poverty indicator...a weird omen - realpolitik at work.

[junker]

went to local gold and silver dealer today to sell some (last) of the jewelry to get money for medical insurance bill for the month. The wife person really uses the insurance, and it frankly is lifeblood so we were just glad that we have the quality solid 24 carat sense to buy real gold jewelry when we used to have both work and money....

anyway, there were 2 kids (mid-thirties males, one mostly unshaven,like myself, and also hollowed out eyes, the other obvious spit and polish recently discharged dot mil type) in there too. The DotMil was selling gold & silver coins, and the other , jewelry, like myself. He did not fare so well as his was barely 14 carat and pretty much not worth the bother. There was also Old Fart (maybe 70s) sittin' (it is that kind of place) and bullshitting with the owner. Anyway Old Fart was going on about how he did his patriotic duty and got up and voted for bushie early this morning (WA State time) EVEN though it was raining. But he lameted that his wife did NOT go vote with him as it was too cold and too rainy for her, and besides she did trust that bushies anyway....

well, I said nothing, until after my sale was concluded (paranoid, fashistas everywhere these days), and then when Old Fart brought up his grandkids, and as I walked out, I chimed up that Old Fart should be proud of them grandkids of his, now that he just voted to send them to die in some hot hell hole in the next bush bullshit war. Old fart just froze. I then brought up the irony that shitforbrains old farts ain't never the ones who die in wars, though they are the ones who make them happen...

THen I informed him that Kerry was gonna win and by a fucking landslide AND that the next thing up will be to beat the Bush & a hunt to bring the criminals to justice.

The funny thing was that the owner and the two other customers, at least one ex-military all were nodding and 'amen, brother'. When I asked if owner was gonna vote, said he mailed in his kerry vote a week ago.

I then pointed out to Old Fart that we three were in here selling off things to pay our fuckin bills, and if he did not understand the ramifications, I pointed out that if the young and middleaged ain't workin, then they sure as hell ain't paying into his social security.

He didn't say shit. I concluded my business and went off to pay my health insurance bill.

What a fucking world. Far west crackerbarrel - the realpolitik at work.

[Cleita]

1. Hopefully, one of these days we will get national health care

so that people like you don't have to lose everything you worked for to pay for medical expenses. This is what government is supposed to do with tax money, take care of the things individuals can't always take care of themselves. Tax revenues were never intended as a candy store for corporate profits.

[donsu]

2. kick

nt

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

3. Hopefully, the old man learned some thing from you.