I sympathize with Kenlie Tiggeman, really I do. She is the BBW who recently found herself at the Dallas Southwest Airlines counter being told she needed an extra seat because she was a little more zaftig than the standard airliner milk crate could accommodate.
In America, we make money the old fashioned way – we steal it from the Joneses with whom we are trying to compete. We’re a country that firmly believes in the notion that more is better and that competition trumps everything. Money uber alles if you will. But, we’re also one of the most charitable nations on Earth. Name a disaster anywhere on Earth and we’re ready to help. Ordinary folks dig deep and donate clothing, goods, or even their own time to just about every charitable cause imaginable.
Unfortunately, it’s all too easy find naked greed and just plain stupidity in America’s boardrooms. It’s committed by the untouchables of the upper classes while being paid handsomely for their avarice. Clueless and dangerous are far too mild to describe these crapweasels.
Both Republicans and Democrats jabber a lot about jobs, even when times are relatively good. When times are bad the talk turns into a nasty shite-storm. The mantra for both sides is America can’t compete if we don’t [fill in the blank]. But here’s a dirty little secret: America can’t effectively compete regardless of which ideology you prefer.
One of the few things that garners any bipartisan support these days is that America is embroiled in a Class War. The wealthy are doing OK by their own admission. They just want to be more OKer than they are and are willing to hire lobbyists, fund gigantic super-pacs, shut factories, or buy politicians to do it. Their chant is, “Taxes? Taxes? We don’t need no stinking taxes…you do…and more of ‘em too!”
