Mitt the Shit
OK, the pundits will sit around their tables all with sagacious interpretations to describe the recent embarrassment of Romney. It seems this guy can't get over 51% of any primary race. He is whipped by crazies like Newt and Rick. The only fools not able to capitalize on their “Not Romney” tactic are the three idiots who possessed a severe case of hoof and mouth disease. It seems Mitt who had sold his soul to the neanderthals who now control the Republican party is finding himself the chameleon splayed on the table with a scalpel hanging over him like the sword of Damocles. “What Shall It Profit A Man To Gain The Whole World And Lose His Soul.” Well, it seems we need to dig into both myth and the bible to understand what is happening to this caricature of himself.
The Republican party is a haven for scoundrels and crooks. It wasn't too long ago Haley Barber was being portrayed as presidential timber. Well, he is an example of the outrageous crap parading as conservatism. Here is a man who was a leader of the party selling pardons like some street corner dealer who doesn't give a wit for the consequences of his criminal acts. Fact is the Republican Party has been taken control of by a group of thugs and criminals with a throng of no nothings filling the ranks. Karl Rove, a spokesperson for conservatives, was directly involved in breaking the law. Sure a president can pardon a criminal but that doesn't undue the crime. And the slick vermin of the party having reduced politics to single silly issues, like gay marriage or patriotism or deficits (without owning up to their part in it) are now reaping the fruits of their labor.
Santorum and Gingrich can spout the craziest shit imaginable. Like Newt talking about the sanctity of religion while violating every commandment. Santorum can talk of Christian values while ignoring the key tenets of Jesus, Charity and Forgiveness. Against this backdrop of craziness, Mitt, not being a dullard, realized that he had to move a 180 degrees from his previous positions to attract enough nuts to support him in his presidential bid. Unfortunately, trying to please a nut can only be accomplished by those who understand the crazed machinations of the insane. One can say one needs to be an accomplished nut with no moral underpinnings.
The Republicans beginning with Atwater gave up its ethics and morals and reduced American politics to a sham attracting in the process the conservatives of the south who longed for the days of Jim Crow laws. One mustn't forget that harvesting this segment of the American electorate one needed to stand in the foot prints of George Wallace and other of his ilk. It seems to me that the chickens have indeed come home to roost and the Republicans and their allusions to the golden era of Reagan (which wasn't so golden)have painted their candidates into the corner of intolerance and bigotry and ignorance. The candidates must appeal to the lowest of low. They must seek to preach separation while alluding to sheer poppycock, like solving the debt by attacking the liberal agenda, which most can't even explain what it is they believe save with trite cliches pumped into them by men who have not an iota of conscious. Poor Romney once a man of principle must now appear as a no nothing, with simplistic solutions to complex problems set forward by men who sought only to gain the throne so they can pilfer the treasury. Indeed, what does it gain a man . . . .”
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Calling out an Asshole
Oh, if the reporters assigned to National Politics weren't such a collection of fools. Bob Shiffer of CBS finally gave a retort worthy of the Fourth Branch of Government (The Press). When listening to Herman Cain state his qualifications for Secretary of Defense, he responded, “I've been on ship but that doesn't qualify me to be Secretary of Defense.” It was a most seminal moment in this circus of presidential politics. Now, every reporter worth a penny of the salary should start questioning these candidates about the fundamentals of what they are saying.
For example, does the meanest SOB, the vainglorious Newt, really believes he has been traveling on the high road? Never has there been a more petulant self serving hypocrite then the likes of this character. He has set a new low in terms pompous self promotions. How can a man who spent his entire self serving life in the pursuit of ego and monetary aggrandizement possess the temerity to proclaim he has the qualifications, based on his experience, to be president?
Thankfully, Perry and Bachman are headed to the hinterlands with their respective tail tucked between their legs. Their gumption to even enter the race parallels the ranting of self delusional despots of the ilk of the North Korean nut who just passed away. Now there are two crazies still to contend with. Ron Paul who is as loopy as a yo-yo, yet at times makes more sense than anyone in office or running for office. Like when he says, we should stop wasting treasure and our youth on misadventures in a land where no one wants us. I am reminded that a broken clock is right at least two times each day. Santorum, who has a humble origin, has spent too much time in catechism classes, and is about ready to be president as Kermit the Frog. No, take that back, Kermit is more ready than a man who is so out of touch of the time he is living he might as well don the garb of a Swiss Guard. At least then people would know where he really stands.
Now for Romney, a man who actually had some good governing experience, but now seems to contradicts anything good that he did do and opt for sounding like a nut who is trying to outsmart the psychiatrists who are trying to commit him. If only, he had the intestinal fortitude to stand up for the good he accomplished and demonstrate how he could really make a difference by delivering programs that work.
This country is in a frightful state, when the people who are running things and those who want to run things are so far off base that they cannot grasp the dire needs of a country that is awash in craziness that cannot be contained. In the beginning of this rant, I made mention of the Fourth Estate the press, now there is a powerful force the Fifth Estate, Big Business and the Sociopaths who run the companies. At the top of this economic food chain are slugs and incompetents. From thieves on Wall Street to greedy small minded men, the country is being systematically destroyed by incompetency on a level heretofore not seen.
I am no fan of those captain of industries who built their empires on the backs of the poor. But at least they were competent. They drew upon people now held in low regard to build efficient factories. Their rise was marked by ingenuity and persistent. Unfortunately, when they rose to their lofty levels they destroyed competition and suppressed the workers. Anyone who thinks that industry unchecked is good is living in a fantasy world. Sure Wall Street was once a means of raising capital for legitimate start up businesses; now it is little more than a casino rigged in such a way as to actually destroy companies and make the working a man a pawn in a power broker game of high finance where evil and greed are the characteristics that the culture demands of its sycophants. The ones who display the qualities of a true psychopath are the ones who are elevated to sit at the top of this dung heap.
The first GI bill did more for this country than all the businesses combined. Unions did more for the development of a middle class than all the job creators who ever created a single job. The FDA, when it had teeth, did more to protect the food supply than any agribusiness king pin. All those tea party folks who think they know what this country is about haven't been schooled in the history of this country. They think healthcare as it is being administered today is good. They don't want universal coverage, only their own Medicare. When the talk this campaign season turns to the problem with entitlements, take note for the very safety net people have come to rely on is being attacked for being too costly. How this argument can be made when the whole tax structure is out of whack and fool hardy military campaigns are siphoning off the capital needed to sustain a nation is a question that is never addressed. All the while, the capitalists who build weapons are reaping trillions of dollars. Wealth falls to a small percentage, yet the political pulse continues to feed on that which will eventually stifle life. When there is little difference in policy and direction of a nation when there is a change in administration, it is time to realize we exist in a farce where the joke unfortunately is on us.
For example, does the meanest SOB, the vainglorious Newt, really believes he has been traveling on the high road? Never has there been a more petulant self serving hypocrite then the likes of this character. He has set a new low in terms pompous self promotions. How can a man who spent his entire self serving life in the pursuit of ego and monetary aggrandizement possess the temerity to proclaim he has the qualifications, based on his experience, to be president?
Thankfully, Perry and Bachman are headed to the hinterlands with their respective tail tucked between their legs. Their gumption to even enter the race parallels the ranting of self delusional despots of the ilk of the North Korean nut who just passed away. Now there are two crazies still to contend with. Ron Paul who is as loopy as a yo-yo, yet at times makes more sense than anyone in office or running for office. Like when he says, we should stop wasting treasure and our youth on misadventures in a land where no one wants us. I am reminded that a broken clock is right at least two times each day. Santorum, who has a humble origin, has spent too much time in catechism classes, and is about ready to be president as Kermit the Frog. No, take that back, Kermit is more ready than a man who is so out of touch of the time he is living he might as well don the garb of a Swiss Guard. At least then people would know where he really stands.
Now for Romney, a man who actually had some good governing experience, but now seems to contradicts anything good that he did do and opt for sounding like a nut who is trying to outsmart the psychiatrists who are trying to commit him. If only, he had the intestinal fortitude to stand up for the good he accomplished and demonstrate how he could really make a difference by delivering programs that work.
This country is in a frightful state, when the people who are running things and those who want to run things are so far off base that they cannot grasp the dire needs of a country that is awash in craziness that cannot be contained. In the beginning of this rant, I made mention of the Fourth Estate the press, now there is a powerful force the Fifth Estate, Big Business and the Sociopaths who run the companies. At the top of this economic food chain are slugs and incompetents. From thieves on Wall Street to greedy small minded men, the country is being systematically destroyed by incompetency on a level heretofore not seen.
I am no fan of those captain of industries who built their empires on the backs of the poor. But at least they were competent. They drew upon people now held in low regard to build efficient factories. Their rise was marked by ingenuity and persistent. Unfortunately, when they rose to their lofty levels they destroyed competition and suppressed the workers. Anyone who thinks that industry unchecked is good is living in a fantasy world. Sure Wall Street was once a means of raising capital for legitimate start up businesses; now it is little more than a casino rigged in such a way as to actually destroy companies and make the working a man a pawn in a power broker game of high finance where evil and greed are the characteristics that the culture demands of its sycophants. The ones who display the qualities of a true psychopath are the ones who are elevated to sit at the top of this dung heap.
The first GI bill did more for this country than all the businesses combined. Unions did more for the development of a middle class than all the job creators who ever created a single job. The FDA, when it had teeth, did more to protect the food supply than any agribusiness king pin. All those tea party folks who think they know what this country is about haven't been schooled in the history of this country. They think healthcare as it is being administered today is good. They don't want universal coverage, only their own Medicare. When the talk this campaign season turns to the problem with entitlements, take note for the very safety net people have come to rely on is being attacked for being too costly. How this argument can be made when the whole tax structure is out of whack and fool hardy military campaigns are siphoning off the capital needed to sustain a nation is a question that is never addressed. All the while, the capitalists who build weapons are reaping trillions of dollars. Wealth falls to a small percentage, yet the political pulse continues to feed on that which will eventually stifle life. When there is little difference in policy and direction of a nation when there is a change in administration, it is time to realize we exist in a farce where the joke unfortunately is on us.
Monday, December 19, 2011
The Era of Bullshit
This is the era of bullshit. It reigns supreme. It is the one asset prized above all else by those who care not to examine or those who would dupe us into believing some bullshit principle. Who needs reason or logic when making an argument when all you have to do is bullshit. News type on tv aren't reporters; they're bullshit artist. They looked good, sound good, but if you really listen they are spouting one nonsensical thought after another. Don Lennon, a supposedly quick witted CNN newscaster with the zany eyes, questions the wisdom of property laws in a marriage with the logic that defies the basic principles of fairness. In the Kobe Bryant divorce case, he argues that a woman shouldn't be entitled to a husband's earnings because she didn't earn it. Sounds a bit 16th Century to me. He is but one example of how the air waves are filled with bullshit from people who haven't a clue as to what they are saying. I don't even want to talk about Fox News where most if not all of their mouth breathers have such a bias laden agenda that to even use the words "fair and balance" is to defy credulity on a level not seen since the Nazi propaganda films. Throwing back their own bullshit at them is a sick pleasure that give me a lot of enjoyment.
It is no wonder that any fool with a gift of gab can delude themselves with the idea that they can be president. They most likely have a penchant to wax on any issue and take pride in their diction and their seeming cogency. What makes matters worse is the contingent of “no nothing” reporters who rather than calling these prevaricators on their outrageous assumptions play along in this foolish parade of fools by asking questions as inane as the initial assumptions. Thus, you have a duplicitous double talking opportunist like Newt proclaiming one non nonsensical position after another – many contradicting his own previous statements on the subject or outright falsehood. Romney can recast himself with bullshit from a middle of the road conservative to a tea party advocate – all of course with bullshit. Bachman looks and talks like she is insane and gets serious attention from the “talking heads” who accept her polemics as if they were rational. And let it be said that commercials are are nothing but sheer bullshit. The most repugnant offender of bullshit is the political commercial that come from any party or organization. Both Democrats and Republicans bring the art of bullshit to a new level of subterfuge when they have the time and money to package whatever of ego driven maniac who is seeking office. These products of the campaign are so rife with bullshit that they should be outlawed.
Fact is our entire waking hours is filled with bullshit. From dawn to dusk, and now even those quiet hours from dusk to dawn are filled with bullshit. From no nothing talking heads who jabber endlessly on the TV, to reality stars and their fake lives, to infomercials designed to sell us useless shit. Yes we are subjected to bullshit at every turn.
There isn't a minute in the day when we aren't bombarded with bullshit. Our government, all branches of it are filled with bullshitters. If the congress and the president were really interested in saving money, they would eliminate any title that relates to bullshit. Public information officers, spokespersons, and all their ilk should be driven from their office and made to serve time in some capacity that benefits humanity, like say picking up dog shit. Fact is the spin masters are good at only one thing and that is twisting facts to make whoever responsible not responsible. Like BP running an ad about how concerned the company is about the environment. Hypocrisy and bullshit go hand in hand. Fact is we have more bullshit than we need. We live in a world of make believe. We are fed bullshit so much that we don't ever get the truth. The war in Iraq has ended. The war made possible because of bullshit. There was no ticker tape parade on Broadway for our troops, nothing but a collective sigh of relief. If blood is to be shed in the cause of something, the cause should have a specific objective. Unfortunately, bullshit wars merely exhaust us, drain our treasury, and sacrifice our young.
It is no wonder that any fool with a gift of gab can delude themselves with the idea that they can be president. They most likely have a penchant to wax on any issue and take pride in their diction and their seeming cogency. What makes matters worse is the contingent of “no nothing” reporters who rather than calling these prevaricators on their outrageous assumptions play along in this foolish parade of fools by asking questions as inane as the initial assumptions. Thus, you have a duplicitous double talking opportunist like Newt proclaiming one non nonsensical position after another – many contradicting his own previous statements on the subject or outright falsehood. Romney can recast himself with bullshit from a middle of the road conservative to a tea party advocate – all of course with bullshit. Bachman looks and talks like she is insane and gets serious attention from the “talking heads” who accept her polemics as if they were rational. And let it be said that commercials are are nothing but sheer bullshit. The most repugnant offender of bullshit is the political commercial that come from any party or organization. Both Democrats and Republicans bring the art of bullshit to a new level of subterfuge when they have the time and money to package whatever of ego driven maniac who is seeking office. These products of the campaign are so rife with bullshit that they should be outlawed.
Fact is our entire waking hours is filled with bullshit. From dawn to dusk, and now even those quiet hours from dusk to dawn are filled with bullshit. From no nothing talking heads who jabber endlessly on the TV, to reality stars and their fake lives, to infomercials designed to sell us useless shit. Yes we are subjected to bullshit at every turn.
There isn't a minute in the day when we aren't bombarded with bullshit. Our government, all branches of it are filled with bullshitters. If the congress and the president were really interested in saving money, they would eliminate any title that relates to bullshit. Public information officers, spokespersons, and all their ilk should be driven from their office and made to serve time in some capacity that benefits humanity, like say picking up dog shit. Fact is the spin masters are good at only one thing and that is twisting facts to make whoever responsible not responsible. Like BP running an ad about how concerned the company is about the environment. Hypocrisy and bullshit go hand in hand. Fact is we have more bullshit than we need. We live in a world of make believe. We are fed bullshit so much that we don't ever get the truth. The war in Iraq has ended. The war made possible because of bullshit. There was no ticker tape parade on Broadway for our troops, nothing but a collective sigh of relief. If blood is to be shed in the cause of something, the cause should have a specific objective. Unfortunately, bullshit wars merely exhaust us, drain our treasury, and sacrifice our young.
Friday, December 2, 2011
Christmas Reflection
I don't know what it is about this season that makes me feel like a child, and like a child I have this compulsion that I want to write a letter to Santa in the hopes that there is a possibility that my wish will be granted. I must admit I thought I would never ask for what I desperately want this year. Sure, it is a long shot but isn't that what wishing is all about.
This year I want to see conservatives take back their party from the nuts who have swooped down from the clouds and shanghaied it. I can't believe that there isn't a single intelligent conservative who will step forward and take the reigns of their runaway train. It is unfathomable how the current collection of candidates vying for the nomination got the gumption to put their name in the running. To witness this charade of the political system is to witness the outright absurdity of the times we live in.
Of course, there is a reason for it. That recent survey that showed that Fox News listeners were less informed than those who don't read or listen to any news at all is the root cause. To be honest, though, the American electorate has never displayed much brilliance or intelligence when it comes to electing their presidents. I recall a lecture way back when in Poly Sc 101 and the prof discussing the result of a political survey of registered and conscientious voters in the fifties that showed the only reason given for voting for candidate Eisenhower was “I like Ike cause Ike is easy to Like.” Jackson Browne observed that we elect our leaders like we buy our soap. Given all that, it is still hard to comprehend how these current contenders could possibly think that they can be president. I believe much of this foolish masquerading as intelligent discourse can be traced back to the current crop of conservative political pundits who spew equal measure of venom and nonsense to the minions who tune in and believe them. The legitimate TV press (which I admit is an oxymoron) lends credence to this craziness by giving credibility to these fools by holding debates and interviewing crazy people as if they were sane. Like, did anyone ask Perry how he got so stupid or was he always dumb. And how about it Ms. Bachman did god really want you to run for elected office. And Rick Santorum do you really equate gay intimacy as bestiality. And Mister Cain how do you equate running a pizza company and philandering to the presidency. As for the Newt, we need only list his questionable ethics on a personal and governmental basis. Of course, Mitt should be asked why he is willing to compromise every principle to get votes. Perhaps a quote from the Bible might be a good lead in. Doesn't the scripture go something like what does a man prosper . . . You get the point.
Yes, with the “fair and balance” reporting of Fox and the minions who couldn't bear the idea that America, the land of the free, could have a black president, we have clowns parading as legitimate contenders. Take the deep rooted racism that permeates this society. mix in the fear of the terrorist, and add a good measure of vitriol and you have a concoction that allows the insane to proclaim righteous indignation of the liberal society. Fact is the progressive movement was slaughtered many years before with the systematic jailing of anyone even remotely tied to progressive politics or labor unions. That was way back in the 1920's when the exploitation of the workers was at its lowest ebb. For all those who forgot about the horrendous working condition (one case where women were burned to death because the doors were locked), not to mention child labor, and polluted food products. The onslaught on labor oriented parties was a direct result of the power brokers of capitalism fearing their right to plunder was in jeopardy so war was declared on any movement that had the audacity to speak for the common man. Funny how calling someone a socialist became a code word for all that is wrong with the world while robber baron got transformed into job creator. Yes indeed this country is the land of make believe, where any fool with a half empty head and a bitter hatred for anything other than his own can get a soapbox and proclaim his patriotism by spouting half truths and out right lies.
The problem rests with the fact that not a single conservative running for the republican nomination is willing to face reality. This economic quagmire we are stuck in was brought about by ill advised tax breaks and fool hardy (possibly illegal) wars that were unfunded. Let us not forget that deregulation set the stage for corrupt bankers to plunder society with illegal schemes. And against this mountain of difficult issues, stooges stand before us mouthing the same tired rhetoric of media personalities who possess not a scintilla of scruples nor an ounce of intelligence. I guess that old saying if you repeat a lie long enough people will believe applies.
This year I want to see conservatives take back their party from the nuts who have swooped down from the clouds and shanghaied it. I can't believe that there isn't a single intelligent conservative who will step forward and take the reigns of their runaway train. It is unfathomable how the current collection of candidates vying for the nomination got the gumption to put their name in the running. To witness this charade of the political system is to witness the outright absurdity of the times we live in.
Of course, there is a reason for it. That recent survey that showed that Fox News listeners were less informed than those who don't read or listen to any news at all is the root cause. To be honest, though, the American electorate has never displayed much brilliance or intelligence when it comes to electing their presidents. I recall a lecture way back when in Poly Sc 101 and the prof discussing the result of a political survey of registered and conscientious voters in the fifties that showed the only reason given for voting for candidate Eisenhower was “I like Ike cause Ike is easy to Like.” Jackson Browne observed that we elect our leaders like we buy our soap. Given all that, it is still hard to comprehend how these current contenders could possibly think that they can be president. I believe much of this foolish masquerading as intelligent discourse can be traced back to the current crop of conservative political pundits who spew equal measure of venom and nonsense to the minions who tune in and believe them. The legitimate TV press (which I admit is an oxymoron) lends credence to this craziness by giving credibility to these fools by holding debates and interviewing crazy people as if they were sane. Like, did anyone ask Perry how he got so stupid or was he always dumb. And how about it Ms. Bachman did god really want you to run for elected office. And Rick Santorum do you really equate gay intimacy as bestiality. And Mister Cain how do you equate running a pizza company and philandering to the presidency. As for the Newt, we need only list his questionable ethics on a personal and governmental basis. Of course, Mitt should be asked why he is willing to compromise every principle to get votes. Perhaps a quote from the Bible might be a good lead in. Doesn't the scripture go something like what does a man prosper . . . You get the point.
Yes, with the “fair and balance” reporting of Fox and the minions who couldn't bear the idea that America, the land of the free, could have a black president, we have clowns parading as legitimate contenders. Take the deep rooted racism that permeates this society. mix in the fear of the terrorist, and add a good measure of vitriol and you have a concoction that allows the insane to proclaim righteous indignation of the liberal society. Fact is the progressive movement was slaughtered many years before with the systematic jailing of anyone even remotely tied to progressive politics or labor unions. That was way back in the 1920's when the exploitation of the workers was at its lowest ebb. For all those who forgot about the horrendous working condition (one case where women were burned to death because the doors were locked), not to mention child labor, and polluted food products. The onslaught on labor oriented parties was a direct result of the power brokers of capitalism fearing their right to plunder was in jeopardy so war was declared on any movement that had the audacity to speak for the common man. Funny how calling someone a socialist became a code word for all that is wrong with the world while robber baron got transformed into job creator. Yes indeed this country is the land of make believe, where any fool with a half empty head and a bitter hatred for anything other than his own can get a soapbox and proclaim his patriotism by spouting half truths and out right lies.
The problem rests with the fact that not a single conservative running for the republican nomination is willing to face reality. This economic quagmire we are stuck in was brought about by ill advised tax breaks and fool hardy (possibly illegal) wars that were unfunded. Let us not forget that deregulation set the stage for corrupt bankers to plunder society with illegal schemes. And against this mountain of difficult issues, stooges stand before us mouthing the same tired rhetoric of media personalities who possess not a scintilla of scruples nor an ounce of intelligence. I guess that old saying if you repeat a lie long enough people will believe applies.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Cancel the Show
Here Comes The Clown
There is a line from an old standard that goes, “It's a Barnum Bailey world just as phony as it could be. . ..” Given the current crop of Republican candidates for president and the press coverage of them, it seems the song with a bit of modification might well apply. You will have to admit Walt Disney came up with better cast of characters when he dreamed up the story of Snow White. Looking at how many debates the Republican candidates have participated in, I am wondering why they just don't spill out of some vintage VW and cavort with their unique take on slapstick.
Thanks to the efforts of cable news – the 24/7 coverage of anything and everything – any fool who has a gift of gab thinks that is enough to qualify them to be president. Given the way the pundits wax on the legitimacy of anyone's candidacy gives credibility to any fool who has the temerity to step forward, and this farce is played out on tv which has become nothing less than a world beyond the grasp of sane people. The unlimited time these cable personalities have to devote to the absurd makes the absurd common place. We have before us fools who only claim of legitimacy centers on their ability to believe in their own delusional aspirations and their idiotic assessment of the issues facing the nation, not to mention remedies that have no basis in reality.
How else can folks who disdain science even attempt to claim they have an ability to solve problems that have evolved after all this time. One ridiculous claim after another spews forth from their cavernous mouths with the so called rationale being that it is belief based. Thus, Rick Perry can spout sheer nonsense and conclude it is my belief. Hell, you can believe the world is flat but that doesn't make it so. Enter, Michelle Bachman who believes that “god” had directed her to the chase. If any other person made that claim, they would be shot up with a psychotropic drug and not released till they were stabilize and their thoughts receded to the point that they were a bit more connected to reality.
Then, enter Cain, a man who compares closing pizza shops with running the country. His 9,9,9 plan is a prescription for selling pizza and is nothing less than that old flat tax proposal. He believes that the way of out of this financial mess is to tax the hell out of everyone with a sales tax. Of course, this plan is not new, but the beauty and genius of the clown is to take things out of reality and make them really big and foolish though we must admit that the tax laws need some simplification so that everyone contributes. Heck, Cain thinks he can talk his way out of anything – I guess the lesson of the last election didn't escape his attention.
Rick S. is a case study in sheer madness. To think you have the moral high ground without a shred of evidence save one's own delusional thoughts is tantamount to being so far out on a rational limb that it is but moments before it snaps and sends one down the rabbit hole of intolerance. Then of course there is the hypocrite of our times, ol' Newt, the bombastic fool who thinks that because he mastered the old Reader's Digest “Word Power” section, he is qualified to be called an intellectual. With his pause inflected non sense about any subject one might pose to him, he attempts to be professorial but to my mind Professor Irwin Corey made more sense. Here is a man so bereft of any redeeming value that he can chastise any who doesn't subscribe to his vision which basically amounts to him acquiring enough power so he can gather enough capital to shower his latest love interest with Tiffany jewelry. These so called candidates decry a national health care system while they feed at the trough that insurance companies fill with campaign funds so that their over paid and morally inept CEO's can fatten their personal fortunes while they over charge for health care. It's like a protection racket but made legal by a Congress who are beyond any redeeming value. The outlier on this fringe grouping is Rand Paul who raised a fool in his image. While surely his philosophy of non intervention by a government maybe practical in areas of personal morality – one wonders what is to be done in areas say like public transportation. Huntsman seems to be rational which is why he is not electable by the standards set by the new right and its tea party activists though he seems to play the game of coming up with some fool hardy idea, like less taxes – when the problem with the deficit is that good old boy W went to war and cut taxes.
Which leads us to Romney, who if it weren't for his totally duplicitous nature, might actually be a viable leader. Where this man falls short of the mark is his lack of a backbone. He did do some good things while governor, though touting yourself as a “job creator” or “businessman” because your raided corporations and laid off people doesn't qualify one as statesman merely another corporate scoundrel. He, at least once upon a time, had the ability to recognize the needs of people and deliver. Yet now he is but a parody of his former self and kowtowing to crazies will eventually make him a crazy. Which brings us to the point that Republicans in their primary have always displayed a distaste for anyone who might be a moderate. Does anyone remember Governor Rockefeller giving the finger to the convention?
In reviewing, these candidates, I wonder how they acquire the chutzpah to come up from underneath their rocks and become so brazen as to think that they actually had the “right stuff.” Was it a certain flavor of Kool-Aid that made them think they were ready? Was it the folks who populated the ranks of the Tea Party who made them believe that just being stupid was enough? What propelled this collection of clowns to come forward? I believe it is the lack of leadership on Obama's part. I believe it is the failure to seize the moment when the President was given all three branches of government because people wanted hope and change. What we got was left over Republican policies and a double down of fool hardy actions. Let's face it, we should be out of the wars, we should have a single payer option, we should have an equitable tax policy, we should have laws and enforcement of laws of the banks and the stock markets, we should have meaningful government actions that improve the lives and the conditions under which we live. This total let down and the example of a man who words got him where he is has open the floodgates and let the flotsam and jetsam of our national politics to spill out. We exist in nothing less than a Barnum and Bailey world where nothing is real, and unfortunately, not even entertaining.
There is a line from an old standard that goes, “It's a Barnum Bailey world just as phony as it could be. . ..” Given the current crop of Republican candidates for president and the press coverage of them, it seems the song with a bit of modification might well apply. You will have to admit Walt Disney came up with better cast of characters when he dreamed up the story of Snow White. Looking at how many debates the Republican candidates have participated in, I am wondering why they just don't spill out of some vintage VW and cavort with their unique take on slapstick.
Thanks to the efforts of cable news – the 24/7 coverage of anything and everything – any fool who has a gift of gab thinks that is enough to qualify them to be president. Given the way the pundits wax on the legitimacy of anyone's candidacy gives credibility to any fool who has the temerity to step forward, and this farce is played out on tv which has become nothing less than a world beyond the grasp of sane people. The unlimited time these cable personalities have to devote to the absurd makes the absurd common place. We have before us fools who only claim of legitimacy centers on their ability to believe in their own delusional aspirations and their idiotic assessment of the issues facing the nation, not to mention remedies that have no basis in reality.
How else can folks who disdain science even attempt to claim they have an ability to solve problems that have evolved after all this time. One ridiculous claim after another spews forth from their cavernous mouths with the so called rationale being that it is belief based. Thus, Rick Perry can spout sheer nonsense and conclude it is my belief. Hell, you can believe the world is flat but that doesn't make it so. Enter, Michelle Bachman who believes that “god” had directed her to the chase. If any other person made that claim, they would be shot up with a psychotropic drug and not released till they were stabilize and their thoughts receded to the point that they were a bit more connected to reality.
Then, enter Cain, a man who compares closing pizza shops with running the country. His 9,9,9 plan is a prescription for selling pizza and is nothing less than that old flat tax proposal. He believes that the way of out of this financial mess is to tax the hell out of everyone with a sales tax. Of course, this plan is not new, but the beauty and genius of the clown is to take things out of reality and make them really big and foolish though we must admit that the tax laws need some simplification so that everyone contributes. Heck, Cain thinks he can talk his way out of anything – I guess the lesson of the last election didn't escape his attention.
Rick S. is a case study in sheer madness. To think you have the moral high ground without a shred of evidence save one's own delusional thoughts is tantamount to being so far out on a rational limb that it is but moments before it snaps and sends one down the rabbit hole of intolerance. Then of course there is the hypocrite of our times, ol' Newt, the bombastic fool who thinks that because he mastered the old Reader's Digest “Word Power” section, he is qualified to be called an intellectual. With his pause inflected non sense about any subject one might pose to him, he attempts to be professorial but to my mind Professor Irwin Corey made more sense. Here is a man so bereft of any redeeming value that he can chastise any who doesn't subscribe to his vision which basically amounts to him acquiring enough power so he can gather enough capital to shower his latest love interest with Tiffany jewelry. These so called candidates decry a national health care system while they feed at the trough that insurance companies fill with campaign funds so that their over paid and morally inept CEO's can fatten their personal fortunes while they over charge for health care. It's like a protection racket but made legal by a Congress who are beyond any redeeming value. The outlier on this fringe grouping is Rand Paul who raised a fool in his image. While surely his philosophy of non intervention by a government maybe practical in areas of personal morality – one wonders what is to be done in areas say like public transportation. Huntsman seems to be rational which is why he is not electable by the standards set by the new right and its tea party activists though he seems to play the game of coming up with some fool hardy idea, like less taxes – when the problem with the deficit is that good old boy W went to war and cut taxes.
Which leads us to Romney, who if it weren't for his totally duplicitous nature, might actually be a viable leader. Where this man falls short of the mark is his lack of a backbone. He did do some good things while governor, though touting yourself as a “job creator” or “businessman” because your raided corporations and laid off people doesn't qualify one as statesman merely another corporate scoundrel. He, at least once upon a time, had the ability to recognize the needs of people and deliver. Yet now he is but a parody of his former self and kowtowing to crazies will eventually make him a crazy. Which brings us to the point that Republicans in their primary have always displayed a distaste for anyone who might be a moderate. Does anyone remember Governor Rockefeller giving the finger to the convention?
In reviewing, these candidates, I wonder how they acquire the chutzpah to come up from underneath their rocks and become so brazen as to think that they actually had the “right stuff.” Was it a certain flavor of Kool-Aid that made them think they were ready? Was it the folks who populated the ranks of the Tea Party who made them believe that just being stupid was enough? What propelled this collection of clowns to come forward? I believe it is the lack of leadership on Obama's part. I believe it is the failure to seize the moment when the President was given all three branches of government because people wanted hope and change. What we got was left over Republican policies and a double down of fool hardy actions. Let's face it, we should be out of the wars, we should have a single payer option, we should have an equitable tax policy, we should have laws and enforcement of laws of the banks and the stock markets, we should have meaningful government actions that improve the lives and the conditions under which we live. This total let down and the example of a man who words got him where he is has open the floodgates and let the flotsam and jetsam of our national politics to spill out. We exist in nothing less than a Barnum and Bailey world where nothing is real, and unfortunately, not even entertaining.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Not so united states
I blog; therefore I am. Or to put it another way, I need an outlet so I can't cope with the crap that parades as government. I think the Tea Party folks are right: the federal government is broken, and they have only themselves and their sycophants in the House of Representatives to thank for lashing out with the final blows that stymies any chance of it ever being repaired. The presidency of George W. Bush with its tax cuts, unwarranted wars, and drug program that profited drug companies contributed to our national crisis. It was nothing short of a rape and plunder of our National Treasury and drove this country into debt that the fools on the right think should be paid for with the funds from the “people's programs.” Obama missed the boat when he didn't charge that idiot and his criminal cohort (Dark Vader himself) with the crimes that they committed as well as the crooks on Wall Street. He had his chance and he blew it. He obviously didn't the learn the lesson in Aesop's fable of the frog and the spider.
But the past is the past and as it reads in the Rubaiyat, Piety nor wit nor all your tears wash out a word of it. So let's not pretend that this is a united country. For in order for us to even use the word united in reference to America we would need to redefine what united means, like a neologism, hmm something like the idiots on the right did when they came up with “job creator” for a billionaire.
To see Speaker Bonehead and his side kick Cantman is to witness a spectacle that could only exist in the Hoover years or perhaps Caligula time. These so called leaders are so steeped into their defense of the rich they literally will destroy this country to prove that they have the power to do it. Not only did these ill informed Republicans gave us the Katrina aftermath; now they want to double down on the ravages that swept across the northeast and simply ignore the pain and suffering of many communities. All of this, of course, is but proof that they don't give a tinker's damn about anything but bloated fat cat bankers and corporate thieves. So lets divvy up what left of this country and split it up – let's have a blue country and a red country. Let's let Bonehead and Cantman lead a bunch of Tea Party states into a new land. Quite frankly, it would be nice just not to have to listen to these idiots talk about our nation. Let them talk about their own red nation, let them create a pollution world where “job creators” can do whatever they want – let them have states where there is no safety net and the old folks can go on dog food or better let them have Paul's plan for medical care. Medicare and Social Security are often called the third rail, but with the new Republican plan, hell they can throw all the folks they want on that rail and let them fry. Also, they can have a land where every embryo is sacred, hell let them mandate that every egg and every spermatozoa is sacred. That would be good cause then they can pass a law that capital punishment can be applied to anyone who doesn't swear allegiance to Creationism. Of course, Rick “god is my pilot” Perry can team up with Michele Bachman and create a tent revival and pray with all the Sunday TV preachers who feel they can beat the crap out of all the kids that don't allow them to diddle.
Best of all, we would have to dismantle the Armed Forces, I would be happy to give the Red States the Pentagon, though I don't think the new found country could support it. Oh, by the way, with out a United States of America there would be no bombs to drop, no armies to fight, no navy, no nothing. I can even imagine the relief that would be freeing ourselves from fighting everyone and everybody. And to stop those assholes in the red states from encroaching on our land and our ideas, we would need only give them the money to build a wall around their land. I got a feeling they may resort to a time when the constitution was being drafted. They would probably want to go back to outhouses because the constitution didn't really mention sewage plants and of course some type of government entity is needed to run them and we know what they think about government.
They can have all the old shit and the blue states can have the modern stuff. President Perry can have all the minimum wage jobs though I see him being impeached given his penchant for going beyond his closed minded racist stance and leaning toward Mexican labor. Sure all this is complicated and would require a great deal of effort but it has to be easier than listening to these leaders of the red states who are just plain ass stupid. That is why the Presidency of Rick Perry is a good cause he believes in secession. One thing though, we got to keep an eye on him because he maybe dumb but he isn't stupid and the worse thing in the world is to hear a Texan tell you he has got a good deal for you.
But the past is the past and as it reads in the Rubaiyat, Piety nor wit nor all your tears wash out a word of it. So let's not pretend that this is a united country. For in order for us to even use the word united in reference to America we would need to redefine what united means, like a neologism, hmm something like the idiots on the right did when they came up with “job creator” for a billionaire.
To see Speaker Bonehead and his side kick Cantman is to witness a spectacle that could only exist in the Hoover years or perhaps Caligula time. These so called leaders are so steeped into their defense of the rich they literally will destroy this country to prove that they have the power to do it. Not only did these ill informed Republicans gave us the Katrina aftermath; now they want to double down on the ravages that swept across the northeast and simply ignore the pain and suffering of many communities. All of this, of course, is but proof that they don't give a tinker's damn about anything but bloated fat cat bankers and corporate thieves. So lets divvy up what left of this country and split it up – let's have a blue country and a red country. Let's let Bonehead and Cantman lead a bunch of Tea Party states into a new land. Quite frankly, it would be nice just not to have to listen to these idiots talk about our nation. Let them talk about their own red nation, let them create a pollution world where “job creators” can do whatever they want – let them have states where there is no safety net and the old folks can go on dog food or better let them have Paul's plan for medical care. Medicare and Social Security are often called the third rail, but with the new Republican plan, hell they can throw all the folks they want on that rail and let them fry. Also, they can have a land where every embryo is sacred, hell let them mandate that every egg and every spermatozoa is sacred. That would be good cause then they can pass a law that capital punishment can be applied to anyone who doesn't swear allegiance to Creationism. Of course, Rick “god is my pilot” Perry can team up with Michele Bachman and create a tent revival and pray with all the Sunday TV preachers who feel they can beat the crap out of all the kids that don't allow them to diddle.
Best of all, we would have to dismantle the Armed Forces, I would be happy to give the Red States the Pentagon, though I don't think the new found country could support it. Oh, by the way, with out a United States of America there would be no bombs to drop, no armies to fight, no navy, no nothing. I can even imagine the relief that would be freeing ourselves from fighting everyone and everybody. And to stop those assholes in the red states from encroaching on our land and our ideas, we would need only give them the money to build a wall around their land. I got a feeling they may resort to a time when the constitution was being drafted. They would probably want to go back to outhouses because the constitution didn't really mention sewage plants and of course some type of government entity is needed to run them and we know what they think about government.
They can have all the old shit and the blue states can have the modern stuff. President Perry can have all the minimum wage jobs though I see him being impeached given his penchant for going beyond his closed minded racist stance and leaning toward Mexican labor. Sure all this is complicated and would require a great deal of effort but it has to be easier than listening to these leaders of the red states who are just plain ass stupid. That is why the Presidency of Rick Perry is a good cause he believes in secession. One thing though, we got to keep an eye on him because he maybe dumb but he isn't stupid and the worse thing in the world is to hear a Texan tell you he has got a good deal for you.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Obama Resign
I don't even know the details. The headlines were enough to spirit this diatribe. Obama backs down and changes the date for his grand attempt to get the nation back to work. All I know is that supposedly there was a scheduling conflict between the jobs speech and a debate of the Republicans running for president. Let's see, on one hand you have the president promoting jobs and on the other, Republicans prancing before a tv audience spouting bs and fabrications all wrapped up in spin. Jobs, or bs, oh, well, why not go with bs, after all, this country has been awash in crap for so long we never find the time for substantive governance and it is more than likely that whatever the president proposed will fall on deaf and dumb ears. The great orator of hope compromises principle after principle and defers to a smoking hack who is two puffs short of being a billboard in Times Square promoting corrupt government. Oh, by the way, Leader Bonehead is a wimp to the tea party wackos who think revolutionary hats and an asinine stand against taxes will rescue this country from all that is wrong.
The misguided people who support these clowns are so blinded by the bs served up daily by right wing idiots who serve the masters of Industry and Commerce that they can't appreciate they are lemmings heading for the abyss. The pied pipers of the right, bleach blond bimbos who spew venom and a bulging cigar chomping Viagra and Oxycontin popping draft dodging pompous loudmouth, charm the unknowing with slogans and cliches that do little but produce a segment of the electorate who haven't a clue as to the actual reasons for the decline of this nation and the ever growing national debt.
Whereas the top 10 per cent continue to amass wealth, the bottom half loses more and more ground – this hurricane like attack on the lower and the middle class erodes the foundation of what made this country great. Which leads me to the conclusion that Obama must resign.
He is ill equipped to deal with what he is facing. He doesn't understand the power of the presidency. He shrinks from his role at each and every turn. Hell, he can't even get them fools in Congress to talk about jobs. The Republican debate, give me a break. There hasn't been a decent and serious debate at the national level in this country in at least fifty years. We have sound bites and spin – bs.
We sure enough have a deficit. And if the president was a fighting spirit he would do something about it without those tea party fools lead by the likes of Cantor and Bonehead. He should up the ante and get busy doing the people's business and let those fools squander their term counting pennies and seeing how they can continue to subsidize billionaires and corporations that just don't need any more wealth. You ask how to act without the squabbling fools in the house? Well let see how:
Stop the wars. Bring the troops home. To hell with this idea that we can bring democracy to a world where people are still living like cave men. Stop the military industrial conflict from sucking billions out of the national treasury. Go after the war criminal Cheney and his thieves at Halliburton who have been profiting and stealing with cost overruns and in the process sacrificing the lives of servicemen. Stop paying the whores on Wall Street. Enforce regulatory action where it protects the consumer and levy stiff fines. Send bills up to the hill that are simple: like a highways and bridges improvement act. Let those silly idiots tell their constituents that their safety isn't as important compared as the tax breaks given the corporate fools who sit atop of companies that don't give a tinker damn about this nation. Replace all those outdated hot water heaters with on demand systems. Get a public option on health care that stops all the insurance companies from gumming up the health care system. Do something positive besides yapping about this or that and riding around in a stupid bus like Sarah “the no nothing” Palin.
The unfortunate truth is that Obama might just not be ready for prime time politics. He is an image of what we want as president, but he isn't the man. We need someone tough. We need a leader not someone who caves at the slightest confrontation. We need someone who wants to lead not someone who wants to play the role. Unfortunately, in this age of spectacle, the country was charmed by a pretender who possessed the superficial qualities that we so desperately wanted especially after the buffoon and criminals we had for eight years. What we got was someone who could act like a leader but unfortunately just can't lead. Funny, he grabbed ol' Bubba's playbook and thought he could follow it to a reelection. His inner circle is good at campaigning and spinning but don't have a clue as to what it means to govern. They are too much with the superficial and not enough with the substance. They should make movies, pleasant two hour things and get the hell out of government. Obama resign! Hand over the reigns to Joe and let see if the democrats can up with someone who will lead the country to a better government, a healthier economy and a party that is concerned with its citizens not corporations. You had your shot and you just didn't get it done. Resign Obama, resign.
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