More Evidence North American Society is Declining

I have to say,  I am discouraged. It is indeed a dark day for me and I have been seeing more and more of those lately.

First, I get pissed off reading wall postings from an American neo-con redneck who decided to set up camp and troll at the Facebook group, No Shona Holmes, We Do Not Want an American Style Health Care System. A real Nasty piece of werk indeed. He goes by the name Mitch Graves from Michigan (no, he’s sooo hateful, I don’t wish to protect his anonymity.). The male version of Kathy Shiddle if you will.

Now, I don’t ordinarily blog about trolls on Facebook groups, but I am so pissed off and more importantly, terrified, wondering, is that where society is headed? 

Here is something he said (paraphrased): Poor people aren’t that poor because they’re fat.  He never considered the fact that poorer people tend to be fatter because they eat so poorly? Hotdogs and kraft dinner are much cheaper than fruits and vegetables.  Mostly overweight people are more subject to many health issues such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke.  Another reason for being overweight has nothing to do with eating: could be a thyroid condition or something else hormonal.

These very same people who can’t get themselves looked after in the U.S. due to their elitist health care system. No, ol’ Mitch doesn’t care about them. In fact to add insult to injury, he doesn’t quit while he’s behind; he goes on to say that the reason there are poor people in the U.S. and more than likely, by extension, Canada, are poor because they’re stupid and/or lazy.

He also goes on to say Progressives = Marxism. Another redneck ignoramous who probably has less education than Jethro Clampett using big words without any notion as to their meaning.  He went using that evil ‘s’ word again; incorrectly, of course.

I know it’s bad karma to wish ill on others, but sometimes, it seems that one has to hit rock bottom before they have any empathy for others.  So, yes, I do wish he lose everything, so not only can he see how it feels to be kicked by other neo-cons when down and out. To try to get back up again. I also wish the same for folks like Kathy Shaidle and Kate MacMillan.

Another thing pissing me off this morning is having read something absolutely frightening as to put disenfranchised children in further distress at their schools.  Over at Slap Upside the Head, he talks about two Iowa lawmakers who wish to kick a certain group of teen-agers out of an anti-bullying program, simply because they are Gay and Lesbian.  I thought law makers of any kind, no matter where they legislate were supposed to have beyond an 11th grade education. With dumb reasoning like: they need to remove their protections because it will lead to same-sex marriage. Talk about paranoia and intolerance! I get really discouraged when supposedly educated adults in positions of responsibility to care for children take on this attitude and I hope the parents of these children will take action. They will if they love their children unconditionally  as parents should, but then again, the more I read and hear about, I’m not even sure about that anymore.

I hate to break it: oops! I mean, It brings me great pleasure to announce to these bungling buffoons that with or without their support, if these gay teens wish to get married when the time comes, they will do so anyhow; and  more power to these kids.

No wonder the terrorists like Al-Qaeda have won and continue to win. they know American weaknesses and use it to their advantage, but I digress.

Also,  another thing about apparent increasing materialistic priorities. We’ve all seen how neo-cons talk of ‘climategate’ and how climate change isn’t really happening.  All these excuses; nothing more.  I even saw a facebook page saying basically to wait and see if climate change is happening before acting on it. Well, the problem with that is that is that by the time it happens, it will be too late.

Logically, even if someone were not sure whether or not the science regarding climate change is real or not and to what extent; shouldn’t we just do our part to prevent this from happening? Not for nothing Al Gore’s movie is entitled An Inconvenient Truth: doing our part to help the planet isn’t always convenient for average folks. It requires extra work such as sorting garbage for recycling and/or composting: it would require travelling choices like leaving the car at home more often and use bicycle, walk more (good excercise; especially needed when people [rich or poor alike] need it the most),  not buying these gas guzzling vehicles because it’s shiny and big. We made do without mini-vans before they came out; why is it such a necessity today?

Come to think of it, why can’t we be mindful of our excessive consumption? Why must we waste so much?

Why do these governments fail to examine green infrastructures and creating green jobs to replace a lot of lost American and Canadian jobs?

Companies whine about being taxed for emissions; instead of spending all that energy whining about it, why don’t they make changes? Governments can award for positive changes toward eliminating greenhouse gasses as well as penalize those who don’t even make the effort to comply with environmental goals.

Society has become materialistic and the fact is, we consume or than we produce and there are those like the Mitch Graves, Kathy Shaidles and Dr Roys of this world who are determined to keep it that way for only the benefit of the minority rich.

Even those, like young Tabitha Hale who claim to care about the poor offer no solutions. They rant against things like health care reform; health care for all, but they offer absolutely no  solutions to help these people. In fact, like the neo-con rednecks above,  Cons who claim to care for the average working class are a big part of the problem: not the solution.

Another question, what would it take to realize that Georgie’s economic policies and deregulation are the main reasons for the global recession? Albert Einstein once said that insanity is when one does the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. Well, that is exactly what is happening.  Why do many Canadians and Americans still insist that Bush’s capitalist policies are what’s best?

These neo-cons have been programmed to fear socialism: that like we must be regressive or we are Marxist.  They haven’t a clue as to the meaning of any of those terms. They have no idea of the difference between communism and socialism. I seriously doubt many even know who Karl Marx was.

Those who have slight knowledge probably refer to figures like Stalin and Mao.  However, they fail to mention facists like General Augusto Pinochet who was more than willing to kill for the free markets.

Ignorance, stupidity, intolerance and greed are a lethal combination. This consuming more than producing culture is something no one wants to change.   A lot of them tend to be those very same people who believe end times are coming. If they are, they will be the cause.