wanzellarts -- Profile -- In These Times

Member Profile

wanzellarts

I’m a Hollywood makeup artist-turned-visual artist and political/social activist. I got so fed up with Americans who couldn’t seem to ‘grow a pair’, that I emigrated to western Europe. But now that The Bushies are (mostly) out, I feel somewhat safe living here again, and fighting for American democracy from within the country itself. I thought I’d just about given up on the ‘ol US… but aparently not.

Latest Comments view all 22

- 05 Sep 09
- 2:30 am
As a terminally ill person, with 3-4 years left to live, for me, this issue is a very personal one. I see the lack of choice here in America as a clear impingement of civil rights, imposed by the justification for denial of one's spiritual/religious rights. No one but the patient should have anything to say about it, if in fact, we are free. But in America, we are not.

Posted to Live Free, Die Free
- 10 Aug 09
- 1:14 am
It seems to me, that ever since (Pres. Rat) Reagan told us that our greed was good: We're entitled, We're 'special' (We're Americans!), we've been in moral decline. What had been the turf of only the rich, could now be Ours! Whoopeee! How else do you explain today's under-class (kid working at the video store down the street) Republicans? They seem to have this grand delusion that one day, they will jetee' off with the rich and famous, leaving their powerless and impoverished beginnings far behind. So, they continue to vote against their own (real) best interests. The lack of Americans …

Posted to The Me-First, Screw-Everyone-Else Crowd
- 11 Aug 09
- 12:03 am
One poster here goes off about his (or her) "taking the risk", and "working hard". Clearly, he's never read about the brown slaves we work half to death and expose to disease-causing chemicals, daily, in order to enjoy relatively cheap food. And, didn't he read about the black slaves in a southern fried chicken joint, who were burned alive, as the "hard-working", "risk-taking" slave owner broke with fire safety regulations by locking up the back door, to protect his precious profits? Clearly not. Fortunately, that pig now rots in prison, his accumulated fortune divided among the survivors of his victims. But …

Posted to The Me-First, Screw-Everyone-Else Crowd
- 11 Aug 09
- 10:35 pm
"If you are able to work, why should someone else pay for your health care?" Let's do the math for the US's largest employee block (US Walmart slaves): Salary...$7./hr., no benefits Min. health insurance cost, no deducable, healthy single non-smoker over 30 yrs. old: $700./month. Rent, utils., transportation to work, food.....Hmmmmmmm. Willful indifference is the worst human trait, Victor.

Posted to The Me-First, Screw-Everyone-Else Crowd
- 11 Aug 09
- 10:56 pm
As for breserve... You mention professionals here. I retired a professional, and enjoyed high earnings in the (rather glamorous, Hollywood) career of my choice for a good long time. Most aren't so lucky. Most didn't have specialized MDs for parents. Country clubs. Choices. Take off your blinders, and you'll see a disadvantaged majority that seems to have been trained to hate itself, by an advantaged minority.

Posted to The Me-First, Screw-Everyone-Else Crowd