Posts

Showing posts from October, 2013

Homelamb

This is priceless.

Let's Get This Done

Image
President Obama Speaks on Reopening the Government    "So let's work together to make government work better, instead of treating it like an enemy or purposely making it work worse. That’s not what the founders of this nation envisioned when they gave us the gift of self-government. You don’t like a particular policy or a particular president, then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. Push to change it. But don’t break it. Don’t break what our predecessors spent over two centuries building. That's not being faithful to what this country is about."

You Cannot Say

My niece @jhw2212 & Jennifer on this blog posted these "rants" on her Facebook page, but I thought they were blog-worthy. I know she speaks for so many of us. DCNM  " There is no logical reason to say something has to be traded in order to end a furlough. It is unjustifiable for it to be up for compromise. You can't force people into an economic hardship, harm the economy (which you say you are the guardian of), and create global panic, then say the only way to end all of it is for something else to be sacrificed. Willfully harming your own country in order to   get something in return is illogical. On every level. There's no reason. There is no sensible, realistic way to say this is a good idea. It even goes against the Republican Party's platform. And it's illogical to say there is a parallel argument that refusing to barter is a factor. You can't ask for something when you are doing everything wrong. It is groundless to imply that a trade-off

Depth of Ignorance in America

The depth of ignorance in this country is breathtaking. One of the greatest contributors of this is FOX & RW talk radio.   *If you think the deficit has grown instead of being cut in half *If you think Pres Obama closed the WWII Memorial *If you think Obamacare IS the insurance *If you think the majority of ppl on food stamps are lazy African-Americans *If you the Red States aren't dependent on the tax dollars from the Blue States  *If you think the right to own any gun you wan t supersedes the 1st Amendment *If you think GOP gives a shit about you *If you think there is wide-spread voter fraud *If you think Bush & GOP didn't tank the economy *If you the GOP represents family values *If you think unions are destroying the economy *If you think GOP has done more for vets than Dems *If you think GOP has passed one jobs bill *If you think the photo of PBO & staff watching take down of OBL is really the attack on Benghazi   *If you think Reagan didn't raise ta