Saturday, June 22, 2013

INCOME DIFFERENCE AND POLITICAL POWER

INCOME DIFFERENCE AND POLITICS I'm just sharing my thoughts about income disparities and political power. As I look at the political landscape in our country my sight informs me that the superrich have more political muscle than the rest of us. Don't jump to the conclusion that I dislike rich people – I don't. I'm an independent writer and actor – I decide what materials I write and make available to prospective buyers; I decide which producers I allow to rent my acting talent. I select and pay professionals to help me in my efforts to make a profit. My bank balance doesn't show it yet but I like to make money – I like deciding what I do, when, where, how, and who with. The superrich continue in their efforts to privatize anything that has the slightest chance of making a profit – they're buying up public resources, they're stripping the government of any regulatory powers while diluting existing policies designed to enhance the economic growth of others. With their money they're shaping the future of ordinary citizens by controlling the pathways to economic wealth – education, jobs, mobility, taxes, investment, etc. The verbiage of the superrich is laced with belief in a god. It implies that they have been chosen by god to set the economic lives of everyone else. There is fervor in the talk that almost convinces me god actually ordained them to be my economic savior – if I did believe in a god they may have had a convert. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/adolphusaward

Friday, June 7, 2013

PHONE OR NO PHONE

I've been listening to those ins and outs of government intrusion into the nature of our telephone communications. I'm convinced that our government's reach – when added to credit card companies, large retailers, corporations, and think-tanks – into our lives is well passed the fragile membrane of chastity protecting our privacy. Our vocal concerns are well behind the Nano speed of super computers – data is already retrieved and now being correlated. It's a done deal. The only decision left for us citizens is to determine how much intrusive pain is more than we can tolerate. We could give up our phones or do what we usually do – shut up and bare the pain. http://twittercomadolphusward.blogspot.com/