I've sold at least one copy of every CD thus far. I've sold some individual songs on digital music sites. Many of the songs have paid as much as 0.09. That's nine-hundredths of a penny. Thus far I've received one check for $20 from CD Baby. One check in six years!
I wrote about the unfair treatment President Obama was getting in the beginning of his administration, but see him now as just another actor on the stage of lies.
And I've written about the lies. The political theater; the fact that we don't want to pay for healthcare for our fellow citizens because it will take money out of the pockets of our kids and grandkids, although, if you "allowed" our fellow citizens to enjoy health care, none of that money would go towards making CEOs in the health insurance industry wealthy through spiraling premiums, deductibles, co-pays and join-up fees.
I'm sixty years old, folks. Where in the hell do I think my music is going to go? There are about 7 billion people in the world and 6 billion of them are using the very same software I'm using to make CDs and MP3s.
Of that seven billion, 129 read books of poetry. Where's my poetry going? My numbers are anecdotal.
Oh, and trying to tell people that a "we" society is better than a "me" society is an insult to the matron saint of "mes", Ayn Rand.
This is the part that's just a little less personal.
I'm freakin' goddamned sick of the meanness in The United States Of America. I know there's meanness everywhere, but "sea to polluted sea" has perfected it.
Just look, will ya? "Why should I have to pay for lazy Leroy's or wanted Juan's health insurance?" I made up the names this time, but anyone who claims that this is not the meaning, overtly or dog-whistled, when people say, "I'm not paying for someone else's life, those lazy bums," is insulting those who make such statements. "They're all lazy" - as if the person speaking knows at least half of the African Americans or Latinos who live in America. That's my cutoff and I think it's more than fair. If you know one half of the population of any ethnic group and know them personally, then, maybe, you can start stereotyping. Short of knowing one half of them personally, you know none of them.
"It's my hard earned pay and I deserve to keep all of it!" Sure you do, but stop lying about how hard earned it is.
Well, I guess it's all relative. For some people, having to get up out of bed in the morning makes it hard earned.
"And stop bitching about jobs going to third world countries, Michael. If the bleeding hearts didn't regulate and tax these companies, they'd stay right here in the good ole USofA."
Is that right? We can stop regulating and taxing demonically wealthy businesses that wouldn't pay a penny to try to save the planet and they'd turn their backs on workers who are satisfied to make under $2.00/hour? Bet me!
No, that third element would have to be included as well. Americans would have to agree to compete with a wage of under $2.00/hour and promise not to be involved with any organization that might protect their right to live above the subsistence line in order for our global corporate friends to return the jobs to this country.
Here's the meanness.
"Why shouldn't Caucasian Americans have the right to carry weapons of any capacity they'd like? We've stopped talking about protecting the rights of hunters. Now we want automatic weapons with thirty rounds of amour piercing ammunition to protect ourselves against the common criminal or even the government which is trying to pry into our private lives.
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