Rush

In the company of my father, who’s been taken down the road by Rush to become someone who lacks complete trust in humanity except for those Rush sanctions: Fox News, the Republican Party, etc.

He really believes that crap Rush spews...so sad. Rush was able to take the white male angst over changing socio-economic conditions and changing power structures in the US and turn it into a political movement that took the legislative branch and began handing over the government to the corporations (privatization) and dismantling the social safety net (Personal Responsibility Act) all because Rush convinced these displaced white males that 1. Government is bad, and 2. People using government programs are lazy (esp. the black welfare queens who keep having kids you have to pay for).

The wealthy are laughing themselves silly at our expense while taking huge chunks of our economy for themselves (ie - laughing all the way to the bank). Fortunately people many people may be starting to wake up about this, and with the far rights political influence waning, maybe we can reverse this trend.