The Demise of Joe Lunch Bucket and the Arrival of the "Stepford' Employee

Everyday in reading the news paper,listening to the news or hearing a politician speak I am ill, and enraged. Joe Lunch Bucket was the man who went to work without fail everyday. He brought leftovers from last night's dinner, he worked in manufacturing with widgets and gadgets, and at the end of the day went home to his family. Joe had health care benefits, he paid his taxes, he made enough to pay his bills, buy a home for his beloved family, and was the backbone of our society. There are no more Joe Lunch Buckets. His jobs went oversees because corporate America was and remains indifferent and greedy. Without a single thought about their part in destroying America they thought about money and plenty of it when profit margins soared by shifting the work of Joe Lunch Bucket to China or third world countries. Boardrooms collectively rubbed their hands together and said "Goody Goody for us." Joe Lunch Bucket never had a prayer. At no time did these corporate players give one thought to the demise of Joe Lunch Bucket and the ripple effect to his family and to society as a whole.

Now enters the "Stepford employee. I am sure you saw the movie "Stepford wives who were given a lobatomy so they could not speak up or out about an unfair situation in their marriages. Now, life is stranger than fiction: here is the deal. The federal government is the single biggest employer in the United States. JOBS is the single, hottest four letter word in America (actually the lack thereof). When a federal worker has a conflict with his employer that smells like, walks like, and quakes like a duck - it is a duck or more commonly known as discrimination, whistle blowing or retaliation, he has no where to take a legitimate dispute to the only place he could go - the EEOC, because it is and has been proven to be grossly corrupt. (See my other blogs.) Now comes the Stepford employee, he cannot complain because he will almost assuredly lose his job. No one can afford to lose their jobs especially with entities such as Monster.com who boldly say, "DO NOT BOTHER TO APPLY IF YOU ARE UNEMPLOYED." Now he has figured out that his mode of survival is as follows: "yes sir, no sir, how high sir, anything else sir!" Regardless of the corrupt, illegal instructions he has been given there is no avenue to stand up and contest. He is a quick study - he looks at his friends or friends of his friends who spoke up, their lives were obliterated as well as their families in the ripple effect.

Congratulations to the politicians, government agencies and corporate America - the citizens have been righteously screwed. Joe Lunch Bucket is desperately needed in our economy and as a fine upstanding citizen we need his vote. Stepford employees will eventually say "no more!" - and riot in the streets. Unfortunately, the leaders of our country will call forth the militia and then democracy is dead! Query - think about it, it is happening as we speak. Help me call attention to this and do something about it!

Respectfully submitted,

Honorable Mary Elizabeth Bullock (Retired)

Judging Me

To My Dear Readers,

I have a new book soon to be published called, "Judging Me." This book has nothing to do with the fact that I was a federal civil rights judge as it has to do with a child raised in poverty, who was violently sexually abused and became a federal civil rights judge. It is more about overcoming adversity and is addressed to those people who are disillusioned, dispossessed, and disenfranchised. Everyone has a story to tell if others would only listen. In the beginning, the story is dark and depraved but ultimately like the critics have said, "It is truly the most inspirational." As I frequently, state, "If I can take the debris of my life and fashion it in such a way that I help one other person, than what happened to me was worthwhile." I hope that you too will find that it is a breath of hope for those who have no hope. When I convey the brutalities and cruelties it would have been understandable that my life would have gone according to statistics and case studies. And, yet, it did not. "Why does a flower that grows through the crack of a sidewalk without purchase for a solid root base, through angry rains and careless people, turn out to be a miracle in its own right? It is about choices, life enhancing or life diminishing. Not one of us abdicates our right to choose, unless you are one of those people who decide life is not for the joy of becoming who and what you want to be but rather what those little houses of horror hone you to become - another monster. I beat the odds and so shall you, my reader. My name is Mary Elizabeth and this is my journey."

Government Corruption

Most people do not want to look at the world. Today, the world has been deceived about fundamental realities. All these deceptions become woven into the fabric of our lives. Therefore, in telling the truth it becomes a revolutionary act on two levels: personal; people want to be deceived because they do not want to know the truth about our world,i.e., one out of five children are below the poverty level in the United States - the highest rate among the industrialized nations, the truth upsets people so as a general rule people quiescence; institutional, including the government, requires deception of society so the power structure remains in place and benefits from having people a sleep at the wheel. Corruption is about money and power, without the benefit of a legitimate legal system there is nothing to stop the abusive practices. Since we no longer have the benefit of the law there are and will continue to be abuses within the system. The United States of America has run amok! There is no one or no entity willing to stop the horrific abuses because those at the top receive all of the gain. Which one of them will turn away from all the money they continue to receive because of the corrupt system? The government initiated and perpetuates the corruption.

Who is willing to step up to the plate and oust these outlaws? I for one cannot do it all. The more people who come together and demand authentic accountability of our politicians, bankers, etc., the more we as a country will survive rather than implode which is where we are headed. This is a mandate of and for the people. We cannot afford to be deceived for another second. Harsh as the truth is we have to face the fundamental realities that we have been lulled into believing are true when in fact they are bold-faced lies. Demand the government do its job!

Corruption in the EEOC

Dear Friends,

The gestation period for this particular blog has taken far too long, it is inspired by the most banal, and for the uninitiated, most questionable of all motives - personal outrage. Organizations become dinosaurs overnight because they fail to listen to the groundswell of an underground movement that has become organized and loud in the varying complaints of a system that perpetuates corruption. The internal corruption within the EEOC has been well documented and demonstrated.

There are drastic consequences of placing far too much power and authority in the hands of the EEOC when they cannot administer justice responsibly. The American justice system has witnessed the horrifying retreat of facts turned into fantasy. The EEOC has run amok in both Congress and the courts wielding unchecked power and influence. The system is propelled by powerful propaganda, virtually impregnated arrogance, and greed: reason gone mad, zero accountability; and money carries the day. The EEOC is a farce, it perpetuates horrific injustices.

Well meaning people tell us that "time heals all." It is a lie, especially when the wound is constantly ripped open by the intentional acts of others in a conscious attempt to hide the truth. Congress needs to step in for there to be any effective changes.

Respectfully submitted,

Honorable Mary Elizabeth Bullock (Retired)

Invictus

My Dearest Friends,
There is a British Poem I would like to share with everyone that struggles day in and day out for sanity. Remember why we struggle as the poem says "we are the captain of our soul."

Invictus
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.


At times, even I want to walk away from a fight that will kill me in the end. But, I know I am hard-wired for justice and fair play. If I turn my back on corruption at all levels then who will fight my fight. I have been able to secure justice for hundreds, but I fear no justice for myself. Invictus reminds me of who I am.

Keep the faith,

Mary Elizabeth

The EEOC Retaliates Once Again

My Dearest Friends,

I found out from the State Bar that they did not place on Google what would appear at first blush to be from the State Bar. Instead this was posted by the EEOC in retaliation for my reporting four different Administrative Judges for failure to have active licenses and blatantly practicing law without a license. What is contained therein is nothing but their lies in an effort to make me look like a person without ethics. Coming from my background, poor and violently abused, I swore to make my life different from my family's. For all my hard work they destroyed my fifty some years of hard work and dedication.

All my love,

Mary Elizabeth Bullock

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