We're Governed by Callous Children
Americans feel increasingly disheartened, and our leaders don't even notice.
The new economic statistics put growth at a healthy 3.5% for the third quarter. We should be dancing in the streets. No one is, because no one has any faith in these numbers. Waves of money are sloshing through the system, creating a false rising tide that lifts all boats for the moment. The tide will recede. The boats aren't rising, they're bobbing, and will settle. No one believes the bad time is over. No one thinks we're entering a new age of abundance. No one thinks it will ever be the same as before 2008. Economists, statisticians, forecasters and market specialists will argue about what the new numbers mean, but no one believes them, either. Among the things swept away in 2008 was public confidence in the experts. The experts missed the crash. They'll miss the meaning of this moment, too.
HT:Littleoldlady
After all the fuss, govt health plan to cover few
After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in:
Two percent.
That's the estimated share of Americans younger than 65 who'd sign up for the public option plan under the health care bill that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is steering toward House approval.
The underwhelming statistic is raising questions about whether the government plan will be the iron-fisted competitor that private insurers warn will shut them down or a niche operator that becomes a haven for patients with health insurance horror stories.
HT: Realwest
FORTH!
ReplyDeleteAv hit !
ReplyDeleteOops, left my Halloween name up by accident.
ReplyDeleteAmericans feel increasingly disheartened, and our leaders don't even notice.
I think they've notices, they just don't give a rats ass what we think anymore.
Instead they just rewrite and reword it to make it sound less intrusive than it is.
And we say "Bullshit".
Mornin' Truck Monkey.
ReplyDeleteBeen a while since I've seen you on here.
Fifth !
ReplyDeleteHey Squatch! Like the avatar. I check in often but don't comment much. I find the system (wordpress) just a bit clunky. What part of The Peoples Republic of Maryland are you in?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I agree completely with Noonan's point.
ReplyDeleteWe're still taking stock of the situation, still trying to figure out how bad it's going to be.
I have enormous amounts of faith in the American people. In their resourcefulness, ingenuity and willingness to work a bad time through.
The problem right now is the administration shows no signs of letting up. Of simply letting Americans, do what Americans do.
What part of The Peoples Republic of Maryland are you in?
ReplyDeleteNear Easton, Eastern Shore.
We've finally decided to get out.
Land in DE, building next year hopefully depending on certain factors.
The problem right now is the administration shows no signs of letting up.
ReplyDeleteHe's said himself he's not letting up.
Pedal to the metal 'change'.
Going to be a long year....
Heh, I just noticed.... I forget to set my clocks back and put this thread up and hour early.....
ReplyDeleteWell good morning again y'all! Hey Squatch, just a truly GREAT AVATAR! REALLY!!
ReplyDeleteHey how come no one on the prior thread told me that there was a new thread up?! HUH?! Leave a teeeny tiny trail of breadcrumbs and expect me to follow it? At this ridiculous hour of the day?!
ReplyDeleteRealwest said...
ReplyDeleteMornin' Real.
Still searching for one for the new digs...
How are you and your mother today ?
JCM
ReplyDeleteI have enormous amounts of faith in the American people. In their resourcefulness, ingenuity and willingness to work a bad time through.
I hear ya but there's one problem. Once this crap is enacted, it's a Sysiphian task to undo it. This won't be a 'temporary bad time'.
Now, I'm going to repost my ghost story from downstairs.
And on that topic, I will say that my mother, who passed in Sept 2003 still shows up. Not just to me, but to my sister and both her daughters.
The last time was a few months ago when my sister called to tell me her daughter is pregnant. THAT was a wonderful shock - my neice swore she'd never have kids. Then she hit 37 yrs old and said 'um, hold on a sec'
There was on the phone screaming 'WHAT?! SERIOUSLY!?"
And there was mom - one of only two times I've actually SEEN her - laughing her ass off. She said 'It's a boy!" and evaporated.
one month later - confirmed. It's a boy.
He's said himself he's not letting up.
ReplyDeletePedal to the metal 'change'.
Going to be a long year....
The man is on a mission....
JCM said....
ReplyDeleteThe man is on a mission....
and he must be stopped.
ATH...GREAT story!
ReplyDeleteHappens to me once in awhile (not my mom who is still alive to haunt us in REAL time) with 2 ladies whom I dearly loved (both moms-in-law)...never "see" them, but each at different times with their favorite perfume they wore all of the time wafts through the air right around me. It's wonderful.
Well I think that was Noonan's "Malaise" speech.
ReplyDeleteWhat is really going on is that folks are seeing just how much we can't trust our own government.
That is, I think, all in all a good thing.
As for the rest of her points, not so much.
Where there is real evidence is in the Tea Parties: hundreds of thousands, even Millions of ordinary Americans (discounting the hustlers Left and Right) are saying exactly that: We neither TRUST NOR LIKE our government. And I don't understand President Obama - didn't he learn ANYTHING from Clinton's presidency? Bill let Hillary run amok with Health Care and that is really distracting most of us (and unintentionally so by Obama, Emmanuel and Axelrod)from the serious business at hand:the major issue facing us is not the less than 15% of Americans who supposedly can't afford health insurance by remaking a health insurance industry that the remaining 85% like or at least can live with, it's that so many AMERICANS ARE UNABLE TO FOUND SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT.
In other words, IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID. Not health care!
Repost from down stairs:
ReplyDeleteNow this is scary
The President of the United States has no more legal right to sign a treaty that turns legislative, executive, and judicial functions of our national government over to the United Nations than he has to declare the United States an Islamic Republic and its people henceforward subject to Sharia. Nevertheless, that would be the effect of the proposed United Nations Climate Change Treaty awaiting Mr. Obama's signature in Copenhagen this coming December.
The proposed treaty authorizes the establishment of a "government" to transfer wealth from industrial nations to non-industrial nations in payment of a "climate debt" which, the treaty declares, the industrial nations owe on account of burning carbon-based fuels. The newly created international government is to have the authority to decide issues relating to carbon emissions in signatory nations, the power to levy what amounts to carbon taxes on signatory nations, and the power to enforce its levies without reference to the will of the people who live in the signatory nations.
There's more. It's worth the read.
and he must be stopped.
ReplyDeleteNY23rd is a start.....
gak
ReplyDeleteWhen Washington and Jefferson spoke of "entangling alliances" this is precisely what they meant. They did not mean mutually beneficial alliances, they meant alliances where sovereignty was affected.
starving.
ReplyDeletelater............
(gettinby - she uses perfume for one of my neices)
Before I go, gotta post this.
ReplyDeleteFemale Jihadists Part I: Defining the Role of Women in Jihad
Strategic Social is pleased to introduce the first in what will be a series of posts on the topic of “female jihadists.” The term “female jihadists” refers to women who are used to actively support violent extremist groups in the Islamic World, ranging from nationalist groups like the remnants of the Iraqi Baath Party, to Muslim Brotherhood-inspired groups like the Palestinian organization HAMAS, to Salafist-jihadists groups like Al-Qaeda. Strategic Social believes that understanding the role of female jihadists in supporting these groups is one of the keys to combating violent extremism around the world.
This first post will cover the subject of how certain Islamic principles have been applied to justify having women play an active role in jihadist organizations. Over time, Strategic Social will post additional analyses on other topics related to the phenomenon of female jihadists, including the following:
The use of Islamic religious scriptures to recruit female jihadists;
A comparison of female jihadists in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the war in Iraq;
The use of female suicide bombers in the war in Iraq;
Islamic religious authorities’ rulings (which are called “fatwas” in Arabic) related to female jihadists;
Factors that make women susceptible to recruitment by jihadist organizations.
h/t medienkritik
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteWhen Washington and Jefferson spoke of "entangling alliances" this is precisely what they meant. They did not mean mutually beneficial alliances, they meant alliances where sovereignty was affected.
The POS will sign it and so will the majority of the Senate. Ball-less fools that they are.
Hey {gak} that is an interesting article and although it's dated today, I KNOW I've read that article (or one just like it) either at Powerline or at a link provided by Powerline.
ReplyDeleteThat simply won't pass constitutional muster and, moreover - and in the real world more importantly, it won't pass muster with the American People.
I wrote a lengthy comment on a different blog over six months ago about how President Obama can sign the US on to the International Criminal Court all he wants too, and indeed the Senate can Unanimously approve it, and it won't matter at all: the Bill of Rights GUARANTEES to all Americans that we will have, certain rights - subsequently expanded by the SCOTUS - at a minimum, the right to not be subjected to double jeopardy (being tried for the same crime twice) the right to a trial by a jury of our peers and the right to face our accused, and the right to effective counsel and to have that counsel paid for by the government if we individually cannot afford to hire one. The ICC (which is a treaty) provides for NONE of the above and indeed, George W. Bush (whom I miss more with each passing day!) was afraid American Troops who were charged with crimes committed on foreign soil and who were tried and found not guilty by a US or US Military Court, could find themselves dragged in front of the ICC who's judges come from such nations as Syria, Iran, and other nations not especially known for their understanding of the word "justice".
Real, the Bill of Rights will become meaningless as will the Constitution if this "climate change treaty" is signed. The whole purpose of this treaty is to create a one world government. America will NOT be the leader of that government.
ReplyDeleteJCM said "When Washington and Jefferson spoke of "entangling alliances" this is precisely what they meant. They did not mean mutually beneficial alliances, they meant alliances where sovereignty was affected."
ReplyDeleteActually my friend, they meant alliances where the US could be dragged into a war that truly didn't affect the US. Although I'm quite certain that they would agree with your statment also.
They didn't go through ALL that they went through to form what is STILL the most Free nation on earth, to see it all washed away because some stumblebums someplace else got involved in something that was none of our concern.
Gak, you'll pardon me for saying this, but you need to step back for a moment and relax and do some more thinking about this. Neither Obama, nor the US Senate nor indeed ANY President with or without the consent of any Senate has the legal right to give away the United States' sovereignty.
ReplyDeleteThat's why American military take an oath to uphold and defend the United States Constitution, NOT the President of the United States.
This has ZERO chance of ever happening.
Ah, amendment to my comment to Gak - Obama might sign the treaty, but a) he won't get Senate confirmation and b) even if he does get Senate confirmation, the people of the United States (and especially the United States Supreme Court) will NEVER, EVER ABIDE BY IT -NEVER CEDE OUR SOVEREIGNTY TO ANY WORLD BODY. EVER.
ReplyDeleteReal,
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that inside the beltway the climate treaty seems perfectly reasonable.
We need to replace those people with ones who instinctively understand the climate treaty dose not pass Constitution muster.
real
ReplyDeleteThis has ZERO chance of ever happening.
Don't be so sure Sparky.
Sovereignty Advocates Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Not Rely on International Law
Many Americans are concerned about the Court’s recent reliance on international law as a basis for deciding important constitutional questions. In Lawrence v. Texas (2003), the Court struck down a Texas sodomy law as violating the liberty interests of consenting same-sex adults. The decision had the effect of invalidating similar laws throughout the United States. In the case, the Court referred to a decision of the European Court of Human Rights as support for the proposition that the right of same-sex couples to engage in sodomy “has been accepted as an integral part of human freedom in many other countries.” In Roper v. Simmons (2005), in striking down state laws permitting the sentencing of juveniles under the age of 18 to the death penalty, the Court relied on an international human rights treaty that has never been ratified by the United States Senate.
This term, in deciding the cases of Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida, the Court will once again be tempted to rely on international human rights treaties that have not been ratified by the U.S. Senate or to which the U.S. Senate made reservations that specifically exclude their application to the sentencing of juveniles to life without parole. In an amicus curiae brief filed in these two cases, Amnesty International and other non-governmental organizations argue that there is a customary international norm that prohibits the sentencing of juveniles to life without parole upon which the Court should rely in overturning state juvenile sentencing laws in over 40 states. To the contrary, the amicus curiae brief filed by Solidarity Center for Law and Justice, the Sovereignty Network, and others argues that there is no applicable international human rights treaty law that prohibits the sentencing of juveniles to life without parole. The brief also argues that there is no customary international norm against such sentences that is sufficiently definite to serve as a basis for the Court’s decision.
real
ReplyDeleteObama might sign the treaty
And if he does, I'm starting a movement to impeach.
JCM - we need to replace those people who understand what it means to be an American,not just a partisan hack.
ReplyDeleteAnd if those inside the beltway think that that climate change treaty seems reasonable it can only be because the default postion of our Congress is to vote on bills they've never read.
Real - respectfully, legality has nothing to do with what's happening behind closed doors in Europe and what is being pawned off as "climate change." That being said, I hope your assessment is the outcome.
ReplyDeleteHealthy debate is a good thing. Love you {real}
Atilla - " the Court struck down a Texas sodomy law as violating the liberty interests of consenting same-sex adults. The decision had the effect of invalidating similar laws throughout the United States. In the case, the Court REFERRED to a decision of the European Court of Human Rights as support for the proposition that the right of same-sex couples to engage in sodomy “has been accepted as an integral part of human freedom in many other countries.”
ReplyDeleteThat reference was NOT the basis of the court's decision.
And if Obama signs that stupid treaty and if the Senate approves it, how are you gonna impeach his ass?
I don't know, either, but if he does and you do start an impeachment movement be prepared for two things: a)being called a racist(and worse) and b) having "Sparky" on your side!
gak
ReplyDeletelegality has nothing to do with what's happening behind closed doors
'zactly. And if the Won gets to pack SCOTUS, all this crap will be - it's a MIRACLE! - Constitutional.
Love you too {gak} but I honestly believe that the United States Armed Forces would NEVER ALLOW ANYONE, INCLUDING THEIR CiC to give away American Sovereignty.
ReplyDeleteAttila...
ReplyDeleteThe one thing everyone seems to have forgotten.
SCOTUS is not the final word.
The court is a co-equal branch, not the supreme branch.
We SCOTUS used foreign law, they should have been smacked down by the other two branches.
But somehow the worst fear of the founders when establishing the Court has come true.
Judicial Tyranny.
Atilla - how, exactly, is the Won gonna pack the SCOTUS?
ReplyDeleteWe are drifting dangerously towards the shoals of bad fiction here folks.
If he does, count me in on your side.
ReplyDelete/I have a big mouth and I can type really fast...the perfect Administrative Assistant.
real
ReplyDeleteThat reference was NOT the basis of the court's decision.
Did you read the next paragraph?
Hey {gettinby} a PERFECT administrative assistant has a closed mouth! LOL!
ReplyDeleteReal. When, or for the sake of argument, If, this administration signs away our sovereignty, what the hell are the United States Armed Forces going to be able to do about it?
ReplyDeletereal
ReplyDeleteAtilla - how, exactly, is the Won gonna pack the SCOTUS?
Kennedy retires
Atilla - did you read the Holding of the Court?
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I do not need to be told how to read a court case AT ALL.
That decision was based upon our SCOTUS' interpretation of the the right of privacy granted in our constitution, not on Foreign Law.
OK, y'all - have a great day and I'll see you all down the road.
ReplyDeleteJCM
ReplyDeleteWe SCOTUS used foreign law, they should have been smacked down by the other two branches.
In practical terms, what could they have done?
See you soon {real}.
ReplyDeleteIn practical terms, what could they have done?
ReplyDeletePass legislation signed by the president that using foreign law is not allowed, up to impeaching the Justices who voted for that ruling.
Problem stand up to the court has never been done, it is de-facto the supreme branch.
If a legislature and executive branches over rule SCOTUS what are they going to do?
JCM
ReplyDeletePass legislation signed by the president that using foreign law is not allowed, up to impeaching the Justices who voted for that ruling.
I would think that basing SCOTUS decisions on anything OTHER than domestic laws would already be implicit.
Morning all.
ReplyDeletePowerline: The emerging consensus on the commander-in-chief. Even sugarcoated by David Brooks, it's not a pretty or comforting sight.
ReplyDeleteEven SCOTUS can screw the pooch.
ReplyDeleteLook at Roe v. Wade, not the subject the ruling, look at Dred Scott, look at Wicker, Kelo etc...
"Casts an enumeration of a penumbra." They made shit up, or worse violated the Constitution expressly. Just because they are SCOTUS doesn't mean their fuckups should stand as law.
The leg and exe have a DUTY to smack them down. But everyone is awe of the black robes and rolls over.
Sozzafava is slimy as hell, and sure wasn't a republican. Supporting the democrat is what she wants her supporters to do. And the RNC was backing her?
ReplyDeleteWhere did everyone go?
ReplyDeleteGood morn... er, almost noon-ish.
ReplyDeleteHow was youseseses Halloween?
Present
ReplyDelete6 bags of candy and they still kept coming....I was about ready to start passing out cash, but Mrs. Desert Dog suggested we just turn off the porch light and retrieve the jack-o-laterns.
ReplyDeleteJust one thought to add to the mix here, gang.
ReplyDeleteSure, Obama may sign the Carbon Fun Treaty (as I've helpfully re-branded it for the liberals), and the Senate may even ratify it. But treaties can be abrogated, if/when a sane government gets elected. All is not lost.
That Carbon Fun Tax does not sound very fun, OR. It sounds more like a "bend over and prepare to pay for your societies success tax"
ReplyDeleteDD, the trick is to lock up the house, activate the robot sentries ("These things really kick ass", as Cpl. Hicks notes), and go to a Halloween party full of grownups.
ReplyDeleteWhich is what I did. Went to a party, then we decamped to watch the nutty Halloween scene in Georgetown, stopping off for liquid refreshment hither and yon.
My commando outfit worked out pretty well, I think. (And by that I don't mean that I went out for Halloween without wearing any underwear.) Army Combat Uniform, camo paint, shooting gloves, black balaclava, and a (pretty cool!) Nerf dart carbine-style gun. I gussied up the latter by adding an actual tactical sling, and duct-taping on a TacStar tactical light and a pressure switch. I got a couple of quizzical looks from the (multitudinous) cops in Georgetown...
Hey y'all - back again!
ReplyDeleteHey O.R. - I don't suppose you have any photos of you in your commando costume do ya?!
Liz Trotta on Fox saying that Jason Blair (he of the NYT liar scandal) is now a life coach.
ReplyDelete*snort*
OR, that will be us in a few years. For now, we still have the little one and this house is "the hangout" house for all of the neighborhood kiddies. We always have a crowd over here.
ReplyDeletegotta run, later...........
ReplyDeleteAtillaTheHoney said...
ReplyDeleteLiz Trotta on Fox saying that Jason Blair (he of the NYT liar scandal) is now a life coach.
"OK, the first rule is, if you cannot make it as you are, just make up a bunch of crap"
"Thanks Coach!"
Real - I saved you a piece of pie.
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you would like some hot tea or something.
OK, football picks....let's hear 'em
ReplyDeleteI have my Broncos beating the Ravens and the Cards will dispatch the Panthers....after that....I am not sure.
Who's taking the Packers? Vikings?
real, I have only one pic, my friends have others and are sending them to me.
ReplyDeleteFunniest moment of the night was when I headed to the bathroom at a Georgetown bar, headed up the stairs, turned around the corner, and came up a guy dressed up as an Arab sheikh. He promptly threw up his hands and said "don't shoot! Take me to Guantanamo!".
Desert Dog said...
ReplyDeleteOK, football picks....let's hear 'em
Packers over the Vikings. DID YOU HEAR THAT CC? : )
Bears over the Browns. Yawn.
And any team that plays the Lions.
Make that "came upon", not "came up".
ReplyDelete/bracing for jokes
How you doing today "der?" heh
ReplyDeleteSyntax aside, OR, what is really important is did you read that sheikh his Miranda rights?
ReplyDeleteI'm good, "k"... :P
ReplyDeleteOut for a bit, more later.
Desert Dog, given my proclivity for all things Brazilian, I chose instead to read him his Carmen Miranda rights.
ReplyDeleteLater!
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteI'm good, "k"... :P
Out for a bit, more later.
hahahahahahaha. Good one!
Um, O.R.? If YOU hadn't mentioned the came upon not came up, I'd a never noticed it! That is, I read it the way you intended it to be read!
ReplyDeleteSo whaddya say to the guy? Can't we're closing Gitmo, how about Bermuda?!
:)
OT and yet, not.
ReplyDeleteBeside my Bucs getting ready to lose again, why can't I copy and paste on C2 now? I can everywhere else (word processing, email, etc.)
/Sorry if I'm a pain in the ass right now.
Occasional Reader said...
ReplyDeleteDesert Dog, given my proclivity for all things Brazilian, I chose instead to read him his Carmen Miranda rights.
I hope you gave him the fruit hat first. Otherwise he can use that in court later on.
Morning guys, the crazy thing about the Obama administration and the Dimocrats in control of government, is they finally have the power to pass all these eco-socialist laws they have been wanting for the past 20 years, and unfortunately (or fortunately) the recession is the wrong time to pass these economically destructive measures that will only frack up our economy more, and not just a little more, but a lot more!
ReplyDeleteAmericans look in disgust and horror at congress and senate hastily voting on huge and major, major economic impact bills that are voted on after only 17 hours of inspection. 1200 page bills for 800 billion in stimulus that upon even the briefest inspection was not stimulus but pure pay back for every liberal social project awaiting funding at the local level. Six billion was earmarked for ACORN for crying out loud.
And this crazy cap and trade bill for carbon emissions is just as whacky and looks like it is designed to create fraud and a lot of money for Al Gore and the carbon traders, then damage our domestic coal and oil production, dramatically raising our pump prices by like 100 percent.
Yep just what the country needed! Let's shoot our economy in the head to appease a bunch of unethical liberal whiners who don't have a clue as to what they are doing, except it makes them feel good.
Now Obama and Pelosi want to install a universal (socialist)health care system to further cripple our economy. Instead of fixing the real issue of high priced medical care due to malpractice suits and over-regulation. Nothing is said about tort-reform or deregulation, or allowing more med-schools in the US to produce more doctors. (AMA only allows 100 med schools in the US)
The country is truly screwed up, and we are trying to work our way out of it. If our leaders would only do nothing America would stand a fighting chance of coming out of our recession. It appears the Obama admin and Dims are dead set on destroying our economy.
Its time to start fighting back and bring some common sense to our wayward government.
Beside my Bucs getting ready to lose again, why can't I copy and paste on C2 now? I can everywhere else (word processing, email, etc.)
ReplyDeletegettinby: is that the first post of the day? I have the same problem as well from time to time. Just make a post then I can do cut and paste.
ReplyDeletepain in the ass
ReplyDeleteNever mind. Story of life with computers...push all buttons until it works.
See Gettinby y'all just need to know the seekrit code to copy and paste!
ReplyDeleteHi P2!!!! (Almost typed PP...not as nice sounding as P2)
ReplyDeletegettinby: is that the first post of the day? I have the same problem as well from time to time. Just make a post then I can do cut and paste.
That's exactly what I did and yes, you are correct! Thanks.
gettinby said...
ReplyDelete... why can't I copy and paste on C2 now? I can everywhere else (word processing, email, etc.)
Because, that's why./ : )
I think they are willing to take the political hit, Loflyer. They will suffer through the losses in the house and Senate because once these entitlements and treaties are set, it's awfully hard to get out of them.
ReplyDeleteThey are putting their political agendas ahead of the welfare of the country. Pathetic!
Gettinby: "Never mind. Story of life with computers...push all buttons until it works."
ReplyDeleteSince my Firefox upgraded, I cannot cut and paste into HTML boxes, such as this one. I can do it no problem on Safari and Chrome, but not Firefox.
ReplyDeleteHey Desert Dog! Hope you're well this morning -er afternoon!
ReplyDeleteI think that you misunderstand the LEFT when you say: "They are putting their political agendas ahead of the welfare of the country. Pathetic"
because their political agenda is what they think America either is or should be all about.
And since they have the political power now, they are going for it.
And realistically, all the GOP can do is resist and make sure that the LEFT OWNS all this crappy legislation.
LoFlyer
ReplyDeleteIts time to start fighting back and bring some common sense to our wayward government.
I'm tired.
I'm frustrated.
I'm saddened.
I'm angry.
I'm voicing.
I'm posting.
I'm emailing.
I'm calling.
I'm letter-writing.
I'm learning.
I'm ready.
{real} Did you like the pie?
ReplyDelete'k... (I like your nic's nicname by OR!)
ReplyDeleteBecause, that's why./ : )
Mom?
Unfortunately, you are correct, RW. They will own it outright. But, if Obamacare gets passed, it will be impossible to get rid of it. And, if Obama gets us entangled in some stupid greenhouse gas treaty with the world, that will be hard to undo as well.
ReplyDeleteThe Dems/Left look at the USA and think of what it could be and think it would be great "only if" certain things happens. The Rep/Right looks at the USA and thinks it's already exceptional and special.
Elections have consequences....I hope all of the mushy independents, RINO's and brainwashed Republicans that voted for this man are happy now.
gettinby said...
ReplyDeletemidwestgak said...
Because, that's why./ : )
Mom?
heh. Don't get sassy with me, young lady.
No problem with cutting and pasting my version of FF, DD.
ReplyDelete"I think they are willing to take the political hit, Loflyer. They will suffer through the losses in the house and Senate because once these entitlements and treaties are set, it's awfully hard to get out of them."
I am running FF 3.5.4
As for the Dimocrats, if we can raise the amount of interest to what we saw at the emigration amnesty reform bill, we might stop them.
None of this insane stimulus, cap and trade or health reform bills would get anywhere with average American voter if our media would stop it lies of omission and start acting like real journalists rather than a fracken' cheer leader squad.
Let's go upstairs..............>
ReplyDeleteHi {gak} *burp* just finished it, thankew very much!
ReplyDeletePaladinPhil said...
ReplyDeleteSozzafava is slimy as hell, and sure wasn't a republican. Supporting the democrat is what she wants her supporters to do. And the RNC was backing her?
Hardly surprising, seeing as how she supports 100% of the Democrat agenda, from card check to Obamacare. She may as well just switch parties now.
/but don't you dare call her a RINO
Hey DD - if y'all take a look at the link posted at the top of the comment (for which I received a h/t) you'll notice that Obamacare is FAR from non-reversable.
ReplyDeleteMoreover, the cap and tax is a treaty and we can (and if we get a decent POTUS elected) will walk away from it.
But for now, we HAVE to focus on getting MUCH stronger in Congress (which is one reason why I'm so pissed off at the NYS GOP in the 23rd CD election) and on beating Obama in 2012. And if anyone (like, say, our erstwhile tax cheating Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner) tells you the economy is on the rebound, look at it this way: unless and until unemployment and underemploment seriously starts to change for the better, it won't matter to the VOTERS what the economists say; you don't have a job or you have one that pays you HALF of what you earned, out goes Obama and the LEFT. PERIOD, FULL STOP.
Can't blame it all on Bush forever.