Onward! Long live the rebellion!

I'm seeing signs of a middle class rebellion. In the USA, of all places. And that's encouraging. I've often wondered if the middle class consists mostly of zombies. The living dead. People exploited by the ruling elite. Big-money interests. Bankers. Wall Street. Big corporations. Rich politicians. Just look at the U.S. Senate. You've pretty much gotta be a millionaire or even a billionaire to get elected these days. Middle class America has all but disappeared. Into a silent, sleepy majority. That's allowed the conservative minority to thrive. To wield the power. More or less by default. The conservatives in America are out to destroy government. Of the people. And by the people. To make the rich richer. And the poor poorer. And to make the middle class ineffective. In a sense, the American middle class is just as bad off as the people of Egypt and Tunisia and Libya. But finally, I'm reading of long overdue protests springing up all over America. Relatively small protests so far. But it's a start. And one of the most effective protests is occurring in Wisconsin, the state in which I grew up. There the new Republican governor is trying to destroy labor unions. Under the guise of balancing the budget. But the governor's underlying motive is to destroy the middle class and to privatize everything. In essence, to allow the oligarchs to run the show. And believe me, they'll do it in a ruthless manner. They don't care about the common good. But rather about the good of an elite few. The filty rich. They'll make the rich even filthier. Unless the middle class wakes up. Onward! Onward! Long live the rebellion! --Jim Broede