Then, I "saw the light" as it were. It wasn't just Obama. It was the system. Look at how tightly controlled the debates have been since Perot. You are either in on the game or you aren't. Guess what, you and I aren't in the game or--at best--we're pawns. I didn't turn against the system, the system turned against me. And, I won't be apologetic about wanting to change it.
I betrayed the team and I didn't fall for "Hope and Change." Then, I showed shared interest and--even--kinship with the Tea Party. I backed and still back many members of it. But, I then saw how much the Tea Party was getting action on FoxNews. The same "news operation" that all but sucked Dubya's dick. I watched Bill Kristol, the one man I thought should always stand against the TP, push its virtues against the "evil socialist." But, that's the thing, Obama ain't a socialist. He's no less a sucker of Wall Street cock than Bush was. The entire narrative is a fake. A lie.
Now, on to the Wall Street protests, I agree with them because there are people left, right, and center taking part. Kinda like when Tea Parties started in late 2008. Sure, there are a lot of people their wanting to co-opt it for the left like it is Tea Party 2.0 or "The Tea Party of the Left" but, there are also people there fighting against that. People saying let's not let this become the fodder of MSNBC, Current, or whatever. There are "Paulites" down there right now talking to people about the Federal Reserve. Other erstwhile conservatives getting hit with nightsticks. Why? Because shit is fucked. We, the people, hate each other. They, our overlords, get together and play golf. I'm not some kind of leftist Marxist. I didn't run to the streets declaring class warfare. The inward looking "elites" of this nation declared class warfare against us.
They've taken over both parties. They co-opt any movement that challenges them from whichever side from which they think that movement comes. And, the play us off against each other in a vicious cycle that leaves us all broken, fractured, and unable to stand against them.
I'm not bowing down to kiss international corporate ass: Murdoch, Soros, or otherwise. I'm not turning Marxist. I'm not going rogue. I'm not backing down. I'm standing up for America. Feel free to join me.
The same. I didn't give a shit about politics until I saw everyone go crazy-stupid over Clinton getting a blowjob. Are you kidding me? The most powerful man on the planet, and people are going to try and give him shit for getting a hummer? Have you SEEN Hillary?
From that point on, I kept one eye at the media and the other at the political game. My stare became even more intense after 9/11. Add to my personal beliefs of Corporate Industrial complicity in said events, and that's just fuel to my fire.
Then, I had to live with eight-years of Bush, jr. A puppet so obvious I was insulted They actually propped him up there. I have never loathed three politicians more than I loathe Karl Rove, Donald Rumsfeld, and Dick Cheney. Karl is a fat, weak, pussy that outed a CIA agent for political retribution. He should go to prison and get gangraped every day until his natural death. As far as Cheney goes, I'll just have to let the universe deal with that monstrosity. Satan in human form. He will get his judgment. And Rumsfeld is just a fucking criminal on the level of Johnson or Nixon. Dirty, dirty, dirty.
And all of that stems from the forced wars of the military industrial complex. The world, facts, and the universe screamed "No!" when Bush declared "either you're with us, or the enemy" (I could spend an entire rant on that, alone). But, it was pointless to think anyone had a choice. The plans were put into motion, and off they went. As ordered by those that own this country.
Now, on the flip side of that, I loathe Liberals like Al Gore, Bill Maher, and even fucking Obama is getting on my nerves now. I admit I bought into his hype, because I was optimistic. But, life reminded me there is no winner when it come to politics. Just the billionaires playing their games while the rest of the Earth suffers at their whim.
So, it's not a partisan thing with me, per se. I have many conservative leanings I've spoken on many times (I.E. ending welfare, securing the border, etc.). However, the Republicans usually get my ire because of the bad taste the Bush era left in my mouth. But, I focus on the Tea Party exactly because, like you said, they've become co-opted by the very worst of what makes political parties corrupt: Partisan Politics. Instead of vying for a better country, as they started, they're now the party of Palin, Bachmann, and the witch. And whether that's actually true or not, it doesn't matter. That's their image now. They refused to distant themselves from the crazy, so now they are seen as crazy. That was inevitable the moment they became compromised. Thus, I oppose them because I don't trust them.
As for OWS, I think everyone knows my feelings. I don't want any violence, any bloodshed if at all possible from anyone. The protestors are doing what they feel is right for their country, and the police are following orders (although I feel some of them are being a bit too gleeful about their public brutality). However, I support the cause. Nothing has changed. No one seems to be able to make change. So, let's try this. Because, when you think about it, it's either this....or it gets a lot, lot worse for everyone. And I would hate to see America end that way.
