The proposed jobs bill will provide many opportunities for America's struggling working class to get back to the dignity of having a job.
Of course, this will come an an indignity of paying fair taxes to corporate America (is there any other America), and the billionaires and republicans are screaming "NOOOOOO!!!!! Get your socialist hands off my wallet."
Since we can't seem to beat these greedy corporate giants, America needs to tax them fairly. Passage of this bill is extremely important to the economic health and future of America.
Really, just how many shopping trips to Balenciaga does one corporate CEO need to make? How about if we let seventy-five Americans go to K-Mart, instead.
Tax the Rich. Feed the Poor. This needs to be America's new motto.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
AT&T & Me
Well, as my husband and I decided, one more problem with AT&T, and they were done in our household. We had problems that extended for ten days, numerous technical calls and visits to our home from AT&T techies, and the problem continued. I quit the system. I guess I'm the winner. Or am I?
Winter is looming. No cable t.v. Can't stand Time Warner. Can't stand AT&T. I could get a satellite dish, but since they don't work well in bad weather, and Wisconsin is bad weather most of the time, what's the point? So, books, movies, hobbies will have to occupy my attention, which is not at all a bad thing. I'm creative. I'll have more time to research things I want to blog about.
And speaking of research, we attempted to file a complaint with the Wisconsin Public Service Commission regarding AT&T's useless service to us. After all, they were billing us for a service they repeatedly did not provide.
Guess what the Wisconsin Public Service Commission told us? That in a bill signed by the Governor-Eject, Scott Walker, consumers have no recourse to file complaints against telecommunication companies. The corporations can walk all over the consumer, and consumers have to take it. No avenue for consumer protection. No rights.
Boy, does this sound like a Governor-Eject Walker Plan or what?
The United States of America, Inc.
You can't even boycott these corporations because they ARE America. Belize is looking better and better, and definitively, more of a solution for me. If I'm going to continue to live in a third world country, it might as well have palm trees.
And I can't wait to see this lazy-eyed, joke of a political nimrod get his a$$ kicked out of Madison. I see a bad moon rising. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Scott Walker's skinny, pimpled buttocks!
Winter is looming. No cable t.v. Can't stand Time Warner. Can't stand AT&T. I could get a satellite dish, but since they don't work well in bad weather, and Wisconsin is bad weather most of the time, what's the point? So, books, movies, hobbies will have to occupy my attention, which is not at all a bad thing. I'm creative. I'll have more time to research things I want to blog about.
And speaking of research, we attempted to file a complaint with the Wisconsin Public Service Commission regarding AT&T's useless service to us. After all, they were billing us for a service they repeatedly did not provide.
Guess what the Wisconsin Public Service Commission told us? That in a bill signed by the Governor-Eject, Scott Walker, consumers have no recourse to file complaints against telecommunication companies. The corporations can walk all over the consumer, and consumers have to take it. No avenue for consumer protection. No rights.
Boy, does this sound like a Governor-Eject Walker Plan or what?
The United States of America, Inc.
You can't even boycott these corporations because they ARE America. Belize is looking better and better, and definitively, more of a solution for me. If I'm going to continue to live in a third world country, it might as well have palm trees.
And I can't wait to see this lazy-eyed, joke of a political nimrod get his a$$ kicked out of Madison. I see a bad moon rising. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Scott Walker's skinny, pimpled buttocks!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
September 11th
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States. Islamic fundamentalists crashed four planes, killing thousands of people, and literally, bringing America to its knees. A tragedy beyond description.
My heart does go out to anyone who lost a loved one on this dark day in history, and also to all Americans, who felt the enormous sense of disbelief and sorrow as we watched the world trade center crumble into history.
I have endured tragedy and loss, personally. I know what it feels like.
I also know that being enmeshed in sorrow, grief and anger tends to cloud and distort reality.
I revert to what I know to be true. A nation engaged in humanitarian endeavors need never worry about such things as terrorist attacks. America has ceased to be the "good guy" for decades.
Let us remember those who died and honor them. Their deaths were unnecessary, unimaginable and unfair.
But let us also remember that America engages in behaviors that cause other nations to hate us. We, as an imperialistic nation, also played a role in the September 11th terrorist attack.
The intergalactic constable claims we're all responsible.
My heart does go out to anyone who lost a loved one on this dark day in history, and also to all Americans, who felt the enormous sense of disbelief and sorrow as we watched the world trade center crumble into history.
I have endured tragedy and loss, personally. I know what it feels like.
I also know that being enmeshed in sorrow, grief and anger tends to cloud and distort reality.
I revert to what I know to be true. A nation engaged in humanitarian endeavors need never worry about such things as terrorist attacks. America has ceased to be the "good guy" for decades.
Let us remember those who died and honor them. Their deaths were unnecessary, unimaginable and unfair.
But let us also remember that America engages in behaviors that cause other nations to hate us. We, as an imperialistic nation, also played a role in the September 11th terrorist attack.
The intergalactic constable claims we're all responsible.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Tea Party Zombies Must Die - A New Videogame
The latest project by StarvingEyes Advergaming is a new video game giving players a chance to explore a post-apocalyptic Fox News studio and kill off zombies that resemble famous conservatives, including Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck.
Other characters in the first-person shooter include the "Generic Pissed Off Old White Guy Zombie", the "Pissed Off Stupid White Trash Redneck Birther Zombie" and the "Express Racist Views Anonymously On the Internet Modern Klan Zombie", who dons the remains of a KKK robe as he wanders around with a sign that describes President Obama as a Muslim. In between levels, players are given tidbits of political facts, so the game is educational as well as entertainment.
Obviously, the game is causing quite a stir, especially in the conservative establishment.
I think the fact that a game like this, although possibly in poor taste, is a statement about how seriously mainstream America is about depriving the conservative tea party movement of credibility. And this is a good thing. The tea bags want to take this country backward. Back to a time where the white/corporate establishment ruled and people had no rights at all, unless you consider the right to be subjected to all kinds of indignities a right.
Tea bags do remind me of mindless, flesh eating zombies. The flesh they savor the most is the flesh of American workers. Minimum wage earners are relatively safe.
I don't advocate violence, but virtual violence against people who are puerile, disingenuous, and backward is just fine with me. I'm buying this game. It will be good for my liberal soul.
Other characters in the first-person shooter include the "Generic Pissed Off Old White Guy Zombie", the "Pissed Off Stupid White Trash Redneck Birther Zombie" and the "Express Racist Views Anonymously On the Internet Modern Klan Zombie", who dons the remains of a KKK robe as he wanders around with a sign that describes President Obama as a Muslim. In between levels, players are given tidbits of political facts, so the game is educational as well as entertainment.
Obviously, the game is causing quite a stir, especially in the conservative establishment.
I think the fact that a game like this, although possibly in poor taste, is a statement about how seriously mainstream America is about depriving the conservative tea party movement of credibility. And this is a good thing. The tea bags want to take this country backward. Back to a time where the white/corporate establishment ruled and people had no rights at all, unless you consider the right to be subjected to all kinds of indignities a right.
Tea bags do remind me of mindless, flesh eating zombies. The flesh they savor the most is the flesh of American workers. Minimum wage earners are relatively safe.
I don't advocate violence, but virtual violence against people who are puerile, disingenuous, and backward is just fine with me. I'm buying this game. It will be good for my liberal soul.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Corporate Fascism
I'm really disgusted with the corporatized America I live in. Corporations run this country, and they are free to do whatever the hell they want, thanks to the likes of Ronald Reagan, George Bush and the GOP.
Example: Have had no cable t.v. for over a week. AT&T schedules repair appointments for me, then doesn't show. Have to navigate a byzantine automated phone system to reach them. They lie to me repeatedly. I actually have discovered that I don't really mind not having cable television, so in fact, their incompetence is my enlightenment. I can get local and national news. If I don't like what is showing on network t.v., I can read some books. The latest scoop on this inconvenience is they are coming tomorrow to fix the problem. Well, that's the fourth time this week. We'll see. If the problem can be fixed, fine. My bottom line, however, is the next problem I have with AT&T will be the last. We have made a decision to live without cable.
I go to work today at a large retailer, who broadcasts over the store intercom that we all fell short in making enough money yesterday, and shame on us, we need to do better. Excuse me? The economy is in the tank, or haven't you fat asses heard that? Guess not. You're too busy counting your millions and wishing for more. And by the by, why in the F*ck should I do better so this corporate greed machine can take it all and give me absolutely nothing in return. Screw off. That's my attitude toward my employer. Don't like my attitude? Fire me. I'm actually looking for a good excuse to never give another cent to any corporation, from my VISA and MasterCard accounts to every little greedy hand that reaches my way to sell me some $hit service or junk item made in China piece of crap. Know what? I can live without it. So can you.
The corporate fascists of America are holding this country and it's people hostage. I'm ready to default and say, oops, I said I would pay the money back, but I lied. Much like you lie to me. F*ck you and if you don't like it, sue me.
But you'll have to find me first. I can be very hard to find when I want to be. We all can.
Example: Have had no cable t.v. for over a week. AT&T schedules repair appointments for me, then doesn't show. Have to navigate a byzantine automated phone system to reach them. They lie to me repeatedly. I actually have discovered that I don't really mind not having cable television, so in fact, their incompetence is my enlightenment. I can get local and national news. If I don't like what is showing on network t.v., I can read some books. The latest scoop on this inconvenience is they are coming tomorrow to fix the problem. Well, that's the fourth time this week. We'll see. If the problem can be fixed, fine. My bottom line, however, is the next problem I have with AT&T will be the last. We have made a decision to live without cable.
I go to work today at a large retailer, who broadcasts over the store intercom that we all fell short in making enough money yesterday, and shame on us, we need to do better. Excuse me? The economy is in the tank, or haven't you fat asses heard that? Guess not. You're too busy counting your millions and wishing for more. And by the by, why in the F*ck should I do better so this corporate greed machine can take it all and give me absolutely nothing in return. Screw off. That's my attitude toward my employer. Don't like my attitude? Fire me. I'm actually looking for a good excuse to never give another cent to any corporation, from my VISA and MasterCard accounts to every little greedy hand that reaches my way to sell me some $hit service or junk item made in China piece of crap. Know what? I can live without it. So can you.
The corporate fascists of America are holding this country and it's people hostage. I'm ready to default and say, oops, I said I would pay the money back, but I lied. Much like you lie to me. F*ck you and if you don't like it, sue me.
But you'll have to find me first. I can be very hard to find when I want to be. We all can.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
The Walkers. A-List Wannabes
The Walkers are throwing a croquet tournament/mansion restoration fundraiser to collect private dollars for refurbishing a publicly-owned building. I was surprised that the Walkers had ever heard of croquet. I am even more surprised that they know how to play. Oh. That's an assumption on my part. I will bet public funds that the Walkers are taking croquet lessons and that Scott is especially being reminded to look down and not trip over one of the hoops, thereby causing physical embarrassment to match his mental embarrassment.
Okay. Fine. Maybe the mansion does need restoration, although the main renovation it requires is someone new living there.
But when I read that Tonette Walker is asking attendees to donate a favorite purse filled with the donee's favorite things, to be auctioned off at the croquet party, I felt somewhat nauseous. First of all, the few times Tonette Walker has appeared in public, she hasn't really carried a purse. She does seem to me to be more of a fanny pack type of girl. Or, more submissively, the type of girl who doesn't need a purse because her husband takes care of everything.
What would be inside these donated purses?
According to the first lady of Wisconsin, hers will contain a Bobbie Brown lipstick. (Let's speculate on the shade ---- Cougar Coral) and a tube of hand cream. Obvious joke not being inserted here.
What else? A Weight Watchers point book? A tea party publication on the role of a submissive wife? A sudoku puzzle pamphlet? A joint and some oxycodone? Frankly, that's my guess. How else could one stomach being in Scott Walker's personal life unless they were completely fogged?
At any rate, if the Walkers were being true to form, they would be hosting a wienie roast and playing the farmer in the dell. But they do so want to be taken seriously, and thus, croquet and designer handbags.
The cheese stands alone.
Okay. Fine. Maybe the mansion does need restoration, although the main renovation it requires is someone new living there.
But when I read that Tonette Walker is asking attendees to donate a favorite purse filled with the donee's favorite things, to be auctioned off at the croquet party, I felt somewhat nauseous. First of all, the few times Tonette Walker has appeared in public, she hasn't really carried a purse. She does seem to me to be more of a fanny pack type of girl. Or, more submissively, the type of girl who doesn't need a purse because her husband takes care of everything.
What would be inside these donated purses?
According to the first lady of Wisconsin, hers will contain a Bobbie Brown lipstick. (Let's speculate on the shade ---- Cougar Coral) and a tube of hand cream. Obvious joke not being inserted here.
What else? A Weight Watchers point book? A tea party publication on the role of a submissive wife? A sudoku puzzle pamphlet? A joint and some oxycodone? Frankly, that's my guess. How else could one stomach being in Scott Walker's personal life unless they were completely fogged?
At any rate, if the Walkers were being true to form, they would be hosting a wienie roast and playing the farmer in the dell. But they do so want to be taken seriously, and thus, croquet and designer handbags.
The cheese stands alone.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Back to Wisconsin --- Back to GOP Nonsense
It was nice to be in New York for a week. Mayor Bloomberg successfully coordinated an effort to protect citizens from Hurricane Irene, erring on the side of caution by having people evacuate lower Manhattan and low-lying regions, closing mass transit, and generally, showing true leadership in a time of crisis. That was so refreshing.
Here's what I find when I return to this muddled up mess we call a state:
1. Scott Walker's administration under investigation for campaign irregularities. Although that's not much of a surprise, it still disgustingly falls into categories of GOP antic and Scott Walker "I'm above the law" mentality.
2. Justice Prosser, currently under investigation for putting State Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in a chokehold, has come up with an ally in falsehood in the equally integrity-challenged Mike Gableman, who now claims Justice Bradley hit him in the back of the head. He couldn't remember quite what year that was. (No surprise here, since it never happened.) Fortunately, no one witnessed this exchange. Sounds as if the closed-door investigation is not going well for Justice Prosser. The GOP and the conservative regime in Wisconsin will stop at nothing to protect one of their own. Trouble is, "one of their own" increasingly means a lying, cheating, total waste of skin.
Lies. Altering facts. Spinning a new reality out of the straw of political necessity.
These are your leaders, folks.
Welcome to Wisconsin.
Wish I lived in Manhattan.
Here's what I find when I return to this muddled up mess we call a state:
1. Scott Walker's administration under investigation for campaign irregularities. Although that's not much of a surprise, it still disgustingly falls into categories of GOP antic and Scott Walker "I'm above the law" mentality.
2. Justice Prosser, currently under investigation for putting State Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in a chokehold, has come up with an ally in falsehood in the equally integrity-challenged Mike Gableman, who now claims Justice Bradley hit him in the back of the head. He couldn't remember quite what year that was. (No surprise here, since it never happened.) Fortunately, no one witnessed this exchange. Sounds as if the closed-door investigation is not going well for Justice Prosser. The GOP and the conservative regime in Wisconsin will stop at nothing to protect one of their own. Trouble is, "one of their own" increasingly means a lying, cheating, total waste of skin.
Lies. Altering facts. Spinning a new reality out of the straw of political necessity.
These are your leaders, folks.
Welcome to Wisconsin.
Wish I lived in Manhattan.
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