Monday, March 31, 2008

When you hear it in Hazen or Burn the house to stay warm


Back in the old home town Lord Kadizzle has been putting his finger in the air to test the political wind. Filling the car with gas this morning, I spoke to one of the gas station managers. He is worried about the economy, he notes how people are not buying new cars. Everyone seems to be feeling the ominous cloud hanging over us as the Republicans try to undo the mess they have made. We both felt the same way, this is not an ordinary recession we are headed toward. Bush has created unimaginable debt with his little adventure in Iraq. Three trillion dollars for his war game is a stiff price to pay. To give you an idea, that is enough to solve all the problems of social security for 75 years. If you have a steady income from some job, you will not notice the mess so much, unless you are trying to retire. So far I have met several people who are postponing retirement because of the damage George has done to the economy. When I had a steady job these downturns did not seem to matter so much, but now that Lord Kadizzle has felt his own nest egg assaulted by Bush economics, the story is different. Even the people Bush tried to favor must realize he has done them more harm than good. If you kill the peasants, the nobles will not live well, Bush doesn't seem to grasp this concept. If you read anything other than the comics you have to see the mess this administration has made. One of my greatest hopes is that young people will wake up. It is beginning to seem that they may have awoken. The next generation is making 12% less than their parents, they don't have insurance, and they cannot afford health care. Add to that the fact that the Republicans have set it up so they cannot retire until they are 72, and you will begin to see the scope of the welfare for the rich program the Republicans have set up. Bush can tap dance all he wants (be sure to see the tap dance he did on youtube), but the only way he can get out of this mess is by selling the country to foreigners. Now when the banks fail in New York we ask the Arabs or Asians to step in and buy them. In the book Angela's Ashes there were some chapters about how the family had to burn the furniture to heat the house, finally they started tearing the walls apart to burn them for heat. This is what the Republicans have brought us, when will these idiots notice what we are doing?

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