This is a letter I just mailed this morning to Barack my senators and congressman.

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Saving consumers and taxpayers billions or trillions of dollars isn't in the interest of corporate America or of congress. Both have an opposing interest. That is, their interests are in opposition to the interests of the general population.

It could not be more evident that what is going on is criminal. However, congress and government in general have chosen to express this differently. Congress has expressed this pseudo-intent in order to obfuscate what is apparent criminal intent. And the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of this pseudo-intent and thus is party to the criminality. The proof of this criminally culpable pseudo-intent is in the result. Always examine the stated goal and then measure the one obtained. The differential is an expression of the effectiveness of the ruling body to deliver a workable solution. The measurement also specifies that where the obtained result is consistently undesirable, there exists a clear probability of a conflict of interest and a likely obfuscation of true intent. When this apparent obfuscation of intent ends in serious harm to the general state of the nation, extending to the broader population, it becomes rather obvious that the threshold of criminality has been met or exceeded.

It is thoroughly impossible to examine how our federal government has transformed its viewpoint and obligation to citizens over the years and not see the demonstrable shift of allegiance. The harmful outcomes produced reflect this shift of representation and make an unambiguous statement of inequality and corruption. An objective examination reveals an ethical collapse of epic proportion. This assertion is most evident and fully supported by the frequency with which our elected officials stand before this country and misrepresent or lie about the facts of a situation. This is the norm. Not the exception. Throughout my lifetime my government has repeatedly, inexcusably and increasingly produced results which have brought great harm to this country.

In the final measure, congress and our government are either grossly inept or thoroughly corrupt. There is little question that the evidence points to the latter. The only hope of reversing this is by renouncing the falsehood where it has been specified that the attributes of citizens are in equal measure those of corporations. Corporations are not citizens in any way shape or form. The contentious relationship between citizens and corporations clearly establishes this most evident of facts. Please bear in mind that this contention has changed completely over the last sixty years. It was one a hallmark of the relationship between government and business. This lie, without a doubt, translates to criminal intent. Only through the intentional distortion of simple logic and common sense is it possible to arrive at this undeniably false conclusion. That this is intentional and false renders all your actions derived of it as criminal in nature. No matter if a court rules this so or not does not alter the reality of the outcome.

I condemn, without reservation, everything you do that preserves and promotes the immensity of this fraud that you have visited upon my country.

Here we have another bad side effect of how the restructuring of the retirement system in the U.S. has ended in seriously harming working Americans.

Back when funded retirements were replaced by the 401K retirment plan it was hailed as the greatest thing since sliced bread. That has proven false and here we have further proof of the erosion of middle class Americans ability to exercise even minimal control on their own well being.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31488492/ns/business-personal_finance/ 

As indicated by this action I am inclined to expect that there will be continuous contribution adjustments made by companies that are in some way connected to profits. This will lead to an unpredicatble and unreliable ability to save for retirement. It will compromise any assurance of a secure retirement. The other thing it will do is force people to work longer and likely face declining wages in later years because of being coerced into having to compete with entry level workers. All while facing an ever increasing cost of living.

So far congress hasn't done one thing to address all the hundreds of billions (trillions?) of 401K dollars lost by working Americans. This will just make the problem even worse.

It should be noted that this is consistent with everything else happening such as credit card rates going up, gas going up in spite of weak demand and all the othe telltale indicators of a major rip off underway.

This is one of the most surprising Supreme Court rulings I have seen in a long time. In spite of the certainty of environmental damage, the court ruled to allow dumping of mining waste into an Alaskan lake.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31490416/ns/us_news-environment/

This reflects the conservative court we have and in particular the Chief Justice's long history of supporting and working for business interests.

I'd have never thought we would witness a return to a bygone era where we dump (knowingly or not) toxic materials into the environment.

Democrats are expressing concern that they don't have the votes to pass the Obama health care plan.

Polling indicates a solid majority of citizens are in favor of the WH plan which contains the contentious single payer alternative. The latest NYT polling indicated 72% of citizens favored a bill which contained a single payer option. Conversely it was also indicated that there was uncertainty of how to pay for it.

Why then is congress unable to muster the needed votes? This would appear as another instance of congress being unresponsive to their primary constituents, citizens, instead bending to pressure from lobbyists who, coincidentally (not), control the flow of dollars from political action committees to campaign coffers.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31467718/ns/politics-capitol_hill/ 

In the end it would seem that any and all statements from our elected officials who have condemned runaway health care costs are at best disingenuous. A vote not to change this says so.

Or, as is all too often the case, is congress going to sell the country down the river in support of their private agenda and keep the gravy train of the health care industry chugging along?

Barack Obama stated in his comments recently:

The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people. The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.

There is a fly in the ointment here because the perceived notion of universal rights ARE NOT universally held. Were that true we would have a very different world than the one we are confronting. Ideas of the world as held by citizens of the U.S. and the reality differ. As long as we are unwilling to make an accommodation for that reality we will be at odds with other political units around the world. Pressident Obama, like many before him, has failed to acknowledge this. We can try to change this but it places us in direct conflict with other political units which take exception to our projecting our ideas upon their societies. We reject, out of hand, any idea of China or Iran or any other nation projecting their concept of governance and social order upon us. Why then do we think we hold any right to project ours upon them? Arguments of moral authority don't hold up very well either. That is unless you are willing to close your eyes to our many transgressions and those of U.S. corporations.

Until we honestly and objectively address the social, political and financial disenfranchisement of various classes of persons in our country it is hypocritical to project our ideals upon others.