a eureka moment.

I had a Eureka moment.

It seems when am issue becomes "of grave concern" for the rich and powerful of this country, it becomes "of grave concern", because the issue relates directly to them. Only when economic, health, social, or cultural matters, actually matter to the day to day existence of the rich and powerful does any action, to counter the negatives take place.

The rich and powerful were riding high on the non trickle down part of the "trickle down" economics of the Bush regime. All that was to trickle down to the middle class and poorer, was in reality trickling up in the form of tax cuts for the wealthy, or simply said, more money not going anywhere at all, just staying in the bank accounts of the rich.

When recession and economic down turn started to knock down the ivy covered walls of the rich and the grubby greedy gluttonous acts of selfishness eked into the neighborhoods and offices of the rich did the first hue and cry become released and as they say in NASA "Houston, we have a problem".

The average Joe and Jolene were being hit hard, jobs being lost, homes once proudly owned were shamefully ripped away, and the typical American was floundering. BUT, we were told that to remedy THAT situation, we needed to help the Banks and Wall Street first. We needed to stem the tide and destitute and despair by helping the rich maintain their riches, and eventually the less rich to, well, remain STAUS QUO!

On the issue of Health Care, most of the ELECTED officials who want to deny better and equal care for Americans have little to invest in the argument for passing anything at all. The Senators and Representatives all have the finest assortment of Insurance paid for by the Government. And to top off the icing on that "socialist" cake those same shameful sinners, get reimbursement from the various lobbyist groups that oppose a reform of Health Care, Health Insurance Cartels or Pharma-Conglomerates.

If the actual ELECTED officials don't receive enough kickbacks to NOT actually pass a bill that would equalize care in this country, they can rely on money their spouses receive for sitting on Boards of Directors or actually working for the Health Insurance Cartels, Pharma- Conglomerates.

The only time we even hear about the dire need for health reform with Health Care is when one or two ELECTED officials had experiences with an almost fatal disease saw some "higher" power that shook some sense of conscience into them. And the only time we need to SUDDENLY and IMMEDIATELY look into funding some disease that the middle class and poorer have been suffering with for decades, is when some ELECTED official comes down with it or his/her family member. Then of course there is OUTRAGE and urgency is immediate.

I had a Eureka moment, more like a "DUH", Homer Simpson slap on the head moment, and thought, what a fool I have been. The rich and powerful just keep on keeping on, and the middle class and poorer just wade through the muck and mire wishing and hoping. And somehow I, we who are not the rich or famous allow this madding behavior to continue.

Now if only I could have a Eureka moment as to how to stop this ridiculous pattern from continuing.

lies, loathing and low life

Scooter Libby, seems to have forgotten if he ever mentioned the name of Valerie Plame to his boss Dick Cheney, even though the two of them were having a conversation about Ms Plame's husband Ambassador Joe Wilson. "Tricky" Dicky Cheney, when asked by the FBI if he had ever spoken about Valerie Plame being a CIA agent who needed to be outed due to the criticism her husband Joe Wilson shared with correspondents, said he too did not recall, could not recall, just seemed to forget if he ("tricky") mentioned Valerie Plame's occupation as a CIA operative. BUT, Mister Cheney is damn sure of every other detail he speaks of when he is critical of the President and the direction Obama is taking America in the wars against terrorism.

Liz Cheney speaks proudly poured in colors of red white and blue when she criticizes the President for visiting the coffins of those armed services individuals brought to Dover Air Force Base. She pontificates about how irresponsible it is of President Obama to visit the bodies of the dead with a cadre of reporters abound. Lizzie continues her harangue by adding when President Bush went to visit the same air force base no reporter covered the event. Miss Information Cheney never added the important fact that during the entire reign of the Bush/Cheney dictatorship, the rule from Washington was NO COVERAGE EVER of any bodies returned to the U.S. And by the way the Cheney daughter forgot to mention her dad not once paid his respects in person to any family members for HIS war and HIS paranoia. BUT Liz Cheney gets front page attention without ever being asked for the facts behind her lies.

Sarah Palin, the blogger turned author writes a "Rougie" kind of autobiography with the help of a ghost writer and she is offered over 1 million dollars for the literary masterpiece. Sarah Plain who never quites finish a sentence with fact but just feeling, who never claims blame for any mistake she made but claims others have misinterpreted her is revered and made role model. Sarah Palin with a litany of ethic and morals charges leveled, who tells her daughter about abstinence and not what might happen when abstinence is ignored, is the face of VERY conservative right wing xenophobic throngs who believe she is the future for America.

George W. Bush is paid $100,000 to motivate the average Joe and Jolene. He is back on stage to recite stories of his Presidency that are to be filled with wisdom and sense. He is out on the circuit imparting his deep thinking, his wealth of experience, his compassion for the world, and he is making tons of dollars doing so. No one asks the President about the Iraq War the war in Afghanistan, the melt down of Wall Street, the largest recession since the the depression and the ever famous tax breaks for the rich. And Mister President sits on the stage behind the podium and laughs about scooping up dog pooh, and never mentions about all the dog pooh he left all over America.

And it seems in America in 2009 it matters not the truth you tell. It matters not the honesty you elude. It matters not the reality you live in. It matters not your morals or ethics.

But it seems in America of 2009 as long as you spew hate, fear, fabrication and disdain for others, you are one hell of a celebrated celebrity.

Wonder what happens in 2010?

and we have been told

We were told that smoking a cigarette was, if anything, as American as apple pie. When incredulous "commies" started talking jive about the unhealthy features of cigarette smoking, we were once told by those in CHARGE, not to listen. We were told that any studies created to undermine the quality of good tobacco was just a bunch of unhappy hippies trying to ruin a good thing. We were told by elected officials of tobacco producing states that anti American forces were behind some kind of anti American conspiracy to undermine the sensibilities of good all American Americans. And why would the Government allow any American to smoke "tobaccy", if it weren't darn right good for them.

We were told oil was our destiny. We were told that the bigger the car, the better a man felt. Not just any man but an American man. We were told that more was better in size and less was bad when it came to miles per hour. We were told by those in CHARGE that Americans deserved the kind of car they dreamed of and if that dream meant less gas per miles per hour than no one should raise any standard for better mileage. We were told by ELECTED officials of oil producing states, and car manufacturing states, that the American way was fast with brightly lit BIG cars. That Americans needed roomy and more. That Americans owned the world and all of its resources. We were told those foreign tiny vehicles were not patriotic expenditures, and that buy American, no matter what you are buying was the correct expenditure.

We are told that any Public Option is truly an expense this country can't afford. We are told that there should be no Government competition when it comes to health insurance. It is not necessary because the Health Insurance Cartels can and should handle the health matters of Americans. We are told that a Public Option is bad, but never told what we should do for all of those uninsured or under insured. We are told by those in CHARGE that the Government has no right to run a health insurance program, even though it runs the Senate and House of Representatives Health Plan and and Medicare. We are told by by ELECTED officials that we should leave well enough alone and not meddle into the the life liberty and pursuit of happiness part of the Constitution, at least the part of the Constitution that does not directly and immediately relate to those we ELECTED. We are told by those ELECTED Senators and Congress people who have received substantial campaign gifts from lobbyists of the Pharma-Conglomerates and the Health Insurance Cartels and who many times have spouses working for same "industry folk", that the American thing is competition unfettered. Leave the American way, just that American.

We have and are being told over and over again rhetoric, never based on sound judgement, just the sound of dollars being tallied up in the campaign coffers of our ELECTED officials. We have been told and are being told anything and everything to scare us, fool us and lull us into a false sense of safety and comfort.

And when we by chance find out that those ELECTED officials and those in CHARGE never meant a word of truth or never really cared, we have been told are told by the same carnival characters, "I never said that", "it wasn't me", "you must have heard something else."

And in most cases we believe the liars and fabricators and reward them with four more years, six more years, book deals, guest appearances and libraries.

When do we finally get OUR voice back and tell the ELECTED officials and those in CHARGE where to go and how to get there?

HMMMM???

have "ya"

Have "ya" seen the latest photographs from our Representatives all decked out in their finest on the front lawn of Congress? All lined up for a photo-opt to celebrate the fact that there is FINALLY some semblance at least they thinks so, of a a bill for Health Reform.

Have "ya" seen the boys and girls of the Senate in front of the MSNBC, CNN, FOX cameras all dressed up in their men and lady suits, puffed up hairdos, all smiley and yacky,just ready to tell the certain reporters why this will work or why that won't work. All ready with verse and innuendo, tag line, hate line, misinformation line, to stall or pretend not to stall any passage of the Health Reform bill?

Have "ya" seen our ELECTED officials once and for always hemming and hawing while nothing seems to get done except more payoff or bribes or lobbyist money running through their private bank accounts?

Have "ya" seen the American public being stymied, and lied to and patronized. Have "ya" seen the red, white and blue colors stream through the commercials from the Health Care Cartel explaining why competition is bad, but never explaining why without real competition so far ALL of the Health Care Insurers can jack up prices, create sudden existing conditions, drop your health insurance with merely no justification at all?

Have "ya" grown tired of anyone with seemingly any power or authority of not really caring about anyone but themselves?

Have "ya" wondered how many people will die an early life from lack of health care insurance? Have "ya worried how many people will suffer because they can't afford to pay for prescriptions? Have "ya" even considered what your life would be like if maybe the sky fell and you had NO health care coverage, or could not see the specialist, or had to settle for some stupid explanation as to why the best treatment, was not best for you?

I have!

I have. I have for a long time.

shame stopped mattering

So Joe, you just can't allow debate on a health reform bill for America.

You claim its because of taxes or some cost associated item, you are never quite sure what it is, except that you in all good conscience can not even allow debate.

But in all your argument, Joe, you never mention the amount of money you receive from the health insurance industry in your state of Connecticut. And no where in your fevered argument do you even mention how your wife has profited from your lack of concern for health care reform for Americans. She profits from working for the big Pharmacies who work in conjunction with the Insurance cartel.

Hey Senator Joe Lieberman (I) of Connecticut how do you even look at yourself when you shave in the morning. Must be scary to think how greedy, how evil, how SELFISH one man can be.

Hey Evan, how much money did you make on the stock you and your wife earned from chumming up to the health insurance cartel? Or maybe you made some more money from having your wife sit on a few Boards of the Pharma-Conglomorates.

You are busy expounding good traditional American values, when in reality you just seem to be lounging in good old what's good for me politics.

So America does not need the same options or choices you and your family have when it comes to health insurance. No, Americans should continue to pay high premiums so you and the Mrs. can live the good life. Wonder how you can even look at one another, Senator Evan Bayh (D) from Indiana with feeling the slight bit nauseous.

Joe and Evan, I suppose ethics, morals, standards and conscience are not necessary when you receive untold amounts of money from the Phara-Health Insurance Cartels. People like you are sinful and shameful. But any name I call you just melts off your lobbyist proof suits you wear.

Wonder how many people will suffer, or die because of your unconscionable behavior in serving only your needs and not the needs of the people.

Shame on you Joe, shame on you Evan. But I supposed SHAME stopped mattering when the dollars started rolling in.

when, when, when?

When comes the time, for honesty, dignity, and conscience? How much more do we have to wait for those we place in charge, those we deem responsible, those we ELECT to once and for all do unto others as they seem to always do for themselves?

When is too little too late really wrong? When is one for you, two for me just selfish and inhuman? When do we finally say thank you for a job well done, for us and not please sir/madam may I have some of what you have? When do we stop kidding ourselves that what a Politician says is not what he/she does? When do we live in hope, harmony, happiness?

When will priorities mentioned by Politicians be priorities you and I have actually scribbled down on a piece of paper as meaningful and memorable for us? When does a kickback not go into the pockets of slimy, self serving usurping Republicans and Democrats, but an honest attempt at honorable heroism find its way at our front doors?

When does enough become ENOUGH? When do we take back a direction for our lives and not count on the gluttony of grubby goons who only seem to want more and never settled with ENOUGH? When is OUR turn?

As the debate over health care churns on and on, as the debacle of facts seem to drift into endless space, as the decibels of name calling, lies told and facts removed revolve like a spinning top, as nothing gets done for the many, just for the few, when do we finally take control?

How much more money do the Senators need from lobbyists to make sure their bank roles are solid, while almost every American citizen goes broke trying to stay healthy? How much more "payoffs", do our Representatives need to make their careers in Government even more "cushy", while average Americans only hope that they never have to decide pay for medical coverage or food?

When does this stop? How loud do sane people have to scream or shout above the noise of those with no conscience?

When?

frustrated

Frustration! It just seems to get worse than better, the frustration I feel when it seems justice is not served, honesty is discarded, and gluttony and greed prevail!

So now George W. Bush is a motivational speaker, getting paid, rumor has it at least $100,000 a speech. Seems the Ex-President, took a little time off from the spot light thinking that the public might forget a few blunders, lies, unconstitutional acts and embrace him differently...as a man with honest intentions non-self serving motivations, and once again a man of the people. And by God they did!

On Monday October 26, 2009 Mister Ex President Bush, spoke to a crowd of over 15,000 people in Fort Worth, Texas. He told that gathering, "...how can you be President without relying on the Almighty..." He added that "...one of the amazing surprises of the Presidency was the fact of all the peoples prayers offered to me..."

(If God spoke to George W. Bush, then I in particular am glad the God that speaks to me has nothing at all to do with whatever false Deity is calling George's name.)

And he was cheered, not jeered, he was hooted at and hollered, not screamed or shouted, he was applauded and not panned. He was a new man, and all the slimy, skanky, sinister mess he created, controlled was completely forgotten.

He was a motivational speaker!

I am frustrated because this man had reeked havoc, created chaos, helped kill thousands of people, hid behind fabrication and falsehoods, and has not once apologized for changing the lives of every American forever and always. Changing us not for the good of all but changing us for the greater good of the few, the select.

I am frustrated because so many Americans refuse to look back and wonder why George W, got away with tumult, treachery, and treason, and just ignore history.

I am frustrated because it seems to me bad is good. I am frustrated because selfish is sufficient. I am frustrated because evil as long as it seems is being done to others is okay.

George W. Bush a motivational speaker. Almost like calling on the devil to deliver a sermon.

I am frustrated because so many of us are feeling the wrath of the Hell, Mister George w. Bush, motivational speaker had placed us in while he is just floating on a money laden non conscience consequence cloud.