I have been making an effort to check out all of the blogs that we link to on the left side of this page. I have found some wonderful items. (I just wish I had the time to read them more consistently).
I just saw this post on Red State, and I just had to post it.
The thought of common sense ruling our government is intoxicating.
The bit where he pulls out the bulb is great.
ReplyDeleteSemi on topic: even the Krauts "get it".
(I can use the K-word. I am one. (Well, half, anyway...))
I was waiting for him to have an "ooopsie" and drop the bulb on the floor. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI LIKE this guy.
Lewy, the Spiegel article is spot on, and pulls no punches.
ReplyDeleteThey have a odd view of the tea party crowd, but hey, I've been called worse than a "zealot" in my time. :D
Lady Red....
ReplyDeleteMichigan Supreme Court has removed 'The Tea Party' from the ballot! :-o
Aridog, what the heckety-heck is going on up there? Sounds like shenanigans!
ReplyDeleteThe "Tea Party" is a movement, not a political party. It's a loose affiliation of pissed-off Americans clamoring to be heard by their deaf-as-a-post "representatives". At least that's the way I interpret it. Other people might have a different definition.
Lady Red....Michigan politics is what is going on. Because no one thought to trademark the "Tea Party" name per se...some dick licker Democrats here decided to register it was an "official" political party in Michigan...e.g., entitled to ballot space, for candidates picked by Democrats of course...and usually from their trash heap of non-winners previously.
ReplyDeleteThe object is vote splitting because they presume Tea Party leaning Republicans, Independents, and renegade Democrats are too stupid to know what's going on...which is pretty much how they view their own constituency, like "Detroit" for example, if you get my drift.
With a rare exception here and there I will be voting for no incumbents and no one who has held any political office in the past dozen years. In most cases, the "establishment" Republicans and Democrats here are equally unworthy of the early morning dew on a 3 day old road apple.
Fortunately a non-establishment Republican won the primary and is the only candidate for governor that has ever held a day job. Thus...I'd vote for him even if he was a Commie Mujahideen.
Ah, thanks for clarifying all that, aridog. Crappy, sleazy politics, as usual. :(
ReplyDeleteI agree that both R and D incumbents are equally unworthy, with very few exceptions (and I'm not real sure about those). Right now I'd vote for the neighbor's dog before I'd vote for an incumbent.
Unfortunately, I don't have that option when it comes to my local senate race. Blanche is OUT, but we have to vote for Boozman to do it. He's one of the few exceptions that I'm not sure about. He and I have gone round and round in emails, because I think he's too passive.
I think that you both touched on the main issue both parties aren't getting.
ReplyDeleteI'm not excited about a Republican landslide in November, because the Republicans suck ass. However, I'd rather have the Democrats lose right now, because not only do they suck ass, but they are forcing me to pay their hourly fee for doing so. And that is even less thrilling a thought.
You know how Stephen Hawking is all about a post-God society? Well, I believe in a post party society. I have no loyalties at this point, it's all about the individual. To the extent that Democrats make me want to barf harder at the moment, it is because they allow Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama to set their agenda entirely. Demonstrate to me that you'll thumb your nose at their heavy handed tactics and espouse issues I find important and you'll have my vote as long as you remain honest and a servant of the people (usually half a cycle). That's not out of the question, either. The Republicans like to talk a good fiscal conservative game, but they're liars. And I'm not anti-entitlement program, I'm anti ridiculous spending. As Mel (Gay Conservative) pointed out on facebook - why are we giving Mexico billions of dollars and complaining about lack of funding for veteran's care? Why not give the Mexico charity to vets? And that's just one example.
If the Republicans were in power right now, I'd most likely be singing the same tune with different names.
#8: If the Republicans were in power right now, I'd most likely be singing the same tune with different names.
ReplyDeleteYep. ^5, sistah.
The most important reason to cheer on a Republican victory this November, above and beyond all others, is to dethrone Nancy Pelosi. Period. We can deal with Mr Suntan later.
ReplyDeleteShe is the real threat, the wonk demagogue who tells Obama what to do, not the other way around. Obama has flip flopped on so many things large and small that he's almost comical now...fur the mosque and agin the mosque in 24 hours for example, he's pathetic. He always waits until he thinks it's safe to speak out, then waffles. Nutless is an understatement.
Aridog - I agree with you absolutely. The thing I can't figure out is how on EARTH people bow to what she says!
ReplyDeleteThe President is just one example, and the most ridiculous one. He's the President of the United States for the love of all that is holy. Why does he defer to her? I understand the power issue - but Pelosi is no Tip O'Neill and this is an entirely different time. She has no charisma, no Clintonesque ability to Aw, Shucks people into agreeing with her. She's truly a harridan with no redeeming qualities.
She may know where the bodies are buried, but at this point in the political discourse no one really gives a crap. I mean, if you can kill a woman with your car then go on to be repeatedly re-elected and canonized upon your death as The Lion of the Senate, you can pretty much get away with anything (other than being accused of racism).
My head literally spins trying to figure this one out. I just. Don't. Get it.
Regarding the 'Tea Party' being removed from the ballot in Michigan, from what I've seen, the 'Tea Party' as a political is being mostly registered by Dem or other 'progressive types in an attempt to split votes among those who are angry at the current direction of the country, but not informed enough to realize who they are voting for beyond the initial party name.
ReplyDeleteSo any removal of a party by such a name from the ballot is cockle-warming for me.
Bravo! Well said!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting it, Matt. I don't use CFBs anymore because they have mercury. I tried some when they first came out and they didn't last any longer than the incandescent bulbs.
Congress is insane.
"With a rare exception here and there I will be voting for no incumbents and no one who has held any political office in the past dozen years. In most cases, the "establishment" Republicans and Democrats here are equally unworthy of the early morning dew on a 3 day old road apple."
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afw #8
ReplyDeleteExcellent post, I couldn't agree more.