It is unclear which profession is more corrupt and broken – American Politics or American Journalism. At the end of the day, our fake public servants operate as marionettes operating at the hands of fake journalists who prey on our nation’s obsession with conflict. The corporate sponsors line up around the corner to pay for air time. More concerned with inciting riots and raising ratings rather than asking substantive questions, these fake journalists poke and prod the candidates hoping to get a violent reaction. Is this the future of the world at stake here or one of Michael Vick’s dog fights? Meanwhile, the big corporate sponsors are taking bets in the background. “Gimme 2 to 1 on the old white chick” said the insurance executive. “You’re full of Shit, he’ll rip ‘er head off and piss down her throat” screamed the Drug Company lobbyist as he throws down a roll of cash big enough to choke a horse.

The corporate sponsors and political spin doctors got their wish Monday night. Unfortunately, the lead was buried on the last page. The real story is how these candidates on both sides are trying to buy our votes. First, the Republicans bid $500 per vote which it disguised as an “economic stimulus package”. Then the Democrats realized they couldn’t come across as stingy so they bid $600 per vote. Both sides want to buy our votes by giving us a stupid tax refund. We are drowning in debt so their brilliant answer is to go deeper in debt. What? I think our politicians are watching too many late night commercials for pawn shops and pay day lenders. You have to be kidding me! That short sighted thinking is how we got into this mess.

So now our government will borrow billions from China, give us all $600 a piece so we can still afford to go down to that new Starbucks on the corner and buy a $4 cup of coffee harvested by workers in a 3rd world country getting paid $.50 a day. All of this is so that the corporate executives financing the campaigns can ensure their precious stock options at Starbucks and Wal-Mart maintain their value. Six months later, $500 of useless consumer goods are in a trash dump, our lives are still empty, and we face the reality that our paychecks are worth less than before because the U.S. dollar is worthless in the global market. All the while, China owns the 2nd mortgage on our nation. This is what happens when we build an economy based on debt and retail sales while our manufacturing industry vanishes and our only innovation is designing new financing techniques to borrow more money and make our debt look like profit.

Now we have these so-called “journalists” like Wolf Blitzer wasting our time asking Barack Obama how he feels about the opportunity to be the 2nd black president. What a complete idiot. Our society kills Martin Luther King Jr. and somehow we give Blitzer a microphone to desecrate his memory.