The Blame Game

Both sides are to blame, I thought to myself as I watched the video.

All the guy wanted was everything in the cash register. That's all!

But, evidently, that was too much for the store owner as he refused to compromise and, instead of handing the money over to the gun-wielding patriot(?) he produced a two foot long machete' and chased the  patriot(?) out of the store!

Yes- he brought a knife to a gunfight! And won!

Both sides are not to blame though. In the video (which did happen, by the way) the robber with the gun trying to steal was wrong. Crime is wrong. The store owner had no culpability.

However, metaphorically speaking, republican patriots(?) who are the robber in this scenario have sole culpability for their actions. Teapublicans tout themselves as "The Party Of Personal Responsibility" so, if they are going to claim that talk, they need to walk that walk. Shutting down the government- clearly their mission and call- and then blaming the President is obscenely ridiculous and not at all walking right.

A lot of odd things have been halted and not halted and I'm not sure what the method to the madness is. The Congressional Gym is open for business so that Mitch McConnell can work on his abs and The Headstart Program is not. The former is deemed essential  and the latter is hungry children, wanting to learn.

Much was made of the closing of state parks, which I covered here the other day with that asshole teabagger that yelled at the park for ranger, thinking SHE closed the park, not HIM and his shower buddies at the Congressional Gym. I'm not certain of this but, I think she was deemed an essential employee who had to work but, was not getting paid by this useless fuck, just yelled at by him.

I don't doubt the insane sincerity of these tea baggers. This prick really does not comprehend cause and effect. He has no concept that a government shutdown might- oh- shut down government!

So, he's on TV yelling at a lady and blaming her because his brain is so loosely wired he believes it's her fault because her boss (he's one of them, ironically!) wouldn't compromise. He's mentally ill, like Sean Hannity or Michele Bachman. Ted Cruz too. I could go on because millions of tea baggerz and republicans are genuinely insane but, that could take all week. I'll give two examples od republicans who are not insane. Mitch McConnell and John Boehner are just assholes but, they are politically motivated rather than thisclose to playing with their poop in public. There might be a couple more but, these two are the top dogs. When they say it's "Obama's fault" or "Obamacare will ruin the country", they don't mean that. They are playing politics. If it wasn't Obamacare "ruining the country" it would be something else. Maybe Benghazi or renaming the Washington Redskins. The ACA really is a big deal but, if you think it could ruin the country, there is poop in your pants that needs your attention.

You can forget about this small government bullshit that teapublicans also tout. The Law Of Unintended Consequences took effect the moment they shut down the government to allegedly force Obama to repeal his own ACA. The government closings illustrate just how much we need government. I mean, unless they're trying to tell us that The Exxon WWII Memorial would still be open (during regular business hours, of course) to any vets with $20 in their hands is the actual goal here. Maybe it is? Because, you don't shut down the government to coerce a president to repeal a USSC approved law. That's just stupid! Mitch and Boner know that.

But, the insane baggerz don't know that. Most of the people on Fox *News* don't know that and, millions of everyday Americans don't know that. And Mitch and Boner know that.

They've counted on that. No matter what, Obama will not can the ACA. Folks may have noticed it's in effect despite the shutdown and a squirrelly website start up. They just think Obama won't compromise. They think this because they have been trained to think this.

So, they are after something else with the obviousness of the debt ceiling bullshit next week. The shutdown was just leverage for that. The ACA, the fulcrum. Some people think they really are going after Social Security. They have millions of fucking morons thinking it's an "entitlement" like welfare(!) that keep lesser Americans soft and lazy. It doesn't say that on your paycheck under deductions though, does it? OH! But, what happens when you give someone Social Security? Why, they QUIT WORKING! OH, they CLAIM "retirement", "death of a spouse", "disability" and other such dodges but, they are LAZY!

While it's somewhat true that, grandma- all stooped over like she is- might appear to be able to pick lettuce for a living, the reality is she can't. She's old, rather than lazy!

It appears that the GOP and the wealthy folks they represent don't really think SS is an entitlement from the giverment like the baggerz do. They really just see it as a fucking huge mountain of cash. A mountain that they want to be King of.

What is it- a trillion dollars? They keep saying SSI be out of money in 40 years and that nothing can be done between now and then so, give that money to Wall Street! They have a similar thoughts about water, for example. Why conserve now when, you can give the water rights to Nestle and Coca Cola and let the invisible (to us) hand of the free market set conservation prices?  It worked with oil. Grandma scrapes by on @$1100 a month and there are tens of millions like her. The GOP sees that as a waste. $1100 multiplied by tens of millions in the hands of gangster friends on Wall Street, however, is very hard to resist.

There is nothing to fear from adding 25 million people to the insurance roles. I'm sure the insurance companies are pissed that they can't fuck people as hard as they used to over preexisting conditions and 80% of premiums now must actually go to healthcare rather than yachts but, they'll be fine. AllState and State Farm won't have to rely on Social Security to live. They will have millions of new customers and insurance won't be as big of a scam as it was for decades.

The ACA will go on. This time around SSI might still survive. But, to appease these Greedy Old Pricks, cuts in spending on social services will be made. That money, BTW, will not go back into citizens hands via lower taxes. Well, not your citizen hands, that is! Corporations are people too, my friends! Or did you forget that?