The Free Market is your god, bitches
August 29th, 2009 | by Gwytherinn |I turned on talk radio for the first time in ages today. And I thank my lucky stars, for I have finally realized that socialism and communism ARE in fact godless!!! They lack THE FREE MARKET!!!
In the midst of Steve Malzberg ranting about 45 million people having access to health care if Obama’s plans go through, and Sean Hannity trashing the idea of providing a decent living for all, (apparently because we who advocate this love government – not because we care about people) it hit me. Just replace “In God We Trust” with “In Free Market We Trust.” They are interchangeable. I’ve seen the light, hallelujah.
So, Malzberg kept up the yelling refrain over his caller of “WHERE ARE THE DOCTORS DELLA???” See, letting 45 million people go without health insurance is perfectly ok because the doctors just aren’t there. And here I thought people like him didn’t believe in evolution, but apparently subscribing to some sort of fucked up survival of the fittest is A-Ok. What chaps my hide even more is Mr. Malzberg can be secure about his health care thanks to doing a job he is horrible at. I may abhor Hannity and Limbaugh, but they are good propagandists.
This whole thing makes me think of Joel Osteen’s screwy teaching of “prosperity gospel.” That if you’re right with god you’ll be blessed with material goods. (To the detriment of other people, who I suppose, are not right with god!) If you are lucky enough to play by the free market’s rules the same thing might happen. Both are ways of assigning value. And both are ridiculously shitty ways of thinking.
Lastly, I really couldn’t help laughing (to the detriment of my hurting back) when Hannity commented that a less than knowledgeable person he had just interviewed was educated by our public government schools!!!! I guess the free market could solve our education woes too. If people can’t afford to pay they must not be smart enough to go!
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By Ranger Bug on Oct 30, 2009
I can’t even stand listening to those guys anymore… I used to, just so I could say I knew what the other side was saying. Now, it just makes me physically ill. This is the down side of free speech…people who have no idea what they are talking about will pick on a catch phrase and harp on it until thousands of other people are ready to riot over it. Does Glenn Beck think his September 12 rally was a success? It just showed us all how ignorant and militant his followers are. Seems like they might want to keep that under wraps….