I have been typing for over an hour, this controversial argument, and then its gone, it deletes.
I ask you is anyone paying attention, because this is my all time favorite phrase, I am so broke I cant even pay attention. I was saying that, there are those who are paid to do jobs and pay attention, and it seems as if they were all caught off guard and somehow did not notice the titanic economy situation.
If you are one of those people, that found this all so surprising, I can only say that most likely you were pretty happy about the past 8 years, and did not think that anything was wrong with the way the Government spent tax payers money. If you are just now tuning into the fear factor stock market, and asking how this happened or why, maybe you
dont know what the stock market is. Let me explain, its a way for another business to ask you for money, as an investment, and they
dont have to pay it back, and if you did not know, the business, might not work out, well,now you do.
Did anyone say, it was a
bad idea to put ads on
tv for people to buy houses no money down with Government grants, and loans. Then re-sell the houses-at a price so falsely inflated it is ridiculously higher than the actual value, but only after you have taken out a loan against that house. Then sell it to a person who not only
doesn't qualify for the loan, but the poor over charged person doesn't even
understand the loan, and why would any of that catch the attention of any State Official as a bad business practice? Because it was not considered illegal, it somehow had to do with a equal and fair home loan program provided by the government, started by Clinton, and because of that, its okay. And not one stock broker said, that is a bad idea, and said to the bank
dont do it, because if they did , it did not stop them.
I did not hear a single state official speak of this bank failure, warning at all, not one, not our elected officials, and not our presidential hopefuls, not a one.
Can I make a famous example of this, did anyone say
dont do it, phrase? YES<>
okOnce while a very famous band played for free in the City of SAN FRANCISCO, ( notice I did not say
frisco, or any other name!) I was taken to be a guest, by way of my work and the Hark Rock Cafe. I was in a special place along side of the new stars, close enough, to scare the band as they say. When
Bono climbed up on top of the not so beautiful sculpture in Justin Herman Plaza, he got out his black paint, and started to paint!! I was so in shock of this obvious lack of common sense, and I shouted "
BONO DONT DO IT!" even if it would have improved the strange statue, it was the obvious ethical mistake he was making, to do something on this piece of art. He must have heard me, he must have said, what the H#$!! I am up here, I have to, and so he did it anyway, I think KNOWING FULL WELL, that he heard that little whisper. I hear the whisper, I listen, because darn if you don't , you will be saying to yourself, DUH I knew that! I think we should just go back to saying bluntly, DUH, I knew that! Instead of saying its your fault, I am just going to say that.
Did the avalanche of dropping stock that was the fallout of the over valued houses, loosing their value, due to the fact that no one was watching the
value of the confidence dollar drop, into its lowest value stop anyone from voting freely? Did we as a country all of a sudden become blind, that we did not see some magical button we should have pushed that might have saved us from our employer cutting our hours and our jobs into oblivion. I think we would have chosen to do this different if it was on a ballot, vote for not going into trillion dollars of debt, or loose your job. Was that a choice? Because I noticed that so important ballot was shorter than ever, I could only choose from what was already chosen for me, and if I did not choose somehow I was this huge looser in the free world. IF-Everyone who was in a voting both, could have been polled, asking them, do you know that our country is on the edge of its worst depression since the early 30's would you vote differently? DUH, we would have said, no thanks lets not go into a great depression, I know that. The Banks should say, DUH, I am not doing that loan, I know better.
And voters should say,
DUH, I know,one president cannot fix all the problems from the past the present and the future, nor is he to blame for it.
Did we know about the economy? Because , DUH, we are expected to know it now, and yet, not one of the presidential hopefuls had any warning or a inc ling that we would be at the place we are today. ( Is there a DUH in there? )
Who had experience with bringing the USA and the world economy out of the dumpster? Well, I
dont think anyone was watching, but while the debates were raging, and while the media was barking, and while the people were snowed in, so to speak,
Madoff was packing his bank account, real estate agents are still on vacation, and
Osama Bin Laden still sends us his hate mail. In case no one noticed, we not only have the present to deal with , we still have the past to deal with. And no kids, The Cat in the Hat is not coming back with thing one and thing two, sorry Ebeneezer this is no dream , you really are going to die penniless and the nephew will laugh on your grave, because you kept it all to yourself, and did not feed the poor or save tiny Tim. The books being sold in the millions are saying, DUH I knew it was going to be a long war, DUH, I knew this was a bad choice for a new Party in the white house, and DUH, I know everything.
Isn't it weird how those predictions come out after the fact, if I was a doctor which I am not, but if I was, I would say, these are symptoms, to a bigger illness we have yet to diagnose.
What are the symptoms? What is the prediction according to the symptoms? Here are my predictions for the rest of the year:
The Fluctuating Stock market, is a symptom of the greed-illness in our economy, the now the party is over and no joke everyone has to go home!
The loss of jobs, is a symptom of, small business' being taxed unfairly, and the government taking its toll on the little (consumer) guy/gal trying to make ends meet, and yet still people shop at the places where the imported goods from outside countries, will pad the wallets of the faceless greedy big- corporate companies forcing small business to have to go out of business because....
The Media controlling the Country confidence: is a symptom of the big business corporates advertising and selling us our knowledge through this 20 second advertising method, and making it
ok to sell erectile disorder pills, Victoria secret underwear , fast food, and judging our neighbors house as a healthy standard of living, causing more people to try to buy a new house, and new car a new outfit and toss out the life they loved and put on credit last year. Eventually this store bought life, will end up used and in the thrift store and someone will decide that it is retro and valuable and put it on eBay, and make good money off someone
elses frivolous lifestyle. Progressing into a world full of garbage and throw away the rich mentality, but grateful poor if able to access the recycled goods or better yet- the dumpster ! Which makes the poor rich in spirit and more intelligent and the media loving rich poorer in spirit, and just TV smart. (Note that this is the future)
This war in Iraq: is a symptom of the greed illness and fashioned by the Bushes , like Father Like son. And the reason we are so debt, starting with
Haliburton, (if I knew how to spell it, Id actually care ) the need to sell the government product WAR, and fight for our imperialistic lifestyle, and use oil and live in contrast to others right in their face. But also to flaunt the self righteous ways of our chosen war, excluding the sick in any other place, the elderly in USA,the Sudanese, and the Entire American Educational system it is all sacrificed to the war in Iraq, we pay for the right to kill others.
Public schools, and transportation is never first or big in the budget: symptom of IVY LEAGUE in office, apart of the greed illness; handed down from those who don't stay home with kids, those who don't have to worry about the food they eat or the houses they live in, they don't have to listen the voice of reason, because there is no reason, they can do and live any life they want. The public schools are not good enough for the IVY League, the private rich, and therefore we are not worthy of tax money. Except, the truth is the majority of the people will never go to an Ivy League school, never afford a University and we will be lucky if our teachers will be able to afford to stay in a job that pays less then the cost that it took to get there. The illness is spread to the children when they see that being a teacher is not only not a good paying but a job not valued by our state and our country as so many are being laid off, and music and art, language and sports being told that they are not as important as say "personal growth" that teaches, all aspects of sex life, and the popular alternative, drug-stimulated lifestyles that need not be discussed in a classroom, but left to parents or guardians.
Not having an alternative to driving a personal car is just at odds with everything that we should be fighting for, DUH YOU KNOW THAT=-(
i am not even going to get into that-but remember
this is the symptom, the issues are much larger and if you want the cure, maybe look for the symptoms and forward this note to whomever you think may need to hear DUH!
Go ahead, say I knew this would happen. Then say, PAY ATTENTION, and listen to the whispers. Be still and know.
