Looking At the Stupid, Overlooking Reality

How fucking stupid are we??? Who gives a damn about Ann Romney being a housewife or some Democratic consultant being a working mom? Clearly Romney lives in a misogynistic culture that only recently gave up polygamy....i.e. only men were allowed multiple partners. And clearly the Democratic consultant, Rosen, isn't doing all that badly if she can attend White House functions. The true feminist issues are ignored while the power mongers snipe at each other. Women still earn 75-80 cents for every dollar a man does in the workforce. Women are discriminated against in a variety of ways by male employers and quite often by female employers. Sexism, like racism, is one component of the polarization the rich and powerful like to keep going to divert our attention from their plundering of the economy and planet. White males in America have held the power since the landing of pilgrims. And how has that worked out for humanity?


Hey, I'm white and know I've lived in the white male world of privilege. I haven't had cops roust me for the color of my skin. I've not been overlooked because I might get pregnant sometime from my teens until menopause. I've never been identified as a pariah because of my sexual orientation. Or scorned as an "illegal" because I entered a nation looking for a better life and don't speak the dominant language and it's assumed I can't learn to do so. I have gotten old and discovered my knowledge and experience doesn't mean a damn thing to my employer. They'd love to get rid of me because over the years I've "earned" higher wages and have healthcare benefits I'm more likely to use as I age. But I'm more likely to get a new job as a 62 year old white male than a 62 old male coming from a community of color.

Hell I could run for a seat in Congress and represent the special interests needing government handouts in the guise of contracts or grants. Probably not. I don't have an unnamed political action committee (aka a person)willing to give millions to smear any opponent with lies and miscontrued and distorted half truths.

I'm looking at Congress and wonder where the hell are the brothers and sisters representing their communities? Where's the blue collar representative? Where's the radical from Oakland demanding change? Where's the native American from Pine Ridge pointing out the crushing poverty of his or her community?

We all know that's a joke. Pure delusional thinking. I started this rant with the issue Ann Romney is out of touch with the rest of the population. Name one member of Congress that is in touch. Name one President. That is why it seems fucking stupid to get involved in the sniping of the privileged about one another. Fuck them! One out of five kids in this nation go hungry. And it gets worse outside the privileged borders of the U.S.. We flounder around in stupid controversy at a time we can least afford to do so.