Kentucky's idiot Governor, Matt Bevin, said this week that the election of Hillary Clinton may call for the shedding of blood of tyrants and patriots.
Can I just say that any group of bozos that try to use violence to usurp the will of the people should be met with the full force of the U.S. Government and should be smashed into an oblivion that they will so, so richly deserve.
We're taught in fucking kindergarten that throwing temper tantrums is an unacceptable way to attempt to get what we want and it most certainly should not be tolerated from adults, no matter how simple minded.
Peace (or not),
emaycee
Showing posts with label Matt Bevin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matt Bevin. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 26, 2015
Malevolent conservatism
Just days before Christmas, new Kentucky governor Matt Bevin rescinded the executive order of his Democratic predecessor, Steve Beshear, that raised the minimum wage for state workers and contractors, dropping it from $10.10 an hour (a whopping $21,000 a year) to $7.25 (an even paltrier $15,000 a year).
It's hard to imagine anything other than sheer malevolence for a move such as this--who could it possibly serve other than the contractors who can now collect an even bigger share of their contracts with the state of Kentucky while paying their employees a non-living wage. The driving force of America's economy is consumer spending and since these employees will be making less they'll be spending less resulting in fewer jobs created. They'll also be paying less in state taxes and state sales taxes. Hell, there's even a measure of human decency involved--who the hell can have any kind of decent life on fifteen fucking grand a year?
Bevin noted when rescinding the order that he believed the market should set wage rates not the government. Newflash numbnuts: since the Great Recession we've seen what happens when the market has control of wage rates--regular folks are paid starvation wages and rich assholes like you get even richer.
People who believe there are no difference between the two parties are absolutely kidding themselves. I will flat fucking guarantee you that no Democrat would ever cut the minimum wage of of his or her state.
Because we actually care about regular folks.
Peace,
emaycee
It's hard to imagine anything other than sheer malevolence for a move such as this--who could it possibly serve other than the contractors who can now collect an even bigger share of their contracts with the state of Kentucky while paying their employees a non-living wage. The driving force of America's economy is consumer spending and since these employees will be making less they'll be spending less resulting in fewer jobs created. They'll also be paying less in state taxes and state sales taxes. Hell, there's even a measure of human decency involved--who the hell can have any kind of decent life on fifteen fucking grand a year?
Bevin noted when rescinding the order that he believed the market should set wage rates not the government. Newflash numbnuts: since the Great Recession we've seen what happens when the market has control of wage rates--regular folks are paid starvation wages and rich assholes like you get even richer.
People who believe there are no difference between the two parties are absolutely kidding themselves. I will flat fucking guarantee you that no Democrat would ever cut the minimum wage of of his or her state.
Because we actually care about regular folks.
Peace,
emaycee
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Signifying nothing
There has been much talk today about what Matt Bevin's surprise win in the Kentucky Governor's race yesterday means for Democrats in 2016. And I'm here to tell you what it means: absolutely nothing.
Like most Democrats, I find our inability to turn out voters in odd years and our lack of success in down ballot elections to be deeply disconcerting (though unlike many in the traditional media, I admit that we are hamstrung by some brutal gerrymandering). But yesterday's results in Kentucky do not mean that Democratic turnout in 2016 will be depressed (after our turnouts in 2008 and 2012 as well as having a very formidable candidate in either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders 2016 is going to be another good year for the good guys). Basically, Jack Conway ran the same race against Bevins that Alison Lundergan Grimes ran against Mitch McConnell in 2014: he disowned Obama and ran as a DINO. And predictably, he got his ass kicked, just like Lundergan Grimes did.
And just what kind of bozo do you have to be to believe that the results in a republican stronghold in the south are going to give pause to voters in blue and purple states? Because I'm pretty certain that voters in California and Ohio are not going to think, "You know, racism and homophobia work for me!" and vote republican in 2016.
If anything, I think it helps Democrats. For one, it is a bit of a wake up call to take nothing for granted. More importantly, though, I think it gives republicans a false sense of confidence heading into 2016 (witness Bevins telling Kentuckians after his victory that Kentucky had a chance to drive the national narrative in 2016--with all due respect to Kentuckians, an insignificant state like Kentucky will never have the chance to drive the national narrative). Democrats are still the overwhelming favorites to retain the White House, have a better than 50/50 chance to take back the Senate, and though it won't be enough, will also help us to improve down ballot.
In the end, it's all much ado about nothing.
Peace,
emaycee
Like most Democrats, I find our inability to turn out voters in odd years and our lack of success in down ballot elections to be deeply disconcerting (though unlike many in the traditional media, I admit that we are hamstrung by some brutal gerrymandering). But yesterday's results in Kentucky do not mean that Democratic turnout in 2016 will be depressed (after our turnouts in 2008 and 2012 as well as having a very formidable candidate in either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders 2016 is going to be another good year for the good guys). Basically, Jack Conway ran the same race against Bevins that Alison Lundergan Grimes ran against Mitch McConnell in 2014: he disowned Obama and ran as a DINO. And predictably, he got his ass kicked, just like Lundergan Grimes did.
And just what kind of bozo do you have to be to believe that the results in a republican stronghold in the south are going to give pause to voters in blue and purple states? Because I'm pretty certain that voters in California and Ohio are not going to think, "You know, racism and homophobia work for me!" and vote republican in 2016.
If anything, I think it helps Democrats. For one, it is a bit of a wake up call to take nothing for granted. More importantly, though, I think it gives republicans a false sense of confidence heading into 2016 (witness Bevins telling Kentuckians after his victory that Kentucky had a chance to drive the national narrative in 2016--with all due respect to Kentuckians, an insignificant state like Kentucky will never have the chance to drive the national narrative). Democrats are still the overwhelming favorites to retain the White House, have a better than 50/50 chance to take back the Senate, and though it won't be enough, will also help us to improve down ballot.
In the end, it's all much ado about nothing.
Peace,
emaycee
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