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Bee-otched For: blaming our problems on Biden
During the Fall of 1929, the headaches began.
Stocks tumbled and when it was over, The Great Depression was born. For the next four years, Americans were forced to face the pathetic reality of being poor. Bread lines were around the corner and ketchup mixed with boiling water was called "tomato soup".
Thankfully, the beginning of the end started on March 4, 1933, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 33rd President of the United States. His New Deal fixed the wrongs this country suffered under Herbert Hoover's reign. Thanks to FDR, we have 40-hour workweeks, a minimum wage, unions, and for decades, a fair tax system. If you made more, you paid more to protect the middle class.
Boy, have times changed. Even more, when did the shit hit the fan?
Maybe it was when FDR died in 1945. After all, he proposed Universal Healthcare, free college, and more women's rights, which his people gave to the countries we invaded during World War II. Today we're one of only a handful of countries on Earth where Healthcare is a joke.
Maybe it was when Eisenhower was president. Then again, he had some good ideas, like the interstate highway system. Then again, it did hurt some cities because whites all moved to the suburbs while African Americans all had to suffer through city life.
Maybe it was when JFK died. When LBJ was president, yes, he passed Civil Rights into law and put a man on the moon. But, he sent our men to Vietnam.
Maybe it was when Nixon became POTUS. Yes, he helped to get us out of Vietnam. But, he elected several new Supreme Court justices who fucked up the FCC in 1978 over a radio station airing a George Carlin bit. And yes, Watergate.
Of course, we can blame Reagan. He fucked over unions, the middle class, and lower taxes for the wealthy. Plus, he abolished the Fairness Doctrine, which gave people to freedom to say what they wanted in broadcasting. Thanks to Reagan, the AM airwaves got infested with Rush and his clones while lefties became nonexistent.
Okay, so Clinton wasn't all that bad. He did raise taxes on the wealthy - albeit not enough - and reduced the deficit. But, he was far from perfect. He approved NAFTA, companies were outsourcing left and right, and the Telecommunications Act of 1997 allowed for less competition in the media.
And, he allowed the Taliban to train for 9/11 on our soil. Whoops.
In 2000, we were given an ultimatum: vote for Al Gore - whose now-ex-wife Tipper was for censoring music and whose running mate Joe Lieberman tried to get Howard Stern off the air - or George W. BusHitler. Thanks to that decision, everything Clinton worked for turned to shit. Nearly 3,000 souls were lost on 9/11 and we were thrown into several fake wars over oil. Because of BusHitler's FCC overreacting over Janet Jackson's accidental Super Bowl nip slip, broadcasters now have to pay nearly half-a-million dollars per "indecent" offense. Of course, BusHitler's presidency ended in economic disaster, proving that tax cuts for the wealthy simply don't work.
Well, we got Obama in the White House in 2008. In my lifetime, he *was* the best president. I had to laugh at Indian filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza for making a shitty movie about Obama, claiming that because of him, the end of the world would come in 2016. Well, it didn't. When he left the White House, the economy was booming. Obamacare gave more people affordable healthcare. And most importantly, Osama was dead.
We know. Obama *did* make at least one bad decision: endorsing Hillary Clinton for his job over the independent Bernie Sanders. Yes, the Antichrist did enter the lair of the Oval Office, and his name was Drumpf.
Thanks to the pressures brought on by Democratic National Committee, Hillary was force-fed to become their nominee for president. She thought she had Drumpf beat. Hell, she hardly campaigned in the Midwest. But of course, her past caught up to her. During their debates, Drumpf reamed her for supporting the second Iraq War. It's true. Hillary has long been someone who says she would do something until somebody hands over a pile of cash to her.
In too many cases, the two-party system fails those who want the world to be a better place. It's like living in a town where there are two radio stations and there are two types of people who live there. Those who love country and those who love rock. The Repukes are like country music. They're easy to please. However, the rock crowd is like the Democrats. They want bands like Metallica, KoRn, Rage Against the Machine, and Tool, but, they're stuck with an AC station that plays the snot out of Elton John, Michael Bolton, and everyone's favorite reverse pedophile, Celine Dion.
Of course, these days, rock fans have SiriusXM, Pandora, and Spotify to fall back on. In politics, those who didn't like Hillary either voted third party, didn't vote at all, or voted for her anyway because she was the lesser of the two evils. In the end, Hillary proved that one can win the election by three million votes and still lose.
It's funny that when BusHitler left the White House, people had hoped that it would be the end of the Repukes running the country for a long, long time. Instead, the Dems cheated and were caught. In the end, Drumpf ran America into the ground because he served his people well while real people getting fucked.
In the end, we were the world's laughingstock with Drumpf in charge. His loose stance on COVID-19 killed millions of Americans. And we thought losing 4,500 soldiers in BusHitler's fake wars was fucked up.
To make matters worse, he pissed on our allies and befriended dictators such as Vladimir Putin. Look at what's going on in Ukraine. See, this is what we get for keeping our enemies closer than our friends.
Drumpf's presidency was so disastrous that we came out in droves to vote in Joe Biden as the 46th POTUS. True, the violent hill jacks who all believed that the election was stolen came out to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021 to cry otherwise. But, the truth is more powerful than a tinfoil hat slapped on their peanut-sized brains.
Soooo..... now what?
Ok, so this world is now a clusterfuck-and-a-half. Gas prices are at their highest, the minimum wage hasn't budged since 2009 and we have people who make barely over $10 per hour living in tents because the rent is too high. Here in Grand Rapids, there are tiny studio apartments that are now $1,000 per month! My birthplace of Traverse City is even worse; $200,000 won't even get you a hole in a ditch and good-paying jobs are scarce.
Sadly, the right is pointing fingers at the wrong man: President Biden. "Oh! He shut down the pipelines!" "Gas prices were under $2 per gallon when he was in office!" Yeah, BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SHUT DOWN WHEN THE PANDEMIC BEGAN! DURH! Sometimes, I would be driving down a usually busy street and I was the only person driving.
Yes, per Fox "News" and other dicklickers to the right of Hitler, it's all Biden's fault. It's Biden's fault that the corner gas station that was once open 24 hours closes at night because they can't find workers. It's because of Biden that because of his pro-environment views that have is now over $4 per gallon. Do you go to the store and the shelves are bare? Yep, blame it on 'Ol Joe. Hell, there was a massive blaze at a Walmart distribution center in Indiana recently. Wanna blame Biden for that torment?
Right now, it's no secret that the world is in a lot of pain. We're trying to flee ourselves from the shells that Covid created. We want to return to normal. But, it's tough when inflation prevents us from spending what little money we have.
The pure reality is that we can point fingers at the person in charge. However, in Biden's case, he's innocent. He's just like virtually every Democratic president in history after a repuke's control. Look at FDR: he was stuck having to clean up the predicament Hoover created with the Great Depression. When he took office in 1933, there was no minimum wage and hardly any middle class. There is a reason why he was America's longest-serving president. He fought for the small guy and knew that excessive wealth would sink us all.
Seventy-seven years after his passing, I would imagine that Roosevelt would be spinning in his grave. The evolution of getting rid of everything he worked hard for is sending more and more Americans into the poor house, or worse, a tent in the woods.
In the long term, the combo of hard-right and weak-left presidents who don't put hard-working Americans first is why We The People either can't have nice things or use a credit card to achieve that American Dream. We work hard and too many of us are getting behind.
Thankfully, we're speaking out. Thanks to a stronger economy, people are going from weak jobs to better ones. Once upon a time, there was a chain of burrito joints here in Grand Rapids called Moe's Southwest Grill. They were quite popular, but they all shuttered. The closest Moe's to GR now is in Portage, ever by Kalamazoo.
So, why did Moe's close? I think it's due to a sign I saw in front of one of their now former locations. It read "now hiring $11 per hour". With rent now over $1,000 per month, I'll betcha that hardly anybody applied, even though this was the Moe's in front of the always-busy Costco at 28th and I-96 in Cascade Township. Plus, it doesn't help that Moe's is owned by the appropriately named Roark Capital Group, which is well known for paying their staffers shit wages. Of course, Roark's O&Os include Arby's (which still has a location next to Costco), Carl's Jr./Hardee's, Buffalo Wild Wings, ServiceMaster, and MassageEnvy, just to name a few.
I would imagine that many are escaping the low-paying world of getting splashed with hot oil and stocking shelves at 3 a.m. and moving up in the world. However, not all people are lucky. Of course, this is one reason why some fast food places are hiring 14-year-olds, since $7.25 to them is a fortune to them.
Look, nobody wants to work hard and make a pittance. I've been there and done that. I know how it feels to make less than ten bucks per hour for 12 years while my bills pile up so my ex-boss can go on extravagant vacations. When he was (thankfully) forced into retirement by his partner, our company was in the red and he blamed everything but himself. Over a decade later, our company is busier than ever and most of us are happy that we all have a good job. They invest in both good people and new equipment. Today, I'm thankful I have a house and no debt sans my mortgage.
Ok, so why are people bitching about Biden? It's simple brainwashing. Recently, the governor of Mississippi passed legislation that banned so-called "critical race theory" teaching in schools in his state. In other words, teaching kids about how evil slavery was is now a no-no. It's funny that Mississippi is the first state to do this because back in 1971, Jackson NBC-TV station WLBT became the only tv station in American history to have its license revoked by the FCC for not allowing African Americans to share their viewpoints during a time when The Fairness Doctrine was enacted. In 1987, Ronald Reagan abolished the Fairness Doctrine which allowed more conservative viewpoints to be expressed on both TV and radio. Assholes like Rush Limbaugh, "Dr." Laura Schlessinger, and others were now allowed to spew their bullshit without any counterpoint. Things only got worse when Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch launched Fox "News" Channel in 1996.
With the sad atrocities that have happened since the Fairness Doctrine was revoked, people think that the lies from the right are the truth and that the left is nothing but professional spinners. But sadly, people who call themselves leftists do make mistakes that make the Repukes proud, like approve to start BusHitler's fake wars over oil.
Over the years, people have thought that those with a (D) after their name mean that they're liberal. But, many of come to the conclusion that it's simply a lie. In the 1990s, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman - who was Al Gore's running mate in 2000 - was purely anti-First Amendment. He championed the cancelations of people like Howard Stern and Jerry Springer. The fact that he was Gore's running mate might have caused BusHitler to win.
Now, the senate is stuck with two assholes who both have a (D) after their name who aren't real Dems: Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin. Because of them, Biden's Build Back Better plan is on the back burner because they're both crying that it would raise taxes. Of course, Manchin made his fortune on coal. Oddly enough, Sinema used to be progressive but has been sucked into being a cunt who stands up for the mega-wealthy.
All truth be told, the biggest problem we Americans have is the fact that people will always blame the president for all their problems, especially if they're to the left. The reality is that the biggest problem is that the rich have gotten richer while the poor have gotten poorer since the days of Reagan. If the minimum wage kept up with the times, it would be $10-something per hour. However, it's still $7.25 per hour and it was last changed in 2009. Why is it still that low? Simple: thank the wealthy. Let's remember something: Jeff Bezos blasted Michael Strahan into outer space just HOURS when a tornado tore through one of his warehouses, killing six people. That same line of tornadoes blasted through a candle factory, killing eight. And guess what? Those poor people were told to keep working despite tornado warnings or be fired. Those poor souls were only making $8 per hour and after the factory was flattered, the company announced that they were not going to rebuild.
People, rebuilding this nation is up to us. This is why I support companies that pay their employees' livable wages. Costco and Chipotle are prime examples. Because of what's going on, I'm happy that the fast food and retail race is getting tough to the point where some places are no longer open around the clock or even at all. People are speaking out and taking action. But, oh, no! Gas is over $4 per gallon and beef is unaffordable! Surprise! IT AIN'T BIDEN'S FAULT! The real fault falls on the fact that we've given the wealthy too much power. Instead of shopping at a family-owned store, we shop at big-box retailers and in the cases of way too many small towns without a local grocer, Dollar General. We may only vote once every two years, but we vote every day.
At the end of the day, Joe Biden needs to be given a chance. Now, IF he becomes another Dem who accepts money to not do a goddamned thing, then yes, I'll vote for someone else in 2024. But, we all know what will happen: Drumpf will run that year and will use the Electoral College like he did in 2016 to declare victory. The damage started under him, not Biden.
Right now, the right is trying its damndest to get back into power. Look at the irritating commercials for Perry Johnson for governor here in Michigan. He wants to BUY the election so he can run this state like pRick Snyder did. Snyder already fucked up Flint's water supply. With the current situation up in the Straits Area with Line 5, I would imagine that if elected governor, Johnson will do the same thing since there's a lot of financial interest in Enbridge, a company that has little-to-no business in America.
If Biden loses in 2024, then we've been duped. I hope that if it happens, someone even further to the left like AOC will win in 2028. It's time for the assholes who can't see right from wrong to learn why Biden was elected and Drumpf lost. Big corporations and billionaires need to get their hands out of the cookie jar and start treating us like human beings.
Only We The People can determine our own fate.
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