Why we are so angry.
Now that we have suffered another indignity thrust upon us
by willful conservative ignorants. Ignorants in the media, ignorants in the
government, ignorants in religion, ignorants in corporate America, and
unfortunately, ignorants of willingly deceived American citizens.
These different groups have brought about the near failing
of the United States constitution on January 6, 2021. But that is just the
latest insult to our nation.
President Ronald Reagan removed the Fairness Doctrine
enforced by the FCC giving media corporations the ability to focus their
messages on partisan goals enforcing one side of every argument and
politicizing every aspect of American life, where you live, how you worship, what
music you listen to, where you get your coffee, and of course weather you wear
a mask to protect yourself and others in your orbit during a pandemic. Be
selfish, you are owed more, others are taking from you, being the ongoing
message for 50 years.
A single corporation can now own most media outlets in any
market, newspaper, tv, and radio stations. They are killing off local coverage
and shrinking newsrooms to the detriment of an educated electorate. Too many
markets only have conservative media funneling the party line into the brains
of an undereducated populace that reactively buys guns and angers whenever they
do not win an election. Ironically blaming the media. Not their preferred outlet,
the other’s outlet, mainstream media.
The ministers and bishops in these towns reinforce the grievances
advertised in the media by doubling down on the victimization of their faith,
their race, and their political opinion. If God is on our side, we have to
win it all. No compromise is acceptable, no vacillation is redeemable. Always
push for conservative ideas, no matter if they have lost in the court of public
opinion, no matter if they are right or wrong, no matter if the facts do not
support them. The election was stolen from our candidate even if it was
corroborated by recount and the courts. We are victims, always victims.
Corporate America never lets an opportunity go to waste.
They fund lobbying groups and conservative candidates, looking for the short-term
gain, tax cuts, special exemptions, grants and contracts that had special
sweeteners from favored recipients of PAC and campaign committees. Every year,
every congress, every election strengthening the corporate grip on federal and
state governments. Always taking and taking from the public coffers money and
privilege leaving less and less for average American people who work and are unprivileged.
The elected conservative ignorants always needing those
campaign contributions, grabbing for power and control using their position to
impeach a duly elected President because he lied to his wife and in turn the
American people about an embarrassing breach of personal conduct that had no
impact on his ability to perform his duties and was NOT a high crime or
misdemeanor.
A few years later they insisted to remedy a contested
election in Florida with appointment of a corporate President by a majority of conservative
judges in the supreme court instead of a recount, even though he lost the national
popular vote by a substantial margin.
The corporate President then failed to protect our country
from the worst terrorist attack on our country and proceeded to use that attack
to convince the American people to attack a different country with oil
resources for the corporate elite. Iraq, while ruled by a brutal dictator, had
nothing to do with the terrorist attack. A made-up war for financial gain where
approximately 200,000 Iraqis, and 4,424 American service members lost their
lives and nearly 32,000 Americans were injured. All so corporate accountants
can report improved numbers to their CEOs. If not that reason, why?
That same failed president, always a fan of deregulation of
the financial markets allowed a fantastic bubble in real estate markets to
cause the greatest recession in American history. Putting millions of American
citizens out of work and out of their homes. Between the wars and the financial
bailout Bush increased the federal debit by 101%. So much for fiscal responsibility.
The next President trying to help the American people
proposed stimulus and health care to assist the middle and working class, but
those efforts got no support from the elected ignorants. One corporate ignorant
begrudged the people because I suspect he thought he was a victim of government
largess, apparently his 7-digit income was at risk if the taxpayers helped the homeless.
This rallied other victims of welfare. Clearly, they would be hurt by the
unwashed being fed and housed. How could a black man have so much power, he
must be from somewhere else. Throughout the eight years of President
Obama’s administration the elected ignorants refused to cooperate in any way.
They blocked needed judges including a judge for the supreme court just so they
could “win”. They blocked every important relief for the American people and complained
every day about a socialist president.
With the backing of a foreign government a new and more
dangerous ignorant corporate president was elected. Again, without a majority
of votes. This president would not hide his resentment of those he deemed less
than, insulting and degrading whoever got in his way. The willingly deceived
ate it up. He told it the way it is. With his limited vocabulary of
curse words and an 8-year-old reading level, his small hands signed executive
order after executive order tearing apart any and all of the progress of his predecessor.
His only legislative achievements were huge tax cuts for the wealthy (the only
requirement of the corporate ignorants) and his appointment to the courts every
federalist society judge that was available to fill the gaping holes in the
judiciary left by the majority leader.
Colluding with foreign government worked so well last time
he thought he’d try again. With the cooperation of his congressional ignorants
this failed president survived an impeachment with only one vote from his party
voting for conviction. “If this is not an impeachable offence what is?” said
the house manager. Perhaps the saddest day in American history up to this point.
An entire political party was willing to allow a corrupt and unqualified
traitor to remain in office for political expediency.
The antics of this ignorant president became so widespread,
that never a day went by without another norm being misused. Appointments not
made, actions not taken, the government was being thinned with every executive
order and every utterance of “some people say”. He was brainwashed during his
“executive time” watching the ignorants on conservative media and acting on
those false facts and misunderstood ideas during his four-hour workday when he
wasn’t playing golf.
He used his office for every profit-making venture he could.
Still in control of his hotel business, he overcharged his security detail and
forced every interaction with his administration to happen at his hotels and
properties. Stealing from his allies, his party, the government, and the
American people.
When the next election came, he knew he would lose. He
floated not having an election or postponing it. He continued to say, “the
election is rigged” and he did his best to make that true. When the election
resulted in his loss, he contested the election with no proof or examples of
corruption. The American people clearly rejected him and all the recounts and
court cases proved him a liar again and again.
The willingly deceived ignorants were not deterred. They
rallied for him with weapons and combat gear in costumes and emblazoned flags
and MAGA hats they stormed to the capitol to stop a constitutionally mandated
action by the elected representatives of this nation. They broke windows,
doors, art, desks, beat-up police, and literally defecated on the heart of
democracy, the soul of the country. Just because their feelings were hurt by
not winning a fair election. They “feel”
like they did not get a fair shake. Are they ready to take this government by
force before the inauguration?
The ignorants ignore the most important issues and thrust
our attention to menial and passing issues. Natural disasters are gods will.
Shootings in schools are the price for freedom. Homelessness and destitution are
caused by lack of moral character. Other
peoples suffering is not their concern. “What’s in it for me?” They Say.
What’s in it for them is a functioning society where
standards are respected, where everyone has the right to challenge those
standards, but no one has the right to violently overthrow these standards. A society where we use science and good
intentions to help all of us through a pandemic, natural disasters, climate
change, and global actors that truly threaten our way of life.
