"To RANT, or not to RANT...that is the Question!"

A day or so ago, I posted an Article about $ Root of All Evil. MR. ED. was kind enough to comment. The resulting reply to him starts this next TIRADE, but it was in a Positive vein.

After posting it, I just got an URGE to VENT, so I starting writing a brief INVENTORY of our current status on this BIG BLUE MARBLE.

If you are offended, in any way... GOOD! It means you are still alive, so there is HOPE for you!

On the other hand, should you happen to AGREE, then it is totally up to your conscience, to CHOOSE to DO SOMETHING... TO ACT!

"THY ACTIONS ALONE DETERMINE THY WORTH!"

OH - CAUTION: I'M NOW BEING AUDITED BY IRS FOR TAX RETURN OF TWO YEARS AGO... THEY SAY THEY NEVER RECEIVED IT!

The FINAL YEAR, 2005, when I knew I was going to RETIRE on MARCH 1st, 2006 (in Honor of my Dad's Birthday)... and thereafter would never NEED to PAY anymore, as SSA benefits are NOT TAXABLE... YET!
I purposely held it, and deposited it in a mailbox - one day LATE, on APRIL 16th, just to see what MIGHT happen!

How DUMB would a person be, after being a Tax-paying, Law-abiding, GOD-fearing citizen for about 47 YEARS? DUH!

C'est L'vie!

MR. ED. Thank you, Friend.

WOW! Isn't it refreshing when someone actually cares about the same things? When two intelligent beings actually converse, and exchange similar ideas, it does prove that there still is a RAY OF HOPE!

If two care, then maybe there's a third, a fourth... just maybe that little iddy-biddy spark of light in the darkness could possibly spread, little by little, and eventually illuminate the ENTIRE WORLD!

Some song lyrics just 'popped' into my head, as a visual:

"GIVE ME SOME MEN WHO ARE STOUT-HEARTED MEN, AND I'LL SOON GIVE YOU TEN THOUSAND MORE. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, AND BOLDER AND BOLDER, THEY GROW AS THEY GO TO THE FORE..."

When we do realize the magnitude of the problems, and have that overwhelming feeling of futility... THAT'S EXACTLY WHEN WE MUST SUMMON UP STRENGTH OF PURPOSE!

Is it not when we are at our lowest ebb, that the cycle then REVERSES? That one powerful wave, that SURGE in the SURF, which tells us that NEAP TIDE is ending again?

GOD IS STILL IN HIS HEAVENS... and the LUNAR and SOLAR interactions STILL PERFORM... HIGH TIDE is just ripples away...

Sometimes we are so exhausted with fighting the swift current, that we must rest... do the DEAD MAN'S FLOAT for a while. GATHER STRENGTH, then, pursue our goal yet once again!

THE SECRET? NEVER, NEVER, EVER GIVE UP!

DESPAIR WILL ALWAYS BE BEATEN BY THAT HOPE! ... BY THAT BELIEF IN THAT HIGHER POWER! ...

MAKE IT SO! Tom.


CONTINUATION


OKAY - OKAY - OKAY…

So, let’s take a brief INVENTORY:


1. GLOBAL WARMING - ICECAPS MELTING - DOOMSDAY APPROACHING RAPIDLY!
OSTRICH SYNDROME PREVAILS - PRESIDENT - CONGRESS - CORPORATIONS - DON’T CARE!

2. WAR IN IRAQ - FUTILE - SECTARIAN RELIGIOUS WAR WHERE RAG-HEADS
HAVE HATED EACH OTHER FOR CENTURIES - OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE - DITTO ON PREZ. CONG. CORPS!

3. WARMONGERING CORPORATIONS LIKE: HALIBURTON, BLACKWATER, ETC. -
ARE SUCKING TAXPAYERS MONEY INTO THEIR BULGING COFFERS! DITTO
YET AGAIN - PREZ. CONG. CORPS!

4. MANIPULATED GAS-OIL-UTILTY PRICES - MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS
BEARING THE BRUNT - RICH WRITE IT OFF, OR PASS COST ONTO
CONSUMERS - EITHER WAY, WE PAY! - DITTO ON PREZ. CONG. CORPS!

5. PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS RAPING PUBLIC - OVERCHARGE WITH
EXORBITANT PRICES, SENIOR CITIZENS CAN’T AFFORD, IN FACT, NO
CITIZENS CAN AFFORD! DITTO ON PREZ. CONG. CORPS!

6. INSURANCE COMPANIES - TRADITIONALLY RICHEST IN THE WORLD, OWN JUST
ABOUT EVERYTHING - SKYSCRAPERS, MALLS, HUGE BANK BUILDINGS -
MOST ARE LEASED FOR 99 YEARS CERTAIN! - SCREWING PUBLIC ON
PREMIUMS FOR ALL LINES OF COVERAGE, WHILE EXCLUDING MAJOR
IMPORTANT COVERAGES - HAVE NEVER COVERED HOMEOPATHIC
TREATMENT, NOR ANY PREVENTIVE MEDICINE! DITTO ON PREZ. CONG.
CORPS!

7. NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT - BEEN A POLITICAL FOOTBALL FOR
ALMOST 50 YEARS NOW - SOCIALIZED MEDICINE HAS WORKED FOR
DECADES IN OTHER COUNTRIES! DITTO ON PREZ. CONG. CORPS!

8. DIABETES EPIDEMIC - OBESITY EPIDEMIC - AIDS EPIDEMIC - DRUGS EPIDEMIC -
CRIME EPIDEMIC - PORNOGRAPHY EPIDEMIC - PEDOPHILE EPIDEMIC -
CROOKED, LYING POLITICIANS EPIDEMIC - DITTO YET AGAIN - PREZ.
CONG. CORPS!

9. MORTGAGE AND HOUSING MARKET FIASCO - PURPOSEFUL OVER-INFLATED
REAL ESTATE VALUES BUBBLE FINALLY BURSTED - EVEN HIGH MIDDLE
CLASS HOMEOWNERS GOING INTO BANKRUPTCY AND FORECLOSURES -
DITTO ON PREZ. CONG. CORPS!

10. AMERICAN PORTS BEING OWNED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND/OR
COMPANIES - ONLY TIP OF THE ICEBERG COVERED BY CONTROLLED
MEDIA, DID THE GOVERNMENT EVER FOLLOW THROUGH AND ACTUALLY
REVERSE IT? DITTO ON PREZ. CONG. CORPS!

11. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS - ANCHOR BABIES - MEXICAN BORDER - CANADIAN
BORDER - AND NOW, TA-DAH! WE ARE ABOUT TO IMPORT OVER 10,000
PROSPECTIVE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS? DITTO ON PREZ. CONG. CORPS!

12. CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS WHITTLED AWAY - PATRIOT ACT - INVASION
OF PRIVACY - HABEAS CORPUS ELIMINATED - UNLAWFUL SEARCH AND
SEIZURE - VIOLATIONS OF GENEVA CONVENTION! DON’T LIKE THE LAW?
BREAK IT! CHANGE IT COVERTLY! OPERATE ABOVE AND OUTSIDE THE
LAW! OOPS! CAN’T SAY ‘DITTO’ HERE, BECAUSE THEY DO CARE! THEY
ARE THE ONES DOING IT! PREZ. CONG. CORPS!

13. ONE NATION UNDER GOD - INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR
ALL! WELL, WE ALL KNOW WHERE THAT WENT! DECLARED
UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY A HANDFUL OF SO-CALLED CHIEF JUSTICES!

HOW COME IT WAS OKAY 50 YEARS AGO, AND WAS ACTUALLY ADDED TO
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY CONGRESS? WAS IT PERHAPS THE
FERVOR AND FEAR OF COMMUNISTS? RIGHT NOW, THE FERVOR AND FEAR
OF ISLAMIC DOMINATION SHOULD BE AT LEAST 10 TIMES WORSE! BUT…..
DITTO ON PRESIDENT, CONGRESS, CORPORATIONS!



ENOUGH SAID? … GET THE PICTURE? … WANNA JUST PUKE?

YOU GOT ANY BLUE-BLOODED AMERICANISM LEFT IN YOUR FEEBLE MINDS OR BODIES? DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DIAL A PHONE NUMBER? … SEND AN EMAIL? …
PICK UP A BIC BALLPOINT AND ACTUALLY WRITE AND MAIL A SNAIL MAIL LETTER? BITCH? MOAN? GROAN? COMPLAIN? DEMAND? B-L-O-G?


OR --- Do we need a NEW PLEDGE?

“I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED SOPRANOS ASSOCIATION, AND TO THE REPUBLIC - MONEY - FOR WHICH IT STANDS - ONE TOTALLY DIVIDED NATION, UNDER NO GOD, WITH NO LIBERTY, NOR NO JUSTICE FOR ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY THE IGNORANT MASSES OF MIDDLE-CLASS SHEEP!”

“The RICH get Richer, and the POOR get Poorer, but in the meantime, in between time…
AIN’T WE GOT FUN?”

“DEAR GOD, PLEASE DELIVER US FROM THESE: LYING, CHEATING, CROOKED, AVARICE-RIDDEN POLITICIANS, LAWYERS, LOBBYISTS, AND ATHEISTIC CORPORATIONS! …. AND APATHY! AMEN!”