If you look under your seat, you’ll see you’re not getting anything

Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 4th, 2011 5:51 am by HL

If you look under your seat, you’ll see you’re not getting anything
Our representative democracy works best apparently, when it stays bought.

pic from ask curly at flickr.com

It has been tough for me keeping track of all the political developments over the last few days with the premier of the 24-hour Oprah network, but I manage to browse the internet for non-Oprah matters when Gayle King is on.

As mentioned earlier, since we’re a democracy and all, the 112th Congress (Truman’s “Do Nothing Congress” meet Obama’s “Know Nothing Congress“) can take the thoughts of the people into consideration…

Sixty-one percent of Americans polled would rather see taxes for the wealthy increased as a first step to tackling the deficit, the poll showed.

The next most popular way — chosen by 20 percent — was to cut defense spending.

Four percent would cut the Medicare government health insurance program for the elderly, and 3 percent would cut the Social Security retirement program, the poll showed.

So being a “modern” democracy I guess we’ll just be going after Medicare and Social Security.

Wonder how stuff like that can happen?

Now back to ‘Oprah Behind the Scenes’.

Late, Late Night FDL: While My Ukulele Gently Weeps
Jake Shimabukuro- Ukulele Weeps

Jake Shimabukuro – Ukulele Weeps

And because he can… “Bohemian Rhapsody”

A little aloha from the Isles…! 😉

What’s on your mind tonite…?

Early Morning Swim: Republicans Playing Chicken with Debt Ceiling, Reports Chris Hayes on MSNBC
These are the same idiots who just enthusiastically put $1T in tax cuts on the country’s credit card.

Batshit.

Tea Party champion Sen. Jim DeMint says he’s ready for a “showdown” with President Obama over raising the government debt ceiling.

DeMint’s threat is setting up a high-stakes game of chicken on Capitol Hill with Republicans demanding stark spending cuts before they consider raising the debt limit and Democrats warning that a failure to do so would trash the country’s credit rating and risk a government shutdown.

“This needs to be a big showdown,” DeMint (R-SC) told Human Events magazine. “Enough is enough, folks. We can’t keep taking home the bacon and take care of the best interests of our country.”

These are the same idiots who just enthusiastically put $1T in tax cuts on the country’s credit card.

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