Excuse me while I rant. and I mean rant. Thirty-Thousand.org,

[BillyRibs]

It seems to me that Voting is useless. Now, Now before you get your knickers in a twist hear me out. This is just a rant and I have not given up, and have been voting since I registered at 18 years of age, (1976). I like many of that era were fooled by Ronald Regan' smooth talking style, and persuasively smooth B.S. But as we continued to bleed Manufacturing jobs to Japan, then to Korea, and now to China. Nothing seemed to help. after Regan's lies I supported nothing but Democrats. But alas to no avail, jobs continued to slip away.
Then I noticed a subtitle change in the Media in the late 70's and early 80's. it was that nothing seemed to be reported with any sense of fair play. eventually the Media began to out right lie! Even PBS began to tow the same anti worker lies. I felt lost in a sea of B.S. That's when when I discovered WBAI 99.5 FM NY. I saw it as a last breath of fresh air. in a atmosphere of smog. if it was too left slanted at the very least it was a counter balance to the Lies of the right wing media. This at least gave a bit of Hope, for a while.
I see now what is going on. it's a war! It's a long slogging, dirty, lying, messy war between we who have the Nation's best interest at heart, we who love of fellow country men as well as the Nation. and them the lying thieves who will steel not only grannies last dollar, her grandchild's food, while forcing her Children into working for poverty level wadges.
W.T.F.!?
I'm so sick of the never ending party discussions like," you were never meant to live on minimum wadge." Yeah!? why do you suppose it was called the Minimum living wage law!? "Why should fast food help get $15/ Hour?" so they can fee their kids? or even themselves? If you all hate socialism so much then stay off the roads, and move to Somalia. What is wrong with these people? don't they see that "by the grace of goodness their go they"? Don't they get it? The Rev. Martin Niemöller was right by who they would come after next? Does what remain of the Middle class and FOX devotees understand that they will be forgotten once their usefulness as a tool is over?
When I see the GOP employing the same Parliamentary tactics as the Nazis' did during the Hindenburg government, I cringe.
The old German war bride who lived up the street from me was right when she once said, "I understand how you feel, Bill. I watched it happen in Germany years ago when I was a girl. Now I see it happening here. It's time to be quiet, it's time to get ready to help, you must Maintain the outward appearance of a good citizen, but don't be fooled, it's going to be much worse."
So I still vote, but I'm loosing hope, I know the wealthy are looking for some Tea bagger that they can control. the one they can make President. The rich who bankrolled Hitler thought they could control him. what makes the Koch bros. and those like them, think they could control their tool. If History Repeated itself would anyone notice? I think not. What's even worse, "those who do not study History are doomed to repeat it." How about the rest of us who did study history? are we tied to the bumper for the ride?
Thanks I feel Better.