I would just like to send a little message to all of the rich Republicans out there, oblivious to the recession. Wake the Fuck Up! Pardon my French, but did you happen to notice the tiny little thing that is quite possibly becoming a depression in this country? Or were you too busy enjoying your bonuses?

Our unemployment rate is at 9.4% according to a recent New York Times article. This means that virtually a tenth of the population is without jobs and those figures only reflect those actively looking for jobs.

People are still losing their homes to Foreclosures because they can't pay their mortgages, likely because someone in the family lost their job through no fault of their own.

Millions of Americans lack the basic health care rights they need to take care of the basics- a teeth cleaning, a pap-smear, or a general exam.

But you don't care.  I know, because I see you driving around on  the freeway, feeling all cocky in your Mercedes, or your BM-fricking-W or whatever it is you happen to drive, wearing your shades, convertible top down, weaving your way through traffic, oblivious to not only the cars around you, but the simple plight of many of your fellow Americans.

I know the standard rationale: you work hard and earned your hard cash the hard way. Maybe you are a self-made man (or woman) Frankly, I don't care. Do you really think you work harder than someone than scrubs toilets for a living or harder than your Mexican gardener who works every day in the hot sun for you cleaning your pool after risking his life to cross the border into the US? I don't think so. So what makes you so deserving of your cash?

You love to scream out, "Socialism!" at the simple thought of health care, a basic safety net for the people, or even unemployment insurance, yet you are willing to bail out Wall Street and the legions of "esteemed citizens" there who are getting bonuses for screwing up this country worse than it has ever been since the depression.

You worship the great intellectuals of our time: Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter to name a few, though you know, deep, deep, down, that they are intellectual lightweights who would fail to win an intelligent debate with your ten-year-old.  Somewhere at the depths of your soul, you realize that giving a check to the opera house every year is not quite exactly in the same league as supporting Universal Health Care or helping out at a Soup Kitchen, but you don’t care.

Try looking here for ideas of how you can actually improve the lives of those around you.