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Wendy on 09/14/2009 |
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As everyone knows, Glenn Beck set up an organization called the 9/12 project to March on Washington on September 12th. As per his banner on his site, “The 9-12 Project is designed to bring us all back to the place we were on September 12, 2001. The day after America was attacked we were not obsessed with Red States, Blue States or political parties. We were united together to protect the values and principles of the greatest nation ever created.” Good sentiment, but the 9/12 project is not about bringing us together at all. In fact, it was created to further the divide between Red states and Blue states. It was created by the very same people who want to do away with government and replace it with privatized industry and it is funded by those same private industries.
Let’s just take a step back here. I understand some of you don’t trust/like/respect the president of the United States, fine. Eventually, he will be out of office, whether it’s in 4 or 8 years. Trust me, I’ve lived through a president I couldn’t stand, and you will make it through, too. I promise. But really, what you guys are protesting for is just asinine. Private industry does not do everything “better”. Period.
The last 20-30 years in this country, the private industry has taken more and more roles away from the government. Our Congress men and women voted to allow the banks to “self govern” and we ended up with financial crisis of 2008. More of our roads are becoming toll ways, owned by private companies. The prison system is silently and quickly being taken over by for-profit companies. IRS collections are done with private companies. The military is contracting out “security” in our warzones to people who make 10-20 times more than our own soldiers. During Bush’s administration, he pushed for privatization of Social Security. Just imagine what our seniors would be going through right now if that had gone through! The fact is in all the examples I mentioned, the government had been providing the same exact services for years that cost less to the taxpayer.
And if you think that private companies taking over make you “freer”, I ask you this: Exactly what were you freed from, and do you realize that you are just being enslaved?
In a representative democracy, if we do not like what our government is doing, we vote them out. But what happens when the CEO who provides basic public services like water purification decides that it costs too much to make sure the water that we drink is safe? We can’t vote the CEO out, and the shareholders won’t vote them out because he is making the tough choices to ensure his company is making money.
The same is true for healthcare. We have let private companies decide who lives and dies. Their motives are based on profits. If your sister or brother comes down with cancer, they will try to find the loophole to get out of paying for the treatment. Your sister or brother dies, but hey, it’s nothing personal it’s just business. Meanwhile, the CEO of your insurance company takes home a billion dollars, (yes with a B) while your family buries your loved one. The CEO doesn’t care about you. And trust me, those same health insurance companies are helping Glenn Beck organize you to fight for them. Why would you fight FOR them?
What Glenn Beck has done is take you guys back to 9/12 in one respect. You feel the same FEAR we felt on 9/12. This time you don’t fear planes going in buildings or your fellow countrymen dying. You fear the very same government that is here to protect you. But yet, you don’t fear the slow takeover of our country by private corporations who care nothing about your freedom or safety, only about your dollar.
Think about it, please.
Tags: 8 years, blue states, financial crisis, glenn beck, irs collections, march on washington, political parties, private companies, private industries, private industry, privatization of social security, red states, seniors, social security
Posted by
Wendy on 08/24/2009 |
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I’m sure that everyone has experienced a week where everything seemed to go in every other direction than the way you planned. If you are anything like me, you get really mad when things go wrong that are totally out of your control. A couple of things went wrong for me in the past week. I will not bore you with the details. But I will tell you this: when something in my personal and professional life pisses me off, the rest of the world better be on its best behavior or they are going to hear about it. Apparently the rest of the world didn’t get the memo. World, get ready ‘cause here it comes.
To Democrats: Get your crap together. I swear you are all over the place. Can you guys and gals please start singing from the same hymn book? You guys are looking at the polls and you think people aren’t approving of what you are doing because they don’t want health care reform. They aren’t approving because you are being spineless wimps or are confusing the hell out of folks. Man up, and do this damn thing.
To Right-wing radio/TV/blogs: The president of the United States is entitled to a week off without your bitchin’ and moaning that he needs to be around to run the country. You guys constantly say that liberals look at him as the Messiah, but it is you who thinks the guy shouldn’t eat, sleep, or shit for the next 4 years. You know, I may have my biblical history wrong, but I think even Jesus ate and slept. You also think that he should just be able to snap his fingers and everything that is broken will be made whole. Really, let’s face the truth here. You just want to wear him down. Screw you. If your president could spend half his time playing cowboy in Crawford, my president can take a week off at the beach. And yes, I’ve heard you say it: he’s not YOUR president. Screw you. Again.
To Wal-mart: I noticed you changed the packaging on your Great Value brand, but that doesn’t give you the right to hike your prices. First of all, the packaging doesn’t bring any added value. In fact, it is less attractive and more generic than your old packaging. What is inside the packaging even seems to taste worse. I know that it is psychological, and I will overcome, because I know the reason you are doing it is to force me to spend more money on the higher priced name brand items. Ever since Sam Walton died, I’ve thought the company was taken over by soulless vampires. This confirms it.
To Corporations: I see that you are starting to report profits. Good for you. But I know it’s not because consumers are happily spending money in your establishments. It’s because you have cut your employees wages and benefits. Your workers are 20% more productive, but yet their personal incomes are falling. You get away with it because other people are losing their jobs, and people are content with just having a job. Meanwhile, your CEOs are still getting fat bonus checks and salaries. This will backfire, though. Sooner or later the economy will turn around, and the ones that toiled for you thanklessly will become the new employee for your competitor. So bask in your glory that you managed to turn a profit in a down economy, but know that your employees will remember when the getting is good. And as they walk out your door, they’ll just smile and say, “hey, it’s nothing personal, it’s the economy!”
Wow, I feel better now! Now what would you like to get off your chest?
Tags: biblical history, democrats, health care reform, liberals, messiah, president of the united states, professional life, wal mart, wimps
Posted by
Wendy on 08/17/2009 |
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There is a Church of Google. Don’t believe me? Google it. I have been an informal member of the Church of Google ever since Al Gore invented the internets. Once I was able to afford a 486 computer and a dial up connection with America Online in 1996, I was fully indoctrinated in the Church of Google. Unlike God, Google gives me the answers to my questions. When I spelled something wrong, Google corrected it. Google gave me the answers to life’s many mysteries like why it’s more dangerous for dogs to eat onions than it is for them to eat their own poo.
Sometimes, Google didn’t provide the answer for free. Instead, Google would present me the website, which for a fee of only $59.99, would provide the answer to my question AND a full year membership. In my faith, I understood that Google’s wisdom sometimes came with a cost. I was merely paying my tithes. How else will the Church of Google be able to afford to provide us with Its infinite wisdom?
On Thursday, I consulted Google with my very personal and pressing problem that I knew only It would know the answer. Oh Google, what caused my car air conditioner to quit in the middle of the hottest month of the year? And would it be better to repair it or use the $4500 with the Cash for Clunkers program?
Google, in its most infinite wisdom, informed me that my car is hoopdie, not a clunker. There is a difference. A clunker is a car that gets 18 MPG or less and was made 25 years ago or less. A hoopdie is a car that is a piece of shit. A 2008 Hummer is a clunker. My 30 MPG, 6 year old car is a hoopdie. No Cash for Clunkers, I must repair it, Google said.
Anyway, Google told me that my AC problem is a very simple fix. The AC blower is located in plain view under the dash. You just unscrew it, unplug it and then do it again in reverse to install the new one. The new one would cost only $39.99 plus tax in tithes paid to AutoZone, plus the cost of a screwdriver.
Saturday morning, I confidently went to AutoZone and told him the part number for my AC blower that I need. He looked impressed that I even knew what an AC blower was and that the “1” in my VIN number meant that my car was made in the US or Canada and not the axis-of-evil Mexico. I told him simply, “I confided in Google.” He agreed with me by shaking his head sideways and said, “Okay, since you found your problem on Google, I will sell this AC blower and screwdriver to you.” Silly auto parts man, it was my tithes!!
I drove home very happy that I was doing Google’s will. Once I got home, I contorted my body underneath the dash to find the screws that were holding the old blower on. They did not exist. The old AC blower was being held on my magic, apparently. I took my car to the auto repair store, who agreed to lift the magical seal and install my new one for $80.00, plus the cost of repairing my brakes for $120. And so it was done.
Later that day, the car repairman called to let me know that there are more problems with my AC than just my blower. He basically told me that my whole AC system was broke and would cost me more money than I have to revive it. I drove home, mourning the loss of my AC.
Oh, Google why have you forsaken me??
PS: I hope you enjoyed this post, I felt like you needed a break from the politics. By the way, you can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/wendyintx.
Tags: al gore, america online, auto zone, autozone, cash for clunker, clunker, dial up connection, google, hoopdie, hooptie, hummer, infinite wisdom, piece of shit
