Republicans show Solidarity – Don’t Show Them Where The Money Came From!
Just to prove again how defiant the Republicans can be in an election year and against a Democratic Negro (say what you want, but prejudice is part of it) in the White House, the U.S. Senate blocked a measure to demand full disclosure of contribution funds made to SuperPacs and all ‘charitable’ contributions that are made to a campaign. This show of solidarity backs the Mitt Romney refusal to provide more than 2 years of tax returns to the American people because “John McCain didn’t – John Kerry didn’t” – bullshit! If you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to hide. It seems that the republicans have decided that even they don’t want the American people to know just who is backing their vote in congress. We all know that lobbyists have had their hand in the cookie jar for years, sliding envelopes of unmarked bills into the coffers of elections since the dawn of American civilization, but since it was determined that semi-disclosure could be hidden through third party ‘shell’ corporations, all bets are off – or on, depending on how you look at it.
Look, it’s not that hard. The DISCLOSE Act was only for donors over $10,000.00 – so let’s ask a question here… How much money do you have to be able to donate 10k to a politician? We’re guessing here but your take home might be over 120k a year, but we’re guessing it’s much, much more. So we’ll ask another question… how many people really love a presidential candidate enough to donate at least 10k? Don’t get us wrong, we love both candidates (cough, choke, spit, laugh). We’ve often wondered who in the right mind (or perverse mental state) would even want to be President of the United States of America? Leader of the Free World comes with heavy burden and responsibility and a few perks, but the ego and need for power and greed must be the driving factor. Rarely do people do good for selfless reasons – in fact, may be never. That isn’t to say that someone might actually want to change the world and have good intentions, but with the temptation of corruption and possibility for being converted to the ‘dark side’, you would think that voters of the United States might want some truth in advertising and the truth about the candidate they support. That doesn’t seem to be the case.
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Occupy Super Committee Fails as Pepper Spray Squirts In The Eye of Diplomacy
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Well, we think it just couldn’t be helped. Months of negotiations and bickering and backstabbing haven’t amounted to much of anything when it comes to the Super Committee, Congress and the Almighty Politicians. After a summer of impending collapse and economic doom, what better than to have as a holiday gift for the entire world? Leave it to the American Politician to not negotiate for the betterment of mankind but for the interests of their constituents. Blame the President, he’s the one that got us into this mess – oh, wait… which one? When did the partisan politics start and the great divide of society pitting the social and economic classes against each other?Well, to be quite honest, it has been this way for the last 200 years…
It seems that our founding fathers may have been ignorantly bliss in trying to imply in writing that “ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL” when in fact, the people who hold prominence have the power to control the lives of those who do not have control. It has always been a challenge to walk like the supporters who elect officials into office and the will of the people who pay the politicians to make decisions based on personal interest, but that doesn’t mean that EVERY politician is bad, we’ve tried to offer suggestion in the past but they must have been too obscure and oppressive to make any real difference in the way things don’t work today. In case you forgot, or you just missed it, READ NEW SUGGESTED RULES HERE.
Add on top of the fiasco of government the #Occupy Protestors across the US that are getting beaten, arrested and sprayed with pepper spray becasue they believe in a cause. (Yes, Mr. Gingrich, they smell and probably would get a job if there were any to be had.) How much of an idiot do you have to be to snub your nose at the very people you should SERVE? It seems that the GOP is trying to figure out how to get the own asses out of a sling instead of trying to cross the isle and actually fix what is broken. The Democrats aren’t without blame either – they shouldn’t be threatening the livelihood and potential of real and meaningful change becasue they don’t agree with ‘everything’. Bull – get past your own self serving interests and bite the bullet – do what need to be done and not what you think should be done – do what is right for the American People and not the few that you bend over to support.
And still we have Egypt that began the “Arab Spring” movement – back in the limelight because the military won’t relinquish power to the people and then you have something that sound more familiar to what is going on in our own backyard. If the American Politicians aren’t watching what is going on – they should. When the same thing begins to happen on a larger scale in the “good ‘ole USA” it will be time to do something. Ron Paul wants to bring the military home to the US – is that to suppress the American People who are rising up against the incredibly idiotic politicians? Is that the GOP policy to beat down the uprising and suppress those who are against what you believe in? It wasn’t that long ago that police and military took to the streets to beat down protesters in the civil rights movement and the anti-war demonstrations of the 1960′s and 1970′s. Will it take backyard hangings and the shooting of students to bring the message to the forefront of change? It’s all coming to fruition… just keep watching.
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GOP Super 8 Get Ready To Rumble: Winner Banishes Obama
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A few days ahead of the ‘straw poll’ (pick a straw and if you get the shortest one…), the GOP presidential candidates square off in Iowa to throw mud (crap, shit, feces) in the face of President Obama, Democrats and each other. It’s down to the wire even if you don’t believe it and the front runner will come out swinging. So who will it be? Mitt Romney, Michelle Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman…and let’s not forget Newt Gingrich … it doesn’t really matter. We’ve already said it is just going to get worse and it doesn’t matter – so let’s let some republicans take the blame again for awhile. We can already hear the debate echo’s grinding the teeth of sane people across the great (or used to be) nation.
- “It’s not the Tea Party’s fault the US rating was dropped from AAA to AA+ – It was Obama and the Democrats”
- “The Democratic spend, spend, spend attitude is what has gotten us into this financial problem”
- “The Bush era tax cuts spur growth and create jobs”
- “Illegal immigrants should be deported and sent back to whatever country they escaped!”
- “Obama want’s to tax the rich and kill any chance of growth – because rich people pay the wages of poor people”
- “Welfare and government handouts make this country weaker and dependent on the decent working class who make this country great and the greatest nation in the world.”
- “Guns, bullets, bombs, automatic weapons and nuclear weapons… it’s our God given right!”
- “We (GOP) are the only party backing the ‘people’ and the will of the American people”
- “Gay marriage is against God and an amendment to the constitution would solve that problem…”
- “Pro-life means all life – from the point of conception to birth – even if your kid is deformed, retarded, a mongoloid, unwanted or a mistake. Even if you can’t afford a child, you’re irresponsible, sexual deviant, a criminal or a politician… opps… did I just say that?”
- “As your President, I’ll lower taxes, put people back to work, fix immigration, balahance the budget and put food on the tables of every American. I’ll stop spending money on foreign governments that cannot be trusted and pull our troops out of unwarranted and unnecessary wars.”
- “I’ll concentrate on US – THE U.S.A. – It’s not our responsibility to police the world when we have work to do in our own back yard”
Okay, so we took some liberties, but “Mark our words” you’ll hear all (if not most) of the above phases muttered form the lips of the candidates as they try to woo voters to the dark side. The only thing we left out were the bigoted remarks about race, religion, familial status – you know… all of those things protected under the Constitutional Amendments. So, if you’re Black (sorry Herman Cain), Hispanic, Asian, Hindi, Arabic or Jewish (sorry, we know it’s not a nationality although it could be), you’re on the list. Right wing evangelicals who fear God and the almighty right to bear arms is the rallying cry of redneck, down-home conservatives. YeeHaw!
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TAMPA, FL – AUGUST 30:
It seems all the right wing conservative Republicans have quickly adapted the ‘spin’ on Mitt Romney‘s latest ‘words’. The spin is the fact that 47% of Americans will not vote for him. Okay. We get that, although the numbers may be changing. The spin puts an even 47% Republican and 47% Democrat with a 6% Independent or undecided. Sure. That makes sense. Sometimes people can be persuaded to change their minds, but for the most part, Americans are divided about what they believe in and who they trust. If you look at the past, pollsters would say the majority of Hispanics and Blacks are Democrats because they are more liberal and rely on the government for assistance. White, southern, evangelical Christians tend to be more conservative and Republican. For the most part, you can look at demographics throughout the United States and know who is going to vote for whom. Republicans don’t campaign heavily in Democratic states because they believe it’s a waste of time and money – the same can be said for Democrats. It is what has become named the “swing states” that draw the most attention since the hanging chad incident.
So the swing states may be the key to the victor and the spoils of reward lie in the hands of the undecided, but the winner of the 2012 Presidential Election may lie in the hands of those who get pissed off enough at one side or the other to motivate them to get off their asses and actually vote. Republicans have the upper hand becasue the voter base is committed and usually it can be proven to be a larger early voter turnout and support base that encourages participation. Democrats may have some that vote early (and often according to some) but the majority wait until election day to get to the poll and cast their vote. Both sides prefer a strong election day turnout and bombard true supporters to encourage, remind and persuade them to get to the polls no matter what, and it works for the true believers – and it works. It’s the 6% of the undecided that both Republicans and Democrats try to convince their side is better than the other and can change the United States for the better against the evil of the other person.
It’s not always about experience, ability, or quality of the candidate, it’s about how much money they can raise, how much they can trash talk their opponent and, most importantly… not screw up. For some, they can’t believe a ‘black man’ became president and it’s about his record over the past 4 years – which it should be. For others, it is about getting Obama out office and replacing him with ‘someone’ who looks the part. Does Romney have the experience to run the country? Does he have the connections to make a change or do what he claims is “turn this country around?” Given the very public record of Romney in business and even as Governor of Massachusetts, the differences between the tow candidates are not dissimilar. Has Obama done anything in the past 4 years? Could we be in worse shape than we are now? Do you think it will get better or worse no matter who is in office? All of these questions will be answered soon… stay tuned.
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