U.S. Blues--What will the Hippies Do?

As I wandered through Shakedown Street outside of the Izod center (remember Brendan Byrne??) a hippie, in his 30's, walked past me holding a portion of a geode. It had the typical quartz and amethyst and it was generally pleasant. My mind wandered to who would buy it....and I realized it would be some schmuck like me--or someone like my wife or kids...

And then I started to think, "What will the hippies do when the civil war starts?" Do you think it will even matter? I don't - not to them at least. It will hurt, however--when nobody like me shows up to hear a band play songs they have played for the last 30+ years...Then I thought, "What the fuck is this guy going to do with his geode, when a real angry mo fo has a gun pointed right in his face? First he would shit his pants. Then he would cry. ....but I digress.

Today was another in a long line of days where the Administration uses their bloody pulpit to desensitize the American population to the fact that the US Government now owns or controls the following industries:

• Defense
  Housing
  Health Care
  Finance/Banks
• Automotive

The commentary being flashed on CNBC, "Obama says era of Big Business must end" made me particularly upset. 95% of the taxes in this country are paid for by 5% of the population. Who the F does he think generates that kind of wealth and revenue to fund everything that is done on a Federal level? Washington is in the process of robbing Peter to pay Paul. There is not enough revenue to go around now. More taxes are coming to attempt to offset the still anticipated gaps in funding. Then what? Another 4 years of tax and spend? PLEASE. You have got to be kidding me!!

This mutt in DC doesn't like big business but he is now running the biggest conglomerate in the world!

The hippies traveling the country with what is left of the Dead don't pay taxes. They would try to rob Peter to pay Paul, but they would know they were going to have to pay the piper eventually. Not our chumps in DC. They don't give a shit. They just are what they are. Political lifers hanging on. Doing their thing and screwing you and me every step of the way.