HAND WRITING ON THE WALL

The Oho legislature and Governor Kasich passed an anti-union bill earlier this year.  The people are scheduled to vote later this year if that bill will take effect.  Governor Kasich and his cronies have seen the hand writing on the wall, and have offered to compromise on the bill.  It’s too late.  Kasich knows this bill is going down to defeat, and he is trying to save face.  I hope the people of Ohio don’t succumb to any of his schemes.  These goofy Republicans who got themselves elected last year and have tried to screw the working people of this country are starting to realize that it won’t be as easy as they thought.  There is a lot of work to do yet, but we are on the right track.

JIM THOME

Jim Thome hit his 600^th homerun yesterday.  It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.  I have heard some people question his chances of getting into the hall of fame.  These people are idiots.  Of course most sports writers and sports pundits are.  If Thome was a Yankee or a Brave there wouldn’t even be a question of his getting in.  They would be falling all over themselves praising him.  We will have to wait at least 5 years to find out, but my guess he will get in on the first ballot.  I know most baseball records in the last few years have come under scrutiny because of steroids, but Thome has never been mentioned.  Nice guys do finish first sometimes.

RICK AND MICHELLE

Now that Rick Perry is officially running for President, my wish may be coming true.  I have hoped that Perry and Bachmann would team up as the GOP’s candidates for President and Vice-President.  If these two clowns actually win a state I would be amazed.  Since I can’t predict the future though who knows this might be the two who capture the Presidency.   If this happens I think I will lose all hope for the future of this country.  If this country gets fooled by this two, or think they actually make sense then there is no hope.  The sad thing is how can we be fooled by another clown from Texas.  We only just barely survived the last wanna-be cowboy.  Perry’s lack of intelligence makes George W. Bush seem like a genius. Bachmann has actually accomplished nothing in her time in Congress, other than getting her face out there for some of the most stupid comments of all time. The choice will be stark and easy to make in my opinion.

LABORS TIME TO ROAR

Next week August 9^th Wisconsin has 6 recall elections.  It’s time to see if the outrage that was manifest earlier this year at Governor Walker and his minions in the legislature is still percolating or people have just accepted  being gouged by the Republicans.  My hope is that all six of the Republicans go down in defeat, but I think that is just wishful thinking on my part.  In Ohio this fall, they have on the ballot the attempt to do away with Governor Kasich’s attack on labor. I think I like this approach more than Wisconsin’s for the simple reason if  labor wins in Ohio the bill doesn’t take effect. In Wisconsin the law will be the same, but at least it will stop any more attacks by the Republicans for the time being. My other hope is if these things turn the way I want, maybe the national Democrats will grow a set, and get out there and fight for the working people instead of caving at every turn.

RACISIM

Congressman Doug Lamborn(R-CO.) was talking about the debt ceiling debate.  He said he didn’t want to be associated with the President.  It’s like touching a tar baby and you get it, you’re stuck. Tar baby is a racist term that I haven’t heard in years, but Mr. Lamborn thinks it’s okay to use.  Or  how about Marilyn Davenport a member of the Orange County Republican Party, and Tea Party activist, who circulated an email with the words  “Now you k now why –no birth certificate under a picture of chimpanzee’s with President Obama’s picture super imposed over the little chimp. Rush Limbaugh has so many where to start. Here is a couple. He called President Obama, Barack the Magic Negro.  To a female black caller. He said “Take that bone out of your nose and call me back.”  Or how about Haley Barbour the Governor of Mississippi reminiscing about segregation in the south when he was growing up.  He said things weren't so bad, of course he wasn’t black.

This is the state of the Republican Party.  These people are supposed to be leaders, but instead are fostering hate.

WISCONSIN RECALL

Wisconsin recall elections are coming up in a little more than a week.  Coincidently a fire destroyed the offices of We Are Wisconsin they are a political action committee that has been putting money into the recall elections for the democrats.  The Fire Department hasn’t said what the cause  of the fire is.  Hopefully it isn’t arson.  That would bring the bitterness in Wisconsin to a new low.  Other than the fact arson is illegal, someone could have been killed.  I hate to say this, but some of crazies involved over there don‘t see anything wrong in what they do as long as they get their way.  I want the fire department to release the cause of this fire as soon as possible to allay concerns of arson. Or as the case may be find the criminals behind the arson. 

MARTHA MACCALLUM

I wonder sometimes where the people with all those crazy ideas on how things should be get their ideas.  Here is one example.  Martha MacCallum Fox News anchor was talking about all the money the government spends. Specifically about all the checks they send out each month for things like Social Security, and Veterans benefits.   Her position is that if we didn’t have to send out those checks we could “handle those things like the two wars in a much better fiscal position” Ms. MacCallum is one of those people who don’t have any qualms about sending men and women to war.  She does have a problem with supporting them afterwards if they need help.   Ms. MacCallum and her ilk are where the Tea Party and the right- wing loony’s get their information from.   Most of these kinds of people are only interested in their warped political point of view and the hell with the welfare country.