When the Who penned the classic lines "meet the new boss/same as the old boss" they probably didn't know that nearly 40 years later their words would still be so damn timely and urgent, especially in the America of today where frustration with all things political is reaching a fevered pitch. Everyone's feeling it on both the left and right of the political spectrum. The right is feeling it because they feel bamboozled by the old, illegal Bush administration which didn't go far enough to promote their agenda; the left is feeling it because Obama is more Republikkkan than anyone could possibly imagine and hasn't gone far enough to promote their agenda. Two sides of the same coin.
Never mind them though, what about the People Like Me, the poor of America that those left and right a-holes are supposed to be looking after? We American poor come from all walks of life; no truer, fabled melting pot can be found in America than when you are amongst us in the lower classes. Time was that we lower classes were just old timers, addicts, crazies or the disabled like myself (and go eff yourself Dr. Flannagan, you drunken butcher!), but now the lower classes are expanding with working families and children being added to our fold every day. It's like the Baby Boom for bums! To add to the fun of being impoverished, the Washington power structure has even given us Oppressors: the Professional Left and Right, a de facto Coalition of the Haves.
On the Professional Right (the elected Republikkkans) they say increasing wages, health care or social services is "redistributing the wealth", which is rich people speak for "I'm not giving up my money!" To justify this inhumane and morally bankrupt position, you need to vilify the poor. So when Sen. Orrin Hatch claimed all unemployed people were "lazy drug addicts", he wasn't kidding. You help poor people, but shiftless layabouts, eff them.
On the Professional Left (the elected Dumbacrats) they say that because us poor Americans want free health care and an end to war that somehow we are deluded losers, living in a fantasy world of drugs. There's that accusation again. Hey assholes, not every poor person is on drugs though Lord knows it might help them through their miserable days! Jesus, you people are out of touch with Main St. America!
But I (as usual) digress. Both sides hate the poor of America. That's why there was no real heath care reform. That's why the politicians are cutting into the Food Stamp program and planning to gut Social Security. That's why there is no social justice left in this nation. The game is rigged against the poor and all we get for our frustrations are insults and degradations from those who perceive themselves as better than us by virtue of their pocketbooks and choke hold on our government. No poor person can win office anywhere in America; even low level local government positions require money to run for. It's like buying into the World Poker Tour though if you can afford it and play your cards right, eh Sarah Palin.
Normally I'd hope for a civil uprising to free ourselves from our shackles, but nowadays we Americans live under a well armed and well armored Police State thanks to both Clinton and the illegitimate Bush and these hired thug cops of the government are into cracking the heads of peaceful demonstrators so a civil uprising won't work. This is where I start to understand some of the Tea Party philosophy but I just can't get behind their rampant racism, homophobia or their unquestioning support of the rich and Israel. Ugh! It's like an Ed Wood movie! Who else could have scripted so awful an outcome for our once great Republic?
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