Watching the Democrats - it's Fun and Macabre!

[tw]

Public perception of the party is at record lows. Young voters are increasing rolling their eyes at what the party represents, and many minorities wrongly think that Republicans do not like them or want them in the country.

So Adak denies that hate. Who invented the term 'Freedom Fries'? Same people who even hated the French. To even massacre 5000 American servicemen for no useful purpose. Another legacy from those who advocate hate.

Senator Joseph McCarthy advocated hate for more power. Famous racists (ie Strom Thurmond, Jesse Helms) changed parties to where hate was more acceptable. Why do you forget history? Many will conveniently ignore reality to entertain there deceptions and the resulting hate.

The report says

Young voters are increasing rolling their eyes at what the party represents, and many minorities wrongly think that Republicans do not like them or want them in the country.

But actions demonstrated by Adak and that party say

Young voters are increasing rolling their eyes at what the party represents. Many minorities think that Republicans do not like them or want them in the country.

Even major Republicans (ie Olympia Snowe) quit stating that hate and hyper-partisanship have created a dysfunctional Congress.

Which party said they wanted America to fail? The party of hate. Same technique was used by the Nazi party to achieve power.

Those 'evil Muslims' will open a mosque in lower Manhattan. The party of hate had plenty to say about that.

[slang]

Originally Posted by Adak

It isn't a battle between political parties, as much as it is a battle between liberal hands on your throat, or conservative hands from the gov't. The liberals want to control every aspect of your life. The conservatives want YOU to control more aspects of your life.

That's called freedom, and we could certainly use a bit more of it.

You've got a few great posts here recently. It's great to see those posts in here, the cellar.

We have very similar views on several hot issues.

BUT

The vast majority of American people DO NOT want freedom. They DO NOT want independence. They DO NOT want control over their own lives. They DO NOT want to make meaningful choices for their lives. They DO NOT want to take any risk.

They want to be taken care of. Until the day they die. And then they want that care to watch over their survivors until the day THEY die. They want BIG GOVERNMENT to restrain YOU all the while it's caring for them.

They want MORE government, not less. Government is the answer to all problems in a little person's life. MORE-MORE-MORE. Can't get enough of it. Doesn't matter if they are Rs or Ds, it's the same. MORE BIGGER government.

It's always the answer regardless as to who is in the White House or Congress.

One group may cut gov't here and then add 10x as much over there. The net effect is the same. MORE GOVERNMENT. MORE CONTROL.

And the vast majority American people want it that way, Rs or Ds or Is. BIG NANNY STATE GOVERNMENT is the ONLY answer, always.

And that's why I've moved away, though I'm guessing not forever AND it's why I'm seeing younger and younger westerners here in larger numbers on the islands.

I and they want to be free of HUGE intrusive government and be left to enjoy a quite life. Free from gov't AND cold winters and expensive beer.

So, yes...we, you and I could use a bit more freedom. But for the vast majority of Americans....it's LONG dead. HUGE INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT is the only answer. Cradle to grave, baby. All the way.

That's a deep disappointment to me personally but it's reality.

[Adak]

It can and will change though. I remember - thinking about Margaret Thatcher in the UK - that the UK was then known as "the sick man of Europe", because they had killed their private sector with decades of socialist nonsense.

Taxes on some parts of their society got up to as high as 94% - can you IMAGINE.

When MT was done, taxes had been lowered to less than 45%, despite fighting the war with the IRA (which nearly killed her), and the war with Argentina over the Falklands Is.

So it CAN be done, and when the US finds itself, like all the socialist countries, becoming poorer and poorer, as a whole - then things will start changing.

It's so hard though, when problems like health care are present - because every single aspect of health care is a rampant rip off - from malpractice suits with stupid juries that award millions of dollars to patients, not because there's been malpractice - but because they let their sympathy get in the place of common sense.

When a patient is warned to do something IN WRITING, TWICE, by two different doctors, and refuses - and then suffers the consequence - it's insane to have a jury force the doctors to pay millions of dollars.

But that's commonly seen. The trial lawyers love it, of course!

Philippines are the new digs? Not the Southern Islands, I hope?

[Lamplighter]

Where's Adak when you expect him...

Democratic Mayor of San Diego wants women to stop wearing underwear to work....

Democratic (former NY) Representative Anthony Weiner is out sexting to women again... He believes it was only 3

This is proof that Chicago is corrupt, and it's all an example of the Saul Alensky's Community Organizing.

[Griff]

Weiner is amazing isn't he?

[glatt]

He's fun.

I'm glad he's not running for a federal office though, and I hope the voters of NYC choose wisely.

[ZenGum]

This will dog his career for ever.


You weren't expecting me to go there, were you?

[ZenGum]

Obama Promise To 'Protect Whistleblowers' Just Disappeared From Change.gov

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...hangegov.shtml

To be fair, it was an old site from 2008, but the irony is pretty rich.

[Lamplighter]

Ouch ! That's embarrassing, and will surely draw the attention of the media.

[BigV]

He *should be* embarrassed!

[Lamplighter]

<snip> They were wondering why the administration would
suddenly pull all that interesting archival information...
and hit upon a clue. A little bit from the "ethics agenda":

But if you do chase down the links, this section of "Protecting Whisleblowers"
is only 1 among literally hundreds of bullet-point campaign issues
that were also deleted from the 2007 web site.

Yes, it's embarrassing and quite believable, as presented in the link,
but still could be just an gigantic leap of paranoia and/or political spin.

As I followed things back through link after link, my thoughts went in the direction
that it seems more like just a routine update of a (2007) pre-election web site.

Or... it would be a pretty drastic step just to delete one,
albeit very important, "political promise" from public view.

I have not (yet) found any indication elsewhere in the current White House web site
website that even hints that Obama's "Whistleblower Protection" policy is being modified or replaced.

But... if Obama has, in fact, changed his policy it would be very sad,
and I would be inclined to attribute it to a pervasive
"NOT ON MY WATCH" flaw in the rationale of many people in leadership positions.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

On the other hand, the deficit is falling pretty fast right about now as revenues are increasing.

FY 2007: $161 billion
FY 2008: $459 billion
FY 2009: $1,413 billion
FY 2010: $1,293 billion
FY 2011: $1,300 billion
FY 2012: $1,089 billion
FY 2013*: $901 billion

And it continues:

FY 2013#: $680 billion
FY 2014*: $492 billion

*Projected
#Revised from projected

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...wpisrc=nl_wonk

The 2014 deficit will be 2.8 percent of the economy, according to CBO, almost 32 percent below fiscal year 2013, when it was 4.1 percent. The deficit will shrink again in fiscal 2015 to $469 billion, before rising to about $1 trillion in fiscal years 2022 to 2024, CBO said.

“This will be the fifth consecutive year in which the deficit has declined as a share of GDP since peaking at 9.8 percent in 2009,” CBO said in a report released today. The 2.8 figure as a percentage of gross domestic product is lower than the 3.1 percent average of the last 40 years, CBO said.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I suppose it's a pretty good indication of the situation in Washington when one side is talking apples and the other oranges. That way they both can make a lot of noise while not accidently debating something.