The Declaration of Constitution--Epilogue

The Declaration of Constitution

An American Historical story

Epilogue:

Liberals Are Liars

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"Good evening. My name is Karl Will, Jr, and this is 'The Lost History of America'. In tonight's episode, which is called 'Seditious Aliens', we will recount President John Adams' valiant efforts to protect the country from illegals and liberals.

But first, a word about last week's episode 'The Declaration of Constitution". Some liberal eggheads at some fancy pants university are telling the liberal media that they examined the letters of Hamilton Adams, and found them to be forgeries. 
 
They said that the pages were just low quality copier paper that had been sprayed with water and lemon juice and dried out in the oven to make them look old. They said that the notations were in ball point pen.

I say, 'bullpucky!'. We here at the National Association of Smart Conservatives and Republicans hired real historical experts to examine the letters. They are authentic, according to the experts that we hired.

Not only that, but we found corroboration for the story. One of our historical experts was at a taping of the Antiques Road Show recently. Gotta keep an eye on those commies at PBS. A nice old lady had a genuine James Madison cookie jar. The commie from PBS told her that it was worthless junk. Our historical expert took a look at it. It was authentic! Right on the bottom, it said 'James Madison's Cookie Jar'. Those PBS jerks aren't the brightest bunch, y'know. Upon closer inspection, there turned out to be a secret compartment hidden in a false bottom. Inside were several dozen small rectangles of very old paper with writing on them. The Declaration of Constitution! At least the parts that Madison didn't smoke.

Our experts assure us that it's all genuine proof of treachery on the part of liberals and PINOs (Patriots In Name Only), and further proof of the elitist liberal leanings of the mainstream historical educational establishment.

We'll be back with the extraordinary historical story of bravery by President Adams, Seditious Aliens, right after these messages. This is Karl Will, Jr, and you're watching 'The Lost History Of America'"

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The Declaration of Constitution--Part Four

The Declaration of Constitution

An American Historical story

Part Four:

Triumph of the TruePatriots

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“By the evening of Sunday, August 26^th, Mr Adams had had enough of the trickery and heel dragging of the liberals, Federalist and Anti-Federalist alike. He managed to gather another 10 delegates from his caucus and took the initiative to write a Declaration of Constitution that very evening. We rejoin Adams that historical eve:

“One quarter hour after 6.
We finally have a quorum at the meeting hall. All but two of our TruePatriot caucus are now here. It is time to get this business done. How difficult could it possibly be to write a Declaration of Constitution? We are largely in agreement on all issues. Lack of debate makes for quicker work.

10 o'clock.

We have the document all ready for the scribes to copy in the morning. I am certain that most of the others, especially Mr Hamilton, will appreciate that we got the work done in short order, that they may now all return to their families and occupations.

It is a simple blueprint for government. Government should be small. So small that it can't do anything. No good can come of it. Unless it is something that is done by royal decree.

To that end, we need to have a king. We read as much as we could of Mr Hamilton's plan. We liked that one best, since there is a king involved. Government can't do anything right without a king.

Mr Livingston Patterson of North Carolina had a most excellent idea. Instead of having Alexander Hamilton as King, as his own plan suggested, we should have a contest to see who should be King of America.

It will be a simple affair. The wealthiest man from each of the several states shall meet at this hall here in Philadelphia. As soon as they and an audience of adequate size are assembled, each of them shall be blindfolded, and locked in a steel cage with the others. The man who emerges alive from the cage will be our new King.

It is a wonderfully simple yet effective plan, and will make the process of organizing a government go so much more quickly. It also assures that whoever becomes our King will have the approval of Divine Providence. After all, any man who could become so wealthy and also survive a battle royal must have God squarely on his side.

The next order of business was taxation. Also a matter of great simplicity. There can be no taxes. Ever. Taxes kill jobs.

Without revenues from taxes, the government must rely on the voluntary donations of its best citizens, as well as the wealth of the King and whatever he can steal.

To this end, all men over the age of eleven will be required to own at least one firearm. With that in place, we will need no Army. It is more important to have a Navy anyway. To that end, all residents of coastal areas will be encouraged to buy or build boats.

The new government of the True American Patriot States (TAPS) is also forbidden to build any roads, maintain a postal service or even an office building. No “government services” of any kind shall be rendered. This obviates the need for a tax. What possible services could a government provide that are not better provided for by the community of business?

The issue of slavery turned very contentious. We must have debated for over a quarter of an hour on the subject.

It is now decided that either everybody gets to own slaves, or nobody gets to own slaves. Otherwise, the very institution of slavery simply isn't fair.

It also became quickly obvious that there could be no adequate compromise to bring about the existence of any legislative body that would not become instantly tyrannical. Fortunately, there is really no need for a legislative body when a nation has a King.

As we crafted these provisions, some of our caucus began producing flasks of refreshing whiskies, which rejuvenated our weary spirits.

It was noted by Mr Colby Clemmons of Georgia that we had not yet provided for a judiciary to punish the wicked. I suggested that judiciaries are rife with lawyers, who are themselves inherently wicked. No good may come of that, either.

Instead, I proposed a system of Divine Justice. The King shall choose a righteous cleric, recommended by Our Creator himself, to oversee justice and adjucate all disputes. This Man Of God shall appoint others to dispense Justice in the various and several states and localities.

These appointments shall be at the whim of the King, and the Lord Our God. May we all rejoice that wicked and imperfect men shall no longer be ruled by other wicked and imperfect men, but rather by God from On High.”

“In less than four hours, the TruePatriots had successfully crafted a brilliant governing document. The same task at which bickering liberals, lawyers, and liberal lawyers had made barely any progress at all in three months. Obviously, liberals are lazy. 

 

We'll be right back with the conclusion of 'The Lost History Of America--The Declaration of Constitution' here on FOX News”

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On the morning of Monday, August 27^th, arriving delegates were quite surprised to find the entire TruePatriot caucus asleep on the floor of the main hall. These men were, no doubt, exhausted from the grueling all nighter that they had pulled. From the notes of Hamilton Adams:

“August 27^th

As it became clear to us last evening that we had finished our monumental and historic task before eleven on a Sunday evening, it was decided that we should all quaff a few drams of whiskey to slake our thirst.

Imagine our surprise to wake up to the shuffling of feet around us!

Gerry and Madison walked up to me as I was rising.

'What is the meaning of this?' Gerry asked in a rather irritated tone.

Pointing to the document on the big table, I proclaimed to them 'We have finished it! The Declaration of Constitution, the founding and governing document of this great new nation of ours! Get the scribes to work at once!'

Madison appeared skeptical. 'How are we to draft and sign a document that we have not debated the merits of? You ruffians weren't even here for the past three months of these proceedings. You have not attended the gatherings or heard the debates. Your only concern seems to be taxation...'

At this point, our entire caucus was once again jumping up and down, shouting out loudly 'No new taxes! No new taxes! No new taxes!”

I saw the little bastard slap his own forehead. He then conferred briefly with Mr Franklin. He then turned back in my direction.

'Mr Adams, could you and your caucus please come to order? Please, sir? I am certain that the document that you have crafted is more than adequate to the purpose of governance. It shall be expedited with all urgency! Rather than wait for days while the scribes meticulously draft enough copies, I have asked mr Franklin to set it in type instead. By mid morning, we shall have drafts ready for your signatures.'

Madison then called for a recess, and instructed us to return at 10 am.

Upon arriving back to the hall, I noticed that there were no other delegates present other than our caucus and Mr Madison, who was standing in front of the table. There was a pile of freshly printed Declarations of Constitution on the table.

'Has your caucus a delegate present for each of the several states?' he asked. I answered in the affirmative.

'Fine. Then each of you now sign each copy. One for each of your state legislatures, one for each of you as a souvenir, and one for me. Really. I must have one.'

Each of us singed his name 27 times. Many quills were worn out.

Nathan Thorogood for Delaware

Lenny Forsyth for New Hampshire

Bosworth Blair for Massachessets

and on and on until finally it was my turn! My turn!

Hamilton Adams for Rhode Island

I asked Mr Madison when the other delegates would be signing. He responded:

'You must all make great haste back to your home states to gather your legislatures at once! Take your souvenir copy, and I will make sure that the rest of the delegates sign the other copies...later. Afterward, I will send the signed copies to each state by courier. Good luck and Godspeed, sirs'

With that we have each decided to hasten our ways home.”

“Unfortunately, our brave ancestors were tricked by that slimy lawyer, who went on to waste time with even more debates before finally finishing our current constitution almost a month later.

As a result, our very constitution is an illegal sham! The Declaration Of Constitution had already been signed! The US should rightfully be called TAPS and have a King!

A dejected Hamilton Adams would later write:

“Everybody in Providence believes me to be either a fool or a madman! I told the council members that the Declaration of Constitution would be arriving soon, signed by all of the attending delegates. I regaled them with stories of the great new country that we would have, with a real King and no taxes!

But Madison's courier still did not arrive. I told the council that they could simply ratify my souvenir copy. But they refused. They did not believe that the document had widespread support. They also pointed out to me that Franklin had printed the words 'For Novelty Purposes Only” across the bottom of my copy.

Words cannot express my anger and disgust.

When the document did arrive, it was not the one that we had crafted and signed. Rather, it was called 'The Constitution of the United States of America'. It wasn't a bit like the Declaration at all. Taxes. No king. Taxes!

I will never forget the treachery and deception of that little bastard Madison. I have heard that he cut the other drafts of the Declaration into small rectangles, with which he fashions cigarettes of African hemp.

That Goddammed liberal smartass lawyer.”

“So now, folks, you know the truth. The Constitution of the United States is a fraud, all because liberals, lawyers, and liberal lawyers never listen to the True Patriots who are the backbone of our society.

This is Karl Will, Jr. Join us again for 'The Lost History of the United States', here on FOX News.”

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The Declaration of Constitution--Part Three

The Declaration of Constitution

An American Historical story

Part Three:

That Little Bastard Madison

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“...and we're back. We continue with our story of liberal treachery, 'The Declaration of Constitution'. To recap, Hamilton Adams was the lone delegate from Rhode Island to the Declarational Convention. History revising liberals now refer to this gathering as the 'Constitutional Convention'.  Adams was sidetracked several times by both Federalist and Anti-Federalist delegates who were dead-set against allowing any TruePatriots to attend the convention.

Adams' next letter is dated Friday, August 24^th, 1787:"

“Since my discovery yesterday of the mischief of the other delegates in misdirecting me several times, I have been attempting to find the other delegates from the TruePatriots faction. To this end, I have assigned Horace to scour all of the local drinking establishments to find our compatriots. Meanwhile, I shall be attending today's gathering.”

"The following day, he started to make notes in his journal, and wrote no more letters for the duration of the Convention:"

“August 25th--It has occurred to me that I have been writing letters, but I have forgotten who I was sending them to. I can only hope that they have not fallen into the hands of scoundrels.

I have decided to instead keep my notes in a personal journal. Then it occurred to me that I did not own one. I found that only one establishment in Philadelphia sells bound journals for less than the princely sum of one dime. It is unfortunate that the establishment is, by happenstance, Benjamin Franklin's Card and Stationery Shoppe, but he is, after all, Mister “A penny saved is a penny earned”.

I was able to purchase a fine leather bound journal of thirty pages for only six cents. The price was, in fact, five cents and a half, but I lacked a hay-penny, and the clerk was unwilling to make change for a penny. A hay-penny unsaved by me and unearned by that arrogant son of a mule!

At yesterday's meeting, the issue of state representation was being discussed. I kept attempting to interject my opinions on these matters, but that little bastard Madison was presiding, and kept telling me that I was out of order. When I asked him when I may be in order to speak, he told me that he would let me know when it was my turn.

This he never did, yet other delegates were speaking with no apparent regard to order at all.

Horace has managed to find the rest of our caucus, in varying states of sobriety. It being still before noon on a Saturday, I suppose that I am fortunate that any of them be stirring at all.

I must impress upon them that today is a most important day to be in attendance, since the subject of taxation shall be taken up. As we all know, it is not the province of government to collect taxes, except for voluntary donations that the people should make as they see fit.

We must all attend, and we must all make a serious stand against taxation!”

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“Adams went on to document that day's proceedings in his new journal”

“Once again, Madison was presiding over the day's debates. He seemed to take great umbrage at our entire caucus' late arrival. I asked him if he had not, himself, ever taken advantage of the most generous happy hours that are offered by the taverns here in Philadelphia.  The smug elitist fancy pants lawyer simply sniffed at me, and requested of us to take our seats.

Upon looking around, we could see no empty chairs. Madison informed us that there were chairs in the hallway. I replied that we should all stay in attendance in the meeting hall, and would instead stand.

Madison then started to address the meeting on some trivial issue of slave importation 'Twenty years is too long...blah, blah, blah'.

I could take this no longer!

I shouted at the top of my lungs 'What about taxes? We're here to talk about taxes! Our brethren died in the Boston Tea Party so we wouldn't have to pay taxes! We kicked England's butt to be sure that we wouldn't have to pay taxes But now I hear that you are talking about job-killing tariffs? No taxation with or without representation!'

Of a sudden, the entirety of our TruePatriot caucus started jumping up and down, screaming 'No new taxes! No new taxes!' This went on for several minutes, during which time many of the other delegates began yelling 'Shut the hell up!', which, I believe, was directed at Mr Madison.

Madison and Gerry gestured wildly for everybody to come to order. It was decided that we should meet again tomorrow to revisit the issue of taxation. Right now, though, it's happy hour down at the True Patriot Tavern and Grill.”

August 26^th--Damn them all to Hades! Today is Sunday. Our caucus are all stricken with the demon. As well, it seems that no other delegates are in attendance at the hall today. The little bastard tried to trick us again!  There are no debates on Sundays!  Today is God's day!

The moment has come to make up for lost time. The TruePatriot caucus shall meet this evening, as soon as we should all be rid of the demon. I shall send a messenger at once. Tonight, we take decisive action!”

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End of Part Three—To be continued

The Declaration of Constitution--Part Two

The Declaration of Constitution

An American Historical story

Part Two:

The Letters Of Hamilton Adams

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“Over the course of American history, one thing has always held true. Liberals lie. They lie because they hate America. They lie because they think we're stupid.

Starting tonight--their lies will be exposed!

Good evening. My name is Karl Will, Jr, and this is The Lost History of America.”

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“We're back. For quite a few years now, the liberals, especially commies and queers, have been pushing the myth of the Constitution of the United States of America. They claim that it is the founding document of our great nation, as well as the supreme law of the land.

Come to think of it, they might have a point there. 

 

But it wasn't supposed to be the law of the land! The Declaration of Constitution was. The Declaration of Constitution was the superior blueprint for our government. A government that conservatives could be proud of. A government with only one branch. Much more efficient.

But how do we know this? We know this because of the sudden and unexpected discovery of the papers of Hamilton Adams, the brave and ambitious TruePatriot^TM politician and tavern keeper who was the only delegate to the convention from Rhode Island. 

I know what you liberal elite smartypants types are thinking now. 'Rhode Island didn't send a delegate'.

Wrong. More liberal BS. Rhode Island did too have a delegate.  They had to send Adams, because everyone else was too busy.

As a member of the TruePatriots^TM, Adams was part of a select group of Americans who would have fought and died in the Revolution, but had different priorities, so they couldn't. But they would have.

Now, without further delay, the Letters of Hamilton Adams. Right after these words from our sponsors.”

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“The first letter is dated Monday, May 14^th, 1787”

Vaguely accented voice that is supposed to be Adams':

My Dear Friend,

What a send off to the Convention the boys gave me last night! I believe anyway. There are parts of the evening that I don't seem to recall. 

Nobody in Providence knew where the convention was, exactly. Neither did any of the other TruePatriots^TM.

I would have sent a slave to one of the Virginia boys farms to find out, but we can't have slaves in Providence. Which somehow is not fair, it would seem. The Virginia boys get to have slaves, and a bunch of them are sissy elite liberals, too.

So I sent Horace, the village imbiber, to Alexander Hamilton's place in New York to find out when and where the convention was. It's really quite a trip, but it was worth it.

I think that some of these liberals are, perhaps, attempting to keep all TruePatriots^TM away from the proceedings.

But Mr Hamilton proved quite helpful. He said that the convention was to be in a city called Washington, which is right between Virginia and Maryland. Can't miss it, he said. We should be arriving within the fortnight.

“The next letter is dated Wednesday, June 13^th, 1787”

Adams: “That bastard Hamilton tricked me! There is no damnable city named Washington! No wonder the locals seemed so jovial.

I have learned that the Declarational Convention is actually being held in Charlotte, and that proceedings have been underway for a time now.

“The next letter is dated Friday, July 6^th, 1787”

Adams: What heinous trickery! It would seem that both Federalists and Anti-Federalists are trying to keep we TruePatriots^TM away from this historical event. I have learned through sources secret and clandestine that the meetings are being held in the City of New York, not Charlotte.

I shall arrive soon enough to give all of the scoundrels a piece of my mind, and beat Mr Hamilton to a bloody mess with my walking stick.

“The next letter is dated Thursday, August 24^th, 1787”

Adams:

Having searched every street in New York City, we determined to give up the affair and return to Providence. But our driver got lost on the way back, and drove us the wrong way for some distance.  We ended up going straight through Philadelphia. Whilst trying to navigate the streets of Philly, I saw that asshole Ben Franklin. What a smartypants elitist he is!

At first I thought little of it. I knew that Franklin lived in Philadelphia. Then it occurred to me—he was supposed to be at the convention!

I ordered our driver to turn us around. When we saw him again, he was standing in front of a building, talking to Patrick Henry. Then I noticed others that I knew to be in attendance. Morris, Mason, Gerry...even that little smartass Madison.

I have now discovered the true location of the Declarational Convention! But I will remember this treachery, for it must not be allowed to stand!

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(End of Part Two—to be continued)

The Declaration of Constitution

An American Historical Story

Part One:

The Lost History Of America

June, 2011

An American City somewhere in America

Sarah Palin is making a public appearance, very likely at a large public park.

“...it was after the Battle of Lexington Kentucky and that's when President Alexander Hamilton told Colonel George Washington that future generations could be freer than ever now that they didn't have to pay tax to British socialist kings...and, so, y'know, they and the others wrote the Constitution the next day so that the slaves could be free and nobody would ever have to pay tax or buy health insurance and that all men were created equal except for abortion doctors and illegals...”

Suddenly, a well-dressed man with nice hair and sparkling teeth strode up on stage, carrying a very official looking document. Very official looking, indeed. 

 

“...and they all agreed that Jesus should be President, but Jesus didn't want to be President, so they got Ronald Reagan instead...hey!..what are you doing? That's MY microphone, you little...who ARE you, anyway?”

The brass buttons on his navy blue blazer shone brightly in the sun. His teeth sparkled dramatically. The document, not so much, since it was printed on eye-ease paper. He spoke into the microphone that he had just ripped from Sarah Barracuda's hand.

“My name is Karl Will, Jr, and I am here today on behalf of the National Association of Smart Conservatives and Republicans. We at NASCaR have petitioned the Supreme Court for an end to this nonsense! All of this fractured American history...all of this cynical misinformation...why, it's even starting to get to us! Yes, even we are fed up with this shit! People like Mrs Palin here are starting to make all conservatives look like yahoos! Liberals are snickering at us and making jokes about us on their blogs!

We just can't take it anymore. So we got this Cease and Desist order, personally signed by Justice Scalia. It reads: 'Effective immediately, Sarah Palin is not to be allowed to be within 50 feet of a live microphone unless accompanied by someone competent in the subject of American history. Further, she shall immediately report to the office of Senator John McCain for a good span...McCAIN!!! I already told you no! If we could pull that off, I'd have set it up as a pay-per-view...”

“How much?”

“Sarah, just shut up.”

“No really, how much?”

“OK, that's it. Mitt, get her out of here now.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's very true that the Founding FathersTM gave their lives so that we could be free today from government interference and services. They drove the British Army into the sea so that true and free Americans would never again face the indignity of paying taxes to pay for things for poor people. They understood that poor people just don't know what to do with money. They knew that the best way to help the poor was to put them in prison.

I'm getting off subject here, though.

People like Mrs Palin are getting the details wrong sometimes. OK, a lot of the time. We can't get our message out if people like her make all of us on the right look like idiots.

On the other hand, the 'mainstream' American history textbooks are written by a bunch of liberals who hate America. So you sure can't believe that stuff.

I am therefore pleased to announce that, starting this very evening on the FOX News Network, a new educational TV series will premier. It's called 'The Lost History of America'. Sponsored by NASCaR, it features the real history of America. How brave conservatives fought and died for our freedoms, while cowardly liberals subverted our government and our way of life, making us all slaves to the liberal socialist government that we have today.

The first episode is called “The Declaration of Constitution”. Using the notes of that great Federalist Patriot, Hamilton Adams, we were able to piece together the real story of what happened at the Declarational Convention in Washington DC. 

We learned that liberal Anti-Federalists lied about everything, and that the Constitution itself is a scam. 'How is that?', you ask. Well, tune in this evening at midnight Eastern Time and find out!”

With that, he waved to the audience and stepped down from the podium. After stopping out back to make damn sure that Palin was on that bus, he got in his Beemer and drove back to his hotel, knowing that his work of informing the American public about the real history of America would never really be done.

(End of part one. To be continued...)

Angry White People, Continued

In an earlier piece, I addressed the phenomenon of the Angry White Person. 

Angry because they perceive themselves as becoming an oppressed minority.  Angry that the "other minorities" are having all sorts of social benefits and manna from heaven showered on them.  Most of them don't even seem to be aware of the dearth of social programs in this country.  They just know that lazy non-white people are given free money, food, a place to live, and undue promotions at work.

Maybe in prison, folks.  Not out here in the free world, though.  If I ask them if they ever heard of the Welfare to Work Act, the extreme limitations it imposes on lifetime benefits and its other requirements, I get blank stares.

Even some folks right here don't believe it.  They're sure that there must be some way to collect never-ending (and quite generous) welfare benefits, especially if you aren't white.  Because, you know, there's a part of town that's just full of these people, who never work, watch 50" lcd TV's all day and eat lobster and filet mignon for dinner every night.

While it is true that there are several different public assistance programs other than AFDC, all of them have their limitations, and none of them are available unless you're in pretty dire straits.  Also, none of them are going to allow you to live a life of comfort, much less luxury.

It's this attitude, more prevalent than I once thought, that is the biggest stumbling block to starting any new social programs in this country, especially any sort of universal health system.  This same attitude sees "must treat" laws as de facto universal health coverage.  Which, of course, are mostly taken advantage of by lazy non-white persons.

The other issue addressed was distrust of the college educated by the non-college educated.  While the hordes of non-white people drowning out the white population meme resonates on the right, the invasion of MBA's is a popular meme on the left.  The comments to my article were sometimes revealing of this:

The invasion of MBA's may have more influence on the economic collapse than you suggest. The MBA influence has put short term profit ahead of everything. The MBA's say the ONLY goal of a business is to make money; that it does not make any difference whether you are selling computer chips or potato chips.

Yeah, that's how business has worked since right around the invention of currency.  It's also known as the "profit motive".

MBA programs produced the corporate raiders, who figured out that they could make money leveraging their assets, using borrowed money to buy out existing, productive companies and part them out, selling off the assets like common auto thieves. This lead to poison pill strategies and strategies of working on borrowed money, minimizing investment or R & D to prevent the company from becoming an attractive takeover target. These strategies have chopped our economy at the roots.

MBAs have a lot to answer for.

Well, see, a lot of people have a lot to answer for.  The corporate raiding, mergers and acquisitions strategy started in earnest in the 1950's, with the rise of the early conglomerates like Litton and Textron, and came to a peak in the late 80's.

Today's conglomerates are mostly more closely related.  Companies like 3M, Comcast, and Parker-Hannifin, who buy companies either in similar industries, or who provide similar functions in different industries.

And people with MBA's had little to do with it.  Most of the people sitting in corner offices, the engineers of it all, never pursued a master's degree of any kind.  Hint.

Here's where the education envy comes in again.  The people who either stay in school or, more commonly, go back to school to get one, are largely people who are trying to get ahead by education rather than experience and ass-kissing.  They're mostly pretty insecure, work in middle management, and are scared just as shitless as you are by the current economic situation.
The other attitude I see expressed is the odd notion that there's a class war going on between people making $2K/mo and people Who make $6K/mo.

Many of you cheered Bill Clinton on even when he destroyed welfare and repealed Glass-Steagall and signed NAFTA.Some still do.Never thought it would happen to you, did you, dear middle class?

No, most of them are, as noted above, completely unaware of the welfare reforms, which is why they think they're at a disadvantage relative to you.  They're also as scared by and as and at, the other things you cite.  Yeah, we were (and are) scared that it will happen to us.

I worry every year whether my business will make it to next year.  Everyone in middle management is worried about the next downsizing, because they get their pink slips right after they've passed them out to the others.

Nothing to make you walk on pins and needles more than the realization that you have a few nice things, and are yet only a few paychecks away from living in your car.

So it goes.  Insecurity peaks during economic times like these.  The demographic fears are accelerated by the insecurity.  The result being a lot of Angry White People.

"Working Class" and "Middle Class" people mad at each other for no good reason.

Not that there aren't Angry Minority People as well.  There certainly are.  But that's a different subject for a different day.

I'll close with a quote from Warren Buffet:

"If class warfare is being waged in America, my class is clearly winning."

--From his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, March 2004--

Majorities, Pluralities, Fuzzy Math and Angry White People

White working class people are pessimistic, alienated, and generally pissed off.

That's what it says in the above linked Yahoo news article.  I believe it.  I see and talk to angry white "working class" people frequently.  I put "working class" in quotes because I take exception to the notion that people who've been to college don't actually work.

They're angry about lots of things.  Me too.  Maybe not the same things, though.

The article is about a specific demographic trend.  According to the article, until around 2005 or so, the majority of Americans were not only white, but white with little or no college education.  The "working class".

Well, we've been encouraging kids to go to college for decades now.  Enough of them have now done it to make high school graduates with no post secondary education a plurality.

Many people, including myself perhaps, would say "so, what's the bfd?".  Well, really, it doesn't seem to be a big deal at all.  We can debate the merits of a college education all day and all night, but, on balance, it doesn't seem to be such a bad thing that almost 1/4 of all Americans are white and have at least a Bachelor's Degree in something.

But the article unleashed a shitstorm of angry comments, many of which seem to be laments that white people are somehow a minority now.  Really.  That's what people are taking away from this article.  Since less than 1/2 of the US population are white people with little or no college education, then white people must be a minority.

First off, that's just not true.  According to the US Census, at least 65% of the US population (and as much as 79%, depending on what characteristics you're counting) are white.  That's a majority.

But I take out the college educated, and I might be left with the stat that less than half of all Americans are high school educated white people.  Does that make them a minority?

No, it does not.  It makes them a plurality.  A minority would be a group with fewer members than the plurality group.

Even then, though, that's what a bunch of people are taking from this.  That white people are a minority in the US.  Not only that, but a minority that doesn't get any affirmative action, either.

First, let's take a look at the numbers.  US Census Quickfacts

Now, the way I read this, it's saying that almost 80% of the US population is white, but only 65% are non-Hispanic white.  That would seem to mean that pretty much all Hispanic people also consider themselves to be white, since the US Census uses self-identification.  My experience would not support this.  But anyway, let's say that 65% of Americans are white.  That's at least 200 million non-Hispanic white people.

That's a hell of a voting bloc.

So, how do we make 200 million people less than a majority (in other words, a plurality)?  Well, if there are already 107 million Americans who aren't white, then we'd need to add another 100 million or so non-white people to make white people a plurality.  Since Mexico always comes up in these discussions, I'll mention that the entire population of Mexico is 111 million, and that there are probably at least 20 million Mexicans that would describe themselves as white.

If the entire population of Mexico moved here tomorrow (don't worry, they won't) , whites would still be a majority of Americans.  But non-Hispanic whites would probably be a plurality.

To make them an actual minority, less than a plurality,  there would need to be another racial group that represented more than 200 million Americans.  Not likely to happen.

I suppose that what I'm saying is that a white American majority is not in any danger.  But a lot white people refuse to believe this, and also believe that it is a major source of their problems.  Look at the comments to the article:

"When the minorities become the majority why are they still called minorities ? ? ?"  (Both math and grammar challenged there, and probably very mad at non-white people as well).

"A single, middle-aged, caucasian WHITE man doesn't stand a chance in this employment environment."

"Excuse me....I'm white & am the minority...I've worked my tail off for what I have and have never been given anything."

Gee, that last comment appears to imply that non-white people don't work hard, and are given things that aren't given to white people. Some people might take exception to that.

Bottom line is this.  White people are the majority of the population, and will continue to be for quite some time.  Whatever problems white America is having, it's not because of an influx of non-white people. It's not because of an invasion of MBA's.

Truth be told, it's probably Obama's fault.