• Ed Simmons: Commentary

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    Posted By Ed Simmons

    Pride. Swallow It

    That’s what its there for. I spent the morning, and some of my afternoon, standing in the welfare line. Thank you Senators, for your job well done! A lot of men like me, standing in those lines are not broken men, just angry men. I heard a lot of rude statements about illegal immigrants. Our Government got a lot of people scared of the Sewer Gators, I know illegal immigration is not our problem, we are a Nation of immigrants. What we need, what we want right now, is work! Its important to say, the people working in this welfare office, are wonderful people, they get it. They know the people they’re seeing these days, are only the effect, the cause, a dysfunctional Congress! It takes more than talk, to make something happen. Where have all those shovel ready jobs gone anyhow, its ugly out on the streets out here in LA. Not much going on, nothing much will get going on, until the banksters cut loose with some cash. Why in the hell would they, they make so much more money moving it around markets, they’re still playing both sides of the fence, for them. This is a thing of beauty, the perfect storm!

    40% of this Country’s GNP is all about nothing, they aren’t producing product, they just continue the poor business practices that got us into this mess in the first place. WE THE PEOPLE, bailed them out once, don’t be fooled, all this crap is still going on! We need to clean house in this Country, I’m not talking about the immigrants. Who I’m speaking of, are the bastards, and the bastardetts, wasting space in the Congressional Hallways of Washington. I remember hearing more than once, first we’ll kill all the lawyers, we desperately need a cross section of the fabric of America, occupying the seats of Congress, people in touch with the Citizens they represent, the Common People of America, taxi cab drivers, carpenters, janitors, and cooks, our labor force and librarians, our fishermen and our farmers, people not beholden to the corporate scum! In their quest for unbridled profits, these corporations have sabotaged our once Great Nation, just think about this situation for a minute, tent cities, sprouting up, all across our Country.

    I’m sure Congress would truly feel shame, if only they cleaned their Capitol Office windows. You know, this assumption I make, hinges on believing they have a conscience, with all we’ve witnessed through these troubled times, we all know they don’t! Christ, all I hear from them, is more tax cuts for the rich, I’m not the sharpest tack in the pack but I know, with the tax base eroded as it is today, any solution other than an increase in tax, is insane.

    If I could just get a job, I would be more than happy paying double the tax, I know, I’d be bitching and moaning, in lock step with everyone else. However, as a result of these misdirected polices, firemen, police men, and our teachers in our communities now are loosing their jobs! These are the jobs that grow our society, the professionals that keep our communities safe! So I am going to reread the Secret again this weekend. I’m wearing out the pages in this book. I’m just a little worried the pages may turn to dust before this awful economy turns around! Here is the hope I can believe in, the November Elections are coming and all these clowns in Congress who’s seats are up for election will leave!

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    5 responses to “Ed Simmons: Commentary”

    • July 19th, 2010 at 11:31

      interesting and food for thought, will add your blog to my RSS feed

    • July 20th, 2010 at 20:14

      Hi there. Although I normally don’t write a response on blogs, I thought I would today, just to thank you really! I’ve finally got the information I was looking for (via your blog) on the 3rd page of Google results! So now I’m all covered :) Thanks again!

    • July 21st, 2010 at 07:07

      Super text, I will add this blog to my favorites.

    • July 23rd, 2010 at 01:35

      Great rant ED. I work in Camden, NJ. Third year in a row that it is voted the poorest city in this country. I work in the underbelly as landlord (see my blog) I would give some work if you lived around here. These fucking banksters and gangsters in DC won’t wake up, as I am afraid because they are more drugged out on payola and other pimps than the crack whores I see everyday in Camden trying to keep their heads and bodies together, trying to figure out how they lost their kids to the state and how they lost their way. I know we all have choice but we all aren’t necessarily given a full deck either. The street says “it is what it is”…somehow that phrase doesn’t sit well with me, it’s a copout. Be well and keep dreaming of your values. John A Gialuco

    • July 23rd, 2010 at 21:42

      John, with you in camden, and me in LA, we have a good chance now to squeeze these fools out! Finley the federal extension broke thru, I am truthful about me going on welfare, I’m glad to tell you monday I’m filling out W-2′s. I think what not to let go of is the plight of the 99ers, such a pervasive attitude exists in this country of “I’ve got mine” those in congress need to do more work, its not right to just let all the 99ers fall through the cracks! I could go on and on, but I won’t
      Thanks
      Ed