Now to these riots in London. I hope that we are learning a lesson from what is taking place across the pond. These crazies seem to be in a Dionysian and frenzied state as they loot and burn everything in sight. And why? Too many unemployed young people on the outside looking in? Too much frustration with a system that seems stacked against them? Or is it just too many criminals masquerading as normal citizens who were waiting for their chance to act on their malevolent impulses?
It started off, -as so many of these riots tend to-as a perceived injustice done to someone who was powerless by someone in authority. That was the flash point, the excuse, and it was all the folks who make up the poor and the underclass in London needed to get started.
So is it coming here? Well, folks like Glenn Beckkk and Rush Limpboy certainly think so. In fact, Rush said the rioters are the same as Obama voters.
"Rush warns that the unruly crowds in London are “the equivalent of Obama voters in this country” and as a result, American is “not far from this.” And he’s got the tape to prove it, as an interview with a British rioter explained the motive behind the unrest: “we’re just showing the rich people we can do what we want.” Given that the outspoken protester also blamed conservatives in the government and rich people with businesses, Rush heard everything he needed in order to conclude this sounds just like an Obama voter.
And now with “near race riots” in Wisconsin, Rush predicted “this is what we have in store, we’re on this path.” With London “burning” is Rush right to be vigilant, or merely hyperbolically finding new ways to link Obama to anything bad going on around the world?"
"Race riots"? No, not yet Rush. And it will be more like class riots. I know that you want to divide the poor and working class people by race, and that has worked for you folks in the past, but I am not so sure it will work this time around.
Back in the sixties when black folks were burning the inner cities of A-merry-ca; white folks had jobs and houses and were quite content while they "pursued happiness." Watching those coloreds riot on the evening news was entertaining, and it was far from their reality. Not anymore. I think that poor and working class white folks are ready to riot right along with us here in A-merry-ca. In case you didn't notice, that is what's happening in England.
But it's not happening here, not yet. Oh we have our flash mobs, but unlike the underlying causes of the London riots, they are not causing havoc in our cities because of some kind of economic frustration, or because they are out demanding justice; they are doing it for fun. And as bad as that might seem to us, it might not be such a bad thing after all, because the moment that they realise that there is nothing funny about their condition, it all could change.
I think that a litte Marley right about now would be quite fitting: *iPod on*
Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh. Oo-oo-ooh! Oo-oo-ooh.
Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: gonna get burn. (catch a fire) Wo, now!
Ev'rytime I hear the crack of a whip,
My blood runs cold.
I remember on the slave ship,
How they brutalize the very souls.
Today they say that we are free,
Only to be chained in poverty.
Good God, I think it's illiteracy;
It's only a machine that makes money.
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all. Ooh-ooh-oo-ooh.
Slave driver, uh! The table is turn, baby, now; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire, so you can get burn, baby, now. (catch a fire)
Slave driver, the table is turn, y'all; (catch a fire)
Catch a fire: so you can get burn, now. (catch a fire)
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