"Have you ever wondered, like I have, how average folks could be raped by the capitalist elite and still spout the rhetoric that the same elite want you to. Wake up, sirmago. You are a pawn of those that would destroy you."

Amen, Mick. I'm glad you still have the energy and patience to talk back to this kind of stupidity. I've about run out.

Just like that asshole "Joe the Plumber," who rejected Obama's proposal that would reduce his real-life current-day tax bill because he's afraid of how much tax he would have to pay if he were to suddenly start taking in more than a quarter-million a year, net, after deductions.

There are people, few in number but quite powerful, who benefit greatly when ordinary Joes are more concerned about the welfare of the wealthiest 2% of the population than they are about themselves. They're pretty sophisticated at knowing the right buttons to push when they want to arouse the anger of a large, frustrated segment of the population who are not inclined to think for themselves ~ not critically, anyway ~ and are ripe for the plucking by those who would do their political thinking for them.