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I am too outraged over the auto industry bailout to get into it. And really there is nothing new to rant about anyway. just more ineptness...No need in beating a dead horse...

I do trust that everyone had a good weekend and that everyone was able to rest well knowing that our congress gave themselves a $4700 a year raise on Friday. Phew! I know was relieved! Now Nancy Pelosi is making $217,000 a year, give or take a couple hundred. Maybe she can afford her own private jet now and give the overburdened taxpayes that she cars so deeply about a little bit of a break...Only in American government can someone so inept with such low approval rating manage a raise. If only it worked that way in the real world.

And our congress has the nerve to ask that the automakers show a sound fiscal plan and some responsibility before they are given taxpayer money. I guess they are worried about the risk of default by the automakers. Well we all know that I am against thses bailouts in the first place, but for our congress to ask for fiscal responsibility from anyone in the business sector when no one is holding them accountable is a little bit odd to me, personally. Seems like investing money in congress is a worse risk of our capital; and it's not like we will get any of that money back! Considering the current economic woes and the emotions of the people, I think I would have forgone the raise this year. But what do I know?

I will tell you one thing that I "think" though; and that is that the United States has a revolution coming. And I don't mean a violent, warlike revolution; and certainly not any type of Orwellian futuristic scenario will come into play. I do not desire, nor do I expect, any type of anarchy in the streets type thing either. But I do think that the economic woes will lead to struggles between the socio-economic classes; but not like Marx predicted or desired.

I guess I should try to explain myself more clearly on this issue; and I will do such if my kids will quit interupting my train of thought for a moment. And remember, usually my train of thought is more of a 1887 steam engine thing, not a slick, european magnetic railway express. It is easily derailed. But try to follow me and my insomnia induced theory for a moment: We are due to have another revolution, or at least a revolutionary. During the 1600's and 1700's America grew tired of politics forced upon us; and grew tired of forced politics that affected our well being and our socio-economic future. So one thing lead to another, and soon revoltionary thinkers began to rise up. The ideas of these revoltionaries inspired men and brought people with common interest together. The next thging you know, we have the American Revolution. And a lot of great men came from this period of time. Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, and the likes. Even Hamilton, who I may not agree with politically or economically, can't be denied the influence he had upon the formation of our country. Anyway, the point being that many great men came from that period of time when our socio-economic future was very uncertain. And these men have inspired us for centuries now.

We have had othger great thginkers along the way. One could argue that Emerson helped or hurt The American Dream by his American Transcendentalism. Mark Twain and his sphere of influence cannot be looked over. Thomas Edison, though by questionable means, contributed many things to the "American Lifestyle". Whitney's Gin and McCormicks Plow helped shape an agrarian economy. And certainly there are many others, who time and spce won't allow us to examine at the moment, who have contributed to this great country. But no real men of philosophy or ideals have emerged since our revolution. We have made great industrial strides as well as corrected many civil injustices; but no real genius seems to have been heard since our American Revolution. At least no one on a world wide scale.

And maybe that is what I am getting at; not so much that there has been no real genius, but that there hasn't been any world recognized American thinker, other than a handful in the finer arts, in a couple of hundred years.

And I think that we are due. Of course it may be a good thing that we have not had a world wide recognized American thinker; look at some of the other "world wide" influences such as Marx, Rousseau, Freud, so on and so forth. But I do think it could be interesting to see if any such person arises from this period of time; such as men in Europe arose from their 'dark" periods of socio-economic duress. And it would be intersting to hear the philosophies of said American Revolutionary if one emerges. And interesting to see if another American Revolution will take place.

It will also be interesting to see if this period of time is as "dark" of a period as some of the main stream media has painted.

But what is probably not interesting is this blog today. Believe it or not, I didn't set out to make this boring; it just evolved from a simple sleep deprived thought and several interuptions on a crazy Monday morning. Thanks for bearing with me.

And let me know if you have any thoughts on this subject. Maybe you can help me tie this theory, for lack of a better word, together. Who knows, maybe we can win a Nobel Prize or something. If Al Gore and Jimmy Carter can, I think anyone with a third grade education must be eligible. Even if barely, like myself.