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Richard Calderhead
The Fighting Liberal


Remember: Sarah Palin was the person who Invented...the Death Panels! Yikes!!!

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Leave Us Alone!" - Grover Norquist
Comment:
Big Gov? Get Outta here! We can take care of ourselves! So, the Cons put out
the endless Propaganda that the Trouble With America...is Too Much Gov. In fact, we
NEED a Big Stick to beat back Big Biz. Who right now OWNS America!

America: For Better? Or for Worse?
T Bag Scam?
Monday, February 8: Surely you caught some of Sarah Palin's YaddaYadda at the T Bagger Convention. If so…you may have been startled at the Meanspiritedness of Sarahcudda's remarks. Does this actually MATTER? Yeah, it does. Way, way over on the LooneyToons Fringe, there's Hatred and Racism and Sheer Stupidity …hard at work 24/7/365. Palin tried to really skewer Obama: “To win The War On Terror…we need a Commander in Chief, not a Professor of Law.”This plays to the Hatred of the 1,100 T Baggers for the Elites...and especially Book Learnin' in particular. (Read Science.) The Populist Refrain (to all those presumably Unwashed Masses of Americans)…is "They think we're Dumb!"

The T Baggers are anti-virtually EVERYTHING! Huh?

Oh, yeah…start with Stimulus Spending. The ImbecileIndies seem not to notice that the Manufacturing Sector has actually bottomed out and turned back up! (Sure…the factories jettisoned some workers…but in Today's America doing things like that is deemed Perfectly OK. Management Rules, Dontchaknow?)

But this ignores the fact that Obama's performance is IRREFUTABLE… Manufacturing dropped during 2008 and rebounded in 2009!

Does Obama get ANY credit for THAT? Nah. It's all part of the AnythingObama is AUTOMATICALLY Baaaaad.

Rick Santorem was also hangin' around the T Baggers. Yikes!
As Keith Olbermann said last week…"Thank God for Rick Santorem"…
because ANYTHING out of THAT Cretin's Mouth is Good For Democrats.

The RepUglies and the T Baggers are of a Single Mind on theirTalking Points:

1. No funds if not approved by Tea Party Ideology Purity Test.
This is how the RepUglies will try to woo those Wildcard T Bagger Votes in 1010.

2. Cut Taxes…of course...mainly for The Rich.
Same old, same old. A BIG part of why we are in this Mess Today…is because
the Rich not only have gotten MUCH Richer…they pay FAR LOWER TAXES.
If at all (that takes us to Offshore Tax Shelters…but not today, please.)

3. Privatize Medicare and Social Security.
You CANNOT be SERIOUS!!! Had Bush gotten his way on THAT one…the ENTIRE MIDDLE CLASS INVESTOR GROUP (401ks, etc.) would simply have been WIPED OUT!

4. Buy HC Insurance with their own Tax-Free Money.
This again…is Laughable! This is All About Having Money. Lots of Money.
If you do...the little matter of buying HC Insurance is just part of the (annoying) Cost of Living.

It is NEVER about forgoeing Food or Rent Payments. It's just…"Hmmm, here's the HC bill…how much was that?...oh, yeah. Scribble, scribble…one more check out the door." And T Baggers/Beck, et al call themselves POPULISTS???

It will be a Special Mission of Itsez to dig, dig, dig on the T Baggers.
They don't GET much more Evil Than This!
- - -
Why do I have this HUGE (and Fond) Nostalgia for the 1950s? Hmmm?
I realize that a good deal of it is…unwarranted. Much…but not All.

California had only 10,000,000 people back then.
Actually, the Surge in Population began in the 1920s and 30s…then…after WWII…kept right on climbing.
Now we have nearly 4x that many people. Naturally, we've lost miles of pristine beaches…rolling hills of Oak Trees and natural growth…and the marvelous (and more or less empty) Freeways of my Youth are long gone.

I got an abrupt Wakeup when I was reading about a medium-successful Hollywood figure from the WWII Era and later…who worked for absolute Monsters! Cretins! Who'd fire you as soon as look at you.

Then…having milked the staff for whatever they were worth…got Rich by selling out to a Major Studio! No…those were NOT times when Staff was considered Valuable. Expendable was the order of the day. So…what's changed?

During the Great Depression and after the War…Unions hit their Apex.
But with the rising Power of the Unions, came Management Rage.
"How DARE they…blah, blah." This all fed into what became the Reagan Revolution…when The Fat Cats were given a MUCH larger share of the Economic Pie…and the Middle and Working Classes were systematically Trashed.

It's only gotten worse since.

In 1980…with Reagan in charge…Ivy League Tuitions
really started to take off.

In 1980…a year at Harvard, Yale, Princeton was about $10,000.

Today? Try $50,000. That is utterly OBSCENE!!!

Something else I totally issed (although I lived through it)…was the inexorable rise of Salaries of "Favored" Employees…especially in Corporate America…from 1980 on right up to Today. There are the UberRich…who were enabled…via Global Trade and the Vast Markets that created…to leap from Rich Millionaires to actual $$$$ Billionaires.

Or take the Superbowl: It's no longer "just" the Championship Game…it's been turned into a GiNormous Cash Machine. There are $ Billion Luxury Stadiums… where the Real Fat Cats can squander $ Hundreds of Thousands of an Afternoon! (Tailgating? Don't make me laugh!")

And what do you think they pay the people at the Ad Agencies who dream up those TV Spots? Very well, thank you very much. It's all part of the Wage Inflation at the Upper End. (One little Caveat for those MadMen and Women; they like 'em Young on MadAve, so when you hit your Late 30's…watch out. Here comes that Meanie from HR.)

Along with that skyrocketing salaries of Favored Staff…as well as the Professional/Managerial…came the rise of Two Paycheck Families…and Bingo!

Lots of Americans were suddenly living High On The Hog. Who now usually live in places where Starter Homes could cost $1,000,000!

I don't think Obama has a Clue here; his "solution" is More Education...so the College Crads can nab thos High Pay Jobs. Fine...but WHAT ABOUT everyone ELSE? Hmmm?

Readers: Barack Obama is trying. Really Hard. Let him know...just like Li'l Mouse in today's 'Toon...that we've Got His Back. And that absolutely DOES INCLUDE a Public Option. On Feb. 25th...Obama takes on the RepUglies.. again! Here's the link to the White House email address: www.whitehouse.gov

Thank you.

Itsez Who? A long-time Itsez follower and contributor said it was about time
to upgrade this "Who I Am" feature. Good point. I am the only Living American (that I know of) who was eye-witness to both Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in 2001. When I was a kid...everyone I knew respected and admired FDR. Sure...there were a few "Republicans" who sniffed at The New Deal, but we forgave them for their Silly Old Ideas. Who would have ever guessed that, led by Ronnie Reagan in 1980, those honorable Republicans would morph into Raging RepUglyCons??? One of my key tasks with Itsez is to point out the Sheer Stupidity and Core Mean Spiritedness of what used to be...that Grand Old Party. What we're seeing right now...is an unparalleled display of Corporate Greed...fighting Tooth and Nail to resist Change.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Smells Scammy!" - Red State Blogger Erick Erickson
Comment:
Scammy? Why? We're still learning about the T Baggers...but I'll bet that
when it "all comes out"...we find the usual Nefarious "Rat Flickers" deep in the Dung Heap! Meanwhile...where is Team Obama...taking them on...to Disinfect Their Disenchantment?

America: For Better? Or for Worse?
Big (Fat?) Gov.?
Friday, February 5: (Glenn Beck II). Glenn Beck is a Fraud. A Rabble Rouser.
But what's interesting is the New Take he's bringing to the American Experience. He's an Old Fashioned Populist…of the Bible Thumpin' Variety …pitchin' Doom & Disaster. With Salvation just out of reach of an Eager but Uncomprehending Public. That's the Fear Factor that gives Preacher Men have a Field Day. You know the Old Model: just quote from the Bible…complete with Chapter and Verse…Matthew 2:10…blah, blah. That esoteric "Book Larnin'" really impressed the Yokels in teh Sticks. (It's really just another Carny Trick…believe me.)
These days...The Beckster is Quoting Paine, Hamilton, Franklin...Sorta.

Right now, Beck is #3 in Talk Radio, behind Limbaugh and Hannity.
Why? What induces all those MILLIONS of Americans to tune in?
Partly…it's the sheer Boredom of Drivetime. Americans are now trapped in
their Toyotas for Interminable HOURS…from Home to Job. Call it BeckTime.

As we know, Beck calls his show the Doom Room…and during his air-time…if you factor out the unrelenting Radio Ads…Beck is taping into a Wave of Rage sweeping America. It is not focused or rational, but oh, boy is it there!!!

I can sum it up with a 5-Letter Word: Taxes. As in Tax/Tax/Tax.
Or…as in that reliable old Bromide...those "Tax & Spend Democrats'.

(I'll leave out those ubiquitous State and Local Taxes…that's another whole Ball of Wax…I'll just comment that when I hear some official of a small Town is being paid $330,000…I go Ballistic!)

Right now let's focus on Rage One: The Federal Government and our GINORMOUS DEFICIT. Which…never forget…MUST be "repaid." And the Solution is NOT to just Print More Money. That's part of what got us here.

Wait! Stop! Think for a moment: How much MONEY does the Federal Government Suck In each year. (Forget the momentary glitch…aka the 2nd Great Depression… which is causing Income Tax Receipts to actually DECLINE.)

Answer: $2,500,000,000,000 (approx.) That is…$ Trillion.

And just how many actual Taxpayers file each year? 140,000,000.

Hey…wait a minute! All we hear about is how BROKE Unca Sam is!
What gives? Oh, he's broke alright…so broke China has us by the Short Hairs.
They can squeeze…but if they squeeze too hard…they can Kill the Golden Goose.

We have to get ourselves OUT of this Mess. Right Now.
(That is IMPOSSIBLE with the Party of No saying No/No/No…ad infinitum.)

So…How'rewegonnadoit? Hmmm?

Nobody has an answer to that. So far.

Meanwhile, our Deficit SOARS some more. (Thanks, Bush II.)
And our WAR EXPENSES (Pentagon, etc.) continue at an astronomical level…far, far higher (as a share of our Money)...than during the Vietnam War or even the Cold War!!! (Betcha didn't know THAT!!!)

And while Unca Sam is Rolling In Dough ($2 Trillion really IS a lot of Dough) …we are somehow GOING BROKE!!! Huh? What?

The Congress keeps giving itself RAISES! (When did you last get a raise?)
The Average Pay inside the Beltway is over $70,000!!!! That's for Safe, Secure Government Work!!! (With the best Benefits Package on the Planet.)

Or...(wait for it)...did you know that Washington D.C. is the MOST EXPENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ALL AMERICA???? FAR higher than NYC???

How can we be a Debtor Nation…with all that MONEY rolling in?
Oh, simple: It Rolls in and then it…Rolls Right Out.

With 80,000,000 Baby Boomers heading into Retirement…no WONDER Social Security and Medicare are slated to GO BROKE before long. (Young Americans assume there will BE NO Social Security and/or Medicare when they get Old.)

What the American People need to know is that our Government is operating Lean and Mean…with not a PENNY "wasted"…and that we ALL are benefiting from our own Tax Dollars.

Got that? Does that sound even REMOTELY like the George W. Bush Admin?
Does that sound even REMOTELY like it applies to…Homeland Security?
Does that sound even REMOTELY like the Pentagon HEARS US?

A MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR Question on the Table is this: How can America…skittering along on the very Brink  of a REAL Depression…afford the Gigantic Expense of our
Current Military…and the Industrial Blood Suckers who
now Feed On...the Pentagon??? Hmmm?

Answer: We can't. Whoa. Then how are we going to deal with
al Queda? With…(careful here)…Global Terrorism? Hmmm?

How are we going to Saber Rattle and keep the Chinese from…"Adventures"?
Why can't we have an Intelligent Discussion about "Right Sizing" the Military.

Stop! Wait! Just MENTIONING this will land Itsez in the Land of Nod…on a par with Communists and Anarchists!!! Joe McCarthy...(RepUglyCon) would be right behind. Guess what? Screw them!

It's PRECISELY the point: When we CANNOT discuss our…Problems…that's when we have a REAL Problem. Just like not being "allowed" to point out the unsustainable West Bank development being conducted by Izrail. It's a No No.
So the Open Wound in Palestine continues…serving to motivate thousands and thousands of new, Young Jihadists. Who, naturally…Target America.

We are an EASIER target than Israel itself!! (Because we are so large…so diverse …so eternally Over There and In Their Face.)

President Obama: Al Gore tried to Right Size America…and actually did some very good work in that regard…including automating/computerizing and even modernizing many areas in the Public Sector.

Tell us you will do it…and DO IT EVEN BETTER!

Readers: Barack Obama is trying. Really Hard. Let him know...just like Li'l Mouse in today's 'Toon...that we've Got His Back. And that absolutely DOES INCLUDE a Public Option.

Here's the link to the White House email address: www.whitehouse.gov

Thank you.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I'm enjoying this! - Barack Obama...at the RepUglyCon Caucus
Comment:
For Barack Obama to have the sheer GUTS to appear at the RepUglyCon Caucus
...to respond to their Prepared Attacks on All Things Obama...is simply Breathtaking. Then,
to be able to knock them down, one by one...was nothing less than Incredible. GoBama !!!

America: For Better? Or for Worse?
Beck Vs. Obama. Huh?
Monday, February 1: Barack Obama went to the Republican Caucus…and, ever the gracious fellow he is…simply blew them away. His style remains unflappable. And, most often...affable.
When he took a question from Congressman Ryan, he noted that Ryan appeared to be with his family. Obama paused to ask: "Is this your crew right here, by the way?" Ryan answered yes: "This is my daughter Liza, my sons Charlie and Sam, and this is my wife Janna." Obama nodded "Hey, guys!"Simple gestures like that go a long way to explain Obama's success in Politics.

Obama did not crush Ryan or demean him. But I can't help thinking that in the Ryan Household…all they hear is Hatred of Dems in general and Obama in particular. Of course there's no way to follow up and find out. But we do know from the words of none other than George W. Bush…that Anti-FDR talk was an absolute Dinnertime Staple. Anything and Everything to do with Democrats and the New Deal, etc., was AUTOMATICALLY MONSTROUS.

Are things really any different in the Ryan Household?

In 2008, during the runup to the Election…I passed some teenagers. They copped to the fact that I was carrying Obama Posters. One of them hollered out at me: "He should be shot!" As I've said many time before…I was literally stunned. Another Democrat shrugged it off later on…"They get that stuff at home."

When has there been a POTUS in this Great nation who had command of ALL the Facts and Figures the way Obama does? Hmmm?

Don't start with Slick Willie; Clinton was good…but Obama is Truly Brilliant! (Why…for a moment there…I forgot he was Black!!! Sorry, Chris Mathews.)

What's the Takeaway from the Shootout at the GOP Corral? That RepUglyCons are just exactly what I've been saying they are…for lo these many years: Utterly Despicable. They have Zero Programs and Zero Credibility. Zero IDEAS.

They derive their Power (or what's left of it right now)…from Fear and Slander.

All of which brings us to none other than Glenn Beck.
Last week, when I get a bit bored with the all-too-often Wishy-Washy Pap on NPR…I pivoted over to the Glenn Beck Radio Show.

I don't do it for Fun; I do it to get a handle on what makes this Lunatic…Tick!

You may not realized it, but Beck is a Serial Loser; his life was a Catastrophe for DECADES (which he freely admits on-air). He managed part of one Semester at Yale; so he can't say that even he is not tainted by Ivy League Elitism.

To give him his due…he's bounced back from his (many) earlier Failures to become Rich. He's been able to get on the NYTimes Best Seller List no less than
5 times! I should live so long!!!

Beck is now a Wealthy Guy. Maybe not a Tiger Woods-style $ Billionaire. But he's actually a Deca-Millionaire. Not too shabby even in these Inflationary Times.

Beck's "Ideology" is…nominally Libertarian…although he does have some quibbles with their creepy High Priestess, Ayn Rand.

Beck is a Populist. However…he's a Phony Populist. He's "half-read" such worthies as Tom Paine…with smatterings of Karl Marx and Leon Trotsky…(barely keeping track of who actually said what) and then he weaves this into a screed to Diminish and Demonize All Things Progressive. Why?

BTW…one fascinating bit of info came out of
Beck's "Doom Room" Radio Show. He mentioned that
Trotsky, who lived briefly in New York City after he was expelled from the Soviet Union, commented on American Capitalism this way:

"We rented an apartment in a Workers’ District,
and furnished it on the installment plan. The apartment, at $18 a month, was equipped with all sorts of conveniences that we Europeans were quite unused to: electric lights, gas cooking-range, bath, telephone, automatic service-elevator, and even a chute for the garbage. These things completely won the boys over to New York. For a time the telephone was their main interest; we had not had this mysterious instrument either in Vienna or Paris."

Folks…that was when America was Great; that was when we Led the World…in Category after Category. Now where are we?

Beck's Radio Show…makes him a Presence in American Media. If you didn't know it…his show is the 3rd Highest Rated Show in All America!!!

So he's reaching PEOPLE. Americans. After listening for a week…I have to scratch my head in wonderment. Who actually LISTENS to this Drivel?

I timed out that show on Friday. I graphed out how much actual Air Time Beck spends on Content…vs those INTERMINABLE Commercials and Promos.
In 60 minutes, Beck is actually talking only 28 minutes of the Air Time!

So his Robotic Listeners hear REPETIVIVE pitches for Gold - plus some quite Scammy Sounding Offers. The Usual Direct Response Snake Oil Crap. (Which
fits right into the Beck Persona…to me he's on a par with a Carny Barker.)

In between the Ads, then…we hear such typical Beck Bromides as;
"Global Warming is a Hoax; it's the Biggest Swindle in World History!"

Which is why I no longer use that Term; I simply go with my own word: GLOP; aka GLObal Pollution. It works for ALL the crap we dump in the world's oceans and our atmosphere. The Consequences are equally deadly.

Then there's the Sacred Constitution. Sacred? Yeah...Beck wants to Freeze it. That woud have insured that such niceties as existed when America was born...like Slavery...would still be with us.

As Justice Story wisely said, about the Constitution: "...is an evolving body of Doctrines...that are connected to Deep Common Roots..."

But Frozen? No. Absolutely NOT. With the 24/7/365 Ranting about Impending Doom for America...courtesty of Democrats...Glen Beck and all the other Noise Machine Screamers are an absolute Threat to our Democracy.

Or, as another Wise Justice, Oliver Wendall Holmes warned us:
"Free Speech does NOT stretch to cover the case of a person who falsely shouts Fire in a crowded theatre and thereby causes Panic." Period.

Readers: Barack Obama is trying. Really Hard. Let him know...just like Li'l Mouse in today's 'Toon...that we've Got His Back. And that absolutely DOES INCLUDE a Public Option.

Here's the link to the White House email address: www.whitehouse.gov

Thank you.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "If California Democrats can do it...Why not the US Senate? - Itsez
Comment:
Yeah...the Governator is threatening a veto. Let him! In this UberBattle...nothing will EVER come Easy. But this is another Huge Win for Dems!!!! Now...GoBama!!!

America: For Better? Or for Worse?
SOTUS...a Gentleman's C.
Friday, January 29: What can I say? President Obama stood up in front of all those Senators and Congressmen (plus that unsavory crew from the Supreme Court) and delivered yet another sterling Speech. And? And what?

What did you THINK would happen next? For supporters…he said pretty much everything I could ask.
For The Other Side…the Contempt and the StoneWalling was Total. OK…none of them screamed "You Lie" like last time he spoke to them. They didn't have to.The RepUglies think they are on a Roll; they think they are on the Long March Back to Power…that a few Wins here and there…coupled with the Tea Baggers, etc., will put them back into the Driver's Seat.

Plus..they now know…as they have already proven…that they can Derail pretty much anything Obama can throw at them! No wonder they're feeling Flush.

And? Something is Totally Wrong with this Picture! We won in 2008…Big Time.
We won the Presidency, the Senate and the House. What more do we NEED?
Is the Tidal Wave of Dem Wins…all for Nothing.

I went to a local Rally this week on behalf of Healthcare. Great. However…the Bad News is that only a handful of DieHard Dems bothered to actually show up; the last time…we had more like 200 out there waving Posters and Banners.
4 months later…Team Obama has managed to either Alienate or Disillusion a HUGE fraction of his Base.

Mr. Axelrod…are you lissening? Hmmm? Plouffe is back. Is HE lissening?

Let's count (some of) the ways things have gone Offtrack for Obama.

1. The Media. The Corporate Media are TOTALLY unreliable in terms of Accuracy or Advocacy. Leaving out the Partisan Fruitcakes at FauxNews…it's the MayoNews that does so much of the damage.

NPR even. I literally cringe in the car when those that horrible (and inevitable) phrase "others say" that…(blah, blah.) Then they have some "voice" for the "other side". Trouble is…shockingly often the Other Perspective is so utterly shallow and irrelevant…that all it does is murk up the Issue.

2. The REAL Nasties…which would include virtually EVERYTHING owned by Rupert Murdock…(when ARE we doing to DEPORT him?)…is consumed with 24/7/365 Hatred of All Things Obama.

Since voices like Limbaugh and Beck continue to attract Listeners…that means more and more Americans are getting a Warped View of Obama, the Democrats and Government in general. Meaning they take away the Gov Is Bad Mindset.

As for The Speech:

1. Talking to a Confused and Angry Nation is fine…if you Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Obama was handed SO MANY PROBLEMS…and has dealt with many/most of them skillfully and in Order. But you'd never know that from the RepUglies.

Detroit Survived! Despite the Criminal Mismanagement of the Auto Business…they weathered the storm and are positioned to Recover, with Ford leading the way.

Remember: The ENTIRE PHALANX OF SOUTHERN POLITICIANS wanted Detroit to FAIL! Yep. They wanted to drive a nail into the Coffin of the Strongest Unions. They then wanted to be able to offer their Millions of Unemployed at Lower Wages in their "Right To Work" States…where Unions are Not Welcome.

2. Obama inexplicably continues to support Green Coal. I know something of this category…and from all I know…there is NO SUCH THING as "Green" Coal.

3. Then he touts New (Safe) Nuclear!!! As Harry Shearer constantly reminds us:
"Too Big To Fail and Too Cheap to Tax."…with a laugh.

You DID see that Vermont Yankee…the sole Nuclear Plant in Vermont…is leaking Tritium and could very well turn out to be our Next 3-Mile Island!!!
This hit the News the Morning After the SOTUS!!!

Which brings us to…Jobs. And Healthcare.

Jobs. Obama means Good Jobs; not Part Time Burger Flippin'.
And definitely not Wall Street Bankster Day Traders, either.

RepUglies chant the Mantra of Private Enterprise; well…American Style Kapitalism is on Trial…and right now appears to have Failed Miserably.

This means that BY DEFAULT…steady, reliable and decent-paying Employment may NEED to come from...Gasp!...the Public Sector!

Otherwise…the Corporate Elites will continue to run off with all the Money;
the Workers will continue to be expendable and undercompensated.

America today is ScamLand…everywhere I turn I see Ripoffs,

Today in America…you can take the R out of the word FREE.
From now on…it's all about FEES…Revenue Streams…that are endless.

This now includes The New York Times.
They are about to erect a PayWall.
Huh? Oh, yeah. You see…one of their Big Investors is the Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim…and he's acting very Murdochian in INSISTING that the Times enforce Payments.

We don't quite know how this is going to work out…
but I can promise you this:

The LAST thing I will do PAY THE TIMES TO READ THE PAPER ONLINE. (What are all those egregious PopUps we have to endure already?)

I'll read my free Online Quota. And then quit.
I'll get to Articles via Links.
And I'll read the Free Copy at the Public Library.
And Carlos Slim can STUFF it. (How did HE get to be a Peso Billionaire? By Ripping off the Mexican People…via their Telephone Company.) Yuck!

Barack Obama deserves better. Much better.
He may decide it's just not worth it…and opt out of a Second Term. America is a Nation so splintered and we now verge on the Ungovernable.

If we are…Welcome to the Tender Mercies of Sarah Palin and Pals.

Readers: Barack Obama is trying. Hard. Let him know...just like Li'l Mouse in today's 'Toon...that we've Got His Back.

Here's the link to the White House email address: www.whitehouse.gov

Thank you.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Obamacare FORCES us to buy Lousy, Overpriced Insurance from Predatory Insurance Companies!" - Itsez
Comment:
How can Itsez POSSIBLY continue to support Barack Obama after a Quote like that? Easy. What's the Alternative? Sarah Palin? Please recall how CLOSE the 2008
Election actually was. America is perilously close to being...Ungovernable. GoBama!

America: For Better? Or for Worse?
Aaaaaaaarrrrghhhhhhhh.!
Monday, January 25: Poor Barack; everywhere he turns there is DISS-approval.
We expect it from the Conservos…but where are all those Loyal Democrats? Some DimOcrats…actually held up the vital Healthcare Legislation with extortionate demands for Pork Payments on Medicaid?
What about the OTHER 48 States? How sick can we possibly get? Obama has to stand up…all 6' 2" of him…with Michelle looking on…checking every word...and slog his way through the State of the Union Message on Wednesday. (I sure wouldn't want to be in HIS big shoes!)

I wonder if Joe Wilson is prepping for NEXT Scream of Outrage at something Obama says? If I were Obama…I'd have the Riot Squad ready to "escort" Wilson out of the Chamber if he acts up again.

Here's my (positive) take on Barack Obama:

1. He's gotten a Bloody Nose and he's learned a Big Lesson. So...he WILL
rebuild his Political Team.
Give this guy a break; he entered the White House on a Roll…the US, and the entire WORLD…was ECSTATIC that America had broken with its Racist Past and actually elected a Man of Color. Fantastic. But wait!

2. While we assumed that his Team was Savvy to the Beltway Realities…as Brutal as any Drug Cartel Turf War…we were wrong; either he wasn't listening or they weren't making it clear that RepUglies will STOP AT NOTHING to DESTROY any Progressive Legislation. Any of it. All of it.

3. The WORST website going is NOT Drudge; that's Sandbox City compared to NewsMax; here's where you'll find Real, Hard-Core RepUgly Trash.
Example? They crow about "Obama's 42 Failures" in his first 12 months.

Huh? Oh, yeah. They list such huge FAILURES as a Nominee for some post who "omitted" paying taxes on a Baby Sitter's Income, for example. Gimmeabreak!!!

4. Obama inherited the Economic Disaster we are struggling through.
It was Born & Bred in the USA…with George W. Bush as Big Daddy.
Obama has been working 24/7/365 to straighten out the Mess.
He'll explain that on Thursday. Stay tuned.

Mr. Obama: Go ahead and Pin The Tail on the Donkey (sorry)…Elephant!!!
THEY did it; Change was all about UNDOING the Damage they did. Got it?

5. Team Obama should have wasted No Chance to Beat Up On Bush; instead, Obama (Bless Him)…attempted to Lead on a Bi-Partisan Basis.
This, as we know, was Doomed to Fail.

There's NOTHING that ANY RepUglyCon has agreed to; everything has been watered down or Fatally Compromised…to get even a HINT of a Yes Vote.

6. Scott Brown is a Poster Boy for Contemptible RepUglyCon Conniving.
White, Blonde, Smiley, with the Pretty Wife, cute Daughters (both of whom are "available", if you've forgotten).

My take on Mr. Scott: I'm putting him down as a Ken Doll. Cute...but an Airhead. Who reliably spouts The Party Line. You know the Party Line: do anything to unwind responsible Air Pollutioin Legislation...but call it "The Clean Air Act."

How utterly SHAMELESS.

Bush had it down cold: "I am a…'Compassionate' Conservative."
What a CROCK!!! Expect more of the same from Scotty.

(The Burning Question for many Progressives, course:
Whether Obama is actually just a "Clinton-Conservative"…
you know…Fake Left, Cut Right?)

7. Meanwhile…Obama is now being attacked VICIOUSLY by the Left;
(whatever there is left of the Left)…by not smashing RepUglies at every opportunity and for trying to Work with Them.

8. Whatever HAPPENED to Campaign Reform?
NOTHING is more important than that…to preserve One Man One Vote. Instead, we have the SCOTUS handing Corporate America a License to Corporations.

If you don't know this…Roberts is NOW saying he can "overturn" Roe v. Wade!!! Impeach this guy…IMMEDIATELY!

9. Surely Obama will speak about Jobs.
What a FARCE! America has been totally re-engineered so that the Rich Get Richer…and everybody else is Cannon Fodder!

An Average Joe is doomed to a life of Temporary Work…Crappy Pay…fragile Benefits (with Cost-Shifting placing more and more and more of the Cost Burden on the Worker). So…why isn't there more Outrage?

Because, Puppies…the Great American Public has been totally Snookered.
It's only the New 2-Income Family Structure that has "seemed" to produce sizeable net income; actually…that whole Charade goes up in smoke if either one of the workers gets laid off.

Which…in America's Bloodthirsty Economy is BOUND TO HAPPEN TO ONE OR MORE….sooner or later. How do you Like THEM Apples?

Readers: Things are looking Dire. First Mass, then the SCOTUS ruled in FAVOR of Big Business...and AGAINST the American People.

Let the President hear from you: We voted for Change.
But not THIS kinda Change, to be sure.

Here's the link to the White House email address: www.whitehouse.gov

Thank you.

2009...Start of the New American Century!
Our Tax Bugaboo!
June 23: People Hate Taxes. Got that? Down deep…it really IS painful to see all that Cash Money go out of your pocket…to the Feds, the State, or the City/ Town/Village. Virtually everyone FEELS this one. But most of us deal with it; we realize we all have to pay...Our Fair Share.
Ah! Now THAT'S the Rub, isn't it? How do we define "Our Share?"
In the most recent NYTimes Poll (and I'm certain I will be the only one commenting on this)…there a teeny, tiny Snippet of Information…that is MINDBOGGLING!

Asked if they would be "willing" to pay MORE in Taxes to implement Universal Healthcare…64% of those earning less than $50,000 said Yes; only 52% of those earning MORE than $50,000 agreed! Huh?

Right there we have it…Right Between The Eyes!
The Richer we get…the Greedier and less caring we get!

In places like the UberAffluent Orange County, CA (solid Reagan-land)…they HATE and LOATHE taxes.

OK, OK…we know all this. Where do we go from here?

Just take a quick look at these STAGGERING Numbers:
National Debt: $600 Billion.
Military: $650 Billion.
Social Security: $650 Billion.
Medicare and Medicaid: $700 Billion.
Then the numbers trail off to smaller amounts (Homeland Security, which became Vastly Bloated during the Bush Error) was as high as $60 million, but has come back down a bit. Much of that cost was Privatization.

It is literally OBSCENE that the Rich and Powerful United States of America should be staggering along with Interest Payments on DEBT…OF $700 Billion, year after year…with NO END IN SIGHT!

Imagine if we DIDN'T have that Debt? We could either deploy Tax Money for worthy causes…or actually even REDUCE Taxes.

Remember: Clinton was Balancing the Budget; Bush let it fly of the Charts.

Now…what about our Military? I will state without the POSSIBILITY of Correction…that America Could and Should…slash that budget IN HALF.
Starting Immediately. We got stuck in the GloboCop Role by the Cold War.

That one is OVER, Puppies. We CAN'T AFFORD THAT GIGANTIC MILITARY ANY MORE.

Now…it's NOT just the Feds; it's States, Cities and Towns that are leaching Tax Dollars out of us. And STILL they can't Balance their Budgets. Think NY and California.

There's the story of a Senior in the Northeast…who's retired on $12,000 a year. 30 years ago he built himself a small cottage in the woods. Today…with Property Inflation…they're after him every year for $2,500 in Taxes!!!
Ever hear of a Property Tax Lien? Taxes are killing him!

In New York's Hamptons, ordinary Homeowners have seen their Property Taxes climb inexorably; as the money gushed in…the Towns gave themselves raises and hired new staff and "spiffed up" their quarters.

Now they need the Property Taxes to pay for their excesses!

States Sock It To the Little Guy…with taxes on everything…from Gas to Car Registration, etc., etc. to keep up with their Rising Costs of Government.
And the Rich use every Tax Loophole Known To Man...to evade paying
their Fair Share!

Enter ObamaCare. It Can't and it Won't be Free. But it must to be done.

So what now? NOT Raise Taxes?
Not on You and Me...but on the Rich. Yes.

We also need to IMMEDIATELY rein in the Cost of
Government wherever possible…through Efficiencies
and the Elimination of Programs that don't work.

Obama has said all this.

Democrats: Wake Up! We should be working Night and Day to lessen the Tax Burden on Stressed Out Americans.

ObamaCare will cost money...but in the end it will Save Money...and Lives...by delivering Much Better Healthcare to All Americans.

Tell the President what YOU think.

Here's the only link you'll need: www.whitehouse.gov

It will take you to straight to the White House email address. Thank you.

1% of Americans own over 1/3 of All our Wealth!

Our America, Circa 2008
The Nightmare Ends.

January 16: As the SuperFab Theatrics of Barack Obama's Inspirational Inauguration Roll Forward, Number 43 was last seen slinking out of town… and into a History that is surely going to be most unkind to him.Tomorrow will be All Obama…but today Itsez wants to put the Final Nail in George Bush's Coffin.

This is CRUCIALLY important;
History absolutely MUST label Bush for what he actually is: Clown? Dunce?

Surely…but his 8 Terrible Years call for Far, Far, Far more damaging terms.History must be crystal clear about his Gross Incompetence and his willful Destruction of America's Leadership Role on this troubled Planet.There IS no "Other Power".
There's not another Nation on Earth that can take our place.
You can thank the Founding Fathers and the American People for that. We are an Amazing Nation. And the Election of Barack Obama proves it.

With only 14 days to go, it's still Nail Biting Time...and it reminded me of the big song from The Man from La Mancha:

"To dream the Impossible Dream
To fight the Unbeatable Foe
To defeat the Rich - Cream de la Cream
To Win…and feel that Welcome Glow...To Right the Unrightable Wrongs
The Whole World will applaud our Wins
It will be the Stuff of E'erlasting Songs
As Obama ousts Bush…For All of His Sins"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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