Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ordinary American... The Right Wing Hates You

[MrScorpio]

And they pretty much wish that you just go off and die.

As evidenced by the reaction of the Republican Party and the right wing "press" to the White House's deal with BP to put $20 billion in escrow for the people living in the Gulf region to help them recover a portion of their livelihoods in the wake of BP's own spewing oil volcano, you would think that Obama used thumbscrews and bullwhips to get the oil executives to submit to his will without the benefit of a safe word.

Shake down? OMG! The Republicans are right on the money (Political contribution money).

So to you, the shrimp boat worker, or you, the gulf region restauranteur, or you who works in a fish cannery and I see you there mom who's just taking the kids out to the beach... The GOP and their cronies have plainly stated that they would rather have you crawl off into some hole and rot, rather than see BP provide any recompense for your suffering.

Republicans know who really matters in this great country of ours... and it's not you, beach comber, or you surfer gal, or even you, seasonal life guard. Who really matters in America are the humungous international corporations like BP, of course. And it's quite evident that if they were in charge, instead of the commie, shake down artist Democrats, the GOP's interaction with BP, over all the white sand and the odd bird that had the profane audacity to get in the way of the oil giant's precious free roaming light, sweet crude, would be very different indeed.

So I ask you, casino worker, or you, boat mechanic, and of course we can't forget you, regular beach house owner, how do you feel about the so-called "shake down"? Was the White House fair or unfair the poor, old, just can't help their polluting selves at BP? Or were they trying to do right by you?

Besides, we all know why Tony Hayward made such a rotten deal anyway, and it wasn't because they were in the wrong and had a tremendous PR disaster on their oil soaked hands. It was because he had to run back to England to "get his life back" and tool around on his modest sail boat at a poor man's regatta.

Hayward desperately needed to do something to get his beautiful mind off of all the bleating from the "small people" who dared to cry oily "fowl" over their inconveniently blackened beaches and destroyed teeny tiny lives.

What's that you, Mr. Sailor Guy off the Coast of Florida... Every time your is boat's in the water at your neck of the woods, dead dolphins keep bumping into your greasy hull? Well, according to Republicans like Joe Barton, "Boo fucking hoo."

The American Government should have bigger fish to fry and if the Republicans ever get their chance to be in charge again, you can bet dollars to donuts that your own oil laden fish and shrimp just won't matter at all.

I hope that you take that into consideration every time you're in a voting booth from here on out.


Sincerely,

MrScorpio

[Sheepshank]

1. Cannot wrap my mind around the R's stand on this.

Why is it that Republicans are so pro corporations (especially foreign oil corporations) that they are willing to support them in defference to actual human beings and the environmental state of their own country? Why is there so much disdain towards middle and lower economic citizenry...almost as if they are the enemy?

Are the R's still waiting for Reagan's trickle down effect to kick in for some level of justification? Is this why lower and middle economic class of 30% of Americans support the Reps? I just don't understand why they are allowing themselves to be treated this way, and not just allowing it, but doing so much to help the Reps do this to them? Is this like the abused wife who says she deserved it? Perhpas it's more like the franternity initiation, where they want so badly to belong to that elitist group, they are willing to bend over and say, "please sir may I have another one"?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

12. It's less that, than the fact that Obama came out tough on BP, so the R's go the other way.

The fact that this means them taking care of their corporate benefactor is a bonus in this case.

[Lagomorph]

46. Pretty simple....

Oil Spill, Obama......Oil Spill, Obama......Oil Spill, Obama......

Make sure people keep associating the spill with Obama and every day it continues and every bad thing that happens is political mileage.

[OnyxCollie]

22. Top Management Team Characteristics and Illegal Corporate Activity

Why is it that Republicans are so pro corporations (especially foreign oil corporations) that they are willing to support them in defference to actual human beings and the environmental state of their own country? Why is there so much disdain towards middle and lower economic citizenry...almost as if they are the enemy?

Daboub, A. J., Rasheed, A. M., Priem, R. L., & Gray, D. A. (1995). Top management team characteristics and corporate illegal activity. Academy of Management Review, 20(1), 138-170.

The relevance of group homogeneity, group cohesiveness, and groupthink
to organizational crime becomes even more evident in light of differential
association theory. This sociological theory of crime was developed
by Sutherland (1939, 1947) and later modified slightly by Sutherland
and Cressey (1978). According to this theory, "crime" is defined as such by
society. Some individuals live in accordance with these definitions; others
do not. Those who do not are seen as "criminal" in that their definitions
of acceptable behavior are deviant. An example of differential association
would be a group of executives who have defined a regulatory
agency, e.g., the EPA, as antibusiness and a hindrance to U.S. industrial
competitiveness. Violation of EPA rules could then be viewed by them as
patriotic and supportive of free enterprise.

In his critique of Sutherland's theory, Glaser (1956) pointed out that,
unlike monistic theories of crime that employ a single image (e.g., personality),
differential association is a pluralistic theory, which combines
diverse images. It also lacks a clear denotation in human experience.
Glaser therefore reconceptualized the theory as differential identification:
"a person pursues criminal behavior to the extent that he identifies himself
with real or imaginary persons from whose perspective his criminal
behavior seems acceptable" (1956: 44). For our purposes, the emphasis is
on the identification of an executive with the TMT peer group. (p. 158)

[droidamus2]

26. Knee jerk

It is a knee jerk reaction from the Republicans they are supposed to be the Pro-corporation party therefore they support the corporations automatically without thinking. As you may have noticed critical thinking and analysis isn't one of the right wings better skills.

[Enthusiast]

30. Some Republican support

, much of that 30%, actually is from those that suffer from Stockholm Syndrome. They are victims of the very ones they will support with their dying breath. The misinformation industry now makes this easier for them than ever. They can tune in to Faux News and have their every belief reinforced.

[burnsei sensei]

35. They don't have a stand, do they?

And what's more, they can't afford one.
If they appear to be protecting BP, their large corporate donor, then it looks like the populist crap they've been shoveling is seen for what it is.
If they engage too closely with their constituents, then they will have to betray their large corporate donor.
The world as it is has been very kind to them, has allowed them not just a stand, but a comfortable seat.
Their issues are all gone, long dead.
The poor are not leeches growing fat off the land.
The poor are, in fact, poor.
The infrastructure will not take care of itself-- the more deeply it crumbles, the hollower, and more important, the more stupid, their calls for fiscal conservatism sound.
They look mindless, destructive, like they're running the ship of state into a hurricane with indifferent faces.
And the more we look, the worse they look.
They have been completely invested in an America that has commitments in 170 countries around the world.
Completely invested in the world of oil-- and they helped oil permeate our lives so completely, more completely than ever necessary.
They have invested in the privatization and eventual destruction of every federal social protection, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the National Labor Relations Board.
They are also invested deeply in the privatization and evisceration of AMTRAK and Conrail.
The Republicans and their dogs have no stand any more.
Their issues are gone.
Like the Whigs and Federalists, they're going to have to pick up and go home.

[nxylas]

41. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that they said it out loud

The Rs have always feted the Tony Haywards of this world in private while kissing up to the shrimpers and beachcombers and lifeguards in public, knowing who is more likely to deliver them votes. for them to be so open about their contempt for the suckers who voted them into power shows that either they haven't learned anything from last November or they've got better tricks up their sleeve to steal the next election.

[malaise]

2. The absolute truth

Mr Scorpio. :yourock:

[The Magistrate]

3. Damn, Sir: That Ought To Be Sent Out Broadcast As An E-Mail

That is an excellent piece.

[Davis_X_Machina]

4. The problem is...

..that Mr. and Mrs. Ordinary American -- except once a generation (2008) if we're lucky -- will gladly volunteer to live with their family in a cardboard box under a railroad bridge, and toast sparrows on an old curtain rod over an open fire, provided you only guarantee them that the people in the next box over -- black, gay, foreign, liberal, different -- don't even get the sparrow. And anyone, no matter how in bed they are to big business, who can make that promise will win their vote.

That's the fundamental fact in American politics.

America's favorite white meat isn't chicken, it's scapegoat.

You need 1933 levels of immiseration to change that dynamic. And we haven't seen them since then -- we certainly haven't seen them yet.

[HillbillyBob]

34. Well put,

I m still amazed and appalled at how the rw ijits vote against all of our best interests.

and as to your last statement..some of us have been homeless more than once and the teahadists just don't get it that one, two or three unforeseen disasters can wipe you out financially, one illness, leads to a jobs loss, leads to lost of insurance then your home and on..been there 3x. We just have not seen as many folks in that kind of hurt yet, not to discount those that already have.
I think it's going to have to reach levels similar to the Great Depression. We saw signs years ago, but then again my partner and I both grew up around Depression Era/WWII era grandparents and other relatives. We experienced a bit of our own year long depression in 2002 after partner was repeatedly outsourced, then no jobs in his field and hes of an age where getting anyone to hire you when you are 50....
We found a place out in the country to be able to grow our own food and have some space and we can hunt on our own land during season at need, we trade veggies/produce during season with our neighbors.
I think we are going to have to learn to be communities again and cooperate to survive... I may be wrong, very wrong, in fact I hope I am.

[mix]

5. great post

k&r

[white cloud]

6. Great post

Emailing it out to the freepers now. Thanks.

[MineralMan]

7. Mr. and Mrs. America are not reading DU.

To get this message across this election year, every congressional district candidate needs dedicated precinct walkers to take the message to Mr. an Mrs. America. If everyone here on DU took a day or two as the election approaches and walked precincts for the Democratic candidate for Congress in their district, visiting your own neighbors, carrying literature, listening to people's concerns, and explaining why your candidate will help with the problems, we can win many districts that many think are not winnable.

Whatever time you can afford to spend will be repaid by voters who will hear what you say and who will take your energy to the polls and vote. Maybe they were just going to sit at home on Election Day. Maybe your visit will get them out of their house and to their polling place.

In fact, I guarantee that if you talk to 20 people, you'll get a few to vote who would not have done so otherwise. I've seen it work. I've heard people thank me for visiting them and listening to their concerns.

This is how politics works. If we don't do it, of what use is all this discussion?

[Curmudgeoness]

10. Excellent point. Voting is important, campaigning is vital. nt

[blondeatlast]

8. Beautifully stated and I'm passing this along if you don't mind. nt

[old mark]

9. Rec. Guess what - we hate them right back!!!! nt

[nichomachus]

11. The head should be different

It should be "Conservatives hate you"

Many people who support the right wing do not see themselves as "right wing." We need to make "conservative" a dirty word -- like they've done with "liberal."

[proud patriot]

13. Bravo MrScorpio

:thumbsup:

[theFrankFactor]

14. +1

[Name removed]

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[MrScorpio]

16. First off, either you're too blind to see what the rest of the GOP has been up to

Or you're just a troll.

I think both.

Just this morning, John Fund parroted the "Shake down" meme... and he's just one of many.

Educate yourself, son.

[The_Commonist]

17. Wow!

I was just thinking the same thing...

[awoke_in_2003]

18. "Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ordinary American"

all of washington DC hates you- the only difference is is that one party uses lubricant.

[ingac70]

19. kick!

[Winston Wolf]

20. Most Excellent Sir.

Thoughtful, well articulated, and funny to boot. This makes my day.

[Swamp Rat]

21. k&r

[Imagevision]

23. Right wingers love Lee Harvey Oswald

[classof56]

38. And a lot of them think Timothy McVeigh is a hero.

Lived among those of that ilk for far too long. Finally fled while my sanity was mostly intact. I have not clue as to that mindset, no longer even try, just sorry they're becoming so influential via the TPers who don't realize the harm they're doing all of us.

Blessings.

[live love laugh]

24. Guess what, the Left Wing hates you too.

I am disgusted after seeing MTP today. Watching alleged Democrats like Mary Landrieu dtanned and relaxed as the rich often are, advocating for BP. Never before have I felt more like a prole than I do watching people who are supposed to represent me working against me. They don't give a rat's ass about Americans--no matter what political party they belong to.

I have tried ignoring the news and I am pretty successful. But it seems that no matter how I avoid it, one glimpse is enough to set me off. Any illusion that I have ever held of America being a democracy has been washed away with the oil gusher.

On MTP David Gregory holds up a poll from God-knows-where that says that 59% of people want BP to pay whatever it takes to restore the Gulf Coast....39% want BP only to pay amounts that will allow them to remain viable. WTF? And Mary Landrieu in unison with Haley Barbour then agree and go on to try to convince the proles who don't know that they are proles that BP's existence in and continued drilling immediately is in their best interests. These MF's make me sick. I hope they all burn in hell.

[Truth2Tell]

25. Mary Landrieu isn't exactly the Left Wing. nt

[spanone]

31. landrieu has NOTHING to do with the left

[sam sarrha]

27. this is what is important... the status quo..Luie 14th would be proud..!! link>>

http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html
80% of Americans are only allowed 7% of the Financial wealth, and the top 1% has 34%, not counting of shore accounts,

[babylonsister]

28. Recommend! nt

[stuart68]

29. Read "Energy Victory"

they are all in it up to their eyeballs (dems and repukes). BP lobbied dems hevily and has in fact supported the president's energy initiatives. Barton was just stupid enough to admit it in public.

BTW, just heard the BP Claim Czar say he doubts a strip club employee who has lost wages due to the spill has a viable claim. I don't know any blue collar guys who enjoy a brew in a strip club - they must be lying. Are we going to impose someone's morality on the payment of claims now ???

[lunasun]

44. you betcha!

[stuart68]

45. Not sure what that means.

Have you read the book ?

[Enthusiast]

32. Damn nice OP, MrScorpio!

And this is Republican ideology that you are speaking of. That was no mis-speaking by Barton and the GOP, they say it every day in a thousand ways, if people would only listen.

[Spazito]

33. Well said! n/t

[Maineman]

36. The real political struggle is not conservative vs liberal...

It is corporations and big money (and Republicans) vesus real people and their government (and Democrats). Yes, this correlates strongly with conservative versus liberal, but the schemers behind many of the conservative positions and activities are corporate strategists. Afterall, an effective government, one that regulates effectively and taxes fairly and morally, is the primary enemy of greedy, for-profit corporations. Most of the attacks and criticism directed at government are inspired directly or indirectly by big business and corporate manipulation of public opinion.

[fascisthunter]

37. .

[sulphurdunn]

39. All lower class right wing people are neo- Calvinists

whether their god is in heaven or just on money. They all suffer from some form of authoritarian personality disorder. The irony is that while they bellow about their "personal freedom" they don't really believe in personal freedom for themselves or for anyone else. They are crass materialists. They subconsciously believe that possessions protect them from mortality. Their cosmology is static. It serves to reinforce the psychological chains that bind them to the status quo. Their god sympathizes with their prejudices, alleviates their fears and blesses their avarice. This makes them credulous and easily manipulable. They honestly believe that wealth determines worth and is a sign of their god's favor. If they lack wealth they believe it is due to some failing of faith, is a trial from god, judgment for their sins or the work of sinister "others". Anyone preaching social change or economic justice is a heretic.

[Truth2Tell]

42. nice post sulphurdunn

what you say is true both figuratively and literally.

:thumbsup:

[Blue_Tires]

40. rec'd

[lunasun]

43. I hope that you take that into consideration every time you're in a voting booth from here on out.

They won't.... some scary/untrue ads on mr & mrs O 's Tv or editor's ops in their local rags will make them forget and they will vote for repugs as always.... empty heads do not retain - just react to the latest stimulation.