LITTLE OL' LADY ON THE BUS

It's the BUS!, Stupid!!!

One of my favorite stories, told by "Moms" Mabley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_Mabley, is the one about the Little Ol' Lady on the Bus.  Somewhere down South in the "old" days, a little old lady boarded a bus for a trip to the next town.  She spied a young man sippin' on a bottle hidden in a paper bag.  After observing him for a while, she tapped his shoulder and said: "Don't you know you're on your way to Hell?  The young man replied: "Here, Lady; take a sip; we're on the same bus!

Indeed! We all are, it seems, and we're still learning just how big the bus is!  You see, in addition to a piss-poor job of governing between 2000 and 2008, the Repoobs blew up the bus we all depend on.  Among my most stark memories of late 2008 are ones of our Treasury Secretary threatening Congress, and the U.S. Citizens, that ATM machines would no longer work, and demanding billions of dollars, immediately!  Another is of Dubya blankly asking "what's happening?".  Then there was McCain, frozen like a deer in headlights, with no clue of what to do.  Way to go!, Repoobs, seems like that qualifies you to take another whack at it.  At least half of the voters seem to think so.

During their time at the wheel, the Repoobs passed laws that made their actions "legal", or, at least, "not illegal".  They thereby escape accountability for their "actions" and "failures to act" while they held "leadership".  All of this appears too complicated for the average voter, and the Repoobs know it.  Hence, Captain Vacuous, the top Money Boy, is their choice to regain control of the bus.  And "failure to act" is their key strategy for tricking the public into voting for them again; aided by more Cash than ever-before seen in Presidential Elections.

The Repoobs, most of whom come from places where the prevailing "world view" does not extend beyond the county, now see themselves as "expert" on an economy that is permanently global.  Even though President Obama fulfilled his campaign promise of "fixing" the bus, he restored the Money Boys who engineered and paid for the Meltdown.  The Repoobs knew that they would always "ride in front", no matter what condition the bus was in.  But they left it in a ditch, with pieces missing. Even though they lost the keys, they still claim "ownership".  It is still to be determined whether the voters will be stupid enough to give them back the keys.

The President has to realize that even though he fulfilled his promises:  he miraculously halted the job loss, restored more jobs than the Repoobs created during their entire time in charge; and patched up the banks and brokerage houses for the Money Boys; WE ARE NOT A GRATEFUL NATION!!.. Voters don't care that you did what you promised; they care whether you will do what they want next!

Oh, who is consigned to ride in the back of the bus?  The poor and the powerless, naturally.

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BIG MONEY/LITTLE PEOPLE: BIG PEOPLE/LITTLE MONEY

Think "Peanuts" amd "Bananas"

Sometimes, people can get so involved in fighting over peanuts, they fail to look up to find the bananas!

Now, is when this is true for the United States and for Europe.  This phenomenon has driven the entire world into a slump.

After Wisconsin, however, we all have to re-think our definitions of "Big Money" (bananas) and renew our search for "Big People" (traditional Republicans of the Eisenhower and Brooke variety).  We are now saddled with destructive Repoob "leadership" from the "Little People" (think yahoos, trash) who think peanuts are big money! 

In my youth, even the Democrat party had "big people".  Today, Lilliputians prevail within the leadership of both parties.  It all started when Eisenhower chose Nixon as his Vice President.  Nixon was trash and everyone knew it.  The voters made that decision in 1960, in spite of the Checkers Speech.  We know the path of Nixon's return to "leadership" and the further deterioration of our politics.  Liddy Biddy was a mirror reflection in the opposing party.

But even Nixon knew that not all states of these United States were "created equal".  That's why he dabbled with Revenue Sharing.  Now, voters send their "Representatives" to Washington to loot the federal government on their behalf; and then wonder why we're in the crapper financially.  The most ignorant people, from the poorest states, have risen to power and put sand in the gears of government at all levels.

But lets not let the "Big People" off the hook.  Take the Keating Five and the Savings and Loan bubble; the first of ever-increasing financial bubbles.  The greed was ushered in by Mad Ronnie and that last bubble, in housing, brought everything down!  Perhaps permanently, if we can't shed ourselves of "little people" leadership.  Thank God that bat-shit bunch thrown up by the Repoobs in their Primary was not taken seriously by more voters.

Little People with Big Money explains Wisconsin, "Birthers", Fox News.  Big People have been banished from the Republican Party by the Repoobs, and are more than less responsible for the 2008 meltdown.  That "selection" of 2000 also is continuing its catastrophic effects.  The Supremes can take credit for that along with Citizens United.

Scurrying around on the ground, struggles over peanuts (cutting "waste" in spending) is proving disastrous for those who've tried that approach in response to 2008.  Its strange to hear these yahoos speak of "we", when claiming credit for the output of rich and smart localities like "Silicon Valley"; never realizing that education, intelligent "big people" leadership, and wise use of resources produced that output.  Repoobs need a lesson in "utility theory".  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZJR9EemtjQ .

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ON WISCONSIN??

"2012 -- Taking Stock"

Last night's results from Wisconsin bring a message somewhat different from the labor-vote results in Ohio.  Now that we're almost through with the "Nut-Jobs" phase of the Repoob campaign (the "nut-jobs" have faded to background, and "Captain Vapid, or Vacuous" -- the guy with the most money -- is their "choice" for the tip of their ticket).  What remains to be done is their Veep-Pick.  Their heavily financed game of Global Chicken continues.  The United States and the European Union continue to be held hostage.

First, consider the money.  Not even the state of California has seen so much  "loot" spread around in a state or local election.  It is reported that all that money was used to "buy" both boots on the ground and  most of the "air time" available.  This can be studied as a text-book case of how government, in a country where the "People are Soverign", can be bought.

Any voter who still thinks we live in a Democracy, has some serious thinking and strategizing to do between now and November.  Unless the voter abdicates, betraying those of us who have sacrificed for freedom, there is still, shall I say, "hope"?, that our Democracy can be saved.

Lower-class whites who belong to unions, or work in state and local government jobs, are clearly being kicked off the "Reagan Wagon". Those who think they will survive the economic storm, stuck with Walker and the Fat Cats.   Families were split in the Wisconscin vote.  A close study should be done as to which citizens were left standing on either side of the "divide" that clearly shows in the voting.  In this country that operates on a color-based caste and class structure, the "shrinking of the middle" has probably been mis-cast.

"Citizens United", the weapon awarded to the Repoobs by the Supremes, clearly is highly destructive of the Democracy the founders thought they crafted for us.  Jefferson warned that "remaining ignorant, and expecting to remain free" would be fool-hardy.  E-mail evidence is surfacing that shows how long-running the Romney-train has been; and the depths to which his strategists have stooped.  The "nut jobs" (excusing Huntsman) were clearly trying to derail that train, to promote their own, more bizarre, agendas.

Please review tactics for "blowing off" Bullies, and check out my earlier blogs: The People vs. The Money (4-11-12), and Will The Center Hold? (5-8-12).

CASTE: The Hidden Factor

"Caste and Gender" meets the "Ovarian Lottery"?

Today Elizabeth completes her celebration of 60 years as monarch of Britain, or England.  We fought a revolutionary war so we would not have to bow to royalty from Europe.  In that, this nation is unique among all nations in the Americas.  For this reason, most of our citizens know little and understand less about caste.  They live with it's ravages daily, however.

I woke up this morning to a spirited debate between two white women, one closer to my age, the other closer to my daughters' ages.  The issue was "equal pay" (for equal work).  The U.S. Senate debates today the "Paycheck Fairness" act.

Quick definitions for this blog: Caste (about your birth facts); Class (about the wealth you have); Race (defined by law or social custom; usually involving color); Color (whatever the eye perceives, or society declares).  Overlay all of this with a parallel heirarchy of Gender (what nature provides between your legs or within your hormones).  Since most us enter this world through the birth canal, the Ovaries have a major role in setting the stage for everything.   Because we are so poorly educated in this country, most of us put all of these in a psychological pot, stir it up, and set about living our daily lives; interacting with each other in all sorts of relationships.

We fought a Civil War because that portion of our nation below the Mason-Dixon line kept an economic and social system that was fully caste-driven.  That region has clung to its traditions, while spreading it's ideology, through the Repoob movement within the Republican Party, to about half of our country.  The original plan for Texas was to split it into 4 slave states; thereby ensuring slavery forever in this country. 

The 1963 "Equal Pay Act" is what the Senate is revisiting in its debate today.  Having entered the adult work force, (I worked many years as a child), in 1962, I have a unique view of the history of this subject and the "progress" of the nation, in its "carrot and stick" efforts t to enlarge our economy and fully utilize all of the talents of its citizenry.  When I earned my Air Force commission and my degree in Physics, the military was the only "equal opportunity" employer available to me.  I completed a 20-year career, retired; and then completed another career as an executive in a blue-chip aerospace company.  I experienced both; government and private employers, and the pay and promotion systems they employed.  Both had severe implementation problems! 

The change of or work force from all white male, to an early trickle of non-whites, in both the military and industry, began with President Kennedy's executive actions in 1963. The military option was made possible by President Truman in 1948.

The debate between the women this morning was sad in that you would think we have learned very little over the past 49 years.  Pay discrimination is real, despite the Repoob efforts to deny it, both for women and men of color.  Hiring discrimination has returned with a vengeance in the wake of the Repoob-driven economic melt-down.  The 2012 election will really provide a choice between a brighter future for us all or a return to a very ugly past.  To read more on caste :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste.

The younger woman evidenced the same "sickness" that young blacks showed during the civil rights period.  They are terrified of the "stigma" of caste and gender (without knowing the source); and thereby join forces with their opponents to hobble their own achievements. They suffer both in rewards and overall treatment on the job.  Minorities and women of higher castes are "used" by Repoobs in their efforts to slow or stop progress.  Only a very gifted psychologist could untangle their logic, and explain their positions.

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"FEAR ITSELF" (Race-Based)

"F.D.R.'s Warning" - Revisited

The Romneys (both) and Repoob talking heads, are all over the media now speaking of "fear".

In addition to using the word "fear" itself;  they also use euphemisms, many of them race-toned, like "birther", and "socialist".  By stoking fear, the Repoob 2012 campaign is displaying how the use of "the race card" by whites is much more powerful than when non-whites use it.

One wag cited as an example: Bill Clinton could successfully claim to be "the first black president", and Obama cannot.  The entire affair is a testimony to the primative view of "race" that works in the United States at this point in the 21st century.  What really is in play here are caste, class, race, and color.  These practices in human interaction date back past the Egyptian Civilization.

Each of these is different (they intersect each other, however).  The Americas' version of all of these has developed over the past 500 years to a highly complex pattern of human interaction; one that works to the advantage of whites and to the disadvantage of non-whites.  In many ways, President Obama's hands are tied by these factors and give tremendous advantage to people like Rove, Limbaugh, the Romneys, media figures, and to the large contributors that fund their activities.

F.D.R. was right in warning us against the uses of "fear" by public figures seeking power.  After seriously disabling our national economy, the Repoobs are doubling down to make sure the economy does not recover before they get a chance to regain power.  Note the barely disguised joy shown by the likes of Romney, McConnell, Boehner, and their fellows when last week"s employment numbers and the stock market plunge were announced.

Over the weekend The McLachlin Report  http://www.mclaughlin.com/  (Demography rules), spent a large portion of their show decrying the "minority" status of white births in the United States.  They seem to wring their hands over how to regard "mixed-race" births.  The eternal questions still prevail: who is white?; who is not?; who decides.  According to census practices, even those "mixed race" people who self-declare, need not be respected in their choice.  Insanity!  This crap could destroy the country.

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2012 VOTE - A PRIMER

Does 'Winner Take All' mean 'We All Lose'?

The polls say the voting electorate is almost evenly split today, with a slight edge to Obama.  Given the performance of the Repoob Primary candidates, the general public should be quaking in their knees.  We're heading for a "shoot-out" election  like the Kennedy v. Goldwater election that never took place in 1964; due to national tragedy.

Homework is required, going into this election, to save yourself, your family, your fortune, and your future.  Most people are worried about "jobs".  They believe, wrongly, that "government creates jobs".  Both sides have their version of this lie.  The truth is that demographics have made "jobs" as we used to know them impossible.

 People are living much longer and we have a 76-million strong "baby-boom" cohort in our population that is retiring in droves; with very little saved.
 No business can continue the old practice of providing benefits like retirement and health-care for workers.  So we're in a new world.  The politicians have known this was coming for at least  40 years!

Drucker used to say that any business that mistreated its workers was begging for a union.  Litchfield (see earlier blog: All Politics are Local?) describes the "industrial policy" that produced large successful corporations like Goodyear and Boeing.

Given the new demographics, companies have to completely overhaul their worker/management relations.  Germany has moved a long way toward this "new way", and has a strong economy; the U.S. has not.

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The adversarial model between management and unions began in government, when Reagan fired the PATCO union ( Air Traffic Control) workers and started a war on unions.  The Archie Bunker's of that time were a-swoon to Reagan's duo-toned song of race and class, so they helped Mad Ronnie destroy their unions.  That is when our old industrial policy died.

2012 is sold as a Union vs. Business shoot-out.  But it is not!  It is 'weakened' unions vs. 'venture' capital.  The Yin-Yang Media is steadily confusing the voter by mixing "venture" capital with

"private" capital, and with "business".  Venture capital is capital of the vulture kind!  Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against vultures.  They have thier role to play, both in business and in nature.  But nothing remains alive in a world wherein aggressive vultures reign.  There can be benevolent venture capitalists, but most benevolent capitalists are private capitalists who are not venture-based.  Venture capital is proving to be the bain (no pun intended) of truly small, high-tech businesses.

To paraphrase John W, Gardner ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Gardner a society that worships  its politicians while disdaining its plumbers will find themselves living in a world in which neither their government nor their toilets work.

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CAN BLACKS (and other Non-Whites) BE RACIST??)

Absolutely!!  End the Finger-pointing!

Allport, in The Nature of Prejudice,  shows that in hard economic times people seek solace by returning to their "roots" (racial, tribal, religious, national, etc.).Our politicians remind us that although we don't have a state religion, the United States is a ""Christian" nation.  Moreover, it is a Protestant, Christian nation.  This means that in this country "every-person" has direct access and can interpret the Bible and to define God.

The Bible, re-written by Europeans in 1611, states that God is white.  This message has been promulgated by religion since the founding of the Roman version of Christianity.  Which also might  explain the "re-make" of Jesus, the Palestinian, into Jesus, the European.

When you believe in a religion in which your God has cursed you, and your" kind", in perpetuity, you have a problem.  In order to extinguish a harmful belief, it seems logical to concentrate on the majority of those who hold the belief.  Since the overwhelming majority of Christian believers, and those on this planet under the control of Christian institutions and governments, are not white, what to do?

In this country, and, in most of the Americas, you can revert to some "work-around"; such as the "paper-bag test" in which those closer to the Chalk side of the skin-color spectrum discriminate against those of darker hue; closer to the Charcoal side.

In that part of the Americas dominated by Roman Christian and Spanish influences, that trend goes to absurd lengths to include eye color, hair texture and color, and skin color.  In all of the Americas you can find evidence of this type of discrimination among siblings within a family.

Then, there is the intersection of racial and tribal factors, such as Native American lineage.  In the United States there are people like Tommy, an Alaskan Native I be-friended in 1960, who was a permanent paraplegic from injuries inflicted upon him by children of other tribes in an "Indian School".  These places, set up and enforced by our government and many churches, were designed to eradicate,  under duress, any tribal attributes among these children, who were forcibly removed from their families.

So, unlike white racism, which is unidirectional; non-white and black racism is bi-directional.  In favor of those higher up the color scale and against those below.  This practice, long-standing, causes many types of personal and societal maladies.  Politicians, aware of these conditions, select thus- afflicted individuals to perform special roles in our government -- like making sure there will never be another Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court.

I am not claiming the Christians "invented" all of this.  The separation of good and evil by distinct source is traceable to Zoroastrianism, and to Persians of the 6th Century BCE.  Color appears to have been applied to their distinctions of good and evil by the time the original Bible(s) were written.

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