Well…it has been a strange day..or a normal day as they have been going lately….felt pretty good until this aft and then the bottom fell out and I have no energy…but, I’m not going to complain too much…just a little….it looks like the lies are starting to catch up to ole Snyder here in Michigan and the old folks, who normally are the core repub constituency, are starting to peel off to the dems with all of the crap he has done to them…and to me…over the past three years they have taken almost 3 grand from my retirement to give pay raises to ceos….and he tries to atone for that by making a website that tries to convince us that things are so good for retirees here…what a frickin laugh….it appears that the media is starting to actually call out these liars…just hope it make a difference and we can send Snyder back to one of 15 houses…geez…
Category Archives: Politics
Obama derangement syndrome continues…
Well…if you need any other evidence that it is not policy differences that is driving the right crazy about Obama, all you have to do is look at the latest event…the release of the last prisoner of war in Afghanistan…which, a few months ago, the repubs were bitching about…that Obama wasn’t doing enough to bring him home, and that to listen to McCain and Graham, anything should be done to make sure it happened. Fast forward to late last week and Obama and his team get this guy released by trading him for 5 prisoners of war that were held in Gitmo…and the right has been going nuts with the predictable talking points like “we don’t negotiate with terrorists” or the men in Gitmo were too dangerous to be released. This can only be explained by ODS…especially since the bitchers like Cheney released over 500 of these same type of people from Gitmo on their watch and traded them for the Taliban coming to the table to negotiate. So, doing exactly the same thing that ole GW and Cheney did was okay when they did it, but now it is an impeachable offense? What a bunch of hypocrites…but we knew that, didn’t we? Geez….
Can Boehner be this stupid?
Well…I really know the answer to that question but need to get a post out about it so I’ll wait til later to tell you. The latest talking point that the repubs are using to avoid dealing with climate change is just weird…ole Boehner came out the other day and said that he is not a scientist so he can’t discuss climate change or propose legislation about it. Think about that, the new standard for our government, according to the repubs, is that they can’t do anything about any of the country’s problems unless they are experts in the field….and the funny thing is that none of them are economists, either, but they continue to propose failed economic theory to help the economy…you know, the tax cuts for the rich and corporations that have never helped the economy grow or created one job. I truly believe he is so stupid as to propose this…to admit to the country that he’s not too bright so excuse me for not doing my job…a new low, even for the repubs….geez…
She’s even more stupid than I thought…
Well…since when do candidates run for office when they are completely ignorant of the issues they are going to be deciding for the American people? The latest example (and it seems like there is one every day) of this ignorance comes, again, from Terri Lynn Land from here in Michigan. This time, she was asked a question about net neutrality, the idea that every packet of information that crosses the internet should be treated the same without any interference from the ISP’s or any mechanism for anyone to buy faster speeds to the detriment of those who can’t afford to pay. Here is her response: “I think the internet should be free…it’s a great source of information. I’m on Twitter and a fan of Twitter…it’s a great way to actually interact with the community…” Not a mention of the true issue…and with that no understanding of the issue…how can anyone think she is ready for the US senate? Oh, yeah, she is against abortion and gay marriage…that’s about all of the qualification you need if you’re a repub…geez…
Terri Lynn Land truly is stupid…
Well…as I have been searching for topics, I came across this gem from Terri Land who is running to be a senator from Michigan…and who exhibits all of the traits that make the repubs so repulsive. When asked if she supported the auto bailout that has proven to be so successful she says: “I have always supported auto workers (except when she supports the repub goal of breaking the unions) It’s great the autos are doing well…I support the autos”….okay can’t even pretend that I understand a thing she is saying…especially when she supported ole Mitt’s plan to “let Detroit go bankrupt” and is now trying to weasel her way out of it to make it look like she gives a flying damn about workers…which she doesn’t….and then goes on to use the code words of all repubs “I want to go to Washington to make sure we have a competitive environment here in Michigan (you can read that bust the unions and ruin what is left of the middle class by paying Chinese level wages) and that you don’t over-regulate (meaning let business do whatever the hell they want to pollute and scam the system so the 1% gets all of the wealth) and that you don’t over tax and don’t over burden Michigan families…meaning that she wants more tax cuts for business and that she wouldn’t over burden Michigan families by making them make decisions on how to spend or save the extra money they are making since, under her, there wouldn’t be any. The question session ended when her handlers saw that they were going to ask questions that she couldn’t answer truthfully; if she did, she might as well just go home now since she would certainly lose the election. The same old repub BS…lie and lie, then screw the middle class when you get elected…what an idiot…geez…
Mitch McConnell is still stupid…
Well…have been reading a little about the senate matchup in Kentucky that has the turtle, Mitch, going up against Alison Grimes and as I watch, I see ole Mitch just melting down…or there is a sea change happening in the media that is finally starting to call the repubs out for their lies…either way ole Mitch is in trouble. The latest lie that Mitch is being called on is the one that if he is re-elected, he will repeal Obamacare completely but that won’t have any effect on the half million people in Kentucky who now have insurance through the state exchange there…which is Obamacare in action. Now, he either is just too stupid to understand that without the federal component of subsidies and insurance gaurantees, there will be no state exchange…or, he knows and just doesn’t care…and he just keeps on lying out of habit since the repubs have not been held responsible for them over the past 20 years. I am happy that Grimes is finally hitting him on this lie but there are newspapers that are doing the same on their editorial pages…is that a turtle in the headlights that I see? Hope it’s a semi that is going to flatten Mitch come November…geez…
Still cheating…
Well…still not having much luck with topics today…but I did hear that the repubs are using the same tricks that they always use to try to take control of the senate….that is…don’t tell anyone anything…and lie, lie, lie….just what ole Walker did in Wisconsin and what ole Snyder did here in Michigan….try to look moderate to appeal to the independents and then unleash the war on workers, women, and immigrants when they are elected. I think they forgot for a few minutes this past week that no one wants their policies except the idiots and the rich when they said they would come out with policies they would implement….and now they are walking that back so fast their shoes are smoking….but, this is how they always operate…they know everyone hates them so they just lie, and lie, and lie…I wonder why anyone still believes anything they say? Geez…
Heartless bastards…still…
Well…just as I think that the repubs can’t sink any lower…they come up with a way to do it…just this past week, the house repubs that are working put this little stunner into the ag bill…first a little background…in many “urban” environments, most of the children there get free breakfasts and lunches during the school year since their parents make so little money…and, some of those programs have been continued into the summer to make sure the kids have enough to eat…what the nasty repubs have just done in the ag bill is insert a little clause that said that no “urban” areas will be eligible for funding for summer lunch programs but that rural areas will continue to be funded…basically saying that we are going to let your children starve if you live in an urban area since you don’t vote for us anyway and the reason your children are hungry is that you are a lazy “taker”…not like the rural areas where it is a lack of jobs that is keeping children hungry. This is just the latest manifestation of the Paul Ryan hatred and contempt for the people that live in cities since they are not “real” Americans like those who live in small towns or rural areas….my outrage can’t be overstated here…using the power of government to punish children for being born into the “wrong” families…heartless bastards…still…geez…
Another analysis says cutting taxes and austerity doesn’t work…
Well…read an interesting little study today where Doug Drake, the former head of revenue and tax analysis for the Federal Reserve, finds that dramatic cuts in taxes and spending like those that have been done since the repubs took control here in Michigan do nothing to increase prosperity or create jobs….read that again, the only thing that the repubs know how to do, that they take for their religion does not work! I know I’ve harped on this before but I think we in the middle and on the left need to keep shouting it until these idiots stop this crap…until they stop making this country crumble with their tax cuts for business and the rich…until they stop allowing children to go hungry for those same tax cuts…until they actually use facts and not faith for economic decisions…this is malfeasance on a grand scale and they need to be held accountable for it…it is just like what I was taught in my masters program…that you can never cut your way to growth…doesn’t work in business, doesn’t work in government either…geez…
Raising taxes on the poor and middle class…again…
Well…as you know, the roads here in Michigan are some of the worst in the nation, caused by the tax cuts that the repubs gave business here which have starved the government of the funds it needs to provide even the most basic services. Now, the repubs are back at it again with proposals to raise the gas tax by 25 cents a gallon to fund the needed repairs that have been caused by their neglect…but, as every economist will tell you, these types of taxes fall the most heavily on the poor and middle class who have been screwed by the repubs for too many years to count. They did this three years ago when they gave businesses a 1.6 billion dollar tax cut paid for by raising taxes on the retired and middle class that has not yielded one job according to numerous studies that have been done but has inflated CEO and executive pay to match the 1.6 billion…so, basically, every retiree has written a check out of his retirement fund and has given it to a CEO here in Michigan. What if, instead of upping taxes on the people, we just rescinded the failed tax cuts to business? That is the problem with ideological economic policy, it doesn’t have to work….the repubs just have to believe it works and that is just a good as proof…keep voting for these idiots Michigan and pretty soon business will be untaxed and you won’t be able to eat…geez…