People Can Be Funny!

It's Saturday morning and I am sitting here at the computer writing my thoughts before they are buried under the to-do list of things I hope to accomplish today.

While walking the dogs this morning I thought about the little things that don't seem to fit into the budget anymore - Fast food; soda; movies; cable TV.  I guess that there are budgets similar to mine. Shrunken over time with only less-than-adequate raises while we watch the prices of so many things rise.  I am not sorry that there is no cable; I don't miss having a liter of Coke or Ginger Ale sitting on top of the refrigerator.  I have found many other things to do instead of sit and watch cable TV.  I was never a "Reality TV" watcher.  I don't know about any of the many "Housewives..." and I am already a "Survivor" of every day here.  With all the prying and spying our government is doing "Big Brother" is much too relevant for me to be distracted by "The Voice" and "Dancing with the Stars".

I think the capitalist machine is working exactly like people want to see it work.  We can create a new generation of serfs and fiefdoms for the overlords to "protect" from the socialists and heathens.  I think the problem is that this time the infidels are being armed as well as the crusaders.

The spin machine tells the general population just enough to keep them afraid and under control and to create enough despair of "others" who are trying to steal what little you have so righteously earned.

Keep watching what the neighbor is doing.  Make sure you are aware of how he obtained something because of affirmative action or welfare.  Be sure to note the abuses of the social insurance programs created for the masses.  But do not watch what the man behind the curtain is doing to unravel a great society.  Ignore information from people who don't look like you who talk about abuses within the institutions created - work, religion, housing, entertainment and sports.  Scream about socialized health care and applaud the mandatory automobile insurance coverage.  When your employer lays off your hard working co-workers you are reminded of how bloated the civil service process is - while you wait in a long line to get your marriage license or unemployment check.