GRAPES OF WRATH, 2008
As I traveled through the heartland of America these last few weeks I
came to realize exactly how bad things truly are. For example I ran
into a fellow near a truck stop. He was living in a Motor home and
using the facilities at the truck stop, shower, rest room etc, in an
effort to keep his dignity. Jobless since he was laid off and
eventually ran out of unemployment insurance he lost everything, house,
wife and his engineering job, poof.
With a book full of degrees he told me of a familiar plight. His
company was downsizing and pulling out many of their US based
operations and moving to India. With no need to worry about minimum
wage, health care and environmental concerns in the third world their
stocks would soar. To the chagrin of the American’s who’ve worked there
for 15 to 20 years making this their entire career they simply got a
pink slip and a few thousand bucks for their efforts. In a matter of a
few months they were jobless and had only 18 months to find gameful
employment, in this economy of ours. In essence this man, like so many
others was tossed to the winds to fend for themselves. Eventually he
could not make ends meet since unemployment insurance was very minimal
and he could not support the lifestyle he and his family once had.
Forced to sell off his assets, stocks, bonds and almost everything he
owned he eventually found himself in divorce court and lost his family
as well. His now ex wife moved back in with her parents and he moved in
to his Winnebago. She did not want support and fortunately for this man
she only wanted to find a new life since his was now in shambles.
As I talked with this gentleman I noticed the expressions on his face.
It was as if he was in a constant state of shock. His manner of
speaking was as if he still could not believe this was happening to
him. He kept showing me his portfolio filled with degrees and
certifications; some were as recent as 3 years ago. His age was 39 and
from the pictures he showed me he lived well beyond my standard of
living.
Ironically he was living in the shadow of a major construction site
along the US/Mexican border. I could not help but look at the stark
contrast of the man speaking to me next to his motor home and a sign
directly behind him purporting the expansion and development of these
warehouses to accommodate NAFTA spun industries. Lavish roadways as
well as elaborate street lights lined this new industrial complex and
here sat an engineer who only a few months ago eagerly awaited news of
a promotion.
I also talked with a truck driver at this location. He was in a similar
plight since he lost everything except his truck and was breaking even
with most of his hauls do to the price of diesel fuel. He and his wife
were literally living in their truck since they no longer had a place
to call home. It was foreclosed a few months back. I noticed other
campers and cars filled with household items so it was not hard to see
that these people were some of the “New Homeless” as well. They just
did not have that casual KOA Campground look about them. They shared a
look of desperation and shock. On the highway I noticed more
hitchhikers with boxes of their belongings. Some even had signs asking
for a job. But the saddest thing I saw was a family of four living in
their Ford Tempo. It was pulling a small pop up trailer. They were
trying to find money to buy diapers and formula.
As if it were a remake of the movie “Grapes of Wrath” I witnessed human
suffering the main stream media seems to have over looked. Some people
refused to speak with me and were suspicious of my intentions. But the
eyes of their children told volumes of their plight and suffering. This
is the real Heartland America and this is not an isolated case fore its
happening all over the country. But their plight is brushed under the
carpet as corporations boast of high yielding profits such as the oil
companies.
What really gets my goat is the fact all these corporations are moving
to third world countries. It makes a joke of the environmental movement
since they simply move to countries that are exempt from the
environmental mandates imposed on other nations. No need to worry about
the environment in the third world, no need to have work place safety
or standards, no need to pay more than 10 dollars a day for slave labor
either. If there was an environmental issue they could simply buy
“Carbon Credits”. Now what’s that all about eh?
But it does make for a better bottom line and it makes their stocks
look more lucrative. They have rid themselves of all the labor and
environmental laws in America, let alone having to deal with unions.
The ugly face of Corporatism world wide is fast taking over the world
and like lemmings we are being lead around by our noses while the
infrastructure of the “New World Order” silently takes over the world.
Soon it will be made public that American does not exist anymore since
the “North American Union” has taken over. The USA lost its sovereignty
many years ago under the terms of NAFTA, same as Canada and Mexico
alone with other countries who’ve signed on with this new corporate
rule. Europe is in the same state with this “European Union” fore all
the nations have lost their sovereignty as well. Just read the fine
print my European readers. It’s all about the money Paisan, It’s all
about the money.
Corporations have taken over the world without firing a shot. The
wholesale murder of tribal people in Burma and the world over is
financed by corporations, not nations. The gleaning of natural
resources is their justification in displacing or simply killing
innocent people on a scale never before imagined until today.
Again I quote;
“Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.”
-----Benito Mussolini
Look all around you my readers and tell me what you actually see.
Corporations influence ballot boxes throughout the world as we speak.
When a vote is contrary to that of corporate will the vote is ignored
or the election is called a shame. The will of the people world wide
has no place when corporations are concerned. There are no nations,
only corporations.
Just remember what Martin Luther King once said;
“Everything Hitler did was Legal”
Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
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Creativity is the byproduct of a fertile mind
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