the man standing next to me

his head was explodin'
Whoa, I was prayin' the pieces wouldn't fall on me (Dylan)

sometimes when i watch the news it feels as though my head were exploding....it's as much about what they don't say as it is about the stupid stuff they do say.  For 3 months now every network has been tripping over themselves to talk about AI...AI....AI......even Kameltoe said " A I it's two letters rights, hee hee hee" ......all this talk of artifical intelligence and robots taking over the world.

Today they were giddy to report that Congress wants to bring forth a bill to raise minimum wage to $17 an hour.......so much fun..........it's all wine and roses.......and yet not one single report linked the rising minimum wage to the exploding interest in A I .

it doesn't really matter where we stand on the robot debate, the reality is that in board rooms across the country the conversations/arguments are being held. American corporations are faced with a woke, entitled and unreliable workforce. ( a robot never calls in sick after a Juneteenth BBQ) and when that workforce also becomes too costly.....well it's easier to sell the board on a capital investment on machinery to replace manpower.........it's business Tom, nothing personal.......Mcdonalds can't pay everyone $17-25 an hour and still only charge you $3.99 for a quarter pounder........and so what happens to the next generation ? .......slower, fatter, no real work experience as a teenager and horribly addicted to Tik Tok videos..........yep, like lambs to the slaughter.........and what happens in the inner city to the handful of kids who are willing to work in taco bell as they try desperately to claw their way out of the projects ?  the lifeline to respectability has been yanked away from them....shame.......but whenever a well intentioned economist tries to voice this concern...they are labeled a slave owner that wants to keep everyone down on the plantation.........did i say we were circling the drain ?   well we know it;s far worse than that...........2+3=Beeer

I put down my robe, I picked up my diploma
Took hold of my sweetheart and away we did drive
Straight for the hills, the black hills of Dakota
Sure was glad to get out of there alive