The Nasty Republicans

From the posts claiming the economy is not doing well under this president confirms there are not a lot of high income folks here, otherwise they would be enjoying the highest stock market in 6 years. Instead , the poor and middle income republicans write nasty comments about the president and vote for the republicans who in turn vote only for laws that protect the rich. Republicans do not even like poor and middle income republicans, you can tell by those votes.

You’ve probably already heard of the “One Percent.” Basically, they’re the guys at the top: the Gordon Geckos and Tony Starks of the real world. Only, instead of saving Earth from angry Norse Gods, they’re more likely to get their kicks destroying it, one ill-spent billion at a time.

Now, let’s be clear: it is totally possible to be both rich and a decent human being. But it often takes a special type of person to squeeze into that fabled, global elite—and that sort of person rarely gives a damn about anyone else. After all, right this very second, the ultra-rich are:

http://listverse.com/2013/04/24/9-ways-the-one-percent-are-screwing-you/

The Republicans did more damage to America than bin Laden.

The Republicans did more damage to America than bin Laden.

Seriously, has anyone figured out what the Republicans have ever done to help the average American Family? you know, the rest of us? At least within the last 40 years?

We now have Mitt Romney, who is giving Mormons a bad name, saying that we should respect him because he is wealthy. Sure sounds like Calvinism -- the belief that God rewards the righteous by giving them lots of money! He is wealthy and lives in the lap of luxury -- and on top of this we should respect him for his wealth?

I do not think that this is the kind of thing that an avowedly spiritual person should be saying. That because he is rich, among other things, by bending the rules of taxation (Baine Capital hired lobbyists to ensure their taxes wouldn't go up), we should respect him. Really? Someone who made a lot of money by lying to the government and misrepresenting  the actions of Baine Capital? (At least at one point, the government was forced to pay millions to pick up the costs of pension funds, pick up other costs as well.) Someone who won't release his taxes for the last ten years? And he wants to run the country? That is just laughable.

But to dig into the question more, what exactly have Republicans done in the last 40 years that has benefited the average person? Seriously? I mean, we had Ike with the National Highway Project and Nixon with OSHA, and several other programs -- including environmental protection, but since then, it's been money and greed for them all the way. And the poor and needy take the hindmost! "I'm okay, Jack! I've got mine -- the heck with you!"

So perhaps I'm exaggerating here, but please correct me -- what law has made it through the House of Representatives, the Senate, sponsored by Republicans that has helped the average person?

And today we hear from Romney that a rapacious, greedy person, who has worked to enrich himself, herself, etc., is worth more than the average teacher, firefighter, parent? Who has less money but who is playing by the rules and who is helping those around them?

What kind of metric is this? And what voters really are likely to believe this?

Certainly over the last 30 years people are increasingly conditioned to believe that they might just "strike it rich"--with the lottery winning or some sort of incredibly low probability event. Thom talks about how our view of wealth has shifted over the years, from the Honeymooners with their one room flat to the fabulous mantions of Dallas, with millionaires giving orders to others.

But this kind of "casino wealth" (let me name it that) is certainly nothing that can help bring the average person up, that can help pay for average families in average cities, that can make this country great again. People who believe that are simply out of touch with the real world, with their neighbors (unless their neighbors are multimillionaires too), or perhaps they know that average people can too easily be taken advantage of, and they are more than willing to do the shearing.

So seriously, has anyone figured out what the Republicans have done over the last 30 years to help the average person?

Let's restate -- they want to raise the costs for kids going to school, eliminate health programs, send our jobs overseas, cut corporate taxes, not worry about the environment, raise taxes on the poorest citizens, cut food stamps, etc., etc.

I do think that they believe that the more miserable they make the rest of us feel, they more successful they will be in the elections and elsewhere. They believe that if we are truly miserable, we will not go to the polls to vote for our values. So they think they can ramp up the misery, increase our fear and hatred of the very circumstances they have helped bring about through record filibusters, voter suppression efforts, saber rattling with Iran, etc.

Or am I wrong?

10th anniversary of the Iraq invasion passed without a GW Bush

There was a 10th anniversary of the Iraq invasion passed without a GW Bush public appearance (he was busy painting portraits of his deceased dog for Karl Rove & his wife), GW will attend the public dedication of his Presidential Library. Despite the expected fanfare, America should remain angry with and disapproving of GW Bush & politicians who helped him start the Iraq war. Most Dems who supported going to war now admit they were wrong whereas most Repubs who supported going to war say they were right or won't say. GW Bush & crew made a huge mistake when they decided to invade Iraq for bogus WMD reasons -- a terrible decision that needlessly cost:

• US Blood: over 4,400 killed & 33,000 injured Soldiers (many disabled need yrs of medical treatment)
• US Treasury: over $2.2tril & growing
• Severe damage to US Diplomacy
• Foregone opportunities to rebuild US infrastructure
• Over 134,000 killed Iraqi civilians, thousands injured & displaced Iraqis, $billions in damage to Iraq property & institutions

GW Bush still insists his Iraq invasion decision was right. Mitt Romney agreed and had he been elected President, Mitt likely would have relied on similar flawed neo-con silly reasoning to confront Iran as GW Bush relied on to invade Iraq. Knowing now that Iraq didn’t possess nuclear WMDs, anyone who says the Iraq invasion was the right decision as does GW Bush either is delusional, lying or both.

Boston Marathon Terror Investigation In Its 'Infancy,' FBI Says

Boston, we admire your bravery. You have the full support of the United States of America. As millions have already said....all of our hearts go out to you. Good will ALWAYS triumph over evil, even in the face of devastation. The person responsible for this act of violence will be brought to JUSITICE. Thank you Boston for your courage, you have set an example for us all.

After 9/11 the entire nation was united.



Obama must be doing an awesome job if the Republicans are trying desperately trying to place blame with something like THIS.



How cowardly and pathetic.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

The Republicans are the official party of stupid.

America is an enigma, shrouded in a mystery, and wrapped in a tortilla. We insist on democracy, personal freedom and freedom from intrusive government while we grant our unelected business and commercial leaders despotic control over almost every aspect of our lives. Businesses are free to hire or fire us at will, poison our food supply, air and water, deny food and drink to the starving and thirsty, deny us medical care, and generally dump on us at their pleasure. Business now is taking control over our borders, importing docile foreign workers from abroad, and is taking over our jails and prisons and making big bucks by incarcerating Americans. We pride ourselves on our freedoms yet we sell them off on the cheap to unscrupulous business people who profit handsomely from our stupidity. While the Republicans are the official party of stupid, our whole country is falling off of the top of the stupid tree and we are crashing into every branch on the way down. We cannot trust our large corporations to look after us; we must do that ourselves.

That's what the opposition does: it opposes!

In the past, when he has stayed aloof from legislative action, Republicans and others have accused him of a lack of leadership; when he has gotten involved, they have complained that they could not support any bill so closely identified with Mr. Obama without risking the contempt of conservative voters. Representative Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, called this predicament Mr. Obama’s “Catch-22.”

....Other than the stimulus experience in early 2009, the moment that most captured that polarization for the White House occurred a year later. In early 2010 Republican senators, including the minority leader, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, demanded that Mr. Obama endorse bipartisan legislation to create a deficit-reduction commission. But when he finally did so, they voted against the bill, killing it.

Well, that's what the opposition does: it opposes. If Obama is spending too much, you scream about the deficit. If he cuts spending, you scream that he's endangering the safety of the country. If he refuses to reform Medicare, you scream that entitlements are out of control. If he cuts Medicare spending, you run campaign ads screaming that he's sacrificing Granny on the altar of Obamacare. If he raises taxes, you scream that he's engaged in class warfare. If he lowers taxes, you scream that he's draining the Social Security trust fund.

In other words, any port in a storm. Opposition parties routinely use whatever arguments are at hand. This is hypocritical, of course, but no one cares about hypocrisy unless it's the other guys engaging in it. When your guys do it, you beaver away figuring out clever reasons why this episode isn't really at all like that previous episode. Everyone does this.

It's still pretty annoying, though, isn't it?