Monday, June 29, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Last Post
Don't know when I will be posting again, if ever.
America is not a great country anymore. We aee a third world country. Get used to it. We voted for change and we got Bush lite. Which is kind of ironic because he isn't lite. He's dark, but he's still Bush lite. No change in the war. In fact he is widening it, expanding it. No accountability for torture. In fact he's making every effort to hide it and hope it all goes down the memory hole.
We have one of the worst health care systems in the world and Obama and Congress are set to do all they can to make the insurance companies happy, while the rest of us were hoping for a good single-payer system.
Obama has bailed out the banks to the tune of billions and billions of dollars of our tax money. Meanwhile the banks are sitting on our cash and giving the middle finger to us taxpayers who need help with our mortgages and credit card debts. Unemployment is heading toward Great Depression levels.
The corporations have bought the Congress and there's not a damn thing we can do about it. The Democrats are a huge disappointment.
Manufacturing in this country is a thing of the past. ONe of our principal exports is jobs.
Union membership is at an all-time low and the the Employee Free Choice Act seems destined to fail.
We spend billions on a useless drug war.
We lock up far and away more people in our prisons than any other country. Cuba is way down at the bottom of the list. We're at the very top.
We have one of the worst education systems in the world. The Los Angeles Unified School District has a dropout rate of 50 percent. And other countries are outstripping our output of math and science college grads. By the way, college is getting too expensive. Middle class kids can't afford to go to college anymore.
What else can go wron?
Looks like not much can go right. Not in this country.
This blog belongs to you. Comment if you like. Or not.
America is not a great country anymore. We aee a third world country. Get used to it. We voted for change and we got Bush lite. Which is kind of ironic because he isn't lite. He's dark, but he's still Bush lite. No change in the war. In fact he is widening it, expanding it. No accountability for torture. In fact he's making every effort to hide it and hope it all goes down the memory hole.
We have one of the worst health care systems in the world and Obama and Congress are set to do all they can to make the insurance companies happy, while the rest of us were hoping for a good single-payer system.
Obama has bailed out the banks to the tune of billions and billions of dollars of our tax money. Meanwhile the banks are sitting on our cash and giving the middle finger to us taxpayers who need help with our mortgages and credit card debts. Unemployment is heading toward Great Depression levels.
The corporations have bought the Congress and there's not a damn thing we can do about it. The Democrats are a huge disappointment.
Manufacturing in this country is a thing of the past. ONe of our principal exports is jobs.
Union membership is at an all-time low and the the Employee Free Choice Act seems destined to fail.
We spend billions on a useless drug war.
We lock up far and away more people in our prisons than any other country. Cuba is way down at the bottom of the list. We're at the very top.
We have one of the worst education systems in the world. The Los Angeles Unified School District has a dropout rate of 50 percent. And other countries are outstripping our output of math and science college grads. By the way, college is getting too expensive. Middle class kids can't afford to go to college anymore.
What else can go wron?
Looks like not much can go right. Not in this country.
This blog belongs to you. Comment if you like. Or not.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Whatever happened to the "...the land of the free and the home of the brave"?
We aint exactly free anymore because the government apparently can wiretap us whenever it wants. And we have a couple million people locked up here in the land of the free, more per capita than any other country. According to
NationMaster.com, we are way way ahead of any other country, 715 locked up per 100,000 people. Cuba, that dangerous Commie dictatorship, is way down at the bottom, at ZERO (believe it or not!) per 100,000 people. Land of the free? I think not.
And certainly not the home of the brave. Republican politicians for years have been orchestrating our fears and using fear to get themselves elected to Congress and the White House. And we have been buying it by the bushel load. Apparently we have been such scardy cats--manipulated by cynical or paranoid politicians--that we have allowed them to shred the Constitution and take us into two disastrous military adventures plus all the other illegal crap, including secret prisons and torture.
Home of the brave? I think the Founding Fathers would be ashamed of this country.
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We aint exactly free anymore because the government apparently can wiretap us whenever it wants. And we have a couple million people locked up here in the land of the free, more per capita than any other country. According to
NationMaster.com, we are way way ahead of any other country, 715 locked up per 100,000 people. Cuba, that dangerous Commie dictatorship, is way down at the bottom, at ZERO (believe it or not!) per 100,000 people. Land of the free? I think not.
And certainly not the home of the brave. Republican politicians for years have been orchestrating our fears and using fear to get themselves elected to Congress and the White House. And we have been buying it by the bushel load. Apparently we have been such scardy cats--manipulated by cynical or paranoid politicians--that we have allowed them to shred the Constitution and take us into two disastrous military adventures plus all the other illegal crap, including secret prisons and torture.
Home of the brave? I think the Founding Fathers would be ashamed of this country.
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Way to Go PRO-LIFERS
Dear Pro-lifers, one of your own has finally done what you have wanted done for years.
Dr. George Tiller, whose Wichita, Kansas, women's clinic has been the target of anti-abortion protests for years, was shot and killed at his church Sunday morning, his attorneys said.
That killing will show the world your compassion and respect for life.
THIS JUST IN: Operation Rescue's response on their Web site:
"Operation Rescue has worked for years through peaceful, legal means, and through the proper channels to see him brought to justice. We denounce vigilantism and the cowardly act that took place this morning. We pray for Mr. Tiller's family that they will find comfort and healing that can only be found in Jesus Christ."
Yeah right, bla bla bla bla. Meanwhile at Operation Rescue Headquarters it is all high fives and popping open the champagne.
For confirmation of that, check out what Randall Terry, the chief Nut Bag of the "pro-life" crowd, said.
Dear Bill Clinton, Would You Have Sat Down With Hitler?
Bill Clinton relaxing in his easy chair with George W. Bush in Toronto for a nice polite public chat that avoided any embarrassing reference to the fact that Bush should be in prison awaiting trial as a war criminal.
They each got more than $150,000 for the appearance. The shot comes from the NYT
Saturday, May 30, 2009
California Supreme Court Decision on Prop 8 Sets up a Win for Gay Marriage Advocates
Dear Bigoted Republicans. You have lost the gay marriage debate. You may as well fold your tents and toss your slogans--"Marriage is valid only between a man and a woman" -- into the recycling bin.
To begin with, Proposition 8 was tricky. To vote FOR the right of gay people to marry, you had to vote NO. To vote AGAINST gays, you had to vote YES. And the thing only passed by 50 to 51 points. So the California Supreme Court took it up. And they upheld it, meaning in California, it is unconstitutional for gay people to marry. But wait. The Court also let stand the 18,000 gay couples already married. Which sets up a win for people in favor of allowing gay couples the same right heteros have, the right to marry. And here is why:
Equal protection under the law. The equal protection clause under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: "no state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws" California can not, at this point undo the marriages of the 18,000 gay couples already joined in civil unions. But it leaves those forbidden to marry behind the wall constructed by the California Supreme Court decision on Prop 8. When it goes to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Justices will have no choice but to overrule the California decision on grounds that it violates the Fourteenth Amemendment.
This is delicious. Whether they meant to or not, the California Supremes set up a situation in which gay marriage will be validated nationwide by the U.S. Supremes. No more state-by-state legalization. Game over. And the bigoted Republicans can scream all they want about destruction of family values and insult to hetero jurisdiction over the institution of marriage, the fact will be that gay couples will have the right, validated by the highest court in the land to marry and be as miserable or happy as the rest of us to enjoy the benefits of marriage.
Which is as it should be. Take that, Limbaugh and Hannity and all the rest of you idiot bigots. Get used to it. Marriage has been redefined, and all for the better. Gay marriage opponents are on the wrong side of history. There is no way to stop it now.
To begin with, Proposition 8 was tricky. To vote FOR the right of gay people to marry, you had to vote NO. To vote AGAINST gays, you had to vote YES. And the thing only passed by 50 to 51 points. So the California Supreme Court took it up. And they upheld it, meaning in California, it is unconstitutional for gay people to marry. But wait. The Court also let stand the 18,000 gay couples already married. Which sets up a win for people in favor of allowing gay couples the same right heteros have, the right to marry. And here is why:
Equal protection under the law. The equal protection clause under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: "no state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws" California can not, at this point undo the marriages of the 18,000 gay couples already joined in civil unions. But it leaves those forbidden to marry behind the wall constructed by the California Supreme Court decision on Prop 8. When it goes to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Justices will have no choice but to overrule the California decision on grounds that it violates the Fourteenth Amemendment.
This is delicious. Whether they meant to or not, the California Supremes set up a situation in which gay marriage will be validated nationwide by the U.S. Supremes. No more state-by-state legalization. Game over. And the bigoted Republicans can scream all they want about destruction of family values and insult to hetero jurisdiction over the institution of marriage, the fact will be that gay couples will have the right, validated by the highest court in the land to marry and be as miserable or happy as the rest of us to enjoy the benefits of marriage.
Which is as it should be. Take that, Limbaugh and Hannity and all the rest of you idiot bigots. Get used to it. Marriage has been redefined, and all for the better. Gay marriage opponents are on the wrong side of history. There is no way to stop it now.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
She's In...
Sotomayor will be our next and newest Supreme Court Justice. Obama has not only nominated a woman, she is the first Latino ever nominated to the Court. And it puts the GOP, which would like to oppose her, in a real bind. They have been courting Latinos. Now they face the prospect of voting against a Latino and losing all that hard work recruiting Latino voters going down the drain. Even El Rushbo (the anal cyst) has raised the White Flag:
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Should the Republican Party oppose Sonia Sotomayor?" and I will restate what I said in the first hour: Yes! Because opposing Sonia Sotomayor is how you tell the nation who Barack Obama is and isn't. That really what we're interested in having happen. Aren't we interested in having the American people figure out who it is they really voted for? Well, Sonia Sotomayor illustrates who Obama is, and that's the primary reason to oppose her because I don't think she can be stopped. She's got the votes in the Senate. So does Obama. It's a cliche, but elections have consequences.
In other words, all the Republicans can do is throw a hissy fit and throw themselves down on the carpet and beat their little fists and screech.
It will be interesting to see what kind of Justice she will be.
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