tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post1125594365049968821..comments2024-03-29T05:00:41.967-05:00Comments on driftglass: The Last Democratdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-48556803532973540122010-12-07T13:13:39.635-06:002010-12-07T13:13:39.635-06:00@Loveandlight
Thanks friend! I try to wrap my head...@Loveandlight<br />Thanks friend! I try to wrap my head around the workings of my country, since nobody else my age seems to give a rat's ass. (I'm beginning to not give a rat's ass either, but I like knowing what's coming!)<br />Perhaps it's my own fault for holding out hope (and jumping up and down in glee on election night '08) but I've become what i can readily identify as 'disillusioned' with the democratic party. What's the point of having two parties when one is the other's gimp-suited slave?<br />(end random rant)<br />PS: As far as common sense at my age, I strongly recall having a cold chill run up my spine when Bush was installed as president after the Florida incident. I was ELEVEN, and even a child knew that man was bad news bears...<br /><br />Extra PS: HI DRIFTGLASS! <3 Make your podcasts with Bluegal longer! I could listen to you two for easily an hour or more!SteveUpNorthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-53423153812568125342010-12-07T12:08:42.345-06:002010-12-07T12:08:42.345-06:00I already shrugged. It was called the second "...I already shrugged. It was called the second "Bush Administration". They broke it, and their reaction to having broken it is.....to break it some more.<br />I could chalk up the past "compromises" Obama has made to expediency, rope a dope or Fabian strategy....but this one? With the clear polling majorities favoring ending the tax cuts for the rich even among Republicans!!! This time the question had actually been framed in his favor. Everyone knew what this meant. Everyone was prepared for this fight...and he blew it. The majority of the people in this country believe that their taxes have increased under him!! Does he think he will get any credit or gain any political capital for succumbing to this blackmail? <br />The most horrible part is: Allowing those tax cuts to expire would have alleviated unemployment....plain and simple. It worked when Clinton did it ...it would have worked again. The economy would have improved, growth would have returned and unemployment would have gone down. It would have guaranteed him a second term. We would have gone in to 2012 with a reduced deficit, lower unemployment and this would have been the pivotal moment......wasted....wasted....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-56496427182710076282010-12-07T10:40:45.069-06:002010-12-07T10:40:45.069-06:00@jabberwocky - what he said!
Sadly, now the blueg...@jabberwocky - what he said!<br /><br />Sadly, now the bluegrass state will demand, and get, even more than that $1.50. Presidenting McConnell will not be disobeyed!<br /><br />RPRetired Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653011328780251842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-34904394338093179662010-12-07T10:14:45.863-06:002010-12-07T10:14:45.863-06:00Start small and stay focused. I recommend the Fuc...Start small and stay focused. I recommend the Fucky Kentucky strategy. The Bluegrass State gave us Jim Bunning, Mitch McConnell, and now Rand Paul. Let's give them what they voted for. Kentucky receives $1.50 in Federal money for every dollar sent to Washington. Cut it back to parity. Close a few military bases, lay off some air traffic controllers, reduce Medicare benefits, cancel research grants to the state's colleges and universities, and close all OHSA offices. Kentucky voted for it; Kentucky should get it.jabberwockyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05197331958355070298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-5031003275595114712010-12-07T09:03:32.254-06:002010-12-07T09:03:32.254-06:00Paul Krugman appears to be having glimmerings of s...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/opinion/03krugman.html?ref=paulkrugman" rel="nofollow">Paul Krugman</a> appears to be having glimmerings of similar realizations.<br /><br />@SteveUpNorth: I probably would have made life much easier on myself if I would have had one quarter of your apparent common sense in my early 20's. :-)Mister Robotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724938709642010624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-49658777098691390722010-12-07T08:35:24.902-06:002010-12-07T08:35:24.902-06:00Now what?
Now these rich muthas (including one BH...<i>Now what?</i><br /><br />Now these rich muthas (including one BHO) laugh all the way to the bank, rob the last of your money, buy all the remaining assets during the depression and in short, act like mean ol'Mr Potter.<br /><br />Unfortunately, there is no Clarence coming to help us out.<br /><br />Perhaps the "shrug strategy" will work. It will at least keep you sane. And if the intertubz remain at all free, and a method of correspondence between like-minded peoples, we might just build enough samzidat and comradeship to bring about a better society when the stink becomes overbearing. (The current barrage against Wikileaks and dissent in general does not bode well for this hope.)<br /><br />As much as I'd like to hope BHO has adopted the shrug strategy, drifty, I've become far too cynical and p*ssed off by the man and the way he's (not-)lead to believe it. One thing for sure, I'm done feeling sorry for myself that I too was snookered by one of the greatest branding campaigns of all time. Nope, now its time to think close, close, close to home and build the networks that make your little slice, wherever that is, just a little bit better. <br /><br />And to work to take away the federal $$ that flow away from my home area to support those stoopid people who refuse to pay for themselves. It appears now that the only way to have that happen is to let the feds cut they're throats and crash the whole system.<br /><br />And to defend with force when the hungry, ignorant, stoopid masses from unlivable places (eg MS, AZ, TX) hit the road looking for their money.<br /><br />RPRetired Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653011328780251842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-21978548578798033782010-12-07T08:08:36.209-06:002010-12-07T08:08:36.209-06:00This reminds me of the old Bastard Operator from H...This reminds me of the old Bastard Operator from Hell series.RobertMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-31772030918280538482010-12-07T08:02:45.890-06:002010-12-07T08:02:45.890-06:00Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out...Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.Sir Winston Thrillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975131055491976913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-73430603848770911562010-12-07T07:14:59.870-06:002010-12-07T07:14:59.870-06:00That's it-I'm to the point of not giving a...That's it-I'm to the point of not giving a shit. Let them have it. I don't even want to know or be around these dumb fuckers who think like this. <br /><br />You said it in the last pod cast-it ain't changing. Our side will not win a battle with these people.It will not be allowed to happen.<br /><br />Bama is a one termer and the senate is history. Wait for the best of it when these zombie fucktards have it all in DC. See what they do now-just wait and look the fuck out!One Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-28745559900514256992010-12-07T06:23:31.656-06:002010-12-07T06:23:31.656-06:00Dumbfuckistan.Dumbfuckistan.Denny Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-88323895516013610312010-12-07T05:19:39.424-06:002010-12-07T05:19:39.424-06:00"Now it's broken. Now what?"
Vote ..."Now it's broken. Now what?"<br /><br />Vote for conservatives who say they're different than the last conservatives. If it's still broken, vote for conservatives who say they're different from <i>those</i> conservatives. If it's still broken, vote for conservatives who say they're different from <i>those</i> conservatives.<br /><br />Has anyone tried to analyze the results of the last election? I thought only old white men voted republican, and we're supposed to be running out of those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-85744536651504427182010-12-07T03:25:23.918-06:002010-12-07T03:25:23.918-06:00At 22, I often drive myself into a foamy frenzy tr...At 22, I often drive myself into a foamy frenzy trying to comprehend the nation I was born into, and the decisions the people running it have made. Obama is the the first democratic president in my adult lifetime, and now I'm suddenly realizing why everybody hates the dems as much as the GOP.<br /><br />I think I'll take your advice Driftglass, sit back and shrug. Fuck it. <br />I'm ready to watch it all burn down, as long as they hurry up and get it over with already. <br />It's the waiting that's killing me...SteveUpNorthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-88934237118904762892010-12-07T00:17:01.597-06:002010-12-07T00:17:01.597-06:00It sounds as though you are arriving at the realiz...It sounds as though you are arriving at the realization at which I arrived years ago: The USA is a deeply narcissistic society, and there really is very little if any hope for individuals <a href="http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2010/11/americathe-grim-truth.html" rel="nofollow">and societies so afflicted.</a>Mister Robotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724938709642010624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-4810155223663618372010-12-07T00:08:13.526-06:002010-12-07T00:08:13.526-06:00It's over, America.
And, deep down, you kno...It's over, America. <br /><br />And, deep down, you know it.gruaudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-71725030800878051282010-12-06T23:45:58.229-06:002010-12-06T23:45:58.229-06:00I hear some Europeans are planning a great big &qu...I hear some Europeans are planning a great big "Bank Run". TOMORROW. Hmmm. From KOS!:<br /><br /> <i>"...The global mega-banks may control our politicians, but they don't control the public.<br />All around the world the recently subservient serfs are causing all sorts of trouble for the ruling oligarchy.<br /> That trouble could start as early as tomorrow.<br /><br /> Bank managers across France were waiting a little nervously for the start of business on Tuesday after the former football star Eric Cantona urged his compatriots to stage a bank run and trigger a revolution.<br /><br /> Around 40,000 people in France have pledged to withdraw their money from the banks tomorrow. Another 9,000 in UK have pledged to do the same.<br /> You can find the organization's web site at bankrun2010.com..."</i>Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-15168446605567998002010-12-06T22:36:26.273-06:002010-12-06T22:36:26.273-06:00Those who will not learn from the past are condemn...Those who will not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it. Ad nausem, apparently.<br /><br />We've returned to the days of Yellow Journalism and corporate and political corruption worthy of any Tea Pot Dome scandal. What pulled us out of that mess was the Great Depression and World War 2. <br /><br />Any guesses as to what it will take this time? Hopefully not a world war, cause I'm not sure we'd survive it.Stacy Hackenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17402317390064027370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-6119766456757464192010-12-06T22:21:05.747-06:002010-12-06T22:21:05.747-06:00Happy Zappadan Drifty.
Am I missing something in...Happy Zappadan Drifty. <br /><br />Am I missing something in this withholding "deal" that's been cut?<br />They aren't going to change the tax rates, they're just gonna withhold LESS out of each paycheck?<br /><br />So when tax time comes the 1040 filer will be on the hook for the difference?<br />(shrug)<br /><br />That stink's gonna fill up fast.<br />"Can't pay? Bwahahahahahaha!<br />WE OWN YOU!"Rehctawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995444077162800445noreply@blogger.com