Uncategorized 11 Jan 2008 10:29 am
It’s Over
I’m sitting here at work, just doing my thing. The radio is on, I have it set to the NPR station, where momentarily the classical music will begin for the day. In the meantime, they have the “business” show Marketplace on. I’m only half paying attention, but they start this segment with former Olympic Swimmer Diana Nyad, a lesbian who is a “motivational speaker” and does “sports commentary” on San Francisco’s KCRW radio.
The topic is how “inappropriate” it was to have Allstate, the insurance company, sponsoring the NCAA’s “Bowl Championship Series” (BCS) football championship game in New Orleans, because “thousands of people were hurt by Allstate in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.” She goes on to talk about how “devastated” New Orleans still is, and of course “big bad corporations” including Allstate are partly to blame for this (the ultimate culprit is Pres. Bush of course, but at least they didn’t go there in this segment).
I finally get so disgusted (and distracted) by the show that I switch it to the local “smooth jazz” station. And what do I immediately hear? A public-service announcement from HUD informing all those “displaced by Katrina” how to sign up for extension of benefits, to pay for housing, groceries, etc.
Okay, it’s more than two years ago now, and we’re all still picking up the tab for this. And we can’t get away from it. the PSA goes on and on about how you “don’t want to have to struggle to make ends meet, call now and get the assistance you need.”
That’s when it hit me: It’s all over. We’re LIVING in the socialist utopia that the Dems and others on the Left have wanted for so long. The Republicans are now socialists, and the Democrats are EXTREME socialists. Corporations are evil, John McCain says we have to control them, especially the pharmaceutical companies.
It really doesn’t matter who’s President. We can elect McCain, we can elect Hillary!, we can elect anybody, and the course will continue. Congress will keep passing laws raising our taxes and giving money to the “less fortunate,” and whoever is President is bound to sign it; that’s what’s been happening all along, all the rhetoric aside.
There’s not a darn thing any of us can do about it, either. Talk about electing a “third party candidate,” and that’s about all you’ve accomplished: Talking.
I’m in a terribly bad mood for a Friday, I can tell you.
