Jesus of Suburbia

Jesus of Suburbia – Green Day

Beneath the finely groomed blissful suburban façade of America lurk desperation, denial, hypocrisy, and anger. The kids of suburbia today have an entirely different reality than the suburbs I grew up in during the 1970’s. The Ozzie & Harriet idealized version of suburbia from the 1950’s has degenerated to the Green Day nightmare vision of today. The suburbs have mansion-like homes with spotless interiors, entertainment centers, three car garages, manicured lawns, and no soul. The children of suburbia have been brought up on soda pop and Ritalin. They come home to empty mansions, as both parents must work to pay for the glorious abode. Our homes have gotten bigger and better, while our lives have gotten smaller and less satisfying. One third of all children in the United States are growing up in a single parent household. Many kids feel angry and disconnected from their families, friends and home. Fifty percent of all marriages end in divorce. The kids feel rage and hopelessness at their existence in a suburban nightmare. There are 2 million children who take Ritalin every day. Is this because they truly have ADHD, or it is the painless way out for overstressed suburban parents?
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There is no need to worry. Jim “Mad Money” Cramer assures us that the bottom is in for housing. Here are his words:


“The bottom, well, is now. We are seeing a huge wave of buying of foreclosed homes in Northern and Southern California and in Florida. The numbers are too positive to think that these, the hardest-hit areas, aren't putting in long-term bottoms.”

Jim Cramer – April 19, 2009


Of course, Jimbo has called more bottoms than a proctologist. His housing market bottom call of 2006 was off slightly, by about 4 years. His latest call will be off by two years, so he is getting better. Jim Cramer is the best salesman since P.T. Barnum. He is able to hock his 4 books and website twenty times in the space of an hour every night, while helping clueless morons lose what is remaining of their retirement savings. You will learn more and lose less by watching Cash Cab every night from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm rather than watching the shameless shill Jim Cramer.
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