Recommended reading: "The Wrecking Crew" by Thomas Frank.

I am going to try to recommend books on this blog since there are many people who can understand and explain the predicament the United States is in much better than I can.  Even if you do not want to read my stupid blog, you should really check-out the authors that I will be recommending as required reading.

I am not a professional writer, I am not a professional anything really.  I am a poor working schlub who is disheartened by the current economic decline and how the wealthy bullies of the world have stacked the cards of the game of life against us.

I wanted to start a blog because I felt that not enough people are talking about these issues and the corporate controlled media is disturbingly silent about the causes of our economic decline. 

Also I felt that there are not enough people who are looking to help working class people and/or shine a light on the devious right-wing activities that have the United States as we know it on a path to ultimate destruction.

I have found an author who is trying to do just that, it is Thomas Frank.  And the only talk show that I have seen him on is on Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.  I wonder why he is not on more main stream talk and news shows.

In his book "The Wrecking Crew," Frank describes how the wealthy corrupt government with their money and then turn around and complain that the government is corrupt and must be reduced in size or come as close as possible to be eliminated altogether.  Ronald Regan and the two Bushes ran up big spending deficits, cut taxes on the wealthy and then complained that government spending was out of control and big government needed to be reigned in.   And as James Carville put it, "The rich want small government for the same reason criminals want fewer cops on the street, so they can get away with murder. [This quote I got from the Internet and is probably paraphrased]" 

Frank goes on to explain how the lobbyists of Washington DC's K Street are the ones who are truly running the United State government and through this abuse of the constitutional rights America has become a plutocracy.

He also tells of the horror story of Saipan, a small island that is a United States territory.  In the 1990's was turned into basically a corporate controlled labor camps where guest workers had no rights and extremely low wages.  And all to keep the "Made in America" label on clothing.  The factories were eventually shut down for humanitarian reasons.  I believe what happened in Saipan is what the rich have planned for all American citizens eventually.

You must read this book is order to see the horrors that right-wingers like John Boehner have planned for us.  Even if you do not care for my blog, Please read this book.   The link to purchase it from Amazon is below:

Buy a Copy of "Wrecking Crew" from amazon.com

Obama supports Cartoon Network's anti-bullying campaign.

I saw President Obama on Cartoon Network the other day introducing a special for children on bullying. I guess he wanted to introduce the show because he must be a victim of bullying as well. During his entire presidency he as been bullied by the GOP, special interests, corporate America, and BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China).

He must have been a victim of bullying, this is why he cannot break the GOP hold on government that says supply-side economics is a good thing, that not raising taxes on the wealthy is a good thing, that having a huge trade deficit is a good thing, and off-shoring all of our jobs is a good thing.

Yes, Obama must be the victim of bullying, because it is the only explanation of why someone who ran on a campaign of change, didn't manage to change one darn thing from the mess that was created by George W. Bush from the previous eight years.

Will I vote for Obama? Of course. What choice do we have? But it's like the wealthy people and special interests are Jersey Shore musclemen kicking sand in our faces, while the only person we have to defend us is the 98 pound AV geek.