Okay, I don’t usually do this but I started reading this article and got sick to my stomach. I mean, I’ve all but shunned the Marxist leanings of my past, but a huge political and cultural issue that is completely flying below the radar in public and political debate is the economic disparity between the richest in the country and the rest of us. Check out this article about Forbes magazine’s richest 400 Americans. Especially interesting (sickening) was this sentence: The minimum net worth for inclusion in this year’s rankings released Thursday was $1.3 billion, up $300 million from last year. Holy shit, at a time when most of us are not getting raises, or anemic ones at best, and more and more homes are going into foreclosure because people can’t afford their mortgages, yep!, indeed the rich are getting richer. I know I can’t blame it all on the President or his party, even if I am inclined to do so, but something has to change – with tax policy, corporate culture, most American’s way of thinking… Supply-side economics sure as shit doesn’t seem to be working unless you are one of the 400 on the list and their ilk. Those people stand out there as a carrot to all of us, making us think that with hard work we can all make it their one day. That’s an illusion. It helps keep us with our nose to the grindstone thinking that the reward for all of the labor is just around the corner. It’s not coming folks, at least not in the present economic climate. (I guess...
The end of it all means me and you and I don’t know. The end of it all is the desire for your breasts. The end of it all began in the living room floor. The beginning carries both our hearts. Maybe I write this to give you something to read. Maybe it is something beyond me and you. Maybe your eyes will look crazy at me and you and your perfect thing will look at me and think you and me are perfect, or not. Maybe I can kiss your belly, once more. Maybe once more, before I...
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