Everybody's Mad

for listening to Republicans talk about the Democratic Primary.

So I listened to the Sunday Sports Talk Shows for football stuff. They didn't produce. I did this by plugging in an old unreliable alarm clock. The shows last for multiples of hours and the sleep function is an hour so that's how I listened. The alarm clock was set to go off at what it thought was midnight or noon or whatever the default time is. It just went off again.

What do I hear but Leland Conway feigning anger! Rush Limbaugh has gone mad endorsing Hillary votes whenever possible (that's a big huge sign in favor of Obama folks). And the Sunday political shows featured Republicans feigning anger over Obama's words.

Here's a clue folks, people really are angry.

Black people are angry over racism.
The typical white person is angry over their dollars losing their value. The typical white person is angry over trade that isn't really 'free'. The typical white person is mad over corporate GOP control of their livelihoods when they have fucked it all up. I'm white, and I'm mad!
The typical white person living in a small town is angry too!
And yes, as a liberal, I'm mad at the typical small town person for not listening to economic issues. I love saying, "I told you so," typically. But "not this time".

So, what does the corporate GOP do about it? They tell us we should be mad at each other and nothing else matters. It doesn't matter that McCain and McConnell want 100 years in Iraq - a giant hole to throw our best and brightest into to sometimes never see again - nevermind the damn money. It doesn't matter that he wants to keep tax breaks to the rich that cost us our bridges and the people on them when they fall into the river. All that matters is that we are angry - so we should vote for Hillary to keep the status quo on killing Americans for no good reason.

Well, screw them! What matters is that we need an economy that works for people that work. What matters is that we stop throwing away lives - nevermind the money (ok, not really, it matters too) - in Iraq. What matters is the value of our hard earned dollars. What matters is that we recognize we are angry and to deal with it by kicking out the people who are REALLY the one's making us mad. Words aren't sticks and stones - taking our livelihoods is.