It's been a quiet summer and I have been experiencing Blogger's Block.
I'll be back when I have something interesting to say.
Until then...
VOTE!!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Business as Usual
And now come revelations that Willard may have lied.
NO! Say it ain't so! NOT WILLARD!
Not the squeaky clean, Ken Doll, Mr. Perfect.
What part of "He's not a good choice for the presidency" don't you understand?
Willard Romney is the son of a rich man who lives, and has lived, a life of luxury and irresponsiblity (for his actions...) for his entire experience.
He went to private schools, avoided the draft and has made his money the old fashioned way...on the backs of the average Working Joe. And I don't mean that abomination, "Joe The Plumber", trotted out by Grandpa and Ditzy in the last campaign.
I mean the real McCoy, the genuine article. Men and women who get up each morning, kiss their spouse and kids goodbye and march off to build roads and houses and teach our children and fight our fires and police our communities.
Willard made his money by buying and selling companies and throwing people out of work. Never mind the idea that the companies he pillaged were failing and that he, allegedly, created jobs in the process.
Those companies were just pieces on a game board to be moved around in order to make a buck. They didn't represent real people with real hopes and dreams.
His decisions ruined real lives and created havoc in the families of the real people who lost their ability to earn a living, provide for their loved ones, find purpose and contribute, meaningfully, to society.
And it is those real people Willard seems so hopelessly out of sync with. He wants to lead a country of real people while he, possibly, avoids taxes by taking advantage of loopholes and off shore accounts and lives a life incomprehensible to 98% of the American people.
Most people don't have millions of dollars. Most people don't have several homes. Most people don't quit a good job to work for "no compensation." Most people don't bully weaker kids at prep school. Most people's children serve this country by joing the military and PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, not by joining a political campaign designed to get their father elected president! Most people are not as privileged as Willard.
Most people work hard and understand the consequences of their choices.
Willard doesn't seem to. He seems to be used to getting what he wants, when he wants it and in the manner in which he has always been accustomed.
"A tarnished sliver spoon leaves a very bad taste in the mouth." Wise words from a wise man from a time of honor and integrity long ago forgotten.
Willard is unfit for the presidency. He would be better off working for the Olympic Committee again.
Maybe this time he could help with wardrobe. Working for the Chinese...
NO! Say it ain't so! NOT WILLARD!
Not the squeaky clean, Ken Doll, Mr. Perfect.
What part of "He's not a good choice for the presidency" don't you understand?
Willard Romney is the son of a rich man who lives, and has lived, a life of luxury and irresponsiblity (for his actions...) for his entire experience.
He went to private schools, avoided the draft and has made his money the old fashioned way...on the backs of the average Working Joe. And I don't mean that abomination, "Joe The Plumber", trotted out by Grandpa and Ditzy in the last campaign.
I mean the real McCoy, the genuine article. Men and women who get up each morning, kiss their spouse and kids goodbye and march off to build roads and houses and teach our children and fight our fires and police our communities.
Willard made his money by buying and selling companies and throwing people out of work. Never mind the idea that the companies he pillaged were failing and that he, allegedly, created jobs in the process.
Those companies were just pieces on a game board to be moved around in order to make a buck. They didn't represent real people with real hopes and dreams.
His decisions ruined real lives and created havoc in the families of the real people who lost their ability to earn a living, provide for their loved ones, find purpose and contribute, meaningfully, to society.
And it is those real people Willard seems so hopelessly out of sync with. He wants to lead a country of real people while he, possibly, avoids taxes by taking advantage of loopholes and off shore accounts and lives a life incomprehensible to 98% of the American people.
Most people don't have millions of dollars. Most people don't have several homes. Most people don't quit a good job to work for "no compensation." Most people don't bully weaker kids at prep school. Most people's children serve this country by joing the military and PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, not by joining a political campaign designed to get their father elected president! Most people are not as privileged as Willard.
Most people work hard and understand the consequences of their choices.
Willard doesn't seem to. He seems to be used to getting what he wants, when he wants it and in the manner in which he has always been accustomed.
"A tarnished sliver spoon leaves a very bad taste in the mouth." Wise words from a wise man from a time of honor and integrity long ago forgotten.
Willard is unfit for the presidency. He would be better off working for the Olympic Committee again.
Maybe this time he could help with wardrobe. Working for the Chinese...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Question Mark and the Mitterians
What in God's name is wrong with Willard?
Can anyone explain to me how a man who is running for the presidency can act the way he does?
We can stipulate that Mittie is a rich man having been born into wealth but having earned his own by being a successful businessman.
But why flaunt it?
We are experiencing a horrible recession with some economists suggesting that we may be about to go into a second phase, a so-called, "Double-Dip."
Millions are out of work and the unemployment rate has stagnated at 8.2 percent. People are losing their homes and state and local governements are struggling to provide services. Congress is flirting with legislation that will further cut the programs that many Americans depend upon for their daily well being.
And The Mittigator seems to be, as they say, "tone deaf", to the plight of the ordinary citizens he wants to lead.
Now, to be "fair and balanced", Romney may have some good ideas lurking in the recesses of his mind but how can we trust he will implement sound policies that will help ALL of us if we can't feel that he understands, and can relate to, us.
I am not a rich man, by any measure, so I can't relate to thoroughbred horses or summer homes or million dollar paydays. I am grateful to have a job and to be able to make my expenses (barely...) and spend time with my wonderful family.
If I can't relate to Willard, then how can he relate to me? He has NEVER suffered. He doesn't suffer now.
He hob nobs with his peers all of whom are as rich, if not richer than he is. You don't see him standing in line at Walmart to buy toilet paper at a discount. Not in a million years.
If he would only demonstrate an understanding of the situation we ordinary Americans find ourselves in, then maybe I would be able to listen to his words.
But all I hear is the jibberish of the master condescending to the servants in his employ.
Off shore accounts and outsourcing of jobs. Takeover artist throwing thousands out of work on behalf of profits for the already wealthy.
And the Republicans accuse Obama of fostering class warfare? They sure have balls, I'll give 'em that.
You bet it's class warfare. But it's not Obama who is waging it. Irony of ironies, it's perpetuated by the ruling 1% in order to preserve the status quo.
And Mitt Romney is their poster boy.
If you can't see that then you deserve what you will get in November if he's elected.
"Let them eat cake..."
Sound familiar...?
Can anyone explain to me how a man who is running for the presidency can act the way he does?
We can stipulate that Mittie is a rich man having been born into wealth but having earned his own by being a successful businessman.
But why flaunt it?
We are experiencing a horrible recession with some economists suggesting that we may be about to go into a second phase, a so-called, "Double-Dip."
Millions are out of work and the unemployment rate has stagnated at 8.2 percent. People are losing their homes and state and local governements are struggling to provide services. Congress is flirting with legislation that will further cut the programs that many Americans depend upon for their daily well being.
And The Mittigator seems to be, as they say, "tone deaf", to the plight of the ordinary citizens he wants to lead.
Now, to be "fair and balanced", Romney may have some good ideas lurking in the recesses of his mind but how can we trust he will implement sound policies that will help ALL of us if we can't feel that he understands, and can relate to, us.
I am not a rich man, by any measure, so I can't relate to thoroughbred horses or summer homes or million dollar paydays. I am grateful to have a job and to be able to make my expenses (barely...) and spend time with my wonderful family.
If I can't relate to Willard, then how can he relate to me? He has NEVER suffered. He doesn't suffer now.
He hob nobs with his peers all of whom are as rich, if not richer than he is. You don't see him standing in line at Walmart to buy toilet paper at a discount. Not in a million years.
If he would only demonstrate an understanding of the situation we ordinary Americans find ourselves in, then maybe I would be able to listen to his words.
But all I hear is the jibberish of the master condescending to the servants in his employ.
Off shore accounts and outsourcing of jobs. Takeover artist throwing thousands out of work on behalf of profits for the already wealthy.
And the Republicans accuse Obama of fostering class warfare? They sure have balls, I'll give 'em that.
You bet it's class warfare. But it's not Obama who is waging it. Irony of ironies, it's perpetuated by the ruling 1% in order to preserve the status quo.
And Mitt Romney is their poster boy.
If you can't see that then you deserve what you will get in November if he's elected.
"Let them eat cake..."
Sound familiar...?
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
SEX!
Sex is a word. This post, which is not about sex, is an experiment. This post has nothing to do with sex. It is only an effort for me to see how many pageviews I'll get by having the word "sex" in the title.
Sex is fun. I like sex. A lot of my friends like sex. Sex is a gender and I have one. I am of the male sex. That is my sex. The male sex.
That's all I want to say about sex at this moment.
Except to reiterate the title of this post, which is "SEX!"
Sex is fun. I like sex. A lot of my friends like sex. Sex is a gender and I have one. I am of the male sex. That is my sex. The male sex.
That's all I want to say about sex at this moment.
Except to reiterate the title of this post, which is "SEX!"
Once Again, With Feeling!
Ok, friends, I know we've been here before but I just have to give another stab at the topic...
...of Mitt Romney's lack of qualifications to be president.
This time I'd like to harp on the current thinking...that he's a bully.
I don't think we needed the latest revelation, that he assaulted a classmate in prep school, to convince us of his selfishness.
Willard is the son of a rich man who was given everything, educated in private schools, avoided the draft by assuming a missionary position in France, married a blond "trophy", had five sons who avoided the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by helping their father "get elected" (don't get me started here...!), and made millions by buying companies and throwing thousands of people out in the street.
I went to prep school at the same time that Willard did. I was even in France at the same time he was and I didn't go to Viet Nam because I was lucky enough to have a deferment, not because my father was rich, which he decidedly wasn't, but because I was legitimately in school.
I knew kids like Mitt Romney. Spoiled, wealthy and, above all, arrogant. They had everything so what did they care. It didn't matter to them if they got caught doing something wrong. One call to Daddy and the incident went away. Money always talks and privileged children always walk. Always.
They were the kids with the latest of everything and the fanciest clothes. They had the summer homes and the ski chalets and the sports cars for graduation.
They went to Yale or Harvard as legacies, never because they had the slightest amount of intelligence or ability to equal that of their fathers or grandfathers. It was only because of their ancestors that they gained admittance. They partied their way through prep school and then perfected the art of fooling around when they got to college.
And then they went into Daddy's business and, when they got tired of doing nothing for big money at a big desk in a big office with a big salary and a secretary with big breasts, they decided to get into politics...often the other "family business."
Still no qualifications. Just a bigger job with bigger power.
Mitt Romney is just another in a long line of little boys who "want to be president."
He bullied his way through school and business and now is bullying his way through politics possibly all the way to The White House...ironically referred to as "The Bully Pulpit."
Romney is hateful man. Not so much because he is a spolied brat but because he stands with nothing and for nothing. He is an empty vessel sailing along on the hopes of the Republicans who have nominated many just like him for years and years.
They just hope we will forget the facts of the recent past and overlook the disastrous potential of the future that they propose. They just want to preserve their status as the 1% at The Club.
Obama may be a disappointment but he is one thing that Romney will never be.
He is a man of substance and consequence. But you can't accuse Willard of being a phony.
He's the genuine article. He's a 100%, dyed-in-the-wool, thoroughly complete, total, aristocratic blue-blood.
And to think that Willard spent time in France. We all know what happened to their aristocrats throughout history.
Cake anyone...?
...of Mitt Romney's lack of qualifications to be president.
This time I'd like to harp on the current thinking...that he's a bully.
I don't think we needed the latest revelation, that he assaulted a classmate in prep school, to convince us of his selfishness.
Willard is the son of a rich man who was given everything, educated in private schools, avoided the draft by assuming a missionary position in France, married a blond "trophy", had five sons who avoided the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by helping their father "get elected" (don't get me started here...!), and made millions by buying companies and throwing thousands of people out in the street.
I went to prep school at the same time that Willard did. I was even in France at the same time he was and I didn't go to Viet Nam because I was lucky enough to have a deferment, not because my father was rich, which he decidedly wasn't, but because I was legitimately in school.
I knew kids like Mitt Romney. Spoiled, wealthy and, above all, arrogant. They had everything so what did they care. It didn't matter to them if they got caught doing something wrong. One call to Daddy and the incident went away. Money always talks and privileged children always walk. Always.
They were the kids with the latest of everything and the fanciest clothes. They had the summer homes and the ski chalets and the sports cars for graduation.
They went to Yale or Harvard as legacies, never because they had the slightest amount of intelligence or ability to equal that of their fathers or grandfathers. It was only because of their ancestors that they gained admittance. They partied their way through prep school and then perfected the art of fooling around when they got to college.
And then they went into Daddy's business and, when they got tired of doing nothing for big money at a big desk in a big office with a big salary and a secretary with big breasts, they decided to get into politics...often the other "family business."
Still no qualifications. Just a bigger job with bigger power.
Mitt Romney is just another in a long line of little boys who "want to be president."
He bullied his way through school and business and now is bullying his way through politics possibly all the way to The White House...ironically referred to as "The Bully Pulpit."
Romney is hateful man. Not so much because he is a spolied brat but because he stands with nothing and for nothing. He is an empty vessel sailing along on the hopes of the Republicans who have nominated many just like him for years and years.
They just hope we will forget the facts of the recent past and overlook the disastrous potential of the future that they propose. They just want to preserve their status as the 1% at The Club.
Obama may be a disappointment but he is one thing that Romney will never be.
He is a man of substance and consequence. But you can't accuse Willard of being a phony.
He's the genuine article. He's a 100%, dyed-in-the-wool, thoroughly complete, total, aristocratic blue-blood.
And to think that Willard spent time in France. We all know what happened to their aristocrats throughout history.
Cake anyone...?
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Switzerland
I was driving the other day and saw a CH sticker on a car in front of me. My passenger wondered what it meant and I said, "Switzerland."
"Switzerland?"
"Yes. Confoederatio Helvetica."
Full disclosure: I had to look up exactly what the CH stood for but I knew it was Switzerland. I didn't really say "Confoederatio Helvetica." That would have been pompous...
But I think it's cool anyway.
A Latin name for a wonderful country. Like the way diplomas (diplomae...?) are written. "Ensis..."
Wonderful.
We should resurrect Latin.
Where's Dan Quayle when we need him...?
Or, as they say, "Latine loqui coactus sum..."
"Switzerland?"
"Yes. Confoederatio Helvetica."
Full disclosure: I had to look up exactly what the CH stood for but I knew it was Switzerland. I didn't really say "Confoederatio Helvetica." That would have been pompous...
But I think it's cool anyway.
A Latin name for a wonderful country. Like the way diplomas (diplomae...?) are written. "Ensis..."
Wonderful.
We should resurrect Latin.
Where's Dan Quayle when we need him...?
Or, as they say, "Latine loqui coactus sum..."
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Watch This Hand...
Sorry...but I have to weigh in here.
Obama has declared his position on Gay Marriage.
He's for it.
Fine. Glad he is. Me too. "Ain't nobody bidniss but ma own..."
But he has handed the, otherwise weakend, GOP their issue for '12.
Just like Bush One's flag issue, and so many other election year distractions, now the Republicans have Gay Marriage as a weapon against Obama.
Don't get me wrong here. Gay Marriage is an important social issue. Just like Abortion and Health Care, it's a critical part of the conversation and one that should be talked about. A resolution is possible despite all of the frothing going on in some far right circles.
But maybe it's not as important, right this very moment, as, say, jobs and war and energy and global warming. And let's not forget the European Debt Crisis.
But Gay Marriage it is. From now to November we're going to be talking, fighting and maybe even dying about it rather than engaging in a real dialogue about the other pressing issues of our time.
And all the while being distracted from remembering who is ultimately responsible for the mess we're in (The Republicans...lest you forgot)
Thanks Barry. One more reason to be disillusioned. One more chance for Mitt to get the keys to the House.
(Cue Mendelssohn...)
Obama has declared his position on Gay Marriage.
He's for it.
Fine. Glad he is. Me too. "Ain't nobody bidniss but ma own..."
But he has handed the, otherwise weakend, GOP their issue for '12.
Just like Bush One's flag issue, and so many other election year distractions, now the Republicans have Gay Marriage as a weapon against Obama.
Don't get me wrong here. Gay Marriage is an important social issue. Just like Abortion and Health Care, it's a critical part of the conversation and one that should be talked about. A resolution is possible despite all of the frothing going on in some far right circles.
But maybe it's not as important, right this very moment, as, say, jobs and war and energy and global warming. And let's not forget the European Debt Crisis.
But Gay Marriage it is. From now to November we're going to be talking, fighting and maybe even dying about it rather than engaging in a real dialogue about the other pressing issues of our time.
And all the while being distracted from remembering who is ultimately responsible for the mess we're in (The Republicans...lest you forgot)
Thanks Barry. One more reason to be disillusioned. One more chance for Mitt to get the keys to the House.
(Cue Mendelssohn...)
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