There seems to be a real riff in this country right now. The most popular shows on cable are about a Las Vegas Pawn Shop and a couple of guys who are, "Pickers", and try to make a living off of other peoples junk.
Yet, the lower class, the folks who hunt, fish, drive motorcycles, own WAY too many guns, (and I have done all the above, except the motorcycles) and hate science and education, Want to elect a guy who went to Harvard (and BYU) who is promising that he will cut Government spending on education, health care, environmental quality, Social Security, and Medicare/Medicaid.
And women's health.
Have you noticed what's on basic cable lately? A&E, TruTV, The History Channel, TLC are all broadcasting shows about: Pawn shops, guys who pull old logs out of swamps, guys who are gold mining in Alaska, guys who repossess cars (and, TruTV? No one is buying that, Operation Repo is filmed like, "COPS". We all know it's NOT, true TV. That goes double for, Lizard Lick).
People who tow cars in Miami, Detroit, Philadelphia and/or tow/boot them in said cities?
People who hunt Cat Fish by hand. Really? That's worth a show?
If George W Bush had NOT been President for 8 years, spending away our budget surplus, and getting us into TWO wars we didn't need to fight? Would there be so many shows about repossessing cars? I'm just asking?
Would the, "Swamp People" be as interesting, if you didn't think you might end up one of them?
Would, Billy be as interesting if you weren't worried about your own infestations, that you might have dealt with another way, if you didn't have to live in a trailer full of cockroaches because you lost your house?
On that one? I have to say, Yeah! I love that show!
And I have to admit, I love, Parking Wars. Because every time someone who gets a ticket/boot/tow goes off on the guys who gave it to them? They are WRONG! In every way, shape and form of wrong.
"I was only there a minute?!" Where on the, Bus Zone, No Parking, sign does it say, "Unless it's just for a minute?"
The guys who park in front of the handicapped ramps, who complain, "There was no other place to park?" Should be punched in the balls by guys in wheelchairs who then tell them, "There was no OTHER place to get up the sidewalk, asshole!"
If you have $700 in unpaid parking tickets, and you get booted or towed, and your attitude is, "Fuck that! Keep the car." Or, "I make more money than you! I'll get another car!" and you don't drive an 83 Yugo? You're an idiot.
If you get three letters telling you that your car is going to be booted or towed if you don't pay your tickets, and you get mad at the guy who does just that? You're a moron.
If you watch, Swamp People, Swamp Loggers, or any show about fishermen who could be killed just for doing their job, and really hope they make it? While contemplating voting for Republicans? You're an idiot.
For every, Duck Dynasty? There are a whole lot of guys who make their living doing what, Dog The Bounty Hunter does, but they don't have a TV show, and they're not rich.
So, America. What's it going to be? You LOVE to watch how, hillbilly America makes it's living. You love to watch the lower class struggle against repression and come out on top. You eat up a show about the, "Proles", or proletariat, as, Paul Fussell called the working folks in his book, Class: A Guide To American Social Structure.
You know how a Pawn Shop works, or a check cashing business? And you still want to vote for Republicans?; You are out of your mind?
They own you, and you don't even know it.
I love, Pawn Stars. When I first saw it, I had no idea why it would be on, The History Channel. Then I watched it! The history is awesome. I have actually gone to that Pawn Shop the last three times I've been in Las Vegas, even took my wife and son and one of his friends, just to look around.
It's a great place to see.
But it's also a cautionary tale for poor folks who vote for Republicans. The folks with the money, will figure out how to take YOUR money, and MAKE money when you can't.
And if you've ever used a Pawn Shop, or check cashing business, and you vote for Republicans? You're not paying attention.
If you think banks are over regulated, but you can't afford a bank account, and use Pawn Shops, and check cashing busineses? You aren't paying attention.
Ask anyone who's company and job was taken away by, Bain Capitol, and Mitt Romney.
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