Jan

6

The right wing wants you to believe that the Obama administration is destroying the America we once new and loved.

To quote a 17 year old on their iPhone texting…  OMG

Sure lets get back to those simpler times like the time …

- Woman were not allowed to vote.

- Lynchings were common.

- 24% of Americans were unemployed.

- We put Japanese and German AMERICAN citizens in internment camps.

- Our president had us involved in a secret war in Cambodia.

- The national guard killed innocent students at Kent state.

- Iranian extremest captured and held American citizens.

- Businesses has signs in their storefronts saying “Whites Only.”

- An alcoholic congressman destroyed the lives of countless Americans claiming they were communists.

- Chicago Policeman shot in the back fleeing unarmed protesters outside of Republic Steel.

- The “trail of tears” where our Federal Government relocated the American Indian from their land and did it such a humane fashion that 4000 of 15,000 Cherokee died of starvation or disease en route.

- We recklessly farmed the land in the great plains states and turned it in a worthless dust bowl

- Banks gambled people money in the Stock Market, closed their doors and all their depositors got screwed because we had no FDIC

- Interest rates on home loansd were 18%

- We waited in gas lines a mile long

- Slavery was legal

- Watergate… and our president resigning in disgrace

- Iran-Contra Affair

- Extremest shit bags flew airplanes and destroyed two sky scrapers, our Pentagon, and in the process killed 2974 people died and thousands of families and friends were affected.

- We came a hair away from nuclear war at the bay of pigs

Yes Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, O’Reilly and the rest of you douche-bags that would not want to let a fact get in the way of the insane windbag crap you spew each day. Let’s return to the good ‘ol days. They were a much simpler time.

Oh, and I would like to thank each of you patriots for your military service. Oh, forgot, none of you served.

If anyone is destroying America it would be you stooges. Fortunately most of America is not ignorant enough to listen to you jokers. And, many of us served in the military so that you chowder-heads would have the freedom to speak your nonsense.

Your welcome.

May

15

Each day more new and compelling evidence emerges that SCREAMS of opening a criminal investigation into illegal activties carried out during the Bush Administration.

I started to write about derivatives tonight, but these thought struck me, and frankly, they are far more important than our economy.

President Obama, you know deep down the evidence calls for an investigation. We are talking about letting this matter be dealt with by our justice department. You sir, are playing politics. If the Bush administration truly did nothing wrong, then they wilol be vindicated when they get their day in court. I suppose you are waiting to see the smoking gun?

Then again, we have had many dark periods in our history. Let’s take a quick high level inventory here. American Indians. Slavery. Civil War. Need I say more?

I am not defending the sick and twisted individuals that hijacked planes and wiped out so many innocent people. None of us our naive enough not to realize that there are many others out there that given the opportunity would repeat 9/11 again given the opportunity. It is very likely in the next ten years that we will see a major metropolitan area somewhere in the world wiped out by a nuclear device detonated by terrorists or a rogue nation. This stuff is scary for all of us.

But, illegal is illegal. Torture is torture. Three planes hit three buildings and caused us to carry out and do things to people as horrific and frightening as they did to us. The fact is, when we were in that moment even the most liberal among us wanted our “pound of flesh.” We were all guilty, even if our sin was looking the other way.

Something on a 9/11 or greater scales happens again and there is no telling what we might become.

Apr

15

I do not want to minimize the protests of the Tea-Baggers. They have a right like every one of us to protest and speak their mind…

Okay…FOX fair and balanced news promoted the Tea Bag events with more press and fever than they promote American Idol. Hannity, Cavuto, and all the other biased right-wing entertainers showed up. They all declared this a great success?

Each day I watch shows like Countdown and Racheal Maddow. Why? Strictly for entertainment value. Every day I think what is the right wing media going to do today to top what they did yesterday. These days they seldom let me down. The amount of material they have to work with would be the envy of most comedy sitcom writers. I am sure Larry David is quite envious.

Make no mistake, the folks on the left are biased every bit as much as those on the right. Biased, but not absurd. The Fox tea-bag coverage was a joke. The Cameras had to take tight shots because the turnouts were so small. Think about this… there are millions of registered Republicans and they could not come up with a turnout that was higher than the average attendance to a Sacramento River Cats game.

Seriously, until we can get people like Colin Powell back in the conservative game, and find some right-wing entertainers that are not stooges we can have a counterpoint to the current administration.

But really what Americans are looking for at the moment is everyone to come to the table with their ideas and a willingness to solve problems. The right wing response these days sounds a lot like someone in a row boat that created a leak and is now complaining about the ways that the others are bailing the water out.

Note to Fox news entertainers. I believe todays turnout spoke loud and clear what your own base thought about the event, let alone the rest of us!

Keep entertaining me folks. These days we all need a good laugh.

Apr

14

Don’t you find it ironic that is is not Bloomberg TV, CNBC, or even the Wall Street Journal or Barrons where you can find objective reporting. No, we have to go to Jon Stewart and the Daily Show on the Comedy Channel to get real investigative journalism when it comes to Business Reporting.

Apr

7

If you read the Red Cross Report titled “ICRS Report on the Treatment of Fourteen High Value Detainees in CIA Custody” and answer yes then you need to take a close look in the mirror.

I am not soft on crime. I think the people whose life work is to plot to kill us need to be hunted, captured, and brought to justice through due process. What we did in Guantanomo IS CRIMINAL, and the people that sponsored this need to be brought to justice.

What we did makes us no better than Bin Laden, no better than Pol Pot, no better than the nut job Nazis. This matter is not about Democrats or Republicans. This matter is not about our National security.

This is a matter strictly about what is right and what is wrong.

I DO NOT understand the current Administration’s reluctance to deal with this matter. Frankly, this matter is more important than any other problem our nation is currently facing. Not dealing with this head-on is a real threat to our integrity as a Democratic nation.

Read for yourself. http://www.nybooks.com/icrc-report.pdf

Mar

22

Instance message, text messaging, and most recently Twitter.

What exactly can one say of any substance via these means? I am not saying that these forms of communication may not have an appropriate time and place. I can see a quick communication stating you will be five minutes late as an appropriate form of communication.

Having said that it is time we get real here. I would venture that 99% of the collective communication we make via these trivial forms is indeed trivial and unnecessary. I would also contend that these forms of communication serve to undermine other serious forms of communication.

How many times have you been in a room listening to people cell phones beeping with incoming text messages of earth shattering importance?

***ru there***

Congressman Twittering during legislative sessions, when they should be taking care of our national business. People twittering and texting during meetings. It is called Twit for a reason :-) …

Oh, you are just not being current with the times.

BULLSHIT!

These forms of communication may have a very limited place and time, but for the most part are about as socially important and relevant as the Pet Rock and Smile Button. No, let me take that back, they are less important.

And, unlike the Pet Rock and Smile Button they are doing great harm to the social fabric of our world.

LOL

OMG

ETTMIAWOHF

 

 

Mar

3

I often feel compelled to site statistics in my post. Mostly to address the disinformation we have been receiving from the media.

The other day I stopped into our local Thriftway across from the park-n-ride. It is closing. A good business, run by good people. Some of the checkers were looking though a scrapbook of pictures telling stories. Real people, real lives. Sad.

Recently my work had a big reduction in force. People I have known for more than a decade gone. Good people. Hard workers, families to support, people that depend on them. Sad.

I go into my local Home Depot and McClendons hardware, both stores with great service in a time where service is usually an after-thought. Like most retail businesses they are struggling. Sad.

I listen to baffoons at CPAC, publicly saying they hope our President and Congress fails. I wonder what America these people are living in. Good, hard working peoples lives have been turned upside-down by the greed of a few. They are worried about the end of capitalism? Maybe capitalism ended when our financial institutions took our money and turned their businesses into Casino’s?

If you have the means, support your favorite stores. I am not talking about going into more consumer debt spending. I am saying if you have the resources maybe this is a good time to paint your living room, or treat yourself to dinner at your favorite local restaurant.

Keep working for us Mr. President. Enough of us are with you that we can make a difference.

 

 

Feb

27

Is the Republican party trying to supplant the skinheads or take market share away from the KKK? There was a day when conservatives had good well thought out ideas. Many were deep thinkers. Buckley must be doing cartwheels in his grave. Reagan too.

“Which kind of revolution would you like” -Sean Hannity question on readers poll on his Fox News sponsored website

“The Left is the enemy” -Tom Delay

“Back in the day, really, when people would talk about our military in a poor way, somebody would shoot ‘em. And there’d be nothing said about that, because they knew it was wrong. ” -Joe the Plumber, the new Republican “regular” guy.

“You be ‘da man, you be ‘da man” - Speaker at CPAC referring to RNC chairman.

At least with the Colbert Report we realize this is poitical comedy. Who are these people trying to appeal to? Their direction and attitudes would be funny, but actually they are scary. Scary in the way that Hitler was scary in the 30’s.

 

Feb

25

Fish or cut bait

February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment

What I have to say here has very little to do with ideology. It has to do with listening, and examining the problems, and helping come up with appropriate solutions.

I heard Obama say he was going through the budget line by line. How about all members of the Congress do the same. He wants to invest in energy independance. This is as visionary as the National Highway act was in the 1950’s. He wants to invest in education. How can investing in education ever be a bad idea?

I just heard FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair say that your home “is not an ATM machine”. “It is not a leveraged investment.” She answered a question whether people should just walk away from their mortgage in a sane and conservative way. You may not find anyone more conservative with money and personal finance than I am. What, I am hearing from this registered Republican are conservative values. Her own party is treating her as some kind of traitor. Thanks Sheila. Another good conservative person that is placing the needs of our nation above the needs of her party. Bravo Zulu.

All the current administration needs to do is show that they can be fiscally responsible. There is good debt and their is bad debt. We need stimulus that represents good debt. We also need honesty. Just keep being accountable and honest in what you are doing.

Republicans, what made you strong in the past was your allegiance to party. It is now what is killing you and will ultimately end you as the other legitimate party in America. All because you are all lined up offering up the same stale ideas that led us into the current mess we are now in. Those of you with a brain left in your head it is time to break ranks, roll up your sleaves and help the rest of us bail water out the this sinking ship.

We will do it with or without you. We will also be successful. Pitch in and help. Many of you have a great deal to contribute to the cause. We could use your help. Real help, that is.

Feb

23

It may have been Stalin that said, “A million deaths is a statistic, a single death is a tragedy.” 

So this is not about death, but it still sucks. Each day we are faced with statistics and numbers concerning our collapsing economy. It is so easy for all of us to forget that behind each number are real people. This hit home for me today as friends and co-workers, many I have known for years lost their jobs.

As I have said before, people that are hard workers, that manage their money and affairs in a responsible way are going to get caught up in this fiasco. But that really does not matter. It always sucks when someone loses their job. It sucks even more to lose a job now.

To think that the crap going on was started by the greed of so few leaders in business. I guess we have seen the end game for “trickle down” economics. 

Did you know that 93% of mortgages are just fine. Of the 7% that are not so fine, you can guess that at least 3-4% of them were taken out by people responsible with their finances that were unlucky enough to buy a home at the wrong time.  Three percent, and a handful of greedy executives setting a foolish direction (okay, if not greed than certainly stupidity).

Anyway, today is not about statistics, at least for me. Tomorrow it may not be your day. No matter what the statistics, never forget that this is about good people, really good people that lost and are lsoing their jobs. It just totally sucks.

 

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