throughout my life, memorable as it has been, (at least to me) there are only a few years or events that i remember distinctly. where i was on Nov. 23 of '63, same for 9-11-01, the Chicago riots of 68 all come to mind and if i were to live another 66 years i would always remember 2008. this has been the year that certain illusions were shattered, that someone of color would never be elected to the presidency and that capitalism was king. Obama is going to be the president and wall street has been shown to be the charlatan that it has always been. what a surprise that greedy bankers and greedy stockbrockers acted as greedy bastards with no thought, WHATSOEVER, of possible failure. they believed their own bullshit; that the markets were king and that they, masters of the universe, could ever make horrible mistakes.
"what is good for GM is good for america" is what was preached by the idiots who ran our largest car maker. but what did they make? good cars? no. they did make good trucks but in the overall scheme of things not many people really need a truck. farmers do and construction people do but stockbrokers, insurance salesmen, clerks, etc do not but they bought them anyway. what we need and what they did not make is small, fuel efficient, dependable, long lasting, driver friendly cars. and now they need a bailout. and because so many jobs are dependent on them, we (that's you and i) have to give them not only our money but our children's money and our children's childrens money. so will they make a car that is as good as a honda or a toyota? probably not.
2008 will also be remembered as the year that the ERA OF STUFF came to an end. go to the mall and take a good hard look at all the STUFF (dare i call it, SHIT?) that people are supposed to buy. it is just stuff. not really useful stuff or necessary stuff or even pretty stuff, just fucking stuff. this is what we were encouraged to buy. stuff. shit. crap. pick a word. shitty, crappy stuff. buy some now. two shitty things for the price of three. buy this stuff and stuff it up your ass.
i think, hope and pray, that when we finally come out the economic doldrums the american people will rethink their attraction to stuff and QUIT BUYING IT. hell, none of it is made here anyway.
i hope we start building factories here that make the things that people need; furniture, television sets, GOOD cars, air conditioning units, washers, dryers, clothes, shoes, etc. (look at what you are wearing right now and see where it was made...are you wearing anything at all that was made in america? chances are you are not. oh it is slightly cheaper to buy a shoe made in a sweat shop in some third world country where people are paid pennies per day and the corporations make millions than to buy an american shoe made by american workers who then spend their money HERE but that, in my opinion, is penny wise and pound foolish. i buy NEW BALANCE shoes because they are made here. converse is made here. some of the dress shoes are made here. ( i don't mind buying 'things' that are made in other first world countries such as bally shoes because their workers recieve living wages). i would buy an american car if they made one. i did have a gmc truck (a Z71) that was a tremendous vehicle but i lived on a farm at the crossroads of two dirt roads at the time.
anyway.
STUFF
r.i.p.
(buy american)
peace to us all.
happy new year.
"what is good for GM is good for america" is what was preached by the idiots who ran our largest car maker. but what did they make? good cars? no. they did make good trucks but in the overall scheme of things not many people really need a truck. farmers do and construction people do but stockbrokers, insurance salesmen, clerks, etc do not but they bought them anyway. what we need and what they did not make is small, fuel efficient, dependable, long lasting, driver friendly cars. and now they need a bailout. and because so many jobs are dependent on them, we (that's you and i) have to give them not only our money but our children's money and our children's childrens money. so will they make a car that is as good as a honda or a toyota? probably not.
2008 will also be remembered as the year that the ERA OF STUFF came to an end. go to the mall and take a good hard look at all the STUFF (dare i call it, SHIT?) that people are supposed to buy. it is just stuff. not really useful stuff or necessary stuff or even pretty stuff, just fucking stuff. this is what we were encouraged to buy. stuff. shit. crap. pick a word. shitty, crappy stuff. buy some now. two shitty things for the price of three. buy this stuff and stuff it up your ass.
i think, hope and pray, that when we finally come out the economic doldrums the american people will rethink their attraction to stuff and QUIT BUYING IT. hell, none of it is made here anyway.
i hope we start building factories here that make the things that people need; furniture, television sets, GOOD cars, air conditioning units, washers, dryers, clothes, shoes, etc. (look at what you are wearing right now and see where it was made...are you wearing anything at all that was made in america? chances are you are not. oh it is slightly cheaper to buy a shoe made in a sweat shop in some third world country where people are paid pennies per day and the corporations make millions than to buy an american shoe made by american workers who then spend their money HERE but that, in my opinion, is penny wise and pound foolish. i buy NEW BALANCE shoes because they are made here. converse is made here. some of the dress shoes are made here. ( i don't mind buying 'things' that are made in other first world countries such as bally shoes because their workers recieve living wages). i would buy an american car if they made one. i did have a gmc truck (a Z71) that was a tremendous vehicle but i lived on a farm at the crossroads of two dirt roads at the time.
anyway.
STUFF
r.i.p.
(buy american)
peace to us all.
happy new year.
posted by Ron Shock | 10:06 AM
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