Mid-Term Misery

The US has just finished another mid-term election, with Republicans gaining a majority in both houses of Congress. Now we can all be happy because everything will change for the better. Poverty will be eliminated, unemployment rate will plummet to .002%, wages will go up like 500%, and God will once again restore the US of A to its rightful place on top of the world as his shining beacon of hope and democratic holiness. 

And if grandma had a penis, she’d be a grandpa!

This election was just like the other mid-term and presidential elections: a farcical popularity contest of wealthy jerk-offs so rotted out through and through by private corporate money and corruption that I’M embarrassed for all those people who voted for these liars, on either side!

There is no democracy in the US anymore, only the perception of democracy. The wealthy, unelected elites and corporations RULE the US, and control the agenda. The recently-elected officials are their stable herd, sent out to pasture to do their bidding, and of course, to crap all over everything below and around them.

With only 37% of eligible voters turning out for the 2014 mid-term election, it’s easy to see how hopeless and despondent the American public has become. This is a truly sad indictment of what is supposed to be the most democratic country on earth.

But who can blame them? Because the truth is, there can’t be any change for the better within the current system. Regardless of all the patriotic propaganda beamed down from Washington DC and their mainstream media allies, the US system of governance, including its sacred bill of rights, is pretty much dead. It has not stood the test of time. It has been warped, twisted, and corrupted by arrogant and venal liars and freaks to serve the agenda of the wealthy and powerful.

There will not be any meaningful and lasting change for the better in the US without some type of unrest. But the longer people wait, the worse it will be. Non-violent civil disobedience is the first step.

The foundations upon which the US rests are damaged. The system has to be thoroughly reformed from the dirt up. The present dysfunctional political system has outlived its usefulness and no longer meets the needs, hopes, and expectations of most Americans. The present broken state of the country is a testimony to this fact.

Obama and the other bought-and-paid-for corporate-selected vermin can blather all they want about delusional notions of ‘American exceptionalism,’ freedom, and other kitschy pseudo-historical clap-trap, but that won’t change the truth that things are getting worse.

I EXIST in the US. I don’t look upon myself as LIVING in the US, because to live is to be happy, content, and confident of the future because the conditions in the country in which I live are conducive to such an outlook. Currently, these conditions barely exist. In fact, they slip away with each passing day. 

History has shown time and again that there's a limit to how far the powers-that-be can squeeze their people. There is a limit, and when it's reached, the results won't be pretty. The US is not immune to this. 

So the congress critters better change their ways or someone will change it for them, whether they like it or not. When that day comes, the FBI, CIA, NSA, the military and police forces won't be able to save them.

For now, this is just a word of caution.