Sunday, Jan 8, 2017. Washington Post Headline “Ethics official warns against confirmations before reviews are complete.” Well, fuck! That’s right, dear readers, it’s time for this week’s Ranty Political Post!
DISCLAIMER: Because this is the real world and not an episode of "West Wing" or "Madam Secretary", I recognize that both Republicans and Democrats in Congress are bought and sold many, many time over by big-money special interests. Despite the river of money that flows along K Street, sourced from a reservoir of capital from the super-rich and corporations, I vote in EVERY FUCKING ELECTION! I am a registered Democrat. I support the Dems liberal party platform. I am NOT impartial, NOT non-partisan. I am unapologetically liberal, and that’s how I vote!
Moving on. Quite simply: 'our' elected officials in Washington do NOT work for us — they work for the 1% — who pay seriously big money to get them elected and pay more seriously big money to keep them in office. The Citizens United ruling codified that our democracy — and therefore the policies of our Federal Government – are for sale!
Public officials are supposed to serve the public good. However, the incoming administration’s egregious disregard for the procedures meant to ensure that public officials serve in good faith — i.e. aren’t leveraging their official positions exclusively for the personal enrichment of themselves and their cohorts — is a significantly disturbing development in American politics.
Why is this incoming administration different? Because this administration willfully and openly rejects accountability, transparency and the existing procedural checks on executive power and privilege; it’s Richard Nixon saying “If the President does it, that means it’s not illegal” to the 10th power.
Let me be clear: these motherfuckers fully intend to wage financial and social war on every single person living in America who is NOT in the top 1 percent. That’s 3,253,526.62 of us. Every policy that doesn’t directly enrich them and theirs will be on the block. Every service we rely on; every program from which we benefit. And they’ll wage this war openly, with the approval of about 46 percent (per NYTimes.Com) of our fellow Americans.
These Americans — mostly white, per The Guardian — are totally fine with this ‘rape and pillage’ approach to public policy, as long as rich-ass white guys execute it (see related "privilege" rant). If that means they’ll be working until they're dead, so they can afford to eat tuna fish rather than cat food? They’re cool with that if the “other” is living in refrigerator boxes.
So if you’re offended because I lump you in with all the other “Racist Motherfuckers for Trump”? Too bad — maybe you shouldn’t have voted for the Antichrist, who will usher in Armageddon. Have you motherfuckers READ the Bible you love to quote?? Is it that you’re trying to hasten the Second Coming? That’s it, isn’t it? You think if you burn our country to the ground, Jesus won't have a choice BUT to rapture your ass.