Sunday, January 8, 2017

Some strange thoughts on this wild card weekend


First, is it me or what, but doesn’t it seem the more technological advances we have the more vulnerable we become in our human existence and human lives?

Remember in the old days if you were fat that meant you were well off. It was sign of prosperity. Now it is the poor who are fat due to cheap food with no nutritional value and lack of education to nutrition and the rich being fit since it is expensive to eat healthy food.  Food for thought since the Republicans continue to want to cut off aid to the poor when in the long run, it will cost us more in Medicaid bills or worse since diseases will run rampant through society. Add lack of a good education to the mix and we have no people able to take on high tech jobs in this country and more and more people in prison dragging on our productivity and development.

Next, we have John Tamney writing in Forbes “All Hail Donald Trump’s Team of Billionaires” in which he tries to convince the reader that Trump’s billionaires are going to be a benefit to the country. These people will be the people who will convince Trump of public policy that will put in place great economic development with new tax cuts that are well basically for themselves. He writes extensively how their investments based on having tax breaks will lead to much new prosperity for all.

Well Mr. Tamney I do agree billionaires do invest and do well, yet is mainly for their benefit only. This is why they are billionaires. They spend their whole lives expanding on their wealth. They do not spend much time working on good public policy for all. I am just wondering why you think they are going to have some epiphany and create a new investment world where the economy turns around for all. Mr. Tamney billionaires can be billionaires. A strong economy can benefit the majority of us, yet I do not see why these people being in charge is good for public policy. It isn’t in their nature and I do not expect it to be. There is a reason you have a Republic that is supposed to vote for leaders that take in the whole picture. Unfortunately, we, the people, failed ourselves. Please do not try to sugar coat the economic horror the middle class has self-inflicted on ourselves.

From Shakespeare…sort of

American People:
“O common sense, common sense wherefore art thou common sense? Deny our forefathers and refuse thy Constitution; or if thou wilt not but be sworn back to us and I’ll be no longer ignorant
Oligarchy:
(aside)
Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

American People:
Tis but my own greed that is my enemy, thou art thyself though not a member of the people now. What’s people? It is a worker or charity or family or struggle or any other part belonging to a society. O be some other name. What is in a name? That which we call a dollar by any other word would work just as well, so common sense would were you not called common sense retain that dear perfection which you owe, without that title common sense doff they name and for thy name which is no part of thee, take all from myself

Especially since we take it away from ourselves

And for wild card weekend….. sheesh those Cowboys better be prepared. Green Bay looks up to the task. And looking at the 7day weather forecast welcome to Texas, a few days of unusually warm weather during the week, then when the Packers arrive a bit of their weather. Only in Texas.

It is Epiphany all.




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