And They Said We Were Mind Numbed Robots...

Just before President Obama's inauguration, only 19% of the population had a positive outlook on the economy. Just after his inauguration, that number jumped to 50%. Nevermind that the unemployment rate has been increasing consistently, in December 2008 it was at 7.2%, numbers just released for April, 2009 were at 8.9%, a 25 year high. Even more bailouts have been passed, yet Americans seem to be more optimistic about the future. Why? Is it possible that the water heads who voted for Obama heard the word 'change' and they just believed it regardless of what is actually happening? It's akin to smashing a hammer onto your hand with increasing force and continually saying it will hurt less next time. I have been losing faith in the populace of this country for a long time now, but fucking seriously? The complete idiocy of this country seems impossible to fix and the Obama administration is banking on it.

I read an article in time magazine (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1889153-2,00.html?iid=perma_share) that detailed just how much Obama is depending on the public staying stupid. During the campaign, Obama had a 'behavioral dream team' commissioned to figure out what 'makes people tick' in order to help Obama win the election. You'd think these people would be advising Obama on policy issues, but as we all remember, that fucker barely mentioned anything about policy. He said change! That must be good right? Oh, what's he going to change? I don't know, but change means something different than what is happening now and what is happening now is that I can't pay my mortgage.This is all old news, but what is in this article is some seriously scary shit.

The basis of Obama's economic policies will be behavioral, not neoclassical economics. For those of you who aren't Ben Stein, here's a short description from the article, 'If neoclassical economics wants government to let us alone to do what we want, behavioral economics leaves room for government action to help us do what we would really want if we were rational agents'. Holy shit. Land of the free? I guess not. Who is to be our compass for this rationale we all obviously lack? Murderers, sexual maniacs, tax cheats and a myriad of other criminals...the United States Government! Apparently, if we were rational agents we'd send lewd text messages to pages, solicit sodomy (or at the very least a nice glory hole session) in airport bathrooms and drunkenly drown our mistresses in rivers. I'll stick to my current behavior if you don't mind. Ah, but they certainly do mind, 'There's new interest in taxing gas, alcohol, electricity and even trans fats to discourage undesirable behavior while closing budget gaps'. Since when is drinking a beer while eating french fries in my well-lit living room undesirable behavior? How in the fuck does the government think they have the right to control my behavior? If I don't drive drunk into a Sunday school picnic, I should be able to drink whenever and however much I want. I should be able to get fat if I want as long as I don't sit on a small child.

The First Lady said, 'Barrack is going to demand that you shed your cynicism, that you put down your divisions, that you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones, that you push yourselves to be better'. Fuck that, he doesn't have the right to make demands of me. Last time I check, we're his boss. Imagine if you walked into your boss' office and told him what to do. You'd be fucking fired right? Not Barry though, his idea of 'good behavior' is what is supposed to be the social norm. And as the article says, 'What works is an appeal to conformity' and, 'We are a heardlike species'. When talking about an eco friendly initiative in Oregon, the article says, 'What worked was creating a sense that we're all in this together and you're a social deviant if you don't join us'. Doesn't anyone see how fucking dangerous this is? They turn the office of the presidency into a shrine to pop culture and then expect us to do whatever he says. The article says that 'Michelle Obama's White House garden is meant to urge us toward fresh fruit'. How did we become so weak minded to even give someone the idea that we'd all start gardening if we saw this linebacker with an under bite doing it? The conservatives are always the brainwashed idiots, what about now you fuckers? Now we're social deviants because we pose questions? Oh yes, racists too. Racist social deviants. I know that there is a faction of the Republican party that are brainwashed, but it seems as though more than half the nation has fallen under this spell, and it will result in irreparable damage to our country.

Why am I the only one offended by this? Obama cut $116 billion in payroll taxes but he didn't give it to us all at once. If he did that we'd save our money and that would be fucking preposterous. If we get the money little by little we'll be less likely to notice it. An Obama aid said, 'The idea is to manipulate us into spending the extra cash'. Manipulate us? Are you fucking serious? And how irresponsible is it to be telling everyone to spend money when that is what got us into this shithole in the first place? The whole Obama campaign and presidency have been based not on actually doing something, but saying things to make people think you will. Subtly or otherwise, saying things to give Americans certain ideas with no regard to reality.

Michell has new shoes! Swine flue pandemic! 'Scareforce' one! unemployment at 25 year low, shhhhhh. Obama bought a cheeseburger! Obama got a dog! I'm really excited to have my telescreen installed and my Newspeak dictionary delivered, aren't you?

Pull your heads out of your asses. Seems like a simple enough task since the dangers are so obvious, but apparently not.