October 31, 2009
Primera noche de las brujas
October 25, 2009
Who is Howard Beale?
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Incensed by the continuing wholesale kleptomania of the financial world as described in the Washington Post, El Jefe at Boiled Dinner did that "write to your senators" thing that passionate citizens do when they're mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. Kudos to Jeff for a succinct and effective note.
As happens from time to time, here is a typical "comment on a blog that became a post instead."
I have fear that increases a bit with each article I read about all this financial stuff. It's a fear that America, like some strung-out junkie, will have to hit rock bottom in order to snap out of the consumerist greedocracy in which it has become so comfortable living. And yes, as Jeff pointed out, rage is something else I have - it's about the only thing that keeps me from being burned out on concern for our nation's future.
It is a frustrating thing to be unable to muster any trust for our elected officials to fashion a proper solution to our troubles.
The only things that I can so far agree to, based on a plethora of news and commentary both organized and informal, are the following rather nebulous points of indeterminate feasibility:
1. Break the grip of the two-party system. One more viable party would great, two seems to be the impossible dream.
2. Declare 100 percent public financing of all elections. How much would this cost in comparison to American military deployments and financial bailouts? Seems like a bargain to me.
3. Reform of corporate personhood designations that facilitate loopholes in everything from liability to taxes to government lobbying.
4. (Write-in)
5. (Et cetera)
6. (Et cetera)
Incensed by the continuing wholesale kleptomania of the financial world as described in the Washington Post, El Jefe at Boiled Dinner did that "write to your senators" thing that passionate citizens do when they're mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. Kudos to Jeff for a succinct and effective note.As happens from time to time, here is a typical "comment on a blog that became a post instead."
I have fear that increases a bit with each article I read about all this financial stuff. It's a fear that America, like some strung-out junkie, will have to hit rock bottom in order to snap out of the consumerist greedocracy in which it has become so comfortable living. And yes, as Jeff pointed out, rage is something else I have - it's about the only thing that keeps me from being burned out on concern for our nation's future.
It is a frustrating thing to be unable to muster any trust for our elected officials to fashion a proper solution to our troubles.
The only things that I can so far agree to, based on a plethora of news and commentary both organized and informal, are the following rather nebulous points of indeterminate feasibility:
1. Break the grip of the two-party system. One more viable party would great, two seems to be the impossible dream.
2. Declare 100 percent public financing of all elections. How much would this cost in comparison to American military deployments and financial bailouts? Seems like a bargain to me.
3. Reform of corporate personhood designations that facilitate loopholes in everything from liability to taxes to government lobbying.
4. (Write-in)
5. (Et cetera)
6. (Et cetera)
Labels: gummint, justice, law, Nothing about Yoko, politix, rants, terms of enragement
