Men in Black - People

You know, every day that I turn on the news, there's just one more crazy thing after the next. Today, the brilliant *cough* Ali Velshi of CNN, made an observation that was pure genius. To paraphrase: "People aren't spending money like they were expected to. We are in a double-dip recession. The first dip is the most meaningful (and he took a chip, and he dipped it into one of two chip dips in front of him - just to make his point)."

Cheap theatrics have no place in journalism. Cheap short-term ruses have no place in good government. The reason that people are not spending money as expected is that (DOH!) -- WE HAVE NO JOBS! They've been outsourced, sent overseas (while we are being forced to buy sub-standard - or even TOXIC - products that aren't worth having spent our hard-earned money on. We "real people" have to make every dollar count, and WE can't give ourselves pay raises. No sirreeee! Those who aren't spending any money live in a place called POVERTY IN THE REAL WORLD.

There's a special place in hell for politicians who mislead people for power, prestige, and standing. However, too many politicians are forgetting what the people want and need, but they don't really care: They have their pockets lined by special interest groups, etc, or they can elect to give themselves a pay raise. Further, they will tell their constituents anything in order to get re-elected - and "the people" fall for it. Time after time. Look what happened with Obama. He campaigned on change. Things are worse now than they were before!

Joe Sulzer, Mayor of Chillicothe, is another such card that needs to be dealt with (after his lay-off plans, cutting police staffing and fire-fighters, etc), firefighters (hey, if CNN can use cheap tricks, so can I). Obama - and his circus of clowns - needs to go, too. Hell, let's CLEAN HOUSE and throw them ALL out - and start over - before it's too late.

We need to remember this movie line in during election season - and again when it's time to elect a NEW president!

"A person is smart, PEOPLE are dumb ..."
-- "Men in Black"