Occupying Black Friday

I'm pretty right-wing.  I am 100% pro-capitalism, and I believe everyone in America has the right to make as much money as they can, in whatever way they see fit, so long as it's legal.  I think the "Occupy" movement is silly, and that everyone involved in it should stop their whining and do something to actually alleviate the situation they're complaining about.  And by doing something, I mean actually doing something, not standing around in public places, preventing others from doing their jobs.

All of that being said, what in the hell is happening to this country on the day after Thanksgiving?  Black Friday doorbusters have become all the rage over the last decade.  Thanksgiving itself, by the way, gets as little attention as is humanly possible.  In fact, it seems as if most people look at it as the day before Black Friday.  It doesn't help that all the retail chains this year opened at midnight or before.  Wal-mart stores never even closed.  On Thanksgiving!  Has greed reached such mammoth proportions in this country that a few extra hours of sales is more important than family togetherness?

The answer, of course, is yes.  That's made apparent by the violent incidents reported in seven states this year, all surrounding the Black Friday sales.  People being punched, pepper-sprayed, shot, robbed...it's utter insanity.  The deals these cockroaches are getting aren't even worth the time they're spending or the risk to their personal safety.  And it occurs to me that many of those people occupying Wall Street and other areas probably took some time off to be in the lines at Best Buy, Target, and a myriad of other retail chains.  Why do I think this?  Well, it's the "99%" who need good deals on cheap, meaningless crap, right?  The rich can afford TVs and power tools at their regular prices.  

So, doesn't this strike anyone as hypocritical?  Occupiers are out in droves to protest against corporate greed, also pronounced "capitalism," yet they feed into the very problem they speak so loudly against.  If these people are so eager to protest, then protest this travesty that destroys the sanctity of the holidays.  This isn't what this time of year is supposed to be about.  It sickens me, and I know I'm not alone.  

We don't need to take America back from Democrats or Republicans.  We need to take America back from Americans.  One-hundred per-cent of them.

Image courtesy of http://www.aeropause.com/2010/12/aeropodcast-160-tales-from-black-friday/