KING of the UNITED STATES

But I thought we were supposed to go down in a ball of flames? I thought, the annihilation of the United States and indeed the globe was at our doorstep and all but guaranteed? I thought that if the $700 billion bailout wasn’t enacted IMMEDIATELY, that the earth would spin off its axis and all life would be extinguished in an all but certain surrender to the inevitable and undeniable laws of finance?

The nation and its finances are given a large Valium pill, to ease the pain of the bad physical and mental health we are suffering. As the pain is debt and, we can turn off our attention to it, and focus on less unpleasant realities in an effort to believe things are better. But, Valium is extremely addictive.

our president is just one of the four branches of our United States governmental structure. Yeah - FOUR. First we have a Congress, the real source of power (our lawmakers and our shopping-list crafters). Then we have our Supreme Court (our schizophrenic lifetime de facto King), as well as our president (our commander-in-chief and spokesmodel, whose true force lies in the veto power against undisciplined congressional slop). And fourthly,… yes there’s a fourth: we have the Federal Reserve.

As the mediums and technology used to enjoy our music, television, and film collections race rapidly forward, we too must move in sync to keep from slipping into the realm of the obsolete.

Gosh it’s easy to just be a good person and go about your day with a smile, huh? You don’t have to be weary, or on-guard, ’cause between our government and our places of commerce, people sure seem to want to treat each other right. Except of course for that giant segment of our nation [...]

Sorry; I have officially lost patience — with all of it. I’m having my Howard Beal moment. I’m so sick of the crap… “I’m mad as hell…” blah, blah, blah…
I have officially lost the ability to swallow the presidential candidates, the pontificators, the proponents, the parties themselves, the government were electing them to, American idol, [...]

You’re taxed when you earn your money. You’re taxed when you enjoy your earnings. You’re taxed when you invest your earnings. You’re taxed when you own or attempt to own property. You’re taxed when you purchase mandatory licenses. You’re taxed when you pay for necessary utilities. You’re taxed when you die.
And our Tax codes are [...]

At its core, Tipping is a long-term, evolving trend; which changes over time and location.
In the U.S., the trend has grown into a Frankenstein’s monster. Worse than the discovery that the monster has the brain of a deranged thief, we find the monster has escaped and is violently running amuck through our village. This trend [...]