Repug candidates always wax on about running government like a business. Judging by the recent bankruptcies of these 3 Repug-dominated Californian cities, I think they mean “like a bad business.” You know, where management purposely pushes down revenue while increasing expenditures.
Back in ’03 I believed that all parties in the recently fractured Iraq would want to keep us around, the newly empowered Shi’ites in the ‘Coalition Government’ for protection, and the coalition of the Evil-Doers (former Baathists and jihadis) to have easy access to Americans to kill. I posited that it wouldn’t take much for the latter to keep U.S. troops mired in the Quicksand of Iraq through acts of terror or sabotage.
Obama’s decision to close up shop in Iraq is already being sorely tested by the recent Coalition of the Evil-Doer’s massive terror attack, and of course is already being second-guessed by our home-grown warmongering reactionaries. Of course if it were up to them, we would still be fighting in Vietnam.
Given that an overwhelming majority of Americans are pretty tired of hearing about a war that was only supposed to last a couple of weeks is now almost 9 years old, and that most of them probably don’t really care how many Iraqis die, the Coalition of the Evil-Doers will need to bump up the game and threaten the oil supply to keep around the American piñata – or in the words of Frank Herbert: “The Spice must flow!”
About a week ago some self-proclaimed ‘moderate’ (I suspect he was really a Tea Bagger in disguise) called me an ‘extremist’ and an ‘alarmist’ when I joked that the GOP was on a mission to roll back all significant labor, consumer protection and other legislation of the last 100 years in the rush to turn us into a 3rd world cleptocracy. I guess he doesn’t actually listen to what his leaders are saying. Check out today’s latest- Newt Gingrich wants to put the children of America to work! Interesting thought, although with roughly 1 out of 5 adults out of work, not sure what he’d have the kids do…sell True Grit? They can’t deliver newspapers anymore, that industry is dying.
I wonder if Gingrich and Senator Mike Lee get their radical agenda from reading Needlenose snark…
After living through the Repug beatification of St. Ronnie, wherein they ascribed such miracles to him as the tearing down of the Iron Curtain and the end of the Soviet Union, I was wondering when the Neo-cons and other remnants of the old regime would start on the rehabilitation of Shrubya.
Didn’t take too long! Former Bushie Elliott Abrams is already moving to credit Shrubya with the various ‘People’s Movements’ springing up in Tunisia, Egypt & Yemen. Well I don’t see him crowing about the one place Shrubya did directly intervene, Iraq. And we don’t see the angry crowds waving US Flags and yelling Viva Bush (or the Arabic equivalent thereof).
But I guess Abrams is right in one sense. The protesters undoubtedly have a lot of issues on their plates, including a desire for more democracy. However, what has them taking to the streets is the joblessness and growing poverty, stemming directly from the current economic crisis, which has direct roots in Shrubya & GOP policies to recklessly deregulate the U.S. Financial industry. So in a sense, you could call Shrubya the “Godfather” of Arabic Street Protests!
I wonder if the he or the GOP will still rush to claim credit if any of these People’s Movements take a turn towards Fundamentalist Dictatorship.
"My name's Little Cletus and I'm here to tell you a few things about child labor laws, ok? They're silly and outdated. Why back in the 30s, children as young as five could work as they pleased; from textile factories to iron smelts. Yippee! Hurray!"
GOP Tea Bagger Senator Mike Lee wants to get our children working again! Just what we need in a time of 10% unemployment – more unskilled workers! Listen, Mike, I was only snarkin’ about y’all bringing back child labor!
*Update 1-20-11* Mike Lee now wants to abolish FEMA! Let the states do all the disaster relief! Hey Mississippi – good luck with them floods & hurricanes, you bein’ the poorest state in the Union and all!
A GOP loon is pushing to allow Reps to pack heat in the Capitol Building!! I guess they are feeling left out of the action, they want to gun down Democrats themselves, eliminating the middleman! They should go all the way in following Arizona’s example, and also allow booze in the Capitol Building. Redneck legislators, guns, booze & heated political debate – we can one-up the Ukrainians!
Harry Reid finally notices that Repugs are stupid. Well at least Senator Milquetoast is getting a little feisty!
On related topic – I would bet most of these guys vote Repug.
McNerney did us all a great favor a few years back and kicked Pombo’s ass out of the House. Now he’s running neck and neck against a massively financed reactionary candidate, David Harmer, who (among other extremist views) wants to abolish our public school system. McNerney needs your help again to stop the GOP juggernaut, so contribute or volunteer ASAP to stop the re-infestation of California’s Congressional District 11.