Through the Mist

There is no faith 
    blinder
than patriotism
      the true fog
of all wars.

Voting for Change

Opposing elitists are spending millions of corporate dollars (amounting colossal political debt) to sling mud, flail straw-men, and make empty promises.  We Americans should know better than to vote for a mainstream candidate.  I think most of us realize the problem, but are scared to initiate change.  The reasoning goes:

I really like X, but he/she doesn't have a chance. . . I don't like the Republican or Democrat running, but have to vote for the lesser of the two evils-  otherwise the candidate I hate the most is even more likely to win!

And maybe they would.  But just imagine if by some miracle a large percentage of the electorate, who couldn't stand anyone on the ticket, voted anyway- just writing-in their own grandfathers at the polls.  A mainstream candidate still wins the election, topping the other with, say, 25% to 18% of the vote.  I'm pretty sure that the 57%, regardless of how many other candidates it's divided among, will send a clear message to congress, and to the rest of the world, that well over half of the citizenry who cared to vote are not happy with the way things are, and that reform is critical on both sides of the aisle.

Regardless of your political leanings, please don't sit this election out or follow the sheep off of the proverbial cliff.  It's a gutsy move, turning against the tide of sentiment-  feeling that your vote might be "wasted."  But remember, most of those sheep aren't idiots, they just use the same train of thought to come to the conclusion that you might be.

From Hell's Kitchen

Seize fresh truth 
trim the fat
 boil it down
to marinate 
 in spin
arrange what's left 
   on a plate
(Made In China)
 serve it hot 
to citizens
    starving 
    for substance
partisan egos 
      grow fatter
 on the whitebread 
 crust

processed blurbs
simplified halfstories
                          finger-pointing
statistical hat-tricks
     red and blue

        lies
forming the artisan
       fast-food 
      composite
  of American 
         political
    rhetoric.

Jared Loughner

Click to read, small print.

Big Pharma

 

Click the pic to view full size, this might be a little hard to read.

Health Care and Congress

It's a bit sickening when you think about it, how every politician likes to insinuate that they are the most qualified to clearly discern the distinct dialect of 'the American people.'  There isn't just one voice to be heard above the din emanating from the multifaceted steel heart of our diverse nation.

"Recent polls"- cited constantly- often only lists of manipulative questions with a tone arranged by special interest groups-  fishing for political point, not trolling for truth.  'Experts say-'  'Scientists say-'  What are their names?  Qualifications?  What company do they, and have they worked for?  Do they have an agenda? 

A bill won't pass if it's just a little bit painful-  that is, painful to a major corporation like Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, or GlaxoSmithCline.  They are not that much different from big tobacco when you think about it, aside from the extent to which they are allowed advertise, both capitalizing on dependence.  A permanent fix that will ease health care costs doesn't benefit their bottom line.  Congress wouldn't dare tax Viagra, Cialis, Latisse, or Botox.  A larger percentage of our nation's collections would then come from the wallets of our promiscuous legislators.

We can't offend insurance companies or doctor's unions with the plan either.  Why?  Because they join Big Pharma in faithfully lining the pockets of congress with ungodly amounts of money extracted from U.S. Citizens, made possible by the very Swiss-cheese policies derived by the bribed.  Call them 'campaign contributions,'  but it's only a guise for corruption.

Probably the best indicator of injustice floating facetiously over this fiasco is the fact that the elected officials who came up with the plan are unwilling to live under it.  I'll be happy to accept whatever they come up with- as soon as they do.

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All of that to sum it up with a Haiku :0)
(remember, 5-7-5)
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U.S. politics
Propaganda is power
Money for favor