Has the United States of America Become the Titanic With Third Class Citizens Poor Migrants Without? Civil Rights?

by Debra129 in Just another opinion by Me DLCJ http://strangerinapicture.us/

We know the Titanic set sail for its first maiden voyage on April 10th, 1912 and that there were three categories of classes stereo typed of where people would stay on the ship. There was of course the 1^st class the wealthiest among them all, they wined dinned in the most luxury ever had room maids their own private deck off their rooms, passengers could use an on-board telephone system, a lending library and a large barber shop The First Class section had a swimming pool, a gymnasium, squash court, Turkish bath, electric bath and a Verandah Cafe having all that money could buy them. Now came 2^nd class who could share the laundry facility, but they had their own social part of the ship of where they would meet in conversation & eating arrangements.

How could we forget the poorest of all where they were the ones left to die on this glorious ship that sank because of an iceberg and wanting to make history making record time from South Hampton, England to New York Harbor?

Third Class passengers were not treated as luxuriously as those in First Class, but even so they were better off than their counterparts on many other ships of the time. They were accommodated in cabins sleeping between two and ten people, with a further 164 open berths provided for single young men on G Deck. They were, however, much more limited than First or Second Class passengers in their washing and bathing facilities. There were only two bathrooms, one each for men and women, for the entire Third Class complement. They had to wash their own clothes in washrooms equipped with iron tubs, whereas those travelling in First and Second Class could use the ship’s laundry. There were also restrictions on which parts of the ship they could enter, all three classes were segregated from each other & in theory passengers from the higher classes could visit the lower-class areas of the ship, in practice respect for social conventions meant that they did not do so The class distinctions were reflected in the ship’s fittings, the Third Class toilets were made of iron, those in Second Class of porcelain and those in First Class were marble.

So the point I’m getting to is how our politicians of wealth have begun splitting up the American people by color, race, religion and most important our wealth class of status in society. Are they making the middle class & the poor STEERAGE?

As our President has made it clear he feels now that all people no matter your race or religion have the right to be happily married to whomever you love whether it’s of the same sex or not. This isn’t about a political policy it’s our civil right to marry whom we choose. But we know this isn’t just about how our President feels since every state is trying to ban same sex unions or marriages from being even on a ballot this fall.

Our Christian right wing are up in arms over this revolution how open our President has now stood on this issue even knowing for the last four years he has been pushing laws threw that stop discrimination against LGBT giving partners rights in hospitals & also end of the ban on gays serving in the military. He says the armed forces will no longer lose the skills and combat experience of so many gay and lesbian service members. So this isn’t a real surprise for me since it’s been quite clear that he stood up for civil rights our freedom of every citizen in this country.

But here we are in a situation on the other side a fight to the end with a radical party that is determined to bring us to the sinking of the Titanic let us go down with the ship if were not of the wealth as they have in their portfolio.

As I listen to the news hearing how millions of teachers are being let go, school children in Pa. not knowing if they will still have a school next year to go to while Governor Corbett is sure to give tax breaks to the wealthiest of all his campaign gangsters, lobbyist he’d rather let children suffer.

Same going on in New York also kids wondering where will they go to school as the funding is being cut off for programs such as art, gym, music, it’s as now this party of Tea Republicans running for office are attacking our children also, women weren’t enough to attack, hey what the hell were all going down with the ship its seem according the to the laws in the Ryan Budget.

The Republican party’s plan of austerity will make us a third world country in fact worse they at least wont sink they will have a life boat. For Ryan’s budget has gut every safety net program that would be considered a life boat for our children, seniors, and to hell with the veteran that has suffered in a rich man’s war for a fat portfolio.

Now they are stopping people from voting since they know the American people would throw them out of office so what is the best action for them is to react before we show our action of anger revolt against this insane rhetoric of tyranny is toxic.

So many economists such as Paul Krugman & many others have come out saying never does austerity work it will further the debt in a worsen economic crises, does anyone in the Republican party listen NO, they continue the same schizophrenic delusional path of unreasonable behavior taking away every constitutional right we have by sneaking laws into place while we are a sleep very quietly.

If there was ever a time for a revolution in the most peaceful manner a sit in of such in every state city wide close down shops banks till we are heard. What most people don’t realize if we don’t do something soon we will have nothing to fight for we will have no rights left.

My dad remembers how his mom suffered being a single mom working during the depression how he had to go to work at the age of sixteen to help with the house hold bills. He became a merchant marine sailed around this world three times more than he would could every count.

Even with things being hard he never gave up or lost his sprit nor did my grandmother who by the way immigrated to the USA from Portugal as a young child. But even with all they went through people knew that things would become better with unions fighting for workers’ rights protesting yes and having sit in.

But some people now aren’t as hopeful as back then nor do they feel as during the Viet Nam War when the young did protest to end that war, this is the sprit we need to feel feisty once again. I’m sure none of us want to be considered steerage class passenger without a life boat.

We know all politicians are bought with the wealth from Wall Street lobbyist but there is always the other side that has more race horses since they owe more favors kickbacks. What we do know is that President Obama is a fair man care of equality humanity of life for all people not just during his campaign, he’s sincere when he speaks, tries to keep all his promises knowing with a do nothing congress making it very clear that their main goal is to prevent him from being re-elected sabotage our economy blame it on the President Obama.

When clearly this is the plan they are introducing as soon as they find a hole in the fence to slip under squeeze through thinking they might get back into the White House destroy what’s left of this country since all their wealth business are overseas their interest isn’t of what happens here.

They love to claim how they love this country when all they do is dismantle everything our country stands for including our immigration which made this country strong re-write the constitution or add amendments into it changing the actual wording of what it was to mean.