The Destruction of America, a house of cards.
Posted: Friday, August 08, 2008
by straight talk
Look if you like positive all the time close this now. Reality is what it is. This is not about hope and dreaming it is about not having any life boats and the ship is sinking. The destruction of America and its people has not yet been absorbed by all in this nation. We still have a great majority who have prosperity, yet like cancer, laying dormant and unknown that is slowly being eroded away and when complete it will leave devastation.
Yes I find it in usury, yes a sin by the way that many approve of. After all these low lives can't pay why not crush them? Immigration, ok another sin all in the name of religion. No it is not immigration the legal way and why don't they ever address the root causes? Yes even religious themselves support this and actively participate.. Tell me where you religious types, where does Jesus say lying, stealing, not obeying the law is A-ok. Yes you Bishop, Cardinal, Pastor where does it say that in the Word? Common you can conjure up a scripture or two now can't you to say it is OK, can't you? You should be attacking the truth, exploitation and greed and who practice such but no you prefer to address what you know is the result of that.
How about elderly people living on $1000.00 a month or less. No help, they're too rich, but the investors well we got billions and now to bail them out, right? Why, because it is a house of cards and they know it. Health Care for the Haves, ER rooms overflowing with people who can't pay.
Yes it may even be your own I'm talking about. Have you driven through some of the great cities of our nation especially up north in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and seen the decay, the emptiness? A local politician in mid Florida stated we have the worst employment rate of any in the nation, the worst salary pay and we have few to no single family homes being built. He forgot to the rest of the story except for that of the elderly and foreigner 's and the haves. He said but the bright side is commercial real estate is booming. Yes the retail stores are growing everyday and hiring, yes at minimum wage for 20 hours a week. So just what does that mean? It says we have people with money in this community. They gripe, complain, whine but they have it and they can spend it and in fact not by any opinion they are for the most part the retired, the government workers or the health care workers, period. You see America is aging and Health Care, as Mr. Obama will tell you is where the jobs are. Notice I did not say where the Care is, the jobs.
Yes those who vote, that 50% who really and sorry I'm in this category, in my opinion don't know a damn thing about what is happening all around them. In my opinion they are the killers of this nation because they provide the bullets for those who do the job. Yes they and all who are "working", doing well and are at this moment invincible. They live behind gates, in upscale communities, go to the "club" have a Golf cart or maybe two, take their cruises and live the good life. They are the ones who say I made it so my kids will have to without the slightest idea of what is going on. An air of arrogance surrounds them and they know it not. "There is work if they want it" attitude. Harsh, gee I'm sorry, I know you worked for what you got and no fault in that but why the hell don't you wake up and see the tree's and give your own a chance at the same?
They elect these who have plundered and killed the nation for their own interests, ideology and they ignore the truth that is before them. They are the ones who have, buy and actually think, yes believe they made the deal of a lifetime.
Sour grapes they say, complainer, whiner well my friend just what are you? How can it be that people, grown up supposedly intelligent people do not see it all about? Yes America like I stated above is dying if not dead. You see it in the children moving from school to school, in the families being forced out of their homes, in the downturn in buying, in the banks closing down credit and in the number of bankruptcies, defaults and non payments. You see it in the greed of those who sell. You see it in the banks who charge interest on debt, fee's, late charges, yes debt collection a booming business and that is where the jobs are if you can deal with the sorrow day in and day out. Yes "we are sorry but".
The worst part is the government who actually helps put people on the street. They should create a new department. That is the department of cardboard housing. The churches, well they had little to give to start with and now are broke by 8 a.m. on the first of every month. Power companies pay or else, we are your friendly power source. Yes surcharges on fuel that are as much as what you use. Increased costs for mandated insurance and if you don't pay you can't drive or the bank will pick a company for you at a much higher rate. Yes everything designed to help and protect the have of America. Like I said the new nation of have.
You have not types, well you 50 million and growing if you don't like it please leave. Yes "love it or leave it". A funny word Love in how it is used verses applied and many use that term in cold, uninterested ways. Yes why, they have theirs and your problems are not theirs. Oh, and yes I'm sorry Mexico enforces their immigration laws stringently, perhaps Canada will do? Yes it is all about the truth of it and while you go to that dinner at one of those advertised Italian restaurants your neighbors are being harassed, being evicted. Yes but have you seen the new church, the new building the church is building and have you heard the new pastor. I like him he delivers a great message on love.
Yes please give me a break, you may not like how I write or what I write about but then again perhaps it is because it hits home? Yes hits home and you just can't stand to think you actually are one of these types I write about? Look there are many good people out there struggling to help their loved ones and even their neighbors yet I have to say by experience and as the Word says "the workers are few".
So make the ritualistic trip each week to church. Dress up and sit there and sing the songs, go to
the breakfasts, nothing wrong with any of that, that's good, but it is what you do after church that counts. When they open the scrolls that is where the tire meets the road.
I and I admit I am one of few who vote who believe that this is the actual end of America as we older people knew it. We are and you do not have to believe it is a third world nation by all definitions. Yes and even our military resembles that of the Russians just a few short years ago. Does one need to elaborate? Yet you do not care, why, simple, you got yours.
Well you do, no denying but understand this, the worm turns and someone has to pay and your it as they say in tag. You have and they have to get. Someone has to pay for it all and you have been selected. You don't know it because you do not care to but it is coming. Just put them back into office and see the works of their hands.
As for me I have nothing so I can afford to be wrong. Either way zero from zero is still zero. Yes if you will only stop, look, observe and listen you will see what I am talking about right before you. I don't expect it but perhaps, maybe a few will?
Robert T. Melaccio Sr. 2008 Copyright 2008 Robert Melaccio Sr.
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)So what do we do to fix the problem?Please log in to respond to this comment.Ok, we can effect change, real change, that's number one, do not put the same back office, NO not the lessor of two evils, change, that means anyone who is running against them, independently- local, state, national. It will send a clear message if nothing else. Number two I have written another article on what can be done asap. Check that out. The same was written well over a year ago. Since I do not know your age I suggested a very long time ago the creation of the CCC or similar. This was done by Roosevelt to jump start the economy. The entire system sits in the achieves waiting to emerge. Check that out. Also this Credit Card usury is the next major blow. I have my opinions as to what will happen next and everyone will jump for joy. Yes like the debtor who can't pay, scrap it all and start fresh only this time with worldwide system. It is for you to investigate, these are just opinions yet based own experiences which are facts, reality. best wishes and thanks for reading.Please log in to respond to this comment.
Hi, Robert, your message rings true in a number of ways. Most importantly, the need for Christians to do more to reach out with love, money (if they have it), sharing the goods we have, time, and the powerful pen, as well. We do need to wake up to the needs of many poor, including "working poor" in the U. S. Once the gluttony of materialism becomes sickening, maybe that will happen more. As a Christian, I think the church needs to get on track, for I fear it is too caught up in worries about money for carpeting or whatever and too little concerned with the needs of people in the pews. I aim this at myself first. Thanks for your courage to try to ring a loud bell. I believe we need stronger neighborhoods and communities, too, where we become more aware of needs most urgent, whether those needs involve money, provisions, or time and caring. I am preaching to myself first. Thanks for writing this.Please log in to respond to this comment.Thank you Jane. I truly feel every time I walk into the house of God that we are all called to do His work, His commands. yes and we are obligated, each of us to speak out against injustice, wrongs. The Russians lost a man recently of my generation who did just that. Dr. King did just that, Ghandi just that and yes Rosa Parks and others like her who did just that. The big the small the middle. It is time for revival, yes a true revival by each of us who claim to be Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus. With love and respect thank you for your kind words. Robert.Please log in to respond to this comment.Why is the repairing always left in the hands of philanthropists? What is wrong with putting a spotlight on the injusticeness of inequality in a democracy, and trying to enforce change? You say, "love it or leave it," but it doesn't sound like you love it. I hope you will read my latest article on "The Pyschology of Spending". I'm trying to persuade people to actually do something about it. In many ways, Americans have it much better than other countries, but does that mean that we should turn a blind eye to the negative aspects of our politics, just because we have it better? Why should someone at your age have nothing? Why can't we care for our own anymore. Medicare is cracking down in a very hard way effecting senior citizens. Will we still have Social Security in the future? My heart breaks when i see so many elderly people unable to afford their medications; living in near poverty after all of their hard work. But it happens everyday. God forbid you suffer from disabilities in the prime of your earning power. If you can't work, you're through, and there isn't a whole hell of a lot of pity for them. And the real kicker is that a sudden disabling condition can happen to anyone. Have you ever heard of a will to work state? This means that an employer can now fire anyone for any reason, or for no reason at all. I wonder whose to benefit from that policy?Please log in to respond to this comment.Jennifer it is evident you misread the "love it or leave it part'. You actually described my circumstance exactly in the last half of your response. If anyone has written to the injustices of our system I have. I think if you read it again you will find I was referring top what people who don't care say. I care and thats why i write to it. best wishes and thanks for the comments.Please log in to respond to this comment.No.no..I wasn't trying to argue with what you said. Sorry if it appeared that way. I was only reinforcing it. Best of luck to you.Please log in to respond to this comment.Jennifer same with me. I thought you had thought I stated that "love it" as coming from me. I subsequently changed a few words. I'm sorry as well. You have always been a supporter and I'm going through a day with just what you and a I are talking about. So my apology as well if I sounded defensive. RobertPlease log in to respond to this comment.
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