Miscaneous Jabs

I was raised with strong respect for the military and the government for the wealthy, for doctors and lawyers and business leaders. I learned how misplaced that adulation was. Many have chosen to not see the full truth. The evidence is not lacking or hiding. Those individuals are themselves hiding -- from reality, from the hard truth that their idealized fantasy about America is a sham, and worse than a sham, a danger to the rest of the world.

Please note that for every inch of anger at America, there is a foot of sadness and disappointment. I was raised, like so many, to believe in the wonderful sanctity of America. I’ve watched the tragic trajectory that has brought my native land to its present position, how it had a chance to be the true shining light on the hill, but opted instead for the halls of darkness -- of power, privilege, profits and polluted politics.

One piece of the multilayered proof of America's rotten core is that the evil rise toward success while good guys finish last. What hope is there for a decent man or woman in the cutthroat business world, or newsmedia, or in politics? Very little, actually.

In America, the mass media catered so much to the lower demographic -- once they realized the almighty numbers of the semi-ignorant, that they increased its numbers two-fold, three-fold, and beyond.

Bankers deeply wounded America, and to a certain extent, the world, with their foolishly headlong pursuit of risky profits. They were rewarded, and continue to be rewarded, with huge billions and continued obscene bonuses.

Democracy in the US is already up to its neck in corruption and inefficiency. Now with the Supreme Court opening the floodgates of corporate money onto the already drenched lowlands of political influence, there is little hope that the government can avoid being drowned by the corporate agenda.

So-called “conservative philosophy” is a phony ruse. The main purpose and goal of conservatives is deregulation and lower taxes, ie, keep government away from their greedfest.