D. Armenta
PlagmanAverage Americans-time to change the image!
***The bill has passed, but it's not too late to let Congress know exactly what "Joe Sixpack" (gag) is saying..
Alright, Americans--speak your piece while the window's open 'cause it won't last long.
It's time we changed how we are depicted to anyone who watches T.V., including our own government members.
You don't have to, of course. You can let market analists--ooops, I meant analysts--and the media speak for you. Remember every idiot you've seen on Jerry Springer or "The Peoples' Court"? That's presumed to be your voice. Every dirtbag you've ever seen on news clips or "Judge Judy"? That is presumed to be your voice. Why?
Have you noticed how much more media coverage the average American moron gets than the average American with brains and common sense? Have you ever wondered why? Maybe it's because average Americans with brains and common sense don't have the "entertainment value" that the average American moron does in the media.
Maybe it's because we real average Americans--the ones with common sense and brains--are content to bitch about the government over the dinner table and laugh at all of the average American morons we see every day on T.V. But while we're snickering at them and feeling superior, we fail to realize that they are representing us.
Click here, find your state in the drop-down menu of the site and write your Congressman or woman now.
This is your last chance for a long time to change the government's perception of us.
Time to even up the score. Get your voice heard on this travesty of an economic proposal that not only Bush, but an ever-increasing number of Democrat and Republican representatives are trying to bum's rush us into accepting.
Add./author's update: The bill for the bailout was just passed. Now the house is patting themselves on the back and mouthing generalities about "Main Street." One speaker said this: "Warren Buffett has said that this will benefit the taxpayer, meaning all of us."
Let that sink in for a moment.
Now it is more important than ever to write, call or use the link I provided here to let your congress people and reps know: We, the People...Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents, Conservatives and Liberals and all other taxpayers....are not Idiots.
Here is my letter to my Congresswoman, verbatim:
"As a constituent, I'm writing to tell you something that the political market research firms apparently aren't: there are what the media would call "staggering" numbers of voters out here whose trust in the government (never much to begin with) is hanging in the balance with this economic bailout proposal.
The eyes of the nation's voters are on Congress right now. You are under a microscope. If this preposterous plan gets pushed through, any last shred of party loyalty-pretty much all you've got left now- is going to blow away in the hurricane-force winds of hot air and manure fumes that both the Democratic and Republican parties have been blasting us with this past week.
Don't make the mistake of relying on laziness or complacency on the part of the voters. We've been guilty of that before, it's true, but rest assured that right now everyone is paying very close attention to the details of this proposal, and we know a royal scam when we hear it.
Don't let this joke of a proposal go through. We're all watching and listening to see who really has our best interests in mind.
A registered voter and writer in your state,
Mrs. D. L. Armenta"
Alright, Americans--speak your piece while the window's open 'cause it won't last long.
It's time we changed how we are depicted to anyone who watches T.V., including our own government members.
You don't have to, of course. You can let market analists--ooops, I meant analysts--and the media speak for you. Remember every idiot you've seen on Jerry Springer or "The Peoples' Court"? That's presumed to be your voice. Every dirtbag you've ever seen on news clips or "Judge Judy"? That is presumed to be your voice. Why?
Have you noticed how much more media coverage the average American moron gets than the average American with brains and common sense? Have you ever wondered why? Maybe it's because average Americans with brains and common sense don't have the "entertainment value" that the average American moron does in the media.
Maybe it's because we real average Americans--the ones with common sense and brains--are content to bitch about the government over the dinner table and laugh at all of the average American morons we see every day on T.V. But while we're snickering at them and feeling superior, we fail to realize that they are representing us.
Click here, find your state in the drop-down menu of the site and write your Congressman or woman now.
This is your last chance for a long time to change the government's perception of us.
Time to even up the score. Get your voice heard on this travesty of an economic proposal that not only Bush, but an ever-increasing number of Democrat and Republican representatives are trying to bum's rush us into accepting.
Add./author's update: The bill for the bailout was just passed. Now the house is patting themselves on the back and mouthing generalities about "Main Street." One speaker said this: "Warren Buffett has said that this will benefit the taxpayer, meaning all of us."
Let that sink in for a moment.
Now it is more important than ever to write, call or use the link I provided here to let your congress people and reps know: We, the People...Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents, Conservatives and Liberals and all other taxpayers....are not Idiots.
The average American, according to market analysts
Here is my letter to my Congresswoman, verbatim:
"As a constituent, I'm writing to tell you something that the political market research firms apparently aren't: there are what the media would call "staggering" numbers of voters out here whose trust in the government (never much to begin with) is hanging in the balance with this economic bailout proposal.
The eyes of the nation's voters are on Congress right now. You are under a microscope. If this preposterous plan gets pushed through, any last shred of party loyalty-pretty much all you've got left now- is going to blow away in the hurricane-force winds of hot air and manure fumes that both the Democratic and Republican parties have been blasting us with this past week.
Don't make the mistake of relying on laziness or complacency on the part of the voters. We've been guilty of that before, it's true, but rest assured that right now everyone is paying very close attention to the details of this proposal, and we know a royal scam when we hear it.
Don't let this joke of a proposal go through. We're all watching and listening to see who really has our best interests in mind.
A registered voter and writer in your state,
Mrs. D. L. Armenta"
I'm with you.
Unfortunately, I read this after the passage of the proposal.
And that wily little moose-dressing hockey mom from the North Country is their beloved spokesmodel.
"Wall Street" surely encouraged all of those pursuits among "average" Americans, and got caught holding the bag when the objects of their greed fell short when the payments started to come due. Make no mistake - this bailout saves the financial institutions. But where is the part about freezing interest rates or resetting principal amounts for Joe Six Pack who lives on Main Street who happens to be in foreclosure? Who's buying their depressed assets and helping to get them off the hook?
Perhaps it's our own patriotic duty - those of us leaning to the strong side of that bell curve - to inform, much the way you have with your posting, to get the word out that, well, the emperor has no clothes.
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Actually, I do think the average American is a moron, or at least the average one 30 yrs old and younger is. Seems like Orble is an Aussie site or something, so I'll just say I am American but this is how I feel anyway. And a lot of that relates to who we've been allowing to get into powerful positions. They make idiotic decisions that have resulted in intelligence and receiving a good education not being important, necessary or almost even possible anymore. But exploring that issue honestly could be an entire post by itself.
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One also sees serious and well coordinated manipulation of the publics' fears and desires, collusion by government and the media in the obfuscation of truth and all this suggesting a hidden longer term political agenda one can only guess at, but rest assured, it is not for the benefit of the common person.
We live in very dangerous times; for without a vigilant and independant press, we have no one to help us expose and stand up to government lies.
Our countries now have a press that seem to be working in concert with the shadier powers skulking furtively behind the face of elected government. These days we are much less likely to discover the truth, particularly regarding our future, and certainly regarding serious events of the past, like Iraq, 911 etc.
We may say we live in democracies, but, before our very eyes, our governments are turning totalitarian by stealth.
Just hope you win lotto, you might be able to insulate yourself from the coming mayhem, to some degree.
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I would propose that we write our Congress persons at least weekly and let them know how we feel about what is happening in our lives today (I don't mean the Jerry Springer stuff). Keep them informed and challenge them to do the next right thing (or at least try).
Time for term limits in Congress ... 12 years ... any longer and these guys just get so close to the problem they become part of the problem. We also seem to have the bad habit of sending our Congress Persons back to Washington, even when they do a poor job. Fire them, vote for the other guy regardless of party lines.
I never have figured out why Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life either ... two hundred years ago maybe I can see the need, but now, seems to me that an 8 - 12 year term limit there would be in line here as well.
I hope all y'all enjoy your day. Right now our weather is sunny and in the low 70's in north Georgia, USA.
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I'm hoping against hope that the "average American"--no, I mean the "average HUMAN"--is galvanized to call, write or email the people in government who are supposed to be acting in their best interests.
I'm on a mission...more to come.