Project Kengikat

Election Time

// June 3rd, 2010 // Uncategorized

Late Wednesday afternoon I was finally able to get a supervisor from DPSS on the line and later given a hearing date to try to get my benefits fixed. I was also able to call my niece and she was able to help me with getting my rent and bills paid, so things are good for me right now. I am just so thankful that I have her in my life to help me out when things like this come up.

I know I said I would blog about “temporary HIV” but I will do that later this week or maybe next week after my hearing to give you the full story on it. Even though I think I know how things will turn out. This is not the first time this has happened and I am sure it wont be the last. The sad things is that people feel as if things like this are not worth addressing for people with HIV or AIDS. Much like the United States doesn’t feel like prevention of HIV through education or preventing HIV from developing into AIDS is worth it either. I love this country and I would not trade her for any other in the world, but many times our leaders are just so full of shit and our laws only seem to really protect the wealthy.

Since I am on this topic I may as well stick with it. It is election time in California and throughout the state we’re getting slammed with all sorts ads about which person we should vote for. Each time I tune into a debate it seems to be more about trashing the other person rather then how they will correct what has been wrong with this state for such a long time. I am sure this is how people running for office act throughout this nation, but when you think about how has it served this nation?

Imagine if every time you go on a job interview you are able to dig up dirt on the other people interviewing for the job and this then becomes the focus of the interview, instead of how well you can do the job. What if during this job interview you could use your wealth to basically bury the other people interviewing for the job? What if the entire process who leaned more towards how much money you have, how much dirt you can dig up on the other persons interviewing? What if you never clearly show how well you can do the job, but how well you you trash the other person?

When you really think about it, this is what our election process is all about. Furthermore it is also about how much money you have. The election process is not about who can do the better job, but about who can afford to run for office and dig up dirt on the other person. Our process eliminates people who may be able to do much better jobs then people we currently have, but because high priced lawyers have written laws that prevent ordinary from running we get people like we see now.

All I seem to hear from the people running for governor in California is how bad this state and how how they will fix it by making Mexicans the blame for problems caused by poor government. All I see are big business leaders running against Barbara is empty promises on how they will fix things. Let’s face it, HP ships American moves jobs that could go to Americans to over to other countries because they simply do not want to pay fair wages to American workers, now their former leader wants to run for office. Meg made millions from deal with Goldman Sachs, but now she wants to run for office as well.

I guess when you want to keep wealth and power where it is in this nation…..in the hands of the very people taking this nation down…..then you run for office to allow Wall Street and big business to continue to run this country. We elect leaders from Wall Street and allow them to ruin this country even further. We show up to our polling places and vote on issues we know nothing about, but then sit back and complain when things do go our way. We continue to elect stupid asses like Arnold and allow him and his silly ass friends to continue to wipe out the middle class and fuck the shit out of the poor.

I really hope people go to the polls in this election and vote not for a party, but for the best of all the evil that is running for public office. I hope we then hold them accountable for what they said they would do for the American people and not allow them a full term to fuck this country over. Just like there is a probation period for people who take regular jobs, there should be one for people who run for public office as well.

People who run for office should know that if they don’t do a good job during their probation period, then they will be fired, but until we know that they work for us, then they will always act the way they do and run this country the way they have.