What has happened to the common sense people of the Midwest? We have politicians that are in power now that are completely nuts. Examples are easy to come by. Paul Ryan (R-WI.) the congressman who put forth a budget trying to take away most Medicare. He is still out there saying he is misunderstood. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN.) she is actually running for President. I don’t really have to say much about her she is well known for stupid things. Although I would like to say she is also dishonest. She is against earmarks she claims under no circumstances should the government be giving out money for special projects or things like that. Of course she has taken money from the government. One for a farm she is part owner in, and one for a business she and her husband owns. Of course she can justify things like that because she is so special and God talks to her regularly. Governor Scott Walker (R-WI.). He is well known for being in the pocket of big business along with the Governor of Michigan Rick Snyder (R-MI.), the Governor of Ohio John Kasich (R-OH.), and Mitch Daniels (R-IN.) the Governor of Indiana. We have a Supreme Court Justice in Wisconsin who is under investigation for attempting to strangle another justice. He is well known because he was involved in a recent election He is David Prosser. My question is if you or I were accused of this assault do you think we would have not been brought in and interrogated? Steve King (R-IA.) A congressman from Iowa is a climate change denier. The Midwest is being hit hard by floods. Mr. King gets up in congress and states no one could predict these huge floods. Scientists have been stating for ten years that flooding in the Midwest was getting worse. It is convenient for him to ignore these reports and claim no one knew it was coming. I will have to give him credit for asking that the region be declared a disaster area so they can get federal funds to help, flying in the face of some of his other Republicans cohorts, i.e. Mitt Romney who said it was immoral to give money for the victims, or even Eric Cantor who stated money should not be given unless we can find other places to take it from.
I know there are many other people out there like them, this is what has got me worried. The takeover of one party by the fringe elements of our society who believe in everything conspiratorial.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
MITCH MCCONNELL
As long as I can remember, anytime we went to war or even a military intervention the government spoke as one. I know there were always a couple of people in office who would disagree, but they disagreed on principle. I very seldom agree with us going to war, or at least what we call war today. I have no problem with people disagreeing with war if they have a good reason. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) the senate minority leader said he would be more for a war if his party was the one taking us to war. Senator McConnell is morally bankrupt and ethically challenged. You believe in the reason for war or you don’t, political considerations should not be taken into account. The thing is he is not alone; there are people in both parties who would do this. The difference is that he was actually stupid enough to say it out loud.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
At the end of June the Minnesota State government is going to run out of money. Well not really. The Governor and the Legislature are at an impasse on how to proceed. The Governor wants to raise taxes on the richest two percent. The legislature wants to cut spending. The two bodies aren’t able to come together for the benefit of the people in the state. However the Republicans legislature has it all figured out. They plan to keep getting paid while they put thousands of people out of work, great bunch of people. Whether you agree with either of these competing agendas the idea of government is to serve the people, all the people to the best of your ability. Not to serve a political agenda, disregarding the people. To give you an idea of how the Republicans think. I was at the State Capitol earlier this year. In a meeting with one of the state legislatures the topic of jobs came up. She stated that government jobs are really not real jobs. There is no way to reason with someone like that. For the sake of the people the public employees (the state legislators) have to get over their goofy and sometimes mean spirited ways, and do what is right for the whole state.
Monday, June 20, 2011
RICK SCOTT
Rick Scott (R) is the Governor of Florida. Most of his constituents think he is doing a very poor job 57%. The Governor has had a great idea. He wrote a letter on his web site. He wants the people who like him 29% to sign their name to his letter and then they will send it to the newspapers as a show of support for him. This guy is really something. He believes by a phony letter written by his staff, it will show that he is doing a wonderful job and people like him. All it does is show that he is a small petty individual who thinks this will keep him in office.
Friday, June 17, 2011
SANTORUM
Rick Santorum is such a slime ball I really can’t figure out why anyone takes him seriously. So the hypocrite is against abortion for any reason. He believes a Doctor who performs an abortion should be jailed. Guess what? This slime ball and his wife had an abortion. Now it was for a good reason. His wives life was at stake. My question is, doesn’t he think this same dilemma happens all the time. I suppose he thinks that he is special and the rest of the people need to be led around by the morally superior people like himself.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
THE MEDIA
I heard today that Anthony Weiner (D.NY.) is resigning today because of his penchant for sending racy pictures on twitter. Who cares? The media does, that is all I have been hearing or reading. Other than the double standard that seems to be in effect in the media about whose sex scandal deserves major play. Why are they focusing on this story in the wake of all the other things going on?
You have an all-out attack on the middle class going on in this country. We have corporations running just about everything. The Republicans are in the pocket of these corporations, and the media ignores it. We have Glenn Beck pointing at a picture of President Obama and asking why do you need a gun. This is crazy. I have heard the defense of Mr. Beck. He is just crazy like a fox. He really means that the Democrats want to take away your guns. I have challenged people to show me the evidence on that. Of course I have never had any shown to me.
You have a major government shut down looming, you have people in congress trying to roll back regulations for the environment, tobacco, child labor laws, and just about anything they can think of to support their corporate bosses. The scary part is that a lot of people in this country are buying into this stuff. There was an article a few weeks ago about letting the Republicans have what they want the list was amazing.This is the article.
All the issues that are the core of their conservative beliefs into reality, and make them the law of the land. Let conservatives who "want My America back" have it. And finally the nation will get to see the reality of Ronald Reagan's "Shining City on the Hill ™."
Give the Republican Party everything it wants.
Everything. Absolutely, completely, totally everything. No hedging. No compromising. The whole package. A true, conservative, Republican vision.
This is that America.
Eliminate Social Security.
Eliminate Medicare.
End unemployment insurance.
Make all abortion illegal.
Remove government oversight of Wall Street banks.
Remove government regulation of corporations.
Make collective bargaining by union employees illegal.
Cut benefit packages for schoolteachers, nurses and all public employees.
Stop government funding of social welfare programs, food stamps, and low-income public housing assistance.
Increase government subsidies to Big Oil companies.
Increase tax breaks for pharmaceutical company "direct-to-consumer" advertising.
Lower the tax rate for millionaires.
Eliminate taxes for corporations.
Allow corporations to stop providing health insurance for employees.
Remove government regulation of insurance companies.
Let cable companies set their own rates.
Let Internet providers block competitors.
Close the Department of Education.
Close the EPA and eliminate environment protection laws.
Get rid of FEMA, cut federal disaster aid.
End Affirmative Action.
Eliminate the requirement that suspects must be read their Miranda Rights.
Allow police to enter private homes without warrants.
Get rid of needing a court order for wiretaps.
Let anyone carry a gun and without registration.
Ban gay marriage.
Let police stop whoever looks illegal and require proof of citizenship.
No referring to the existence of homosexuals in schoolbooks.
Increase the defense budget.
Declare war against Iran and North Korea.
Continue fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Increase our military presence around the world.
All of this.
All of it.
And so much more. That's just the first 100 days.
No cherry-picking only the issues you like. That's the conservative agenda. That's their Shining City on the Hill ™.
That's your America.
The Republican Party's American Dream.
Consider it.
This isn't about single issues. This is about who the Republican Party is.
The Republican Party has long been able to flimflam the American public to vote against its self-interest because Democrats have always blocked enough of the GOP's worst far-right instincts. But if you want to see who the Republican Party truly is, then give them all of this, give them everything they want. In four years, the nation will feel so demeaned, the GOP will cease to exist.
And if Republicans try to flim-flam you by saying the same about Democrats, remember the truth: when Franklin Roosevelt had everything his way, the American public elected him four times.
Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.
This was written by Robert Creamer
You have an all-out attack on the middle class going on in this country. We have corporations running just about everything. The Republicans are in the pocket of these corporations, and the media ignores it. We have Glenn Beck pointing at a picture of President Obama and asking why do you need a gun. This is crazy. I have heard the defense of Mr. Beck. He is just crazy like a fox. He really means that the Democrats want to take away your guns. I have challenged people to show me the evidence on that. Of course I have never had any shown to me.
You have a major government shut down looming, you have people in congress trying to roll back regulations for the environment, tobacco, child labor laws, and just about anything they can think of to support their corporate bosses. The scary part is that a lot of people in this country are buying into this stuff. There was an article a few weeks ago about letting the Republicans have what they want the list was amazing.This is the article.
All the issues that are the core of their conservative beliefs into reality, and make them the law of the land. Let conservatives who "want My America back" have it. And finally the nation will get to see the reality of Ronald Reagan's "Shining City on the Hill ™."
Give the Republican Party everything it wants.
Everything. Absolutely, completely, totally everything. No hedging. No compromising. The whole package. A true, conservative, Republican vision.
This is that America.
Eliminate Social Security.
Eliminate Medicare.
End unemployment insurance.
Make all abortion illegal.
Remove government oversight of Wall Street banks.
Remove government regulation of corporations.
Make collective bargaining by union employees illegal.
Cut benefit packages for schoolteachers, nurses and all public employees.
Stop government funding of social welfare programs, food stamps, and low-income public housing assistance.
Increase government subsidies to Big Oil companies.
Increase tax breaks for pharmaceutical company "direct-to-consumer" advertising.
Lower the tax rate for millionaires.
Eliminate taxes for corporations.
Allow corporations to stop providing health insurance for employees.
Remove government regulation of insurance companies.
Let cable companies set their own rates.
Let Internet providers block competitors.
Close the Department of Education.
Close the EPA and eliminate environment protection laws.
Get rid of FEMA, cut federal disaster aid.
End Affirmative Action.
Eliminate the requirement that suspects must be read their Miranda Rights.
Allow police to enter private homes without warrants.
Get rid of needing a court order for wiretaps.
Let anyone carry a gun and without registration.
Ban gay marriage.
Let police stop whoever looks illegal and require proof of citizenship.
No referring to the existence of homosexuals in schoolbooks.
Increase the defense budget.
Declare war against Iran and North Korea.
Continue fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Increase our military presence around the world.
All of this.
All of it.
And so much more. That's just the first 100 days.
No cherry-picking only the issues you like. That's the conservative agenda. That's their Shining City on the Hill ™.
That's your America.
The Republican Party's American Dream.
Consider it.
This isn't about single issues. This is about who the Republican Party is.
The Republican Party has long been able to flimflam the American public to vote against its self-interest because Democrats have always blocked enough of the GOP's worst far-right instincts. But if you want to see who the Republican Party truly is, then give them all of this, give them everything they want. In four years, the nation will feel so demeaned, the GOP will cease to exist.
And if Republicans try to flim-flam you by saying the same about Democrats, remember the truth: when Franklin Roosevelt had everything his way, the American public elected him four times.
Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.
This was written by Robert Creamer
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
THE CANDIDATES
I wish people would actually listen to what the GOP candidates say.
Romney wants to privatize FEMA. He thinks it is immoral for the government to aid disaster victims.
Bachmann wants to get rid of the EPA this is the agency that tries to keep our air and water clean. Bachmann has no sense of history. All she has to do is go back 30 years and look at the quality of our rivers.
Gingrich and Cain want to defund the National Labor Relations Board. Why? I guess any agency that might try and make things fair for workers has to go.
They want to get rid of oversight on Wall Street; I mean why would they want to do that? Wall Street has never done anything to us.
If you notice they are always attacking American workers. This comes at a time when workers share of the pie is at an all-time low, and companies’ profits are at an all-time high. With all the things that the Republican Governors have been doing to destroy the American worker, it isn’t hard to see whose pocket this guys are in.
Oh I forgot Rick Perry the Governor of Texas claims now that he is a Profit, but no one really knows it.
Romney wants to privatize FEMA. He thinks it is immoral for the government to aid disaster victims.
Bachmann wants to get rid of the EPA this is the agency that tries to keep our air and water clean. Bachmann has no sense of history. All she has to do is go back 30 years and look at the quality of our rivers.
Gingrich and Cain want to defund the National Labor Relations Board. Why? I guess any agency that might try and make things fair for workers has to go.
They want to get rid of oversight on Wall Street; I mean why would they want to do that? Wall Street has never done anything to us.
If you notice they are always attacking American workers. This comes at a time when workers share of the pie is at an all-time low, and companies’ profits are at an all-time high. With all the things that the Republican Governors have been doing to destroy the American worker, it isn’t hard to see whose pocket this guys are in.
Oh I forgot Rick Perry the Governor of Texas claims now that he is a Profit, but no one really knows it.
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