We live in a world where the technology has finally caught up with the rapaciousness of those who would own everything–1,000,000 stock trades a second, baby.  Yes, phones in every pocket and social media helped organize the “Arab Spring.”   Yes, governments and their contractors are now mining every bit of data to prevent any kind of repeat of that.   Yes, bread and circuses, the old panen et circenses, is now 24/7, in your pocket, and everybody you know is preoccupied most of the time.

Q:  What are you doing Friday?

A;  I’m working til late Friday, then to the hospital for an all-nighter.

Q: What time do you want to hang out Friday?

Hello. hello?  

I’m sorry, what was I saying?  Grateful for the handle of that title above I say again– if you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.

Financial collapse caused, 100%, by the rapaciousness of those who would own everything.   Their appetite is limitless, as is their disdain for fairness or sustainability.  Their power to make and break laws is pretty impressive too.   So billions were made by a few, and millions by their assistants, as the poor got poorer.  Now we have a fiscal cliff we are being herded toward.   Instead of victimizing the rich, let’s all share the burden.   We raise the top tax rate on the wealthiest by almost 10%.   The rich pay most of the taxes already, plus they’re job creators.  Sacrifice must be shared.  So we raise the payroll tax on all workers, by 48%.  Student loan interest rates at 20 times what institutions pay to borrow money?  Fair is fair, you know what I’m saying?

Wars based on lies, creating thousands of traumatic brain injuries, amputations, suicides, refugees, dead children, kicked down doors, raped and beaten women– support our troops is the only answer for that.  Torture?   We call it doing the right thing now, the dark side is ugly, but that’s where we are.  Privacy?   If you’ve got nothing to hide, pull down your pants and your underwear and let us see.

If you’re not angry, baby, you are not paying attention.  If you are paying attention, and you’re not angry, you have stopped feeling in a big way.  Now the thing is, what is the productive way to use that anger?