Jumping Off the Fiscal Cliff

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I love brinksmanship, don't you? Especially when it comes to the people we elect to run our government.

On the one hand we have Barry, standing his ground demanding that millionaires pay a tax rate commensurate to the success they've enjoyed while the tax code was gerry rigged in their favor.

On the other hand we have Boner and Co. blindly clinging to the idea that they have some kind of mandate to screw us out of the insurance we've been forced to pay into for decades. Some mandate, the only way the retardicans have the house is through the continued gerrymandering of congressional districts in mid western and southern states where a white majority still hold out hope for glory days of domination gone by.

Let's get this straight Boner, you do not have a mandate to steal the hard earned money we have all paid into the government Ponzi schemes of Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid.

Since reduction of spending is the main thrust of the retardican effort to bring the budget in line, then why not start with your exorbitant pay and benefit package? How about shoring up Social Security by making it the retirement plan for congress? How quick will you guys go to the trough for your next boondoggle, if it's the same one feeding you?

While we're on the topic of spending cuts, how much money can we save if we re-set our defense stance to include only our borders? Why are we still occupying Germany and Japan sixty seven years after the end of World War II? Why have our leaders placed our nation into a permanent war time economy? We manufacture weaponry, and export it at far greater volume than the rest of the world combined; what happened to making things people use to enhance life, rather than ending it?
Why does our government use the media to keep us in a perpetual mental state of
"Us against Them"?

The reality is America, that we have a cabal of business and government leaders running our country who envision nothing less than a world of peons laboring for the wealthy in a bi-polar society of have and have not. The redistribution of wealth that has taken place with the decimation of organized labor, and thus our middle class, is nothing short of complete reversion to a time when our oligarchy ran roughshod over the rule of law, and the citizens the law was intended to protect.
These laws now only protect those who have the resources to influence their creation, while subjugating the masses.

Hear me now believe me later, the new push to ban assault weapons will not stop there. Adam Lanza provided our jailers with exactly the conditions necessary to invoke a weapons ban, thereby disarming a potential rebellion that would put the middle class back into it's rightful place in society. We'll hear, for a while, that we need to do something about mental health. And we will, we'll use that ruse to incarcerate those who bring into question the direction of our nation. Just as the Soviets did, and the Russians do to this day. Think Gitmo, only with American citizen prisoners, who have no rights.
You gave those up with the passing of the Patriot Act.

Ultimately, at this juncture of history we have a very serious choice to make; will we repudiate the work of Truman and Eisenhower who set us on the path of world hegemony?
Will we re-task our industry to peace time pursuits after almost 70 years of constant war readiness?
Or will we continue to allow our government to feed us bread and circuses while we bury our heads in the sands of ignorance; as we witness our middle class' evaporation like a rain fed puddle?

In reality America, this is what the cliff is all about, it's the battle for the salvation of the middle class, if we are allowed to fall off the cliff, whats left of the middle class will shrivel and die. While the wealthy just absorb a meaningless bump in their tax responsibility, the rest of us get to finance their profligate ways.
If you make less than a million a year and you voted retardican, the reason why is self explanatory.

Round 3: The Knock Out Punch

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Winner, and still champion by TKO in the 3rd round, by a 2 out of 3 judges decision,
Barry"the Bomba" Obama. Bummer Mitt, you had Barry on the ropes in the early going, but you caved during crucial give and takes, consistently contradicting yourself, and showing the world your true nature.

Mitt Rmoney will say anything to anyone in order to garner their vote. The man stands as tall and stout as the shifting sands of the Sahara. Snakes have more backbone.

When it comes to America's political scene one truism stands out; regardless of party it's about power.

Romney Family's "Rmoney" Photo-Op
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This election however pits a 3D vision of the future against a blurry view of the past as perceived through a sepia tone print of glory days gone by.

Rmoney, and Ryan want you to believe that your grandfathers and great grandfathers had it best when they worked without collective bargaining under harsh take it or leave it conditions. They want you to forget your forefathers hard fought battles that secured a middle class for America.
The oligarchs running corporate America had little or no interest in building a strong educated workforce; quite the contrary, their only goal was personal enrichment. Knowing full well that the better educated the sons and daughters of these workers became, the harder it would become to maintain the indentured servitude nature of their fathers employment. In Rmoney's mind it's not much different today.

Rmoney and his ilk have spent the past 25 years dismantling America's manufacturing capacity, shipping jobs and technology to China, Taiwan, Japan, Latin America, Mexico..., all in the name of corporate dividends.
At least that was the company line:
"We're just doing what's best for the company and it's shareholders..."
In reality; they were actively breaking unions with an eye towards rolling back collective bargaining agreements that actively fed and nurtured a strong American middle class.
I mean how can they truly be in control, when they have to meet the demands of the peons they've deigned to employ? Power implies control, beware those who seek either.

Rmoney and Ryan want you to believe that the prevailing wages paid to non union employees have nothing to do with the wages paid to union represented workers. When collective bargaining is eliminated under their plan, how fast do you think real wages will fall?
My guess is, that descent will be mind numbingly rapid, akin to a death spiral in an out of control aircraft.

After securing the death of collective bargaining the next assault will be on our private lives, with the government of R&R doing all they can to insert Big Brother into our bedrooms. Roe v Wade will be the first target, with R&R expending the bulk of their political capital in a Quixotic misadventure the Taliban would be proud of. Much the same way Barry ignored the economy to pass BarryCare.

They fight not for the honor and humility of service to country; but for the opportunity to enrich themselves and their close financial supporters.

If Mitt felt so strongly about serving; how come he took two deferments from the draft during VietNam? I guess he felt entitled to dictate the terms of his service...

Putin, Russia's Little Big Man

Ever notice how through the annals of history we've been periodically burdened by teeny tiny little men who strive to project the visage of giants? Why is it that Russia has been afflicted with more than their fair share? The former USSR before them? If you're not thinking Stalin, then you're not thinking. Is there something in the neurological makeup of miniature men that compels them to seek dictatorial power?

Vlad is a pretty short dude, with a very bad attitude towards his people. I like how he gravely took the mantel from Medvedev(another micro man), and thanked the millions who turned out to vote for him.
Unfortunately he neglected to mention the 10's of millions who detest him, and clearly did not vote for his cult of personality. No these Russian citizens were set upon by the police in an effort to clear the streets for his coronation, 'er I mean swearing in. Vlad baby, if Berlusconi is the most prominent foreign dignitary attending your pompous soiree; what does that say about your presidency, your legitimacy?

When a narcissist insists upon revealing himself as such with the frequency of a Vlad the Inhaler, take notice people you do yourselves great injustice when you allow these self serving tadpoles to swim freely in your political cesspools.

Russia rightly belongs in the pantheon of great nations, but peeps(little marshmallow candies..) like you Vlad are just a piece in the corrupt landscape of a ginormously surreal Dali-esque painting that Russia can never seem to escape.

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Disgrace of The Americas

Tell me what country's leader do you think the title of this post refers to?
Could it be Hugo Chavez of Venezuela?
As likely a target for scorn as he deservedly is, the answer is no.
Cuba's Castro? Fidel or Raul?
Neither, change is afoot on the island that has nothing to do with the embargo we've foisted on them but rather an embrace of reality after so many decades denying it's existence.

We can go on and on here critiquing the governments of our neighbors, but really why bother.
There's absolutely no reason to look beyond Washington DC for the best example the hemisphere has to offer. That's right Barry, you win.

Given an international stage to break with the tradition of past presidents posing with their heads buried in the sands of the War on Drugs. You instead chose the dubious distinction of adding your face and voice to the pantheon of fools committed to dumping untold billions of tax dollars down a sinkhole of corruption and ineptitude. In one fell swoop you threw away your one best chance to actually establish something of a positive legacy for your presidency. Simply put; all you had to do was embrace reality.

Clearly that's a tough one. Because neither you nor any of your predecessors has been able to accomplish the feat. Rather we were forced to watch the horror of our leader espousing misguided, disproved theories to disbelieving peers. Once again. All of whom stood with heads above their asses, while they watched you assume the ostrich position. Head planted firmly within a hole.

Then to top it off, after you've wagged your finger at your peers admonishing them to stay the course of the doomed ship "USS Morality", your own Secret Service team members were availing themselves of prostitutes. Without paying them. Tell me, doesn't that constitute sexual tourism? On the passport application we all fill out they specifically call out sex tourists and drug offenders.
So Barry, how does it feel to have sex tourists travelling as part of your protection detail?
Under the cover of diplomatic immunity?
All the while you tell your cohorts that the moral war of America's choosing goes on regardless of the suffering inflicted on their people.

Disgrace indeed.

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What Is Barry Smoking?

Remember when? When those of us who use medical marijuana were able to go to a local dispensary to procure our meds, without the hassle associated with the black market? Remember when Barry took office and told his supporters that he would not prosecute medical marijuana providers in states where the citizens approved it's use? Here in California the law we the people made happen is now under full federal assault. Thanks Barry!

So what's your story now Barry? Pandering to those imbued with the governments poisonous propaganda surrounding a plant. While dumping billions more down a black hole of incompetent, corrupt law enforcement that's done nothing but bring about the The Police States Of America. With the enhanced tools of tyranny you've given yourself since the suspension of Posse Comitatus, and the imminent repositioning of the CIA and Air Forces fleets of drone aircraft; will you bring military force to bear against American citizens growing their own herbal medicines?

When you and your cronies in congress got together with W. to push through the Patriot Act, those like myself saw the clear cryptic message splashed in bold black letters across the wall. Our government in the stroke of a pen withdrew our rights as citizens en masse, just as though we were ALL flying those planes on September 11 2001. Our elected leaders decided at that point that every American citizen was under suspicion of being a member of or sympathizing with a terrorist movement.

That now takes us to semantics. What is the governments definition of a terrorist?
Is it only those who take up arms against the government? Or will citizens who defy unjust laws regarding their health care choices be targeted from above as we target Al Qaeda?

Considering the fact that you are the first black American president, don't you find your positions regarding this issue to be a bit ironic? Your actions are certainly more Mugabe than Jefferson, when contrasted with your words. On the one hand, you tell us that we as citizens of California have the right to self determination. On the other you send out henchmen attached to the Attorney General to attack the very citizens who elected you, in direct contradiction of your own words.

So Barry, what are you smoking?

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