show me the money

“Show me the Money”, a very famous quote from the 1996 box office hit Jerry Maguire, has taken on a life of its own ever since screamed by the character Jerry Maguire. It has become synonymous with a deed done is not done until the money is at hand, and you want something bad enough, then show me the money first and your deepest desires will be fulfilled.

In the greedy and gluttonous years of the Bush/Cheney dictatorship, the showing of the money was not as easily seen as it was felt or received. From the no bid contracts by Halliburton to supply everything from poisoned water bottles to shoddily built shower stalls in Iraq and Afghanistan (tricky Dickie Cheney stepped down as the CEO, but still had his hands in the coffers), to the Bush/Cheney energy policy for the oil cartels (remember tricky Dickie Cheney held a private no reporters or minutes meeting with the top CEO’s of the oil cartel, not even Congress was permitted to attend) which permitted oil companies to brag about safety but never pushed to backup their words, the money was shown, delivered and the naughty deeds done.

“Show me the Money”, with one hand on the Bible as politicians swear to honor and support the Constitution and the other hand counting the ‘dineros’ ( except in Arizona where they only count dollars) from the lobbyists, promising to support and honor their wishes, has been said, screamed and shouted.

Sarah Palin, as candidate for the Republican VP, a position senile, sinister, sneaky John McCain provided without any serious vetting process, was shown the money in the form of designer dresses and never looked away from the glow of the greenbacks. She swore she was “just a soccer, moose shooting, I can see Russia from my back porch kind of everywoman, but unlike everywoman Sister Sarah had a hankering for the Franklins, hundreds of thousand of the big Ben’s to be exact. And as Sister Sarah has risen to fame based on hate, bigotry, ignorance, innuendo, fabrication, division and doomsdays swill, she is still asking to be shown the money by demanding at least $100,000 for any and all speaking engagement. Many of her inbred, if it is different than me I hate it lemming like losers without ever seeing any money think Sister Sarah sews her own dresses and drives her own leer jet and limo.

In the state of California we have two Republican ladies who sure have shown the money and want to become CEO’s, err I mean Governor and Senator of the Golden State. Billionaire Meg Whitman, ex CEO of EBay has spent almost $70 of her own money to live in Sacramento. She does want to be a politician, but is running for Governor. I suppose she can call her new corporation ECal. And almost billionaire (maybe $1million shy) Carly Fiorina, fired CEO of Hewlett Packard, has tossed in at least $40 million of her own chump change to run for Senator. Ms Fiorina has the backing of Sister Sarah, and after an affair with a married man divorced her husband as her co adulterer did with his wife, thinks that the Institution of Marriage should be for one man and one woman. Both women have strong ties to corporations hate the unions, want to eliminate the illegal’s and will buy their way into the lives of each and every Californian if they so desire. I wonder how many state jobs will be outsourced to India?

And then there is our flavor of the month (and as it looks for quite a few months or years) OIL mega giant BP, (the fourth largest corporation in the WORLD) who has shown their money and demonstrated just how much power that money wields. Their money was not spent on say, safety features or back up wells, but instead spent on bribing the greasy, slimy oil soaked hands of both Republicans and Democrats of this nation. Seems they oozed their way into the scheme and scenery of the US by palling around with tricky Dickie Cheney and his gang or are they goons of Neo-Cons, and have remained skimming the surface of DC politics ever since. Now when they really have to show the money their CEO and head criminal Tony Hayward will gladly show it to anyone who has a legitimate reason for requesting it. And in using the term legit, Mr., “I want my life back”, Hayward quite can’t define its meaning.

And it seems Rush, (I am against same sex marriage because it will be the ruination of the God blessed traditional union of a man and woman, even though I am on my fourth woman) Limbaugh has shown the money, an assumed $1million worth of it to Sir Elton John. Sir, I live in an Ivory Tower John, who was paid to sing at Rush’ fourth wedding. S saw the money as he looked the other way for equality for the LGBT community and said sing, sir, how often and what key.

“Show me the Money”, yes indeedy daddy you place that twenty dollar bit in the waistband of my crotch less panties and I will perform for you! You want more, well “Show me the Money” again and again and again!