Stimulus? What stimulus?

Yeah, I know. ANOTHER post about politics. But seriously, SOMEONE has got to speak up for realism and practicality, not leprechauns and chasing rainbows as most people in America are doing right now.

Sadly, most Americans are too shortsighted to see the fact that our economic crisis needs a long term approach and not a knee-jerk reaction that we have been getting. Everyone wants it fixed and fix yesterday. It doesn't work that way. Not this time. And of course, the Feds make it worse by spending billions on useless shit under the guise of 'economic stimulus'. $30 Million to save a mouse? Really? How does that stimulate anything?

It's become more clear as time time goes by that Obama is beyond incompetent. That his 'change' was nothing but an empty statement designed to get him elected. I know every politician does that, but people really believed him. You know who else believed so strongly in their leader?

What we're seeing is the collapse of the American Empire into economic chaos and corruption. History has shown time and again this happening and yet all of you stupid voters turned a blind eye to that very fact in the hope of easy money and guarantees. In this 'Information Age' we're still not using the incrdible amounts of data available to us in order to NOT make the mistakes history has shown us have been made in the past.

I was proud to be an American. Until now. The idiocy of the average citizen and the sheer greed of our so-called 'leaders' disgusts me. Watching my beloved country dissolving into chaos before my eyes makes me sick to my stomach. I thought the USA of the future would be better, I wanted my kids to live in a safer, more stable place. And now, sometimes, I question whether I should have even had kids in this time. I love my kids, but the world is falling into entropy.

Yeah, I can hear people saying 'we've heard this all before Chicken Little'. And that's as may be. But look around you. Was there ever a time before where kids were murdering dozens of students in a HS or a University? Was there ever more instances of parents murdering their own children? Was there ever a time where discipline has become a joke and 'time out' is the preferred method?

Was there ever a time when you couldn't send your kids out to play all day? Was there ever a time when your kids were more of a target from child predators and perverts?

NO! Never. Look at it closely. THINK about it. Use your brain, people. Times have changed. I get that. But have they changed for the better? I think not.

I used to get thrown out of my house on Saturday morning after chores and told to not come back until dark. Yet, in this age of GPS enabled phones would you do the same with YOUR kids? Hell no. It's too dangerous, even when you know exactly where your kids are.

I've grown tired of watching the collapse, like a flan in a cupboard. Slowly, painfully and yet unable to stop it. We're watching our own elected officials grab every dime they can in a time when every dime matters. The avarice of Congress is out of control.

When LOBBYISTS get a copy of the final stimulus bill BEFORE the rest of Congress does, it's time for a change. A REAL change, not the bullshit Obama blithely promised.

Books, books and more books

You know, I love books. I figure I've ranted enough about the Bullshit that is the Obama Administration (I use the term 'administration' loosely. So far, it looks like a train wreck.) and concentrate on something that is good.

Books.

I spend a LOT of time reading. I cut off my cable access for it. Well, I cut it off primarily because Charter sucks and is too busy screwing us to actually make anything work. But, I got rid of the TV since, really, there's not a damn thing on worth watching. I have a couple of things I enjoy, Midsomer Murders, Leverage, Burn Notice and Psych, but why pay $60/month for 3 shows (Midsomer Murders isn't shown in America anymore)? I mean it's a joke what they push off as 'entertainment' these days. So, I told Charter to fuck off and have been TV free for over a year now.

This has given me (and my kids) plenty of time to read and trust me, it's a much more enjoyable pastime than sitting in front of the idiot box. While other kids are turning their minds to mush watching Ghost Hunters or some stupid reality show, mine are reading about History, and Science. Fantasy is much better when you use your own imagination. Not to mention the fact that they love to read and can read on a much higher level than most adults I know.

Sadly, the intellectual level of America is in the toilet. There's no interest in reading, just mind numbing repetitiveness on the TV. I'd rather read a book than bar hop. Or go clubbing. Although, I do go sometimes just to watch the idiot white boys who can't tell what color their skin is and the skanky hoes who think their shit don't stink and laugh my ass off at them. Pathetic losers, all of them.

Sadly, literature is a fading commodity. GOOD books are hard to find nowadays. Anyone with 5 minutes (not even 15) of fame writes a book that's poorly designed and executed. And really, what the fuck does Oprah know about literature? Nothing. How many 'authors' of hers has turned out to have made their stories up? Tow? Three? I mean can she really be trusted.

Not to mention, I tend not to read about contemporary items. I live in the present. I don't much like it, actually, why would I want to read more about it?

I much prefer history. It's amazing how the bullshit going on now has been repeated dozens of times in the past. And yet, you idiots out there continue to do that SAME DAMN THINGS your ancestors did. Usually with the same sad results. I get a kick out of that as well. It's funny watching my beloved America collapse like a flan in a cupboard the way the Byzantines, or the Romans or the Ottomans, The Franks, you name it, fell in their turn.

And the less people read, the more mistakes of that kind they will make. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad and I knew that my kids would have to deal with the fallout of idiot leaders who can't look past their immediate future.