March 27, 2016

Jeb Bush endorses Ted Cruz, calls on Republicans to 'overcome the divisiveness and vulgarity' of Tru

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/jeb-bush-endorses-ted-cruz-calls-on-republicans-to-overcome-the/2270416

WOW.

For Jeb Bush to sink so low as to endorse Ted Cruz, the man his own family hated for years, just shows how totally unfit he was to be governor, much less President. I would like to think that Jeb's fall will bury the Bush legacy, but I know better.

March 18, 2016

what it is

The millennials throughout the world have seen that the older generations will sell them down the river in a heartbeat, especially in an economy that was propped up to give many Boomers the world with extra sauce, and the Millennials who know they are already paying that bill. It sure does not help that even the outlets for "young people" have run dry; even rock and roll is not seen as all that revolutionary anymore, and if any hints of it do get loud (like the bile that was tossed Beyonce's way) sure enough, there are the inevitable people crooning about why we cannot have the Grateful Dead and the Beatles, despite the fact they NEVER left.

I seriously wonder what the 80 year olds think as their 60 year old children assume the leadership role. Do they laugh as the 60 year olds bellow for that autocratic respect that hey never gave their elders? Do they laugh when these 60 year olds put deadhead stickers on their SUVs, or pay 300 dollars for prime seats to see the Rolling Stones? Do they chuckle when they see punk rockers get lauded as poet laureates, to say nothing of the various British artists now called "Sir?" Do they think that if they gave the Boomers the same raw deal economy, and the same warfare that makes Vietnam look like a skirmish, that their children would have killed them< Nah, they were too busy getting high and having sex in the van. Hell, many of them still are, except they can afford the doctor to prescribe their "medicine" and know that they are not going to end up like so many young kids, especially PoC, in the jails.

You cannot compromise every level of culture, from rock and roll to the internet to politics, turn it into a machine to ensure that the world only cares about the upper middle class and up, and then wonder why the kids are NOT all-right. No, they are not "ready for a despot", which was the articles call out to the Boomers to say "yup, I got your rationalization for taking control from dem dumb kids right here, fresh and hot!" The input for these kids is not wanted, save as an unpaid intern to get coffee, do the real work, and in many cases, give some white older male (who still thinks he is cool) an chance to pressure someone into sex. This is done because they know even the kids who go to college have debt, and of course, instead of wondering why colleges get away with bleeding them dry, they do a rant about how poor they were in school, never mind that Grandpa and Grandma used their saving from the war to help send them to school, saving the Boomers never even bothered to do.

Now, am i saying this about ALL Boomers, know. Indeed, i have had the honor of knowing many Boomers who are as exasperated at all this as I am, perhaps even more so than I can be. I can read DU, and hear many Boomers who are not just disappointed, they are F***ing Pissed, and they skewer the usual suspects with much more venom than I do. I will also warn the xers yers and others who are doing well, the ones that managed to get that high tech job in that gentrified neighborhood, YOU ARE ON THE MENU. There is a reason why the elite are actually investing in projects like floating boat nations that have no flag, if they can run their lives from some modern olympus, while the bare minimum of people alive, those who can be given the bare minimum to live, and then can have their carcass sold for maximum profit, they will. It will get real fun when people realize that even Capitalism has no loyalty to the West, that the elite is made of people who can be born on any continent, from any creed, who simply only have allegiance to the global culture that worships them.

March 15, 2016

You are on the Menu

I see much discussion of economics. There are many here who are glib, saying "this is the greatest prosperity in the history of the world, my statistics say so." Theses folks are very glib, blaming the working class for just not being clever as they are, and praising those far east workers for allowing themselves to be worked for pennies (never mind the execution van parked outside.) Some even have the nerve to say "it is a transfer of wealth from whites to non whites" as IF any wealth has ever trickled down to non whites, and as if the rich have any plans to allow that trickle down, especially as that wealth would mean that non whites would actually have the power that would make the elite listen to them. Yes Civil rights is it's own concern, but in America, where money equals virtue, the lack of wealth means you will lose.

All I can say to the very glib defenders of neo-liberalism is, you are on the menu. Do you think the Billionaires will not feast upon the millionaires, and that the millionaires will not eat the so called "upper middle class" many of whom are just one downsize away from disaster? The very people that shake your hand and ask for your support will be the same people who go into that back room, light a cigar, and discuss how to liquidate you. Go ahead and cheer your heroes that say our economic system is never to be questioned or curtailed, and you will soon learn what a lot of techies learned when they were run over by imported employees. To the lawyers, the doctors, the other professionals proudly living in the overpriced condos that used to be the apartments of working class people gentrified out, all I can say is, by the time they come for you, you will be able to do nothing but scream for help, but all the people that would listen were the same people you allowed to be shoveled into the furnace so that you could get that nice shiny toy.

March 7, 2016

I do not want to grave dance, but

It is hard for me to mourn people who worked very hard to enslave or kill people like me. I will grant that Nancy Reagan may have been misguided, but the fact is she did a LOT of harm. Granted, not as much harm as Scalia did, but she was still on the side of the badguys (barring any new revelation.)

I have to confess, there are a bunch of "funerals" that will happen as the last of the Boomers and WW@ generation grow old. Some of them, like David Bowie, will reduce me to tears, because they were doing good things with their literal last breath. There are some, and Scalia and Nancy were them, who frankly I have NO pity for.

March 5, 2016

Yes, I will vote for Hillary, however

She had best be thankful that the only choice is between her and Trump. I have no illusions about how Trump would not be a disaster; he has every potential to be what W. almost was, the nail in our coffin. I firmly believe that he will summon every demon in our national soul, from racism to greed to fear, and amplify it like the Marshall stacks at a Ted Nugent concert.

However, while I realize not all Clinton folks are giggling like a bunch of high school kids that just found another way to humiliate the nerds, there is a warning that sooner or later, those folks need to heed. If nothing else, Trump has proven that the demons in a party's soul sooner or later will hatch in the host, and crawl out of the skin like maggots. Of course, we laugh when the talking heads on Fox news ask "why did our Party go nuts?" Of course we can laugh when they trot out Mitt Romney to do damage control. Here is Mitt, someone who actually dares attack Trump because he inherited money.

But amidst the laughter, there is the fact that we too, are running on flat tires. Yes yes, the GOP will find ways to go right, which gives the Debbie Wasserman Schultz types the chance to push this party so far right even Carter would not fit in. Yes, the management style of DWS, laden with fateful decisions like supporting Charlie Crist over Kendrick Meek (which gave us Marco Rubio), or the fact that not having those debates allowed the news channels to fill time with all those old image of Hillary, and shining up Trump till he became the ratings bonanza they knew he would be. We are ripe for a demagogue. And before some of the more malicious among you scream "BERNIE" at the top of your lungs, no, I mean if Hillary limps in, or even botches this, how long till we get some billionaire or would be pawn of them who does to our party what Trump is doing to his.

Do not laugh, there are several people that can fund that, and not just Bill Gates, Mark Cuban, or George Soros. The beauty is, these folks would not have to make themselves the target trump is. What what result is a party gutted of anything, which suits those that hid in the contagion and rot of a corpse just fine (and yeah DWS, I do mean you).

March 1, 2016

Who are the rising Democratic stars

This is not a primary question, as the 2016 elections have their players set up. What I am talking about is something a bit deeper: who are the next generation of Democratic stars ready for the national spotlight? If the next Democratic president wants to accomplish anything, we will need to take back Congress, which implies a fair amount of newer people. I am concerned because I do not see a lot of discussion for the next generation, which could cut off whatever momentum the next president would have.