I'm Back With More To Say

I'm back and there is still a lot to be outraged about.  While it is hopeful that on the eve of the Tucson tragedy that the pundits, the cable television networks, and the blogoshere (myself included) turn the heated rhetoric of 2010 that does not mean that there could not have and continue to have spirited debate.  I believe and have always believed that public discourse is the responsibility of all as long as it is based on accurate information.

Before I begin the next chapter of the Outraged Citizen, I must state what this blog is and what it is not.  The Outraged Citizen began as a person unhappy at the political bickering, the wasteful spending of our government, the scaling decline of morals, the love and obsession of celebrity and reality television along with the complete dismissal of common sense. There were way too many distorted truths from cable television and thought that I may not be the only person that wanted something more real, more intelligent and I know while my sarcasm and political affiliation may swing more left than right, I thought that I could be more honest the other things out there. My idea is and was not to promote hate or violence but to add a bit of satire, some humor, and to give a different take compared to what is found elsewhere.

For purposes of full disclosure, I started this blog angry at what our country had become mainly in 2008 and 2009.  When corporations like the one I worked for greedily constantly forecast to raise its gross revenue percentage to double digit growth year after year.  In this process they made bad decisions, made bad loans to people who didn't know any better and make huge profits.  Instead of accepting the consequences of making these bad loans they along their competitors who did the same thing were rewarded with a public-backed bailout.  In turn those same people what nearly sent these companies to bankruptcy were not received company bonuses back by the public that they wronged.  I was dismissed from my company which I will call the stagecoach after I made a decision not to make deceptive sales. I chose not to commit the same actions of countless others that cared less about the consequences of their actions --of not only themselves but consumers who believed in them, who thought that their best interest were paramount --to increase their own paychecks.  I did see some who tried to live above their means but the majority were wronged.  The wrong people were bailed out and most of those were the victims are still being wronged today.

We arrived at this place because of greed and that is what I was outraged with about the most.  I have seen money be the evil of people for over ten years and I am not surprised to see people continue to profit from other's pain.  Speaking of pain isn't it amazing that we only become human after something painful.  Why does it take a 9/11 or a massacre to notice that fact?  It is also sad that once that pain fades everything goes back to normal.

I'm back and maybe not as outraged, but the title is staying.  Thanks for reading!!