"Our Government is Killing Us"

I stumbled across this video and was struck by the images of extreme poverty.
Nigeria is a prosperous nation, but there is a vast discrepancy between the haves and have-nots.
I don't live there and am not entirely aware of the political situation. However, the narrator of this video does live there, and the words and images he shares are disturbing.
I am a U.S. citizen. I come from a middle class family and would myself be considered part of the working class. My feeling on our current economic situation is that I have never earned such a high dollar per hour amount, but it doesn't go anywhere near as far as the $10 per hour that I was earning 15 years ago.
I also wonder if I'll ever be able to retire at the rate things are going.
The working class in the United States is pretty well fucked. We can't afford anything. The working poor have it even worse than people like me, who live from paycheck to paycheck. I'm not sure how they can even afford housing.
If something doesn't change, could scenes like we see in this video become more commonplace in the U.S.?
Something's got to give. It isn't right to have one percent of the population getting all the benefits while everyone else gets the shaft.

~DJ Wanda~

P.S. We really aren't turning this into a political blog. I was struck by Bloomy's editorial the other day, and then this video above inspired me to speak my peace.

It's Not. But it Can Be.

We don't express political opinions here too often, but your KHEL 666 Krew (all U.S. citizens) feel that this sums up our opinion very well.
Just my two cents. Instead of embarrassing ourselves with "reality" shows, why not have programs promoting the works of the actual common person, revealing the struggles of the actual common person? Instead of spectacle, why not celebrate the regular, hardworking person? Why not bring awareness and sympathy to the plights of people who live with various physical and mental illnesses, including the fact that the disability payments they get don't even cover the cost of housing, let alone food and medication?
Instead of ridiculing common looking people, particularly fat people, for not upholding the standard of so called beauty, why not teach respect for people of all races and sizes, all genders including intersexed and transgender? Why not celebrate one another's strengths and uphold one another in our areas of weakness?
There have been a lot of improvements in race politics, but racism still exists. There have been improvements in treatment of women on one hand, but on the other hand it has come to a point where women are so sexualized that no matter our personal accomplishments, if we don't fit the qualifications of "sexy" while doing whatever it is we do, we are seen as losers.
Our children are growing up with the message that to be successful, you have to act like a petulant two year old in order to get attention, and you have to appear to be ready for sex at all times. However, if you are a promiscuous woman, you're a slut. On the other hand, if you're a promiscuous man, go you. Being monogamous is "lame." If you happen to be fat, woe betide you for even existing in the first place.
Everything that was mentioned in the video is right on target. Plus, we need to stop outsourcing our employment and manufacturing to other countries.
This truly could be one of the greatest countries in the world, but all the "rah rah, USA" propaganda isn't going to make it that way. Only right and proper action which is concerned with the well-being of all citizens will make it that way. Only kindness rather than stigma will make it that way.

Peace.

DJ Blooming Psycho

Don't Hate

If you're the sort who's always cracking jokes about "queers," how would you feel if your brother or sister turned out to be gay? 

If you believe that all gays are "sinners" and "sickos," how would you feel if someone you'd always loved happened to be gay?

Being attracted to people of the same gender doesn't make someone a "sinner," a "sicko," a "wimp," or any of the other things that peoeple say about homosexuals.

Gay people are just people.

Think

There are more and more who want to turn the U.S. into a theocracy, and who want to control our every thought. Dare to think for yourself! 

1984 was not meant to be a guidebook for the government.