Are YOU Being Served? NOPE

Our government should not be run by career politicians in consecutive terms.  At the very least, our government shouldn’t be run by career politicians, especially when they show that they are more concerned with how their career looks than actually fixing the problems at hand.  What am I talking about?

I’m talking about the Democrats and Republicans sitting in Washington right now trying to fix our debt problem.  Or are they?  Now, if you only read this blog, you don’t know much about me, but I’ll tell you this.  I’m not a Democrat.  Nor am I a Republican.  I don’t believe our country is fairly run as Repubs vs Dems.  The only way our country can be fairly run is if We, the People, open our eyes and realize that it is actually John and Susie Everyman vs the US Government.  Because right now, Congress is sitting up in Washington trying to figure out how to make John and Susie Everyman pay for the deficit and most of them are trying to do it without messing with their bottom line – profit.

And in the current situation, I have to give credit to the Democrats, because at least they are willing to make the concessions to Republican demands.  But the Republicans?  They are refusing to close tax loopholes for the rich and corporations – like the oil industry, though they want to cut funding to green energy research – and blaming everything on the Democrats and the president.  And some how, they have Republican constituents convinced that Democrats are insisting on tax increases on the poor and middle class.  But let’s be real, they don’t want to close those loopholes that allow them to keep so much of their money and allow their corporate sponsors to keep so much of their money.  And yet, they claim that it is solely because of poor decisions on the part of the president that our economy is not recovering.   It’s not because the top 20% hold more than 70% of our nation’s wealth and they get special treatment.  Oh no, that can’t possibly be it.  (please note my heavy sarcasm here)

You cannot have 70% of our nation’s wealth in the hands of 20% and then allow them to withhold paying their taxes.  The rest of our country pays taxes on a sliding scale based on how much they make.  But once you get to the top 20%, that sliding scale starts to stutter, failing at the top 1% who pay less taxes than the 9% bellow that.  Meaning that of the top 10%, the top 1% pay the least!

And the Republicans are refusing to cut loopholes that allow that top 20% to pay even less than their share?  And they are claiming that it is the Democrats and President Obama who are trying to screw the American people?  Republicans in the House of Representatives have said that they won’t compromise – and compromise is what our country is built upon and what is required at this time – because if things fall apart it’ll look bad for Democrats, and Obama in particular.  Why?  Because they’re worried about getting Republicans in top positions, especially the White House.

So remember, all you silly masses, that while you’re arguing Dem vs Repub amongst yourselves, your representatives are still collecting their large paychecks and making rules that affect you and I more than themselves.

Today’s title is brought to you by Are You Being Served?

‘Allo, ‘allo!

Well, since darling Joshwa hasn’t managed a single post in the last nine months, and I like to bitch about stuff, too, I decided I’d help.  Yeah, he’s still around and maybe having me hijack his blog will get his ass into gear.  Eh, we’ll see.

So, what got me riled up?  Same thing that got him riled last time.  Illegal immigrants.  I saw an Associated Press article yesterday about a group of illegal high school students in Atlanta, GA who blocked traffic in downtown to protest the new immigration laws passed in Georgia.  Their problem?  A policy that bans the state’s top colleges and universities from admitting illegal immigrants.

Give me a break.  If students from other countries want to come here to go to college, they have to go through the right channels and procedures.  So their parents came here illegally. Okay, you want to get in to college?  Right the wrong and try to get a student visa or try to become a legal citizen.  Instead of decrying how unfair that illegals can’t go to school, try becoming legal.  How novel a concept!  Instead of breaking the law, try to get right with the law.  You want to take a stand about something?  Stand up and start taking the steps to become a citizen.  Because until then, your voice is hollow nothingness.  You are no better than the parents that snuck into this country with you.

And for those that want to make this a racism issue, I say you are the true voice of racism.  When others immigrated to this country, they had rules to follow.  No, they haven’t always been the same, but just as our country is growing, the rules protecting it are, too.  And over the years we’ve taken more strides to stop those from coming into our country unchecked.  But suddenly, we’re getting an influx from our nearest neighbor and rather than holding them to the same standards as everyone else, we want to start making excuses and concessions.  And then those who expect our government to hold everyone to the same standards are called racists.

And I’m sick of the excuses of “they’re running away from something much worse”.  Well, you know what, at the rate we’re going, we’re not going to be the better place much longer!  Because illegals paid under the table don’t pay taxes, and without those taxes coming in, our government doesn’t get their money.  Yeah, there are sales taxes and the like, but it’s not the same.  Want proof?  Recession.  They are cheating the government out of money.  I don’t think our government is the greatest thing – and I’ll get into that eventually – but let’s be real, shit rolls down hill.  If someone is screwing our government, they’re screwing us.  So I call bullshit.  (and if you’re wondering, I feel the same about people who commit tax fraud)

So, that’s all for now.  You’re title is courtesy of ‘Allo,’Allo.

The First of Many

There are a few things that really get me angry when I think about them, and one of them is actually a very hot topic in the news and politically. Illegal immigration is a plague on us all. Yes, I said it. And I quite mean it as well. I don’t care where they come from, I don’t care about their reasons. If they are here illegally, they should be removed. I don’t have anything against getting new citizens, please don’t get that idea. I have a problem with people coming in, acquiring fake ID’s, and getting jobs under the falsehood that they actually belong here. They have no rights beyond the basic human rights that are available to us all, yet with these falsehoods they have created, they steal jobs and food and government assistance from actual citizens who could use them just because they sneak in under the pretense of being part of a “minority”.

On top of everything else, these illegal immigrants also demand that true citizens should speak their language instead of English, because it’s easier for them to communicate in their native tongue. Excuse me? Why should we cater to what they desire? They haven’t done anything to actually contribute to the community as a whole. And yet they think that they are the downtrodden who need to be pampered because their lives have been terrible. I understand that America is the “Land of Opportunity”, but those opportunities are there for the ones who actually followed the procedures to become citizens! So why should we as actual citizens be required to pander to these desires from people who don’t belong here? It makes no sense. Is learning English really that hard? I know that sometimes some of our words sound similar, like herd and heard; but at least we don’t have masculine/feminine words and phrases. So where’s the problem?

Citizenship isn’t all that hard to get. You go to a few classes where you learn about the history of these United States, and it’s nothing more than a crash course of everything you learn in school anyways. Are you really going to tell me that a sixth grader is honestly smarter than you? That you can’t give a few nights a week to applying yourself to some simple history lessons? Of course you can’t, you don’t care to be an actual citizen. You want all the benefits, but none of the hardsip of earning them. You don’t care about being a citizen, because you want to bring your homeland to the United States and pretend you never left it. You want to pretend that America is just like an upgraded version of the place you left.

So they whine and complain about how they need people to talk to them in their native tongue because they can’t be bothered to learn anything different. They all demand that they should be awarded citizenship because all their family is now in the States. They should be awarded because they never did anything to deserve citizenship? The government needs to get it’s collective head out of it’s butt, and remove these sores of society. Crack down on people sneaking in, on fake ID’s, and on phony information. Actually penalize those that assist them. So many companies look the other way at their illegal workers because they receive lower pay or they’re paying someone higher to keep them from getting fired. Penalize these companies, these people who are contributing to the down turn of our society. When the people who are actually going to help the economy recover can actually get the jobs or assistance they need, the economy will actually recover.

I know that what I’ve said today may seem intolerant, and it is. I am intolerant of people who make demands on me and my society when these people shouldn’t have a say in what my society does. It is my right as an actual citizen to think the way I do, and it is my right to say what I believe.

Ta-da!

Well I’m new at this, but I thought I’d start a blog where I can pretty much just rant on what I perceive to be wrong with the world. I’ll try not to be too repetitious, but a lot of things tend to become connected for me when you track them back far enough. Just a warning, many of the things I’m going to be saying are going to offend a person or two, but it’s the way I feel about it all. I think that too many people are running around on egg shells worried about offending somebody out there, but I don’t care. I may not be right all the time, but that’s my prerogative. That’s a funny word.

So now you have been warned. If you don’t think you would enjoy reading somebody bitch about what’s wrong with the world today, or you think you might be part of the insulted crowd, by all means, don’t read any of my posts. But if you like the idea of someone going off on the things that piss us all off, then stay tuned, cause there will be more.

chow.

(yes I know its the other one, but I don’t care)