Article: The Flowers of Madness

Barack Obama offered us hope and change, he promised no more lobbyists in the White House and so, true to his word he hired the lobbyist's bosses to work in the White House. He defended bank bonuses; he defended GM against the unions and even helped GM to shift over three billion dollars in GM liabilities to government liabilities. He opened the Gulf of Mexico to oil drilling and when BP's oil well blew out creating the largest oil spill in US history he defended BP. Within six months and some paperwork changes he then opened the Gulf up to oil drilling yet again. He's cut more taxes for business than even Ronald Reagan and he's proposed cutting lease rates on federal land to assist the oil companies even more.

But for the likes of you and me? Prosperity is just around the corner, and the economy won't recover all at once. That's why tens of thousands of school teachers and support staff are losing their jobs all over this nation. Obama will fight for oil companies but he won't fight for school kids or workers. The choices to be offered up to the American people in the coming Presidential election are beyond pathetic. Where are our voices in Washington, who represents us?

I'm tired of this and I'm ready to try and do something about it. Maybe it won't work, maybe it will all be pointless, but I'm going to do it just the same. I'm going to Washington D.C. in October, and I'll eat what I can and sleep where I have to. I have very little money and no transportation save for my thumb, but God Damnit, I'm going just the same, its better to be crushed than ignored, at least I'll make the bastards work up a sweat.

"Freedom is something that dies unless it's used."
Hunter S. Thompson