An observation and a question
No, I'm not going to blog about the debate. It made me pretty nauseous. Other than being mildly happy that McDumbass finally grew some testicles and confronted Obama head on about his questionable associations with festering, anti-American douchebags such William Ayers, it was unimpressive. I was particularly annoyed at the part where the two of them whined, moaned and bitched at each other about the fact that their supporters are assholes. "Your supporters were MEEEEEAAAAAAAN to me! That's just not riiiiiiiiight!"
Waah. Shutcher yap! No one gives a shit.
In any case, I ran across this little tidbit in the news this morning.
McCain, who can't seem to find his own ass with two hands and a flashlight when it comes to bailouts, at first claimed that we can't keep using taxpayer funds to bail out companies, but then softened his stance, like an idiot parent with an ornery child: Well, this was necessary, but we are going to clamp down, regulate more, and this won't happen again. I keep visualizing a political cartoon in which McCain is holding a big ole lollypop or some other kind of treat marked "bailout" behind his back as he sternly speaks to a Dennis the Menace-type kid representing AIG and other big companies, and wags his finger in reproach, pretending he'll get tough with his naughty kid from now on.
Spare me.
And the Anointed One's stance is pretty much to nationalize everything and let the government run it, because obviously a government made up of the least common denominators, chosen by a populace of which the majority couldn't name the current Vice President, that couldn't even makea profitrunning a brothel and sellingbooze and hookers in a state where it is legal, is the ideal entity to run our financial system.
Spare me.
I was fascinated this morning by a comment that was recently posted here by AgPilot60.
So here's my question to you, the readers: Is it the ballot box that is broken, or those who use it?
We have a tendency to get angry at the political parties, the media, those in power, who ensure with near 100 percent certainty that incumbents get the upper hand in elections and that career fatass politicians remain eligible to suck at the public teat for decades. It's an understandable rage, but is our anger misplaced?
Is it the system, or the populace that's beyond help?
Isn't it those who blindly follow the party line, regardless of actual position who are responsible for bringing the same old stale crap to Washington year after year?
Isn't it those who can't even identify a candidate's views on anything of substance who trudge to the polls election after election and vote for the guy with the best manicure, the nicest suit, the best hair or the "R" or "D" behind his name who are ultimately to blame for the GOP putting forth a pseudo-socialist "Maverick," whose biggest claim to fame is his POW status and later being the co-author of one of the most odious pieces of legislation to shred the First Amendment to little, unrecognizable bits ever created?
Who's to blame for our lack of choices? Is it the party that throws its support to the more "moderate," while betraying the ideals upon which this nation was founded, and skewing the advantage in favor of those candidates who are willing to compromise away our rights, our freedoms and our principles? Or is it your average voter who either a) doesn't have a clue about the candidate's views and simply votes for the "R" or the "D" or b) has a clue, but is so afraid of the opponent, that he will hold his nose and vote for the lesser of two evils, thus rewarding the unprincipled compromiser with a vote and thereby providing no incentive for change?
You tell me.
Waah. Shutcher yap! No one gives a shit.
In any case, I ran across this little tidbit in the news this morning.
Your tax dollars at work, people! This is what the politicians you put into office supported! Your tax dollars bailing out shitty decisionmaking and corporate corruption and greed - at your expense! Let me repeat that: AT YOUR EXPENSE!First there was the $440,000 American Insurance Group Inc. spent entertaining executives days after receiving an $85 billion lifeline from the Federal Reserve, now it's $86,000 for a hunting trip in England as the faltering company reaped another $37.8 billion in taxpayer funded loans.
News of the hunting trip emerged Wednesday as New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo ordered AIG to do away with golden parachutes for executives, golf outings and parties while taking government money to stay afloat.
"Even after the taxpayer-funded bailout of AIG, the company paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for luxurious retreats for its executives, including an overseas hunting party and a golf outing," Cuomo wrote in a letter to the New York-based insurer.
McCain, who can't seem to find his own ass with two hands and a flashlight when it comes to bailouts, at first claimed that we can't keep using taxpayer funds to bail out companies, but then softened his stance, like an idiot parent with an ornery child: Well, this was necessary, but we are going to clamp down, regulate more, and this won't happen again. I keep visualizing a political cartoon in which McCain is holding a big ole lollypop or some other kind of treat marked "bailout" behind his back as he sternly speaks to a Dennis the Menace-type kid representing AIG and other big companies, and wags his finger in reproach, pretending he'll get tough with his naughty kid from now on.
Spare me.
And the Anointed One's stance is pretty much to nationalize everything and let the government run it, because obviously a government made up of the least common denominators, chosen by a populace of which the majority couldn't name the current Vice President, that couldn't even makea profitrunning a brothel and sellingbooze and hookers in a state where it is legal, is the ideal entity to run our financial system.
Spare me.
I was fascinated this morning by a comment that was recently posted here by AgPilot60.
What can we say except, "the ballot box is broken". Thing is, I'm not a resident of Virginia, but I never would have voted for him anyway. Due to other comments I'm reading around and some comments I'm hearing personally, when the ballot box breaks it is time for much more serious efforts,,,,or just forget it and go quietly into the night and get ready for the chains.
So here's my question to you, the readers: Is it the ballot box that is broken, or those who use it?
We have a tendency to get angry at the political parties, the media, those in power, who ensure with near 100 percent certainty that incumbents get the upper hand in elections and that career fatass politicians remain eligible to suck at the public teat for decades. It's an understandable rage, but is our anger misplaced?
Is it the system, or the populace that's beyond help?
Isn't it those who blindly follow the party line, regardless of actual position who are responsible for bringing the same old stale crap to Washington year after year?
Isn't it those who can't even identify a candidate's views on anything of substance who trudge to the polls election after election and vote for the guy with the best manicure, the nicest suit, the best hair or the "R" or "D" behind his name who are ultimately to blame for the GOP putting forth a pseudo-socialist "Maverick," whose biggest claim to fame is his POW status and later being the co-author of one of the most odious pieces of legislation to shred the First Amendment to little, unrecognizable bits ever created?
Who's to blame for our lack of choices? Is it the party that throws its support to the more "moderate," while betraying the ideals upon which this nation was founded, and skewing the advantage in favor of those candidates who are willing to compromise away our rights, our freedoms and our principles? Or is it your average voter who either a) doesn't have a clue about the candidate's views and simply votes for the "R" or the "D" or b) has a clue, but is so afraid of the opponent, that he will hold his nose and vote for the lesser of two evils, thus rewarding the unprincipled compromiser with a vote and thereby providing no incentive for change?
You tell me.
Absolutely correct as far as my agreement (so you're right then... heh). But you didn't finish your post, Nicki... what is "C"?
Please pass the ibuprophen...
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Nicki, I think it is a little of both and a whole lot about big money. A friend of mine likes to quote from a movie scene. Eddi Murphy is running for a Senate spot. One of his campaign aides approaches him and asks "Are we for or agianst the Sugar Tarrif?" Murphy replies. " I don't know anything about the issue." Aide says "It doesn't matter we have money wither way." This really says a lot about how business gets done in Washington.
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Well, I think that's part of it. The problem is the uninformed electorate that keeps voting for these clueless losers. How do you fix that?
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No competent or capable person is willing to subject himself or herself to the humiliation that is our political process - as a result, we'll always have mediocre, at best, candidates.
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Ya may have something there.
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I'd say both, but mostly a). Nobody seems to have any idea what Obama's political ideology is. These people don't even know who his running mate is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5p3OB6roAg
Most people don't even know that there are more than two parties. Unbelievable!
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It is all us. There have always been and will always be drones who desire to prosper on the sweat of others. Nothing will change that. Nothing.
It is our responsibility to not let them prosper undeservedly. We have failed. We have not only failed our duty, but have rewarded the politicians avarice.
The entire problem is the uninterested, uninvolved American citizen. He is the only one who has the ability and responsibility to set the ship aright. If he does not, and he has not, then of course we will swamp.
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Nicki,
Where have we failed? It goes back a long way, but what it is now is simple...the populace, having discovered that they can vote themselves largesse at the expense of the Treasury, will continue to vote for those that promise to pander to their whims. The professional Welfare Mom, the professional Unemployed employee, who knows that all he needs to do is work for the minimum amount of weeks, then get himself fired, so that he can collect 6 (at minimum) of free money at the expense of the taxpayers, etc...
We, as a society, failed when we were told that we had to feel *sorry* for the poor lazy bums, and we swallowed that tripe.
When we allowed our politicians to pass *feel good* Political Correction legislation.
When we allowed our politicians to pass *Equality Legislation*, which makes the playing field very un-equal, where if you're a black in this country you get preferential treatment when applying for gov't jobs, or college admissions, or even just a regular job.
We failed when we allowed the likes of ACORN to get away with protesting banks that weren't being *fair* to the lower classes that didn't want to work, or wanted to work but then only to get the money to support their crack habit instead of paying back the loan that was made to them so that they could become part of the American Dream by owning a home.
We failed when we stopped putting our foot down, and up the collective asses of those around us who wanted not only to be allowed to be *different*, but demanded that they have the right to flaunt it and ram it down society's throat.
We failed when we elected Senators who refuse to keep a balanced Supreme Court, and who insist that the only true balance will be when there are four gay black liberal men, four lesbian black liberal women, and the token white conservative heterosexual male.
We failed when we, as a society, stopped being the get-in-your-face Americans that we have always been, and became the please-pump-your-spunk-up-my-ass lemmings that, collectively, just plain gave up.
When Socialism becomes the New Society, and Islamic Law becomes the New Constitution, then all the whack-job, I'm-gay-and-shoving-it-in-your-face, I'm-lezzie-and-shoving-it-in-your-face, I'm a crack addict and shoving-it-in-your-face, blahblahblah ad nauseum idiots will stare slack-jawed and wide-eyed when the Sharia courts haul them away, bury them up to their chin, and stone their skulls into pudding.
Then, all the nutjobs that forced society to put up with their shit will be wishing that the 2nd Amendment was still around, they'll wish that they weren't so in-your-face about playing Joey-hide-the-sausage-up-Billy's-poop-chute while marching thru Haight Ashbury or Central Park.
Then, the few holdouts who were driven into the woods of Minnesota or Montana, with enough firepower to start a war and WIN IT, will do so, and put society back onto the tracks it should never have jumped in the first place.
Patriot
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Patriot - very astute observations. You're right.
We failed when we let irrational emotion triumph over reason, when we allowed the stupid and weak to rule by virtue of their weakness and stupidity, and when we allowed feelings to trump justice.
And by the way, it's the few who are allowed to rule the many. Most gay people I know, and I know quite a few, just want to live their lives. They don't care about shoving their sexuality down anyone's throat as long as they have the same opportunities to live, work and achieve as anyone else. It's the few that screech the loudest, and they're the ones who reflect badly on everyone else.
Thank you for your comments.
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