Joe Klein has been a target of the far left all too often, despite the fact that he is an unapologetic supporter of Democrats. He’s just not far enough to the left for the left. Today, he manages to write yet another post that will doubtless endear him to the left.
So, yes, people are “angry” at Wall Street. They are also “angry” at Octomom. I wonder if the depth and quality of those two rages differ–or is this all just a television show? I mean, how many demonstrations, how many economic riots, have there been? There have been real free-for-alls, featuring real violence and bloodshed, in places like China, where the level of societal unfairness and desperation makes our own not-insignificant inequities seem like a workers’ paradise. There used to be economic riots and marches here–back in the Great Depression, and further back in the populist era of the late 19th century. But none lately. There doesn’t even seem to be significant movement in the polls, which are our own, latter-day way of marching on Washington.
This is something that has bothered me for a while now. Democrats passed their “Screw the Constitution, get AIG” bill citing “popular rage” against the insurance company. They spent a week hosing down every microphone in reach with spittle-laced anger.
Yet, there were no reports of protests I heard of other than a government subsidized tour of the homes of private citizens that dripped with envy and lust for other people’s money.
Obama’s cohorts in the media have been dutifully reporting that “one million doors” were knocked on over the weekend by Obama’s other cohorts. The idea was to get the door-knockees to sign a pledge and support Obama’s “Bankrupt America” budget bill.
But Democrats in Congress report not hearing a thing – or very little – from anyone since the Million Door March was conducted.
President Barack Obama’s army of canvassers fanned out across the nation over the weekend to drum up support for his $3.55 trillion budget, but they had no noticeable impact on members of Congress, who on Monday said they were largely unaware of the effort.
“News to me,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, a House Budget Committee member, of the canvassing. Later, his staff said that his office had heard from about 100 voters.
Klein is speaking some truth here:
If you want to be angry about something, get pissed at a media culture that goes beserk about bonuses one week and forgets all about them the next. And be worried, quite worried, about a society for whom anger is a form of entertainment.
Be angry about our currency being under assault by China and the United Nations because our government is allowing what is happening to the economy. Be angry at a Congress that specifically passes a law exempting AIG bonuses then attempts to punish those same people for the actions of Congress.
Don’t be distracted by the howling of those lawmakers who are deflecting blame onto others.
And do ask yourself how much of what you read and hear about is being manipulated right now.
“A million doors”? Really? How many doors are there in the entire country? I live in a fairly liberal region of Maryland, a liberal state, so how come no knocked on my door?
This is an excellent example of misdirection. Good take.
No one came to my door, and I am unaware of anyone that had anyone come to their door. But then again, I live in a sururb of Salt Lake City, in the reddest of red states, Utah. Obama supporters would have to have pretty thick skins to knock on doors around here as they would likely get a cold reception. In other news, the fellow that parks near me at work finally took the Obama sticker off of his car window. I was wondering how long it would take. Apparently about 2 months.
Klein is an idiot. He is part and parcel of that media that whips up new outrages daily. He’s an attention whore himself. You know who I’m angry at? Not Octomom, or AIG, but my so-called leaders in Washington and Springfield. I’m also angry at the lying media, who spent the last 8 years trashing the President while we fought two wars.