THE BULLY

I read an article where the Senator from New Jersey Frank Lautenburg called the Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie abusive to women and a bully.  Finally!  I have felt that way since the first time I heard this jerk talk to women.  He has the power of the office behind him, and when he doesn’t like a question he shoots his mouth off knowing full well that the person he is attempting to bully can’t do anything about it. More often than not the person he is rude to is a woman.  I see these kinds of guys quite often.  In fact there is a guy like that where I work. He shows up very seldom, but he comes in with this arrogant attitude, and says stupid things.  He knows full well no one can do anything about it. You don’t get respect, and you don’t deserve respect by acting like you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread.  These guys, and I am sure there are women like that who let a little power go to their head

HERMAN CAIN

Now that Rick Perry is self-destructing, and Chris Christie has said again that he doesn’t want to run for President, the new darling for the right wing at the moment is Herman Cain.  I heard a Republican strategist say how great this county is because we could have a black man running against another black man for President.  I am willing to bet any amount of money that Herman Cain will not be the Republican nominee for President.  The Republicans in general will not allow this to happen. The hatred for President Obama is so intense amongst these people they will not want to replace him with another black man.  Herman Cain can say all the right things and do all the right things, but take my word for it, it won’t happen.

RESPECT OR LACK THERE OF

When I go on vacation I usually try and not watch or read the news.  So to my surprise I come back and I see the right wing Republicans are starting to attack Rick Perry.  I understand the man is a moron, but for the right wing loony’s to catch on so fast is amazing.  I might not have been giving them the proper respect, but then again they still have all those other goofs running for office and no one seems to notice.  I read a blog post from women who I have had a feud with in the past.  She was a big Michelle Bachmann fan.  She has come to the realization that maybe she was wrong about her, she isn’t sure about Perry, but she sort of likes Rick Santorum.  I guess that shoots my idea of not giving the right wing loony’s enough respect all to hell.  Honestly I cannot understand these people at all, and I hope I never do.

PAT ROBERTSON

Pat Robertson the onetime Presidential candidate and a self-proclaimed man of God said that it is okay to divorce your spouse if she has Alzheimer’s disease.  Commenting on the till death do you part he said Alzheimer’s is sort of like death therefore it makes it okay to desert your spouse.  I guess maybe he was thinking of Newt Gingrich who divorced his wife on her death bed.  Now the problem comes in when people might decide it is okay to divorce because their spouse has become paralyzed or bed ridden with things like ALS.  I guess the theory goes that a disabled spouse isn’t worth their time so just move on.  The real sad part is this man is supposed to be religious, but the bible he reads from must have a different meaning when it comes to compassion love and loyalty.

CHEERING DEATH

The audience cheered when at the GOP Presidential debate the hypothetical question about a man with no insurance being left to die.  These are the same people who cheered about the executions in Texas.  These people are sick.  No matter your take on the death penalty or anything else for that matter, to cheer is just plain sick.  This is the Tea Party, or if you like the Koch brothers at work.  For a politician to pander to these people, and the Republicans do, tells you a lot about the difference in the parties.  If they are willing to cheer for that, what do you think they think about the rest of us?  By the rest of us I mean the people who disagree with them.  I hate the analogy about Nazi Germany, but when you have people cheering death, and seeing nothing wrong with it as long as it’s the other person, comparisons are hard not to do.

JOBS BILL

President Obama’s jobs bill is going to Congress soon.  The Republicans seem to have a different take on this as they do with everything President Obama sends them.  Eric Cantor (R-OH.) voted for spending money in Iraq to rebuild their infrastructure, but he says he won’t vote for rebuilding ours.  I am beginning to believe that Cantor is anti-American. He is just pro Republican.   A Republican aide said why should we vote for a jobs bill.  It’s not good for our politics. Again they put party before the country. Rick Scott the Republican governor of Florida is already suggesting that he won’t take the money for his state.  His state by the way has an unemployment rate higher than the national average.  I am sure the people of Florida were happy to hear that.  Obama has to start going to these bozos districts and or states and point out the things that would be accomplished through this bill.  Mitch McConnell the Republican leader in the senate is a great example where Obama should go, one of the major bridges in his state has had to be closed, and Mr. McConnell should be made an example of letting his state down.

RICK PERRY AND DEATH

Rick Perry’s smugness when answering the question about whether he lost any sleep over the executions he has authorized shows me this man is not fit to be President or even dog catcher. Any rational person would or should agonize a little that he possibly put an innocent person to death. People like him and the people who applaud him never take into consideration that maybe one of those people might be one of their relatives.  There are so many of the so-called guilty that have been proven innocent in the last few years.  How can you be so smug and say all of those people were definitely guilty.  I for one am not completely against the death penalty.  Still if I was the Governor of any state I would want to make sure as much as possible that there was no question about the person’s guilt.  Anyone that has been involved with or taken part in any criminal trials should know there is so much that is not exactly on the up and up.  All prosecutors are not honest they have the win at all costs mentality.  Many of the so-called experts will say anything to make a buck, and some of them have been found to be fabricating evidence even in death penalty cases. Eye-witness evidence is proven not to be all that reliable.  Rick Perry and people who have the power should agonize a little; it shouldn’t be easy to put someone to death.

CRACKPOTS

All you have to do is listen to the Republicans talk or watch what they do or don’t do.  I know there must be responsible Republicans, but they are becoming rarer and rarer.  If you listen to their debates or just watch their actions you have to come to the realization these people are intent on bring down the United States as we know it.  They block everything in congress; they don’t want to attend the President’s speech tonight.  You have most of the candidates trying to do away with almost all Government programs.  They see no need for them.  They do have one thing in common.  Let’s give all the money to businesses while at the same time doing away with all regulations that keep them somewhat under control.  They don’t believe in science. They sure as hell don’t care anything about the people in this country that aren’t rich.  You have the goof from Texas bragging about all the people he has put to death.  Doesn’t bother him if he has put an innocent man to death.  So much for God fearing as he claims to be. They want to do away with the department of education.  Why?  Well let’s see that means they can press their religious agenda, the hell with the Constitution.  Republicans in general want to do away with the things that make the life of middle class people in this country tolerable.  Why shouldn’t they in their minds they don’t use the public schools, they only eat the best food, they drink only bottled water. Facts to these people do not matter. In their minds if something doesn’t agree with their warped sense of reality it can’t be true.  All you have to do is watch Fox to prove me out. Hopefully the people are going to stand up for themselves come election time and kick these bozos out of office before it is too late.

ARE UNIONS EVIL

This was a headline in the Duluth News Tribune. 

This was my response.

Are unions evil was a recent headline in your newspaper.  First, there was no need for that kind of pejorative headline.   The man you had argue that unions were evil was sadly misinformed.  He used terms like “infiltrate and termites” to characterize unions.  This is a childish way to denigrate unions.  He pays the obligatory compliment to unions. “When unions were first created there was a need for them.”  What’s changed to make them unneeded?  We have managers and supervisors who try and bully and intimate employees today, and terminate employees on species charges.  In fact most of his argument makes the case for unions.  In his opinion, He states unions are the no. 1 reason companies have gone overseas.  The reason companies go overseas is so they can exploit workers where there are no unions to protect them.  Why do you think that pro-business politicians are trying to do away with OSHA AND NLRB or rescind minimum wage laws? In fact there are politicians and businesses trying to do away with child labor laws.  Mr. Jamail I’m sure would try and spin these things as trying to help businesses.

His other premise is that unions protect bad employees.  All unions do is to make sure that there is due process.  He suggested union employees are lazy and non-productive. I would have liked to have proof of that statement. Lastly this old argument that unions thrive on conflict or want companies to fail is possibly one of the more stupid things that I have heard.  Most union decisions are local and voted on by the membership. One of several things Mr. Jamail doesn’t understand is that the job is our livelihood. We have just as much desire to have a safe and profitable place to work as the company.