Thursday, January 29, 2015

clown car and congress



I see the Republican clown car of presidential contenders is full and careening around. All the usual suspects...Sarah Palin who couldn't even finish one term as governor, Jeb oh god not another Bush, Mitt Romney who only ran last time because everybody kept asking him too, Rick good hair Perry who has a felony indictment against him, Dominionist* con-man Ted Cruz the anointed king and savior who wants to slice and dice the constitution, and then there's Rand Paul or any number of other idiots trying to crowd in.

All that's just pre-game entertainment though since the Koch Brothers have pledged 889 million dollars towards the next presidential election. Nearly a billion dollars to buy the presidency for the person of their choice. I read somewhere that might be Scott Walker. Hell, they already own the Republican Party and Mitch McConnell has admitted as much. If that doesn't enrage you, then what the fuck does it take?

In the meantime the Republicans who promised to 'get stuff done' if elected into a majority of both houses, are continuing to do nothing. Well, not nothing. First thing off the bat they had a little infighting. Since then they have appointed Ted Cruz, who hates NASA and has been trying to defund it, to oversee it. They passed a resolution to not allow actual scientists to testify to science committees but businesses with an interest can. They passed a resolution that OK, yes, climate change is real, but there's no way humans are accountable for it. They tried to pass an abortion ban after 20 weeks and only failed because some of the female Republicans balked. They did vote to fast-track the Keystone XL pipeline even though it will not benefit Americans one whit but will spill the dirtiest tar sands onto American citizens' property. And they still want to get rid of the ACA even though they have nothing to replace it with. Not to mention they continue throwing up roadblocks and undermining the president every chance they get, bordering on treason especially with Boehner's latest stunt inviting Netanyahu to speak to Congress.

And while the clown car is entertaining, what Congress is doing and trying to do is not. Now that Republicans have the opportunity to govern, they are still the party of no...no showing any kind of respect for the president, no jobs, no health care, no restraining wall street, no restraining businesses, definitely no protecting the environment, no raising taxes unless it's on those who can least afford it, no social security, no disability, no humane treatment of 'illegal' immigrants even if they have been here since they were children and are productive members of society, no infrastructure repair, no support for the hungry and homeless, no raising the minimum wage, no fucking equality thank you very much.

Is this really what they mean when they say America is the greatest country on earth?

I hope Obama has his veto pen ready cause he is going to need it.


* I was going to provide a link to info about Dominionism but couldn't find one in the 5 seconds I looked that I wanted to read through but you should read up on this and these people. Scary. 





14 comments:

  1. This so closely expresses my personal feelings that I could repost it proudly with my name on it, but of course I won't.

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  2. Cl-own College. I called it. Well, me and 30 million other people. The Rs will sit on their hands for 2016. They are doing the one they are good at - doing nothing. Problem is, now is the time we lay the grounds of the next generation's battlefields, and we don't need old millionaires with their grocery carts blocking the aisle!

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  3. Those dirty Koch suckers wreck democracy again

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  4. I am with you all the way, of course. I try not to get TOO enraged because there's nothing I can do except vote...but yeah, it makes me crazy too.

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  5. This is why they need to take money out of elections! CAP and control a system that has become so corrupt Cuba has nothing on DC...The nasty Koch brothers need to be stopped and the only way to stop them is to make money irrelevant in campaigns.
    Many Americans who support the Rep. Party have no clue what they are supporting--
    The party has obstructed for almost 8 yrs I'm holding my breath because its the most frightening thing since nukes, for them to be in complete power!

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  6. I just want to dig a hole and climb in. It's all just to scary.

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  7. It is all so frustrating. I don't see how some people can sleep at night. Now that they are in control of both houses, they are blaming the president for not working with them.

    Amazing.

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  8. The good news is that, so far, the Republicans don't have anyone that can win no matter how much money they spend. At least that was the case in 2008 & 2012. So we go through the every-four-years bleeding of the conservative elite rich guys. At least the money finds its way into the economy instead of being locked up on Wall Street.

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  9. Congress is scary. Just keep going to the polls.

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  10. We go to the polls, but big money is in control of everything. Including, of course, the media, which reports the "news" through their own warped filter. I, also, could have written this. I agree with every word. At least I know there are TWO Texans who feel the same!!! Thank you, Ellen, for words that echo my own thoughts!

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  11. I'm with Ms. Moon - too scary... I think I'll just cover myself up with yarn (I'll come out to vote, of course).

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  12. I imagine this post was cathartic for you, Ellen, but we also benefit by you taking the time to express (and so well!) what the rest of us have simmering inside.

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  13. My sentiments exactly! You are eloquent and passionate in your writing - I hope these thoughts made their way into an editorial somewhere. I feel better when I watch "Rachel Maddow" on MSNBC online because she gives the history behind so much of what goes on in politics today and explains how things run in cycles. This too shall pass....In the meantime those of us who feel like you do need to keep voting and supporting progressive candidates.

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