How can anybody somebody pretend that their goal in life is to help other people to deal with their situation. Where in fact, they are part of the reason why they are experiencing difficult situation like this one.
We think that there is way too much "can't see the forest for the trees" going on. Said another way, there is just too much "treating the symptoms instead of the disease" happening.
The disease is quite simply A Serious Absence of Patriotism...yes, a Near Total Lack of Patriotism!
If the wealthy members of the privileged class private (corporate) sector and public (government) sector [the former to include the private (corporate) sector media] would simply arrange to get a transfusion of Patriotism, and then put country above self...well...then Our Great Nation would be placed ahead of the "me, me, me syndrome"!
After all, putting Our Great Nation into bankruptcy can hardly be said to be Patriotic. And let there be no doubt, the United States of America is in (undeclared) bankruptcy.
Yes...naturally...it hasn't been declared yet because the federal government keeps printing and/or borrowing money to pay the bills [said failure to actually pay the nation's bills being a little something that President Ronald Reagan, Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill & Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Dan Rostenkowski (and a majority in congress) put in vogue beginning in 1981].
Were they Patriotic. No...not by our definition. Did they put country ahead of self and privileged class wealth. No...not by our definition.
Corporate lobbyists...senators...representatives...judges...the chief justice...the president...the vice president...the majority leader...the speaker...the chairman of the house ways & means committee...well...we're just sick to our stomachs of watching them all fail Patriotism 101! And did this start with the present congress, court and president? Absolutely not! They've all been suffering from A Serious Absence of Patriotism for decades now.
Of course, 1981 is as good a place to start as any. That's when the federal government stopped paying all of its bills and started borrowing as a way of life. That's when the privileged class stopped paying all of the taxes that they should be paying (i.e., as they had traditionally paid for the most part between 1913 and 1981...the top marginal rate being 91% in 1963!).
Said another way, a nation with the worldwide obligations that America has (and the bills corresponding thereto), simply cannot meet those obligations with a top marginal rate of only 28% (now a mere 35%!). That's absolutely ridiculous! And the 1981 crowd knew exactly that when they pulled the plug on the U.S. Treasury! The "sick" lobbyists, senators, representatives, judges, the chief justice, the president, the vice president, the majority leader, the speaker of the house & the house ways & means chairman have known this full well ever since 1981...and just keep on borrowing and printing!
On the other hand, The Best and Finest of Us™ of the middle and working class who are 24-7 risking and sacrificing their lives and limbs, sight, hearing and mental and physical health on foreign battlefields...well...they have demonstrated that they have not contracted the subject disease.
But, while America cannot survive without The Best and Finest of Us™...America cannot survive with them only either.
OKJack™Group™
Disabled Middle and Working Class Veterans
We Paid the Dues that Aren't Required!™
The crude oil is toxic!! Workers cleaning the oily Gulf beaches need to know the danger. Don't become BP's Collateral Damaged, like Exxon’s Collateral Damaged.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/exxon-valdez-oil-risks-spur-warning-for-gulf-cleanup-crews-93258964.html
My name is Merle Savage, a female general foreman during the Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS) beach cleanup in 1989. I am one of the 11,000+ cleanup workers from the Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS), who is suffering from health issues from that toxic cleanup, without compensation from Exxon.
Dr. Riki Ott visited me in 2007 to explain about the toxic spraying on the beaches. She also informed me that Exxon's medical records and the reports that surfaced in litigation by sick workers in 1994, had been sealed from the public, making it impossible to hold Exxon responsible for their actions.
http://www.rikiott.com
Exxon developed the toxic spraying; OSHA, the Coast Guard, and the state of Alaska authorized the procedure. Beach crews breathed in crude oil that splashed off the rocks and into the air -- the toxic exposure turned into chronic breathing conditions and central nervous system problems, neurological impairment, chronic respiratory disease, leukemia, lymphoma, brain tumors, liver damage, and blood disease.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5632208859935499100
My web site is devoted to searching for EVOS cleanup workers who were exposed to the toxic spraying, and are suffering from the same illnesses that I have. There is an on going Longshoreman’s claim for workers with medical problems from the oil cleanup. Our summer employment turned into a death sentence for many -- and a life of unending medical conditions for the rest of Exxon’s Collateral Damaged.
http://www.silenceinthesound.com/stories.shtml
Obviously the government always has a hand in "calming people down" when there is a chaotic event at hand. This is obviously necessary but not to the point where danger is evident, as said in the 9/11 example. I think that the government should impose more laws on a gas company like BP for this happening, and take responsibility for alot of the damage in the form of reliefs for gulf area restaurants, food stores, hotels, etc. that were majorly hurt because of the spill In addition, I'm sure alot of people should boycott the use of BP gas, but not their food stores and other products. The company is understandably going to lose alot of revenue on fuel and oil, but the other companies should not be reprimanded.
How can anybody somebody pretend that their goal in life is to help other people to deal with their situation. Where in fact, they are part of the reason why they are experiencing difficult situation like this one.
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