlyle was to schmooze the Saudi royal family into buying weapons of major destruction. The sales pitch was made easy as one of the most powerful families in Saudi Arabia, the bin Ladens, were financial backers of the Bush-Baker Carlyle venture.

Bush Jr. was paid by Carlyle as a board member of its CaterAir unit. Sad for Carlyle, under George W.’s business stewardship, CaterAir swiftly took a terrifying finabical nosedive. Not to worry. It was Carlyle that got Presient Bush Jr. to pay the 'wind down' money for its Muslim-mauling Crusader tank-and–bulldozer combo. (see page p.48-49 for bulldozer debacle)

Lastly…

“So, if you’ve got the cash and are looking for a good time, but can’t find the little red light out in front of Baker Botts office in Houston, try his satellite office at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. DC. No kidding. Our President has given James III an office in the White House itself. This may be the first time in the history of our Republic that a lawyer in the employ of foreign sovereigns (read Saudis-{Baker represents the Saudis v. 9/11 victims}) has an office in the presidential residence.” (p. 141)

Why We Should Let the Rebumblicans Win in 2008

We are heading toward an impasse for Independants/Democrats (what are Democrats anymore, anyway?) in the coming Presidential election: who will take credit/blame for the Iraq War? It's an easy one if you take a cursory look at the issue: of course the Republicans will. It was under their watch that it happened, it was them who invented the reasons for going there, it is them who allowed (actually, PAID with tax breaks) the gas companies to profit off the war. It is my bet that no matter what happens, Exxon, et al, will win big. So much for my fellow soldiers blood... Here's the deal though--if the Dems win in 2008, they will be setting the country up for a Republic administration and house and senate again in 2012 and for a LONG time after that. How so? Who do you think will be held up as the culprits in this mess? It will be whomever is in office at the time--history has shown us that the American public has a short attention span, and it is likely that they will forget about the start of the war, but they will long remember the end of the war, and the results. The Dems are too mush-mouthed to start playing the marketing game the Reps have mastered. Because of this, they are seen as indecisive, and this indecisiveness is going to haunt the Dem administration, if they happen to win. Do you remember Kerry, allowing a chickenhawk to call into question his service record. The moment he let that pass without comment, he allowed them to call into question the records of EVERY soldier who has ever served. It will go the same way when we lose/win/withdraw from Iraq. It is time to look to the future: maybe it is time to let the Reps take responsibility for their crimes. Elect them for four more years!!

Good God, what did I just say?