Hey, everyone. When I say 'game' I don't mean a video game. I am referring to a con game that is being perpetrated on the American consumer. Since roughly a third of my readers are outside of the U.S., I will expound a bit.
Like most goods these days, manufacturers of light bulbs have started to make light bulbs to last for less and less time. It started with a deal where they decided that global warming would be reduced by using certain types of light bulbs. I am all for slowing global warming. I believe that global warming exists and I appreciate Albert Gore's and others' initiative on this matter. Supposedly there was a new type of bulbs that would last for a year and some of them lasted very well. Of course they were expensive. Maybe a couple of dollars each. The older type of bulbs went up in price, then became hard to find. Well, now the normal bulbs last about a week. I kid you not. I had a day last week when I had to change 3 light bulbs in one day. Most stuff is made to last only a short period of time. While the economy is in a terrible shape, marketers are gouging the public like never before.
Mr. Gore was unfortunate enough that someone made public that his light bill for a month was several thousand dollars. I hate that someone embarrassed the guy but it illustrates a point. I guarantee that folks in government who expect normal people to bite the bullet during hard times, really don't scrimp much themselves. I can't recall any point in my lifetime when the American people were more disillusioned with their government than they are today. We don't trust Congress, the President or even the courts. For instance, the people in California recently had a measure added to the ballot concerning a specific issue. It was overwhelmingly voted for in a certain way. A judge at a high level actually overturned the new law which was achieved by popular vote. Think about that. Government by the people, for the people and oh yeah, screw the people.Here's the deal. Our representatives don't really care what the common people want, the people that elected them, or those to whom they owe their job. They do what they please and feel that they will not be held to account. Is it any wonder that so many folks have quit voting? Do you actually think that a bunch of millionaires in Washington feel your pain? Ha, ha. How many of those guys shop at Wal-Mart, worry about feeding their kid, go to work when they're sick just to put food on the table? How many have lost their house to repossession? Zero, would be my guess.
Ah, yes! Voting. We have representatives go to foreign lands to help monitor elections. Meanwhile, right here in the cradle of liberty, there are questionable things going on with elections. The media used to pride itself on being middle-of-the-road in coverage of things. That is no longer true. The media welds its power like a mighty whip for the liberal, left-wing viewpoints.
So, if it's time for a state of the union message, let me have a brief say in it. The American people are still pretty decent people for the most part. Most of us love our country. The country is in such a mess that I don't know if it can be fixed. The lobbyists in Washington buy and sell congress on a daily basis. Until that bunch of lobbyists are driven out, there can be no change. Someone got mad the other day because an illegal alien was asked to produce a driver's license before they would let him vote in a primary. The other day, I was informed that my insurance company 'had to' come out and look at my house or they could not continue to insure me. You say, well, I can understand that. They have an investment, or could have, in that property. Here's the truth. A bunch of lobbyists for the powerful insurance companies used their influence to get a law passed allowing them to trample on your right of privacy and they can now invite themselves onto your property and 'look around'. One of our most basic and sacred rights has been sold by Congress for a few trips, dinners, reelection campaigns etc.
I could go on and on with the state of the union, baby. Americans love their country, but we wouldn't give you fifty cents for our leaders.
From the author's green retreat, I'm CE Wills.
Like most goods these days, manufacturers of light bulbs have started to make light bulbs to last for less and less time. It started with a deal where they decided that global warming would be reduced by using certain types of light bulbs. I am all for slowing global warming. I believe that global warming exists and I appreciate Albert Gore's and others' initiative on this matter. Supposedly there was a new type of bulbs that would last for a year and some of them lasted very well. Of course they were expensive. Maybe a couple of dollars each. The older type of bulbs went up in price, then became hard to find. Well, now the normal bulbs last about a week. I kid you not. I had a day last week when I had to change 3 light bulbs in one day. Most stuff is made to last only a short period of time. While the economy is in a terrible shape, marketers are gouging the public like never before.
Mr. Gore was unfortunate enough that someone made public that his light bill for a month was several thousand dollars. I hate that someone embarrassed the guy but it illustrates a point. I guarantee that folks in government who expect normal people to bite the bullet during hard times, really don't scrimp much themselves. I can't recall any point in my lifetime when the American people were more disillusioned with their government than they are today. We don't trust Congress, the President or even the courts. For instance, the people in California recently had a measure added to the ballot concerning a specific issue. It was overwhelmingly voted for in a certain way. A judge at a high level actually overturned the new law which was achieved by popular vote. Think about that. Government by the people, for the people and oh yeah, screw the people.Here's the deal. Our representatives don't really care what the common people want, the people that elected them, or those to whom they owe their job. They do what they please and feel that they will not be held to account. Is it any wonder that so many folks have quit voting? Do you actually think that a bunch of millionaires in Washington feel your pain? Ha, ha. How many of those guys shop at Wal-Mart, worry about feeding their kid, go to work when they're sick just to put food on the table? How many have lost their house to repossession? Zero, would be my guess.
Ah, yes! Voting. We have representatives go to foreign lands to help monitor elections. Meanwhile, right here in the cradle of liberty, there are questionable things going on with elections. The media used to pride itself on being middle-of-the-road in coverage of things. That is no longer true. The media welds its power like a mighty whip for the liberal, left-wing viewpoints.
So, if it's time for a state of the union message, let me have a brief say in it. The American people are still pretty decent people for the most part. Most of us love our country. The country is in such a mess that I don't know if it can be fixed. The lobbyists in Washington buy and sell congress on a daily basis. Until that bunch of lobbyists are driven out, there can be no change. Someone got mad the other day because an illegal alien was asked to produce a driver's license before they would let him vote in a primary. The other day, I was informed that my insurance company 'had to' come out and look at my house or they could not continue to insure me. You say, well, I can understand that. They have an investment, or could have, in that property. Here's the truth. A bunch of lobbyists for the powerful insurance companies used their influence to get a law passed allowing them to trample on your right of privacy and they can now invite themselves onto your property and 'look around'. One of our most basic and sacred rights has been sold by Congress for a few trips, dinners, reelection campaigns etc.
I could go on and on with the state of the union, baby. Americans love their country, but we wouldn't give you fifty cents for our leaders.
From the author's green retreat, I'm CE Wills.
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