Derek Is Angry

    
In this day and age people are starting to wonder just how loud we have to scream until somebody will listen.  Unemployment is the highest it has been in decades, and is especially bad here in the Detroit area, businesses are collapsing, crime is on the rise for the first time in ten years, and Americans are constantly worried about tomorrow.
     
The one thing that seems to remain constant in uncertain times is the ready surplus of assholes ready to spend the publics money for their own personal interests.   Detroit will spend years recovering from the Kwame Kilpatrick scandal.  These years look more like decades when polls are taken after his incarceration for spending nine million of the city's money to cover up a sex scandal, only to find out that all of these well educated people from Detroit would re-elect him if an election were held today.  AIG is under fire for spending billions for bonuses to their top executives.  Amazingly, when the government asks for this back, the execs say no, but if you tax it 90 percent we will claim three times that in lost income next year.  It comes as no surprise that our elected officials (some of the biggest liars in the world), trusted the country's biggest insurance company (a business that is designed to fuck you out of money), with billions.  The thought that insurance companies were allowed to spend this money as they wish is frightening.
     
America is sick of these bailouts.  I am sick of banks and insurance agencies getting hundreds of billions while automakers have to fight tooth and nail to get help.  Many people would say that nobody deserves these bailouts, and I couldn't agree with you more, but this is a question of fairness and equality. 
   
History lesson:
    
AIG was founded on ideas that are very un-american, and all too familiar today.  The company was started IN CHINA in 1919 by Cornelius Starr ( an American born citizen).  All this time, he was cornering the global market and avoiding American taxes and trade laws.  They were forced to relocate to New York in the mid 40's due to the wars occurring at the time.  AIG started as a company screwing America and continues with their age old practices today.

The American auto industry has deep roots here in Detroit, and has changed the face of America.  The ford company was founded in 1903 in a tiny factory on Mack avenue in Detroit.  It was financed with $28,000 dollars from the Dodge brothers (who would later form their own company).  Thousands of immigrants and American citizens flocked to Detroit to work for Ford, who at the time promised a dollar a day.(More than most people made in a week.)  This company was founded by an American, in America, on American ideals. 

General Motors was quick to follow but did not start as a manufacturer.  In fact, they were a financial holder of the up and coming Buick in 1919.  They would later buy the company and found many other brands that are familiar on the road today.

The point that I am getting to is why do banks and insurance companies get a free ride, but American companies founded in America have to beg?  Think of how much money ford has made, and how much has gone to the government in taxes since 1903.  Think of how many people GMC employed through the decades, and how many billions have been paid to the government in income taxes.  Who really deserves the help?

It is time for the government to realize that there is a limit to our patience.  They need to realize that we are in the beginning of a class war, and there is nothing more dangerous than a man who has lost everything.  If we go back to basic principles, business rooted in ethical practices, we will make it out of this alive.  Letting something die only gives room for another to live. 

Remember:  If you can't afford to feed the dog, shoot it.

     After a hard fought battle which mainly consisted of me trying to get in contact with the management at North Royal Oak Apartments, we were able to break our lease without any repercussions.  The new place is awesome, they called it a penthouse level and everything about it is like a hotel except there is no housekeeping staff (which I have decided to lobby for).  The building also has a store where you can buy the essentials that is open until 10:00 which has already become very useful.  The whole place is silent, there are no crazy people running up and down the hallways,  and most of all, no dickheads above us.  The only downfall is having to use Detroit's bus system which is only one notch above fail, but it is well worth it when you consider everything that we are getting in return.  The only thing that we are really missing are some neighbors that will play board games with us, which will never happen as everyone in the metro Detroit area is an alcoholic.  Yes, everybody.

P.S.  The Royal Oak Gamestop only has one normal person that works there.  If the Seattle Gamestop has an extra assistant manager on hand please ship her to:

P.O. Box12345
Royal Oak, MI
48067.

Thank You. 

A few days ago I was going to check the mail and as I approached one of the special needs tenants was checking his mail.  As I continued to observe from a safe distance it became apparent that he did not receive whatever is was he was hoping for and responded by slamming the mailbox door and repeatedly screaming "Fuck" for about 30 seconds.  He then sprinted (which was fucking hilarious) to the other side of the complex.  This guy was fast.  Special Olympics gold material for sure.

Today, I was returning from the hardware store because I needed some keys made.  When I approached the front door, the woman that always yells at Becca commented and I quote: "Wow it's somewhere between 54 and 86 degrees today my niece called me and sang happy birthday that's priceless I'm saving that one why don't you have a jacket on? HI!"

True story.

P.S.  I miss my normal neighbors.

In the final weeks of the election I have a tendency to start hating both candidates, so my thoughts on the election process are as follows:

I don't want hope, I want action.

I don't want change, I want progress.

I don't care about religious leaders and how much they hate whitey, they are a minority within a minority and have no real authority, so stop spouting off about candidates and their black power beliefs. 

I don't care how much or how often a Candidate voted with George Bush, a president has no real power without two thirds of congress backing them.  ( A democratic Congress at that)

I can't stand hokey political moves like choosing a retard for a VP just because you are trying to get some of the woman swing voters that are pissed off that Clinton lost.

I'm sick of politicians telling me that they are going to help Michigan, and then promising millions of dollars to be used at the discretion of our socialist Canadian wannabe actress of a governor, who has already squandered our entire surplus and continues to drag us down.

I will back anyone who promises to help people like me and my family, and respect anyone who would do the same, regardless of who they are voting for.

On that note, I am sick of empty and unrealistic promises.

I firmly believe that we are spiraling into a depression and are quickly becoming a third world country, and would love nothing more than a politician who actually acknowledges that fact.

I want a candidate that will bring the warlords in Darfur to justice, and uses embargo and boycott tactics on China for supporting genocide.

I don't give a shit about abortion.

I don't give a shit about gay marriage.

These are problems that will do absolutely nothing to change the direction in which we are moving.

I am pissed off at both candidates for supporting the trillion dollar bailout (excuse me, "rescue") of multi-billion dollar companies who dug themselves their own grave, all while doing absolutely nothing to help the middle class that they apparently care about so much. 

The bailout failed miserably, the stock market continues to plunge at record rates, (Even faster than post 9-11)

So I ask politicians to simply be honest, and tell us what is really possible to achieve, to be truthful of their limits, and to stop using fear as a tactic to win votes.  Maybe one year we will be able to choose a good leader, not the lesser of two evils. 

     The new apartment complex that we moved into turned out to be a special needs home.  Don't know how it happened,  this was never disclosed to us.  Becca and I were chased down by a crazy lady who wanted nothing more than to let us know how cold it was. (It was pushing 80).