Yet another point lost to contrived outrage and intentional distractions?

So, I know I usually limit my posts to once a week, just because it keeps me from saying some things that could get me black bagged under the new definitions of terrorism (ie, having an opinion someone finds distasteful) but I can't help myself. Why not? Keep reading.

So the median salary of the US citizen is $26, 639 now. How can this be? How can the median salary have dropped $10,000+ since 2008? Didn't the Bush/ Obama TARP funds to and the tax cuts/ breaks for the uber wealthy mean Americans would not be mostly living at poverty level? Now that gas is likely going to hit 5 bucks a gallon (before the hero Obama inevitably steps in, and saves us from it going higher, at which point it will "only" be 3-4 bucks a gallon- until the next artificial inflation for gouging occurs) and 80% of Americans are already living at/ below/ near poverty wage levels, who's going to pay for this multi-trillion dollar burden on the tax payer?

Now, given that since this number has come out we have had every single possible attempt to "wag the dog" thrown at us by the propaganda machine known as the news media, when will Americans finally wise up to the fact that the whole damn table has been rigged, and the only way to restore Constitutional fairness and economic prosperity is to blow up the system in place?

 If economics, as taught in college and universities, is so darn good, how is it the recognized experts of the field are the same people who have thoroughly destroyed the world's economy? The only possible answers are that a) the field of economics is very nearly a complete and total load of male bovine manure, or b) these men destroyed our economy on purpose. The other answers I can think of in a rather short thinking session all boil down to these two possibilities- ineptitude means the field is BS, and shortsightedness/ self serving means this was done intentionally. Please, please start talking about how government regulations are killing our corporations- the barriers the government have installed are fatal to only small business start ups, and serve to kill job growth potential for Americans by protecting mega corporations from the competition of smaller, localized businesses.

Seeing that it is illegal for you to run something as low yielding as a lemonade stand w/o thousands upon thousands of dollars in licensing, permits, and other assorted fees, where does the "free market" come in to play? If it is also a documented federal policy not to enforce certain fair trade laws unless the business in violation is of a certain smaller than mega corporate size- where's the fairness? If the wages of the average American are falling so rapidly, why are the prices not falling in relation? Homes were overpriced to begin with- thus the bubble that popped- so why are they still over priced? Gas is forcing people to work even longer for less pay, and now the Federal government is going to raise their burden even more! Unless, of course, you are one of those wealthy people that we can't raise taxes on. You know, the Carnegie/Spencer acolytes who still think Eugenics is a pretty neat idea?

Gay Marriage was what the Mayans were warning us about!

 Argh- the absolutely brain dead arguments I hear against allowing homosexuals equal protection under civil law (so long as the free practice of religion is not infringed upon) have got me stumped- so I made one equally stupid reason against gay marriage up for the title of this post. Personally, I think Christians who truly believe gay people are somehow less than desirable in God's eyes would want them to be able to legally enter long-term monogamous relationships, so they will be not out there turning those good, God-fearing boys to the dark path of the sodomite- or whatever ludicrous claim they are making in the mainstream.

 I also read about how gay marriage will destroy the American family- I don't see it. They say it will kill American Christian values- but giving not one shred of supportable, reasonable evidence to support this. Furthermore, they have yet to admit the simple truth- there is a HUGE difference between civil law marriage and religious marriage. Methinks that they omit the difference between law and church morality because it will absolutely destroy their case.

 You don't have to allow gay couples in your sanctuaries, you will not be forced to provide your Pastor to officiate the ceremonies, your church will not have to recognize these marriages as being endorsed by God. Eventually, the laws will be written so people with religious objection will not be forced to make the services of their business available.

 Let's face it- that will not stop gay men and women from being able to obtain services for their legal marriages. It certainly didn't stop many of these "religious objectors" from supporting a homosexual when they bought dresses/ suits/ tuxedos from openly gay designers, or using images painted by a gay man named Michelangelo. As I read the Old Testament, ignorance of the Law doesn't excuse you from it- and therefore all Christians who wear, use, or revere anything produced by a gay human being is supporting that gay life style.

 The so-called "Christian" organizations spending BILLIONS in fighting this wave of civil rights legislation have failed miserably to use the same assets to help the poor and needy here in the US- thereby invalidating their claim of religious authority. How can I say that there is no religious authority behind the denial of equal protection of law? If the suit you wear would feed 6 people for 4 months, the car you drive would feed 6 people for three years, the tithes/ offerings Christian organizations spend in fighting gay marriage would end poverty in our country and could be used to create tens of 1000's of living wage jobs, or be used to feed the world's hungry for whatever period of time- obviously it is not Jesus or God Himself guiding your organization.