Boy, leave it to the media in this country. They are so wrapped up in a good story they care little about the very thing they are supposed to do. Tell the American people the truth. With the new right-wing media and the old supposedly "liberal" media that is close to right-wing, America gets a raw deal when it comes to getting the truth reported to them. Take the response to Obama's Iraq speech as an example. Who do the media look to to respond?? The liars who got us into a huge, costly, idiotic mistake to begin with.
With so many people rallying in Washington over the weekend led by charlatans and hypocrites Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, who have convinced themselves they are heirs to the civil rights movement the real rally that will bring real civil rights to our country must begin. While it will not be led by false prophets who care only for their own greed and seek to brainwash their audiences that they care about anyone but the greediest and least patriotic among us it will need to take the route of the civil rights movement they have sought to hijack. You see, in the south we see all that has been going wrong in this country. Exploitation of workers, low wages, few worker protections and low union representation and the disasterous effects of bad trade deals and uncaring, greedy "Conservative" representation.
Either Glenn Beck is completely delusional or he simply cannot read the Bible. You see, in all his egotistical fury he seems to think his rally tomorrow is going to be attended by God, and is sanctioned by Jesus. Uh, Glenn if you had actually read the Bible you so profess to believe in you would know one thing. Jesus does not like greed and he does not like hatred. He also does not like a liar who will turn anything around to further the causes of the most greedy and least compassionate among us.
The Republicans are not only the party of no, no ideas and no real vision if given power back this fall they will be the party of endless, needless and idiotic investigation just like during the Clinton years. It should come as no surprise. When you have nothing of substance to offer the American people you must keep them transfixed on the shiny object. In the case of the Republicans they are not concerned with the economy, jobs or anything else, just hatred for President Obama.
It is really not taking Rand Paul much time at all to be morphed like clay in the hands of Mitch McConnell. Yes, the further away from his primary win he gets, and the more time he spends with the Kentucky Republican taskmaster Rand Paul is being shaped into Mitch McConnell. One need only look at his now rescinded promise to balance the budget in a year to see that. You see, Mitchie-master got to little Ayn through the malted hops and bong resin and let him know that Kentucky Republicans don't balance the budget because that does not leave room for huge tax breaks for Corporations and the very wealthy during a time of "war".
You know with all the Republican railing against the stimulus bill one thing that the CBO is confirming is that without it things would be much worse. Of course, it is easy for Republicans to criticize it they caused all the problems that created a need for it. After they conveniently bailed out the bankers, they had hoped to leave the American people high and dry. However now the CBO is reporting that the stimulus both created jobs and lowered the unemployment rate.
When you go to a tea-bag festival you expect to hear folks railing against Social Security. Unless of course they are drawing it and you should keep you government hands off it. However, it seems as if the tea-bag mentality is going to put a huge "bi" in the bi-partisan fiscal commission. Alan Simpson, co-chair of the commission had some interesting insights into Social Security, and the Republican vision for it. The only thing left to wonder, is why is he still there??
John Boehner gave his little sales pitch on why he should be Speaker of the House today. Of course, he conveniently left out the part where the same failed policies he recommended for the future failed so miserably in the past giving us the mess we are so desperately trying to clean up without the help of Boehner and his ilk. But then again why should they help?? They already got their bailout. Another thing missing from the Prince of Orange's radar today was the fact that he, like the whole Republican Party is trying to steal your Social Security to pay for tax cuts for the rich and Corporate Welfare.
Well, the Prince of Orange in revving up his campaign to be Speaker of the House of Representatives. As with everything Republicans do nowadays, his campaign is long on bluster and short on memory and facts. Of course, like Mitch McConnell on Sunday he has to conveniently hope the American people forget his role in rubber-stamping President Bush and his policies which crashed the economy. He also has to hope you do not look at the way he has voted.
All over the country Republicans are drooling over their prospects at getting back into power and continuing their policies that divided our country and destroyed our economy. However, to do so they have to hope the electorate is very forgetful. Yes, is has been just a few short years since a Republican Congress teamed with the worst President in American history drove our country into a ditch. Now, to regain power Republicans need not remember any of that, but the greater need for McConnell and his ilk is the need to mislead.
After all the long years. After all the lives wasted, combatants and civilian alike. After all the money wasted, and all the WMDs not found, all the death, destruction and rebuilding of the country of Iraq due to the failed vision of a failed leader and administration we get this zinger today. Folks guess what, it is now "official". We may lose in Iraq.
You know, across the country a funny thing is happening. In the typically hypocritical world of the modern Republican just about anything is fair game and the past is so easily forgotten. This is yet again true with the criticism leveled at President Obama about his vacation time. Oh, really?? Do Republicans really want to go there??
