Here's Ted Cruz outside of a bank (The Federal Reserve?) winning hearts and minds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bw1a_O2m48
I tease because I love!
Well, OK, I don't love these assholes like Cruz but I do kinda sarcastically love their chutzpah no matter how obscene it is.
THEY shut down the government, not Obama and democrats. Right prior to their shutting down the government, THEY made a new rule that only the Speaker Of The House (John Boehner) could call for a vote to end the shut down. This used to be something any member of the house could do. It doesn't sound like THEY really want to deal, does it?
As soon as the shutdown began, Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin were at the WWII Memorial wondering why it- a government venue- was shut down.
These two need to pay more attention. As I mentioned here in an earlier post, some Congressperson erroneously yelled at a Park Ranger thinking she had shut down the government. It turned out it wasn't her, it was some people above her government pay grade. It was, of course, that asshole Congressperson and his buddies! Why can't they get this straight? THEY ARE the government!
They might as well be Al Pacino's character in the Dog Day Afternoon scene. By the way, the film was based on a real life incident where a gay guy and his lover robbed a bank to get money to pay for a sex-change operation. At least Sonny and Sal had a goal. Teddy and John are just winging it.
Al Pacino as "Sonny" is trying to win the hearts and minds of the neighborhood by reminding them of the horrific riots that had occurred at the Attica prison. This took the crowds collective mind off the fact that Sonny and Sal were robbers, not social activists.
It's the same with Ted and Sarah although, I doubt Sarah desires a sex change. I think she's happy with her penis. But, I digress. In both cases, the perpetrators misused the result to justify the means and deflect the blame for their action onto someone else.
WWII veterans, used as pawns. Imagine that. The last great, honest American war. For many, if not all, of these men, it could be the last time they visit the memorial to them and their brothers. The memorial shouldn't have been shut down. But them, neither should the government been shut down. What part of GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN did Ted, Sarah, John et al NOT understand?
Well, all of it. Their action created the shutdown. They robbed the bank. They took hostages. They are the children who, having murdered their parents, stand before the judge begging for mercy because they are orphans.
This cannot end well because it wasn't planned well.
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If Obamacare is as bad as the Republicans keep telling us it is, let it run it's course. Why stop the Government and it's other obligations, then like a tool imply it's all the President's fault (for not caving in)? When the dirty truth of how bad it really is is exposed, then the republicans will have real truths to bestow upon the voters during the next election campaign and a real shot at getting back in the White House. Simple plan?
It would seem simple but, that is not their end game and the ACA is nowhere near as bad as they say. Nothing could be. Comparing it to slavery or the Holocaust was just fucking dumb. Comparing it to those things even being implemented was even dumber. The reality is, as it goes along, it can be tweaked and tuned as needed. The republicans are just smart enough to know this. They don't want that to happen. They can't kill the ACA. It can only be improved.
Left to their own tribal delusions, they would have killed Social Security, Medicare, Civil Rights and any number of social reforms they were certain were going to "ruin the country". It's so easy to portend doom and misery. It's cowardly, really. No guts!
Hey. Its expensive and you ain't paying for it.
Thanks for clearing that up, second anon! VERY convincing, compelling *argument*....
I've been assured I may have decent health care AND keep my pink pumps!!
Seriously, the mouthiest are the ones who have never lost anything. It's always that way, isn't it.
byline: Deer Whisperer/Luke
As I posted on 'Impeach Obama' thread, the grown-ups finally prevailed over the delusions -- just in time after dawdling for 2 months. In another post, Ben Wa balls are used as a metaphor quite appropriately.
Temporarily though until early next year, meaning another run-up to brinkmanship includes the holidays. Sheesh.
I hope the teapublicans don't hold Xmas hostage!
I hope they're not stupid enough to try another expensive shutdown tantrum.
Which is more expensive? Someone who has no health insurance going to the hospital when they get sick and everyone else having to pay higher taxes to cover them, or each individual paying for their own health insurance and your taxes staying the same?
Next, what the hell are you yammering about? "Not paying for it"??? If you have it, "YOURE PAYING FOR IT"!!!
The utter stupidity of some just amazes me.
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