Response to Gary Wolfram in "Major SOS (Rick Snyder State of the State Speech) initiatives" on the Michigan View / Detroit News January 20, 2011.
One should fully appreciate Wolfram's bridge to nowhere: Guv Rick, listen to this professor: Let's take the Right-to-Work-for-Less bridge directly to Mississippiafication of Michigan.
Gary, Gary!
Open the smudged portal in your ivory tower, get away from the fine particles swirling round your head, emanating from your over-heated copy machine.
Unions are the real source of democracy in the workplace.
But how would you know that?
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Kill Michigan, Kill Michigan: Howling Hyenas Take a Jaundiced View
Comment of the Michigan View on January 20, 2011.
As predictable as frost on a pumpkin, or that the offal left by a lioness, in the Serengeti, will be visited by the lurking hyenas, Michigan Views' muckrakers and Hard Right Trolls jump to steal their scrap of the lion's "kill."
Kill Michigan, Kill Michigan
Is there a better way to push Michigan's economy and prospects further into the bath tub for a vicious "drowning" (as suggested by anti-government, uncivil Grover Norquist, Wolfram, Payne, Finley, MacCen, et.al.) than to savagely and prematurely begin their vicious ideological attacks on newly elected moderate Gov. Rick Snyder-trying to stymie Snyder's programs, proposals, and leadership-right at the starting gate?
Be aware these attacks are not optional, they are vital to the success of private, elitists, and their bottom lines. Controlling and hectoring from these curmudgeons are classic tomes that are totally mandatory, necessary to protect the private and clearly corporate interests who want what they want, damn the consequences?
Keep this up boys, and it will be the Granholm v. legislature disaster (deja vu) you all had so much sport ridiculing and vilifying-while ignoring the downward slide of the Michigan economy and life quality.
If we want the state to come back, suggest we vaccinate the Hyenas for rabies.
Original Post.
As predictable as frost on a pumpkin, or that the offal left by a lioness, in the Serengeti, will be visited by the lurking hyenas, Michigan Views' muckrakers and Hard Right Trolls jump to steal their scrap of the lion's "kill."
Kill Michigan, Kill Michigan
Is there a better way to push Michigan's economy and prospects further into the bath tub for a vicious "drowning" (as suggested by anti-government, uncivil Grover Norquist, Wolfram, Payne, Finley, MacCen, et.al.) than to savagely and prematurely begin their vicious ideological attacks on newly elected moderate Gov. Rick Snyder-trying to stymie Snyder's programs, proposals, and leadership-right at the starting gate?
Be aware these attacks are not optional, they are vital to the success of private, elitists, and their bottom lines. Controlling and hectoring from these curmudgeons are classic tomes that are totally mandatory, necessary to protect the private and clearly corporate interests who want what they want, damn the consequences?
Keep this up boys, and it will be the Granholm v. legislature disaster (deja vu) you all had so much sport ridiculing and vilifying-while ignoring the downward slide of the Michigan economy and life quality.
If we want the state to come back, suggest we vaccinate the Hyenas for rabies.
Original Post.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The Engler Undertow: Snyder’s speech shouldn’t have the upbeat tone of Rick’s previous speeches
Comment on the Michigan View on January 19, 2011.
The Engler Undertow is voiced by his creation, The Mackinac Center. MacCen takes down expectations for Snyder's SOS: A bodacious plunge back into the muck.
'[Snyder's] words must be sober because the cookie jars are empty,' MacCen's LaFaive said."
MacCen's Harding: "'Is he going to do it? To me, in a State of the State you ought to be laying out specific proposals that will make drastic changes. People are trying to figure out what he is trying to do. This, to some degree, is his unveiling.'"
We all remember the typical Engler SOS: A sawed-off shotgun held aloof in two hands like NRA's Charlton Heston and his contorted face, John's crackling off-pitch voice loudly bellowing over juvenile offenders he labeles "Punks" !
Yes, we remember. A Engleresque specter that bone ugly, uncivil, and provocative can never be forgotten, or forgiven.
Original Post.
The Engler Undertow is voiced by his creation, The Mackinac Center. MacCen takes down expectations for Snyder's SOS: A bodacious plunge back into the muck.
'[Snyder's] words must be sober because the cookie jars are empty,' MacCen's LaFaive said."
MacCen's Harding: "'Is he going to do it? To me, in a State of the State you ought to be laying out specific proposals that will make drastic changes. People are trying to figure out what he is trying to do. This, to some degree, is his unveiling.'"
We all remember the typical Engler SOS: A sawed-off shotgun held aloof in two hands like NRA's Charlton Heston and his contorted face, John's crackling off-pitch voice loudly bellowing over juvenile offenders he labeles "Punks" !
Yes, we remember. A Engleresque specter that bone ugly, uncivil, and provocative can never be forgotten, or forgiven.
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Déjà vu: It's Educational Apartheid All Over Again!
Commentary on the Michigan View on January 16, 2011.
SHUT DOWN ALL DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Quick Find a Charter School:
1. Charter School Administrative Services
2. Leona Group, LLC
3. Evans Solution Management Company
4. Professional Contract Management Inc
5. White Hat Management
6. Bardwell Group
7. National Heritage Academies
8. Schoolhouse Services and Staffing Inc
9. Solid Rock Management Company
10. Midwest Management Group Inc.
11. Nataki Talibah Schoolhouse
12. Black Star Educational Management
13. Education Management and Networks
14. Innovative Teaching Solutions
15. 777 Educational Management Company
16. Hamadeh Educational Services Inc
17. New Urban Learning
Here, for the public's first look, is a nearly complete list of proprietary owners of private educational for-profits, siphoning off public tax dollars for loosely regulated, privately administered, middle man, manpower-style academies.
The Detroit taxpayer cannot participate in the operations of these privatized education mills, the funding is public, the operations are strictly private.
The owner of National Heritage Academies appeared on national television bragging his faux public academies had returned him a 12% profit.
Chartering sponsors under Michigan law include a small, two feather upper peninsula Indian Tribe, perhaps better suited to running gambling casinos than educating our children with our tax monies: supervising charters schools for a 3% cut. The entire thing a phony Engeresque arrangement.
And this Mr. Finley is what you have been hankering to see come to pass!
Detroit, Michigan-to become the nation's first urban school district to shutter ALL its doors and TOTALLY SURRENDER ITS LIMITED TAX DOLLARS TO PRIVATE PROFITEERS AND IDEOLOGUES WITH UNKNOWN AGENDAS FOR CHILDREN; The Detroit/Mackinac News' ANTI-PUBLIC DREAM AGENDA/OBJECTIVE about to come true.
Déjà vu: It's Educational Apartheid All Over Again
Original Post.
SHUT DOWN ALL DETROIT NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Quick Find a Charter School:
1. Charter School Administrative Services
2. Leona Group, LLC
3. Evans Solution Management Company
4. Professional Contract Management Inc
5. White Hat Management
6. Bardwell Group
7. National Heritage Academies
8. Schoolhouse Services and Staffing Inc
9. Solid Rock Management Company
10. Midwest Management Group Inc.
11. Nataki Talibah Schoolhouse
12. Black Star Educational Management
13. Education Management and Networks
14. Innovative Teaching Solutions
15. 777 Educational Management Company
16. Hamadeh Educational Services Inc
17. New Urban Learning
Here, for the public's first look, is a nearly complete list of proprietary owners of private educational for-profits, siphoning off public tax dollars for loosely regulated, privately administered, middle man, manpower-style academies.
The Detroit taxpayer cannot participate in the operations of these privatized education mills, the funding is public, the operations are strictly private.
The owner of National Heritage Academies appeared on national television bragging his faux public academies had returned him a 12% profit.
Chartering sponsors under Michigan law include a small, two feather upper peninsula Indian Tribe, perhaps better suited to running gambling casinos than educating our children with our tax monies: supervising charters schools for a 3% cut. The entire thing a phony Engeresque arrangement.
And this Mr. Finley is what you have been hankering to see come to pass!
Detroit, Michigan-to become the nation's first urban school district to shutter ALL its doors and TOTALLY SURRENDER ITS LIMITED TAX DOLLARS TO PRIVATE PROFITEERS AND IDEOLOGUES WITH UNKNOWN AGENDAS FOR CHILDREN; The Detroit/Mackinac News' ANTI-PUBLIC DREAM AGENDA/OBJECTIVE about to come true.
Déjà vu: It's Educational Apartheid All Over Again
Original Post.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Frank Beckmann Weighed in on the Giffords Shooting & "Despicable Critisms" Against Talk Radio
Response to Frank Beckmann on his Radio Show concerning the the shooting of US Rep Gifford and attacks on conservative radio talk show hosts.
Frank objects to the attacks upon the "talk show" crowd and their strident opines; critics saying that "harsh speak" from far right hosts may have ginned up the atmosphere prevailing prior to the killings in Tucson and since. We're being unfairly attacked, says Frank.
BECKMANN: They do it to us, to defend ourselves we must do it back.
This EXTENDS the endless cycle of violent abuse of civility.
We, like goldfish, live EMERSED in a total environment permeated with TALK , too much talk.
It's "TALK" that is making big money for Fox and Limbaugh et al. Harsh talk, and DISRESPECTFUL argument, ad hominem "ACCUSATORY TALK THAT IS CONTINUING TO ESCALATE - to the point of civil breakdown.
The Country once talked and wrote itself into the Civil War which was a stupendous and stupid display of animal-like carnage and destruction: An ugly dagger in the heart of every person believing in "American Exceptionalism."
Decades of diatribes and fiery accusations resulted in ill-will that led directly to civil war.
The written word also stoked the sparks of conflagration. Abe Lincoln addressed Harriet Beecher Stowe, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war." Words do count, words do inflame, words do incite to kill!
The secession of South Carolina and the attack on Ft. Sumter were THE DIRECT RESULT OF DECADES OF ESCALATING TALK, RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE, AND HARSH RHETORICAL RHETORIC BY "PATRIOTS" IN CONGRESS - hotheads who always "Gave as good as they Got."
We were invited into THE AMERICAN "CULTURAL WAR" by Pat Buchanan at Houston's GOP National Convention, 1992.
GOD HELP US IF WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO TALKING OURSELVES INTO THE new "CIVIL WAR" mentioned recently by so many - intent on having their ideologies "win" a political victory over those of others they disdain and disavow at whatever cost.
BECKMANN: "Conservative talk radio will survive the dishonest assaults and will not waver from its support of the Constitution, law enforcement and open political debate."
In other words, BECKMANN; Diatribes Forever?
How very sad !
Pray God touches Frank's heart of stone.
Original Post.
Frank objects to the attacks upon the "talk show" crowd and their strident opines; critics saying that "harsh speak" from far right hosts may have ginned up the atmosphere prevailing prior to the killings in Tucson and since. We're being unfairly attacked, says Frank.
BECKMANN: They do it to us, to defend ourselves we must do it back.
This EXTENDS the endless cycle of violent abuse of civility.
We, like goldfish, live EMERSED in a total environment permeated with TALK , too much talk.
It's "TALK" that is making big money for Fox and Limbaugh et al. Harsh talk, and DISRESPECTFUL argument, ad hominem "ACCUSATORY TALK THAT IS CONTINUING TO ESCALATE - to the point of civil breakdown.
The Country once talked and wrote itself into the Civil War which was a stupendous and stupid display of animal-like carnage and destruction: An ugly dagger in the heart of every person believing in "American Exceptionalism."
Decades of diatribes and fiery accusations resulted in ill-will that led directly to civil war.
The written word also stoked the sparks of conflagration. Abe Lincoln addressed Harriet Beecher Stowe, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war." Words do count, words do inflame, words do incite to kill!
The secession of South Carolina and the attack on Ft. Sumter were THE DIRECT RESULT OF DECADES OF ESCALATING TALK, RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE, AND HARSH RHETORICAL RHETORIC BY "PATRIOTS" IN CONGRESS - hotheads who always "Gave as good as they Got."
We were invited into THE AMERICAN "CULTURAL WAR" by Pat Buchanan at Houston's GOP National Convention, 1992.
GOD HELP US IF WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO TALKING OURSELVES INTO THE new "CIVIL WAR" mentioned recently by so many - intent on having their ideologies "win" a political victory over those of others they disdain and disavow at whatever cost.
BECKMANN: "Conservative talk radio will survive the dishonest assaults and will not waver from its support of the Constitution, law enforcement and open political debate."
In other words, BECKMANN; Diatribes Forever?
How very sad !
Pray God touches Frank's heart of stone.
Original Post.
Monday, January 10, 2011
We have seen the enemy of polite discourse and civility: We deny the enemy is in and among us.
Commentary on the Michigan View on January 10, 2011
America is a violent country; deny that if you wish, facts are facts. We are a country whose government and economy are in flat spin and we are desperately trying to blame someone else for this dangerous condition.
Killer Guns: an oxymoron.
Everyone knows a handgun can serve as a unique paperweight. Guns bought easily by mentally deranged individuals, or by highly charged militia troopers, or desperately frightened housewives, they however, all kill in the hands of individuals using them. It takes such a very small amount of "muscle twitch" to fire a gun, even a fully automatic Gluck, that saying guns don't kill is a bromide that mocks the horrific reality. There is so much violence in our media, literature, entertainment, and video games it is ubiquitous in our daily lives. The cool steel or the cold carbon of a Gluck gives so many a sense of comfort and security, that gun will never harm a soul, but the killing potential is still only a deadly instant away.
The rule on guns in heated or dangerous situations is simple: don't resort to brandishing a weapon unless you intend to use it - if conditions or emotions demand.
The political ads in the fierce and highly charged November national election didn't feature dozens of politicians getting cream cakes shoved or thrown into their faces. Guns and gun related images and language permeated the airways and in some very high profile ways became the "message." The media used was the message and it was all about the power of life and death, killing off the opponent, the party, the health care bill, etc. These were professionally chosen media messages that the sponsors intended to gin up support, to achieve the "emotion" that we crave and is so useful in getting out the vote for "our" cause, our candidate, our side.
Sarah Palin's cross hairs depicting those "targeted" opponents would be mild and incidental to any thought of killing, if Sarah had never been pictured, as she was and is, over and over, tee-shirted and in camouflages, holding an automatic (M-16) at the ready with A CROSS-HAIRS SCOPE ON IT one might not put so much attention on Sarah's serious provocations. Add in the high profile national attention Palin got by hyping her concept "death panels," in condemnation of Obama Care, there's plenty of hardcore angst there, enough to take some over the edge. Trouble in Tucson began with the debate over health care which esculated to a white heat. Note: "It began with emotional town hall meetings in the summer of 2009, when some critics warned of government 'death panels.'" The situation voiced by Gabby Giffords in her own words: "We're on Sarah Palin's targeted list The way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they've got to realize there are consequences to that action."
Then there was Kelly, Rep. Giffords' ultra-aggressive Tea Party opponent who distributed literature bearing the following message presented thus: "(H)elp remove Gabrielle Giffords from office, shoot a fully automatic M-16 with Jesse Kelly." Of course there is ambiguity here, but what is that you don't understand about "remove" and "shoot a fully automatic M-16" planted clearly juxapositioned in Kelly's campaign piece.
Teapartisan Sharon Angle's reference to resorting to "second amendment remedies" wafted over the airways targeting Sen. Harry Reed, untoward provocation, laced with her reference to "domestic enemies."
When do we reach the tipping point, our addled and psychotics have already gotten the message, When do "secret sleeper cells," "self-activated militias" in place around the country, act not in a hazy trance, but with practiced military precision to take "change" of a country they truly fear is being lost to "domestic enemies." Impossible, Never, Never. This is exactly what happened with Timothy McVeigh and Oklahoma City!
We have now another strong warning. Try to talk it away, or bluster past the criticisms, but one cannot coat this infamy with excusability or credibly deny the obvious effects of direct provocations and inflammatory rhetoric which leads to such violence. We all see and know argumentive fatefulnesses are smothering our civic discourse like crazy-making kudzu.
"Popular spokespeople like Ms. Palin routinely drop words like "tyranny" and "socialism" when describing the president and his allies, as if blind to the idea that Americans legitimately faced with either enemy would almost certainly take up arms," Matt Bai writes.
America is a violent country; deny that if you wish, facts are facts. We are a country whose government and economy are in flat spin and we are desperately trying to blame someone else for this dangerous condition.
Killer Guns: an oxymoron.
Everyone knows a handgun can serve as a unique paperweight. Guns bought easily by mentally deranged individuals, or by highly charged militia troopers, or desperately frightened housewives, they however, all kill in the hands of individuals using them. It takes such a very small amount of "muscle twitch" to fire a gun, even a fully automatic Gluck, that saying guns don't kill is a bromide that mocks the horrific reality. There is so much violence in our media, literature, entertainment, and video games it is ubiquitous in our daily lives. The cool steel or the cold carbon of a Gluck gives so many a sense of comfort and security, that gun will never harm a soul, but the killing potential is still only a deadly instant away.
The rule on guns in heated or dangerous situations is simple: don't resort to brandishing a weapon unless you intend to use it - if conditions or emotions demand.
The political ads in the fierce and highly charged November national election didn't feature dozens of politicians getting cream cakes shoved or thrown into their faces. Guns and gun related images and language permeated the airways and in some very high profile ways became the "message." The media used was the message and it was all about the power of life and death, killing off the opponent, the party, the health care bill, etc. These were professionally chosen media messages that the sponsors intended to gin up support, to achieve the "emotion" that we crave and is so useful in getting out the vote for "our" cause, our candidate, our side.
Sarah Palin's cross hairs depicting those "targeted" opponents would be mild and incidental to any thought of killing, if Sarah had never been pictured, as she was and is, over and over, tee-shirted and in camouflages, holding an automatic (M-16) at the ready with A CROSS-HAIRS SCOPE ON IT one might not put so much attention on Sarah's serious provocations. Add in the high profile national attention Palin got by hyping her concept "death panels," in condemnation of Obama Care, there's plenty of hardcore angst there, enough to take some over the edge. Trouble in Tucson began with the debate over health care which esculated to a white heat. Note: "It began with emotional town hall meetings in the summer of 2009, when some critics warned of government 'death panels.'" The situation voiced by Gabby Giffords in her own words: "We're on Sarah Palin's targeted list The way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they've got to realize there are consequences to that action."
Then there was Kelly, Rep. Giffords' ultra-aggressive Tea Party opponent who distributed literature bearing the following message presented thus: "(H)elp remove Gabrielle Giffords from office, shoot a fully automatic M-16 with Jesse Kelly." Of course there is ambiguity here, but what is that you don't understand about "remove" and "shoot a fully automatic M-16" planted clearly juxapositioned in Kelly's campaign piece.
Teapartisan Sharon Angle's reference to resorting to "second amendment remedies" wafted over the airways targeting Sen. Harry Reed, untoward provocation, laced with her reference to "domestic enemies."
When do we reach the tipping point, our addled and psychotics have already gotten the message, When do "secret sleeper cells," "self-activated militias" in place around the country, act not in a hazy trance, but with practiced military precision to take "change" of a country they truly fear is being lost to "domestic enemies." Impossible, Never, Never. This is exactly what happened with Timothy McVeigh and Oklahoma City!
We have now another strong warning. Try to talk it away, or bluster past the criticisms, but one cannot coat this infamy with excusability or credibly deny the obvious effects of direct provocations and inflammatory rhetoric which leads to such violence. We all see and know argumentive fatefulnesses are smothering our civic discourse like crazy-making kudzu.
"Popular spokespeople like Ms. Palin routinely drop words like "tyranny" and "socialism" when describing the president and his allies, as if blind to the idea that Americans legitimately faced with either enemy would almost certainly take up arms," Matt Bai writes.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
John Mathias Engler Rejoices in Michigan's Economic Depression
Responseto Michigan View’s Henry Payne in “Nerd ignores Granholm's 'vision' Detroit News on Jan 1, 2011
The troubles of Michigan's worst economic crisis, huge unemployment, and loss of manufacturing-the worst in nearly four fifths of a century- is seen by Engler as "'THE" OPPORTUNITY" for his GOPers and "something that we all (Michigan Republicans to whom he was speaking) have been waiting for."
Have been "waiting for"? What does that mean?
Only Engler would find this kind of excitement in our dire times - a prime opportunity. An opportunity for what?
Only those of us who know and understand Engler's role played in the run-up to these hard times know that his remarks are predicated on the fact that Engler had every of Michigan governance under his control for an extended period, and failed to protect us from the failed presidency of George W. Bush. Jobs were being lost by the tens of thousands on a "pick up pace" and there was a 1.7 billion dollar shortfall in state revenues-deficit-when Engler handed the escalating crisis to Gov. Granholm.
Engler raged that he inherited an over 1 billion dollar deficit from Gov. Blanchard, yet for all his "Revolution" machinations, ENGLER PASSED ON TO GOV. GRANHOLM AN EVEN LARGER 1.7 BILLION DEFICIT. So down peacock feathers!
Since the early 1980's Engler, already ensconced in the state legislature, and Republicans holding a least one branch of the legislatue have had a major role in the policies and practices that created this mess.
Much of the budget, structural and economic problems of the state were developed and promoted under Republican control-who have had either complete or partial control, e.g. the State Senate of Michigan legislation, for decades.
Truly, only an extreme partisan, such as Engler is, would see this crisis time as "WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR."
Imagine the kind of misanthropic mind it would take to exalt in the "the opportunity" that the Michigan one-state depression would provide. The answer it's the fact that such a terrible crisis presents radical right wingers a prime opportunity to take advantage of such a crisis to do harm to their political and ideological enemies under the guise of "emergency fixes" designed to disenfranchise those Engler and company have habitually attacked.
Milton Friedman invented : A crisis is an opportunity.
Engler views Michigan as giving his brand of "revolution" (a classic example of "disaster capitalism)" a perfect segue to cuts and re-invention/"fixes" to be used to reshape the Michigan economy and infrastructure in the interests of business" and to trash the public sector-the pet campaign of Engler.
"It seems to me that this is THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US and it's SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR," Engler said.
Engler's sentiment reflects his personal lust for political reprisal and retribution, while the context and content of moderate Gov. Rick Snyder's inaugural speech are in sharp contrast a pro-active move to recovery.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
O Joy & Merry Curmudgeon Season to Us
Response to Mackinac Center’s Jack McHugh in “A Tea Party Manifesto” Michigan View on Dec 16, 2010
To do what these new Teapartisans are going to foolishly and ill-advisedly do, attempt to steer wrestle the entire federal legislative process to the dirt, is a stupendous mistake. You take joy that Teapublicans will "scare the living daylights out of their own lawmakers" puts you in the four poster with Ebeneezer Scrooge.
You should be taking note that the public now has its lowest rating for Congress in history. The stoneheaded behavior indicated by the inciters (and mega-bucks backers) of teapartisnaship is civically evil and economically suicidal.
If you think their peacock brand of libertarianism (ala Ayn Rand, or Ron Paul) is what the Founders envisioned for America, then perhaps a return to American History 101 is in order! They are so far right they are meeting up with anarchists on the dark side of the moon!
These "movement" types-spurred on by a rising angst and concern in the country coming from the civically illiterate and more often the desperate families "underwater financially" will contort the next 2 years and cripple our national recovery via bitter vituperative partisanship and legislative games.
Fear, as used to provoke some to take form of "direct action," is not an idle danger.
Pat Buchanan and Ron Paul's rantings about a Marxist Culture having captured the nation is inflammatory and delusional. These ideologues glory in the distress of Americans and take rank political advantage, much as Mitch McConnell has set out to end the effectiveness of, and block the re-election of America's first black president by an uncompromising rebellion based on GOP SUPER "NO"ism.
The entire world is watching and what they are seeing is ugly!
Our President Barack Obama is charged overseeing the nation overloaded with 2 lengthy wars, and the Great G.W. Bush Recession/Depression.
If the teapartisans are to do everything they can to obstruct and undermine Obama's ability to bring the nation out, we are in deep trouble, bar none.
A one nostril false grunt from Nolan: It’s not my pigs that stink
Response to Nolan Finley in “Oink, Oink” Detroit News
Nolan may have had the chore of swilling the pigs back home years ago.Now so dandy-like, in his 3 piece editorial suit, he takes a gloating parting shot over the relatively minor part that congressional earmarks play in the trade-off, oiled process of compromise and commerce as practiced for eons in the U.S. Congress.
This new stiff-necked pledging to a small-minded, small-soul-ed, pinch penny, that Dickensian Scrooge, Grover Norquist, who owns the BIG Promise Pledge book on all those signers who pledge to only, always say "NO!" to new taxes, is utter pigsty nonsense!
Norquist has lit a sour gas smoldering cinder in the coal-hearted misanthropes who are marching to Washington under the guise of a resurrected Tea Party, claming to be Founder-blessed "patriots."
Those Norquist-controlled Congress people have taken an impossible and absurd pledge, a pledge that their oath of office makes dishonest and unconstitutional.
The U.S. Congress has an obligation to raise the taxes and revenues to carry on our government. To refuse to raise any new taxes-when the economic ship of state is taking on water like the Titanic in its final 2 hours- is as nonsensical as some other "ideological nut" may attempt-getting willing pledgers-to likewise "never spend or allocate" new revenue, even if raised, refusing to meet the ongoing obligations and responsibilities of our federal government at home and abroad.
Pigs may wallow in gooey slime, but even they don't attempt to eat muck-out of pure instinct for survival.
Original Post.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Quotes: "The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if..."
"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR
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