America Needs More Walks

Walks are good. Walks are healthy. Walks take us to new areas. Walks bring new perspective.

One of my favorite walks is the Perp Walk.

Historically the perp walk has been reserved for organized crime ...

I think it's time to expand the walk.

Wouldn't these two look wonderful shackled together (they might enjoy it) as they were led to the paddy wagon. Rebekah could always cover Rupert's face with her hair.

Allegedly Rebekah has had more than 200 death threats from employees of the paper she managed to destroy after it had been in business for 168 years. 200!? Sounds low to me.

Perhaps she and Rupert need Witness Protection. They could relocate to Reno as Carrot Top and Droopy Dog.

Even at his advanced age Rupert has just graduated from the Droopy Dog/Joe Lieberman School of Oh Poor Me

Another field just ripe with Perp Walk Pickins is ...

As wonderful as it is to see folks out protesting I would much rather see more of ...

Of course he's out of court on his own reconnaissance. You need to be poor or dark skinned in order to get a room in jail.

Scary at the edge. Ordinary Americans don't have the glass, we just hang on from sheer force of will. I'd wish for this motherfucker to fall but he'd just land on a mom of three working two jobs.

During a recent joint session of Congress it occurred to me how easy it would be to get a good perp walk going ...

They're already all lined up and separated by party. My suggestion would be to get the Republicans processed first - I imagine there would be so much more paperwork for them.

As angry as I am with the disproportionate balance of wealth and power I really can't condone violence so I think pies in the face are a healthy alternative. It humiliates the douchebag, it makes for good comedy and nobody gets hurt.

Plus think of all the dry cleaners who could profit from laundering the Chanel suits of rich young wives - that would create more jobs than not taxing the rich ever has.

Bye Bye (our piece of the) American Pie - Part 1

So - I was Googling ‘ways to kill yourself and have your kids still get the life insurance’ but kept running across little tidbits about the economy.

Apparently suicide and the ‘bail-out’ have a lot in common.

Or maybe it was potential life insurance fraud that knocked heads somewhere in the Internet tubes with the ‘bail-out’. After all corruption is corruption.

I don’t know how I feel about the car makers. Wouldn’t it be nice if we actually started making things again. Tangible things that you can see and touch. The asshats that run the big three are due back in Washington on December 8 (I miss you John Lennon) and supposedly they’re bringing with them plans that show they’re going to stop being years behind the rest of the world and that they might actually be interested in building cars that don’t kill the planet – or the people who drive them.

A money site had this advice for them …

Note to Big Three automaker executives: When you are coming to congress to ask for billions in taxpayer bailout money it would be wise not to fly in on your private jets. This is just the latest example of corporate head honchos lavishly spending money and then begging for a handout.

The very first car I bought was a Toyota. The second was a Honda. I remember my American Legion, Korean War Veteran Uncle Phil being so mad at me. Buy American and all that. Well the thing was – those cars were cheaper and better made than any American car I looked at. And that was the beginning of the end for the Big 3.

During my 3 AM Google-Fest I also found a lot of opinions about why the price of gas is down. Many of them say because we stopped driving. But many say No No – the consumer doesn’t have any power. I don’t know.

I do know that we can make a difference at a local level. Here’s an example …

There are a few small family owned stores left in my town and each of them is struggling. One of the stores is owned by a family whose daughter is fighting a rare blood disease. They are in mind numbing debt thanks to the bullshit of our healthcare system. We are always having car washes and pot luck dinners to help them. Dad works all day in his store and then works at Home Depot at night. Mom works from home since their sick child can’t get any home nursing benefits.

BUT – many – most actually – of the people who attend all these well meaning events then go and shop at WalMart. WalMart !!! The store that would rather make your retired Grandfather work til he dies in aisle 4 than give any of their employees decent benefits.

WTF!?

I have tons of research and tidbits on the bail-out and the economy and the new generation of thugs.

I’ve been trying to get some freelance writing gigs by being well versed on all subjects.

Once there was a time that people would cross the street to avoid the crazy looking homeless guy. All that time we should have been watching the guy in the Armani carrying the baby calf leather briefcase. Cause the crazy homeless guy – well – he’s one of us.