We need to see strength, not compliance

I’ll say this clearly-I hope you’re listening, beloved Democrats: If you help republicans pass this bill, you will regret it. We need to see your strength not compliance. We will not accept anything else. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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— 💙❤️💙Mia💙❤️💙 (@mommamia.bsky.social) March 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Fuck Donald Trump

Peace,

emaycee

 

The real budget buster: defense spending

It's infuriating a) how much "defense" spending dominates the federal budget & workforce, b) how much of that spending is channeled to private contractors, with zero scrutiny & mountains of graft, and c) how little attention any of this gets in US political discourse. https://t.co/EHXj1AZhhE

— David Roberts (@drvolts) June 8, 2023

Republicans = Nazis

Peace,

emaycee 

The difference in priorities is staggering

 Republicans = Nazis

Peace,

emaycee

Two-thirds of the GOP budget is devoted to oil companies

The Republican Party is a wholly owned subsidiary of the fossil fuel industry.
The Republican Party couldn't care less about the health of our planet and those who live on it. pic.twitter.com/YtXTo0XDrS

— McSpocky™ (@mcspocky) April 29, 2023

Republicans = Nazis

Peace,

emaycee

 

Making America Exceptional Again

 

Republican = Traitor

Peace,

emaycee

Future shock

Like many Democrats, I greatly appreciated the solidarity our party showed in the face of republican intransigence on both the government shutdown and the raising of the debt ceiling--which culminated in the greatest victory our party has had since the passage of Obamacare.

But--and mark these words--if future negotiations (considering the insanity of the tea party caucus they still might not happen regardless of the ass kicking they took in popularity this time around) result in any cuts to Social Security, any cuts to Medicare, or any raising of the age limits for either, it will all have been for naught.

Social Security and Medicare are as important to the core social fabric of our party's philosophy as legs are important to running.  To cut them would be akin to republicans asking for the tax rates to be raised on the wealthy and corporations back to 1950s levels (roughly 91% and 50%, though not many actually paid those rates).

Today the AFL-CIO made it perfectly clear that any Democrat voting for any cuts to either program could essentially go fuck themselves--they would receive no support from the union (another reason to love unions).

The rest of us should do the same.

Peace,
emaycee

Glieben, Glauben, Globen

Can someone please explain to me what the fuck it means when someone says that a U.S. citizen's share of the country's debt is "$50,000?"  It's about as meaningful as saying the moon is made of cheese or that mermaids swim the deep blue sea.  This "debt" is never coming out of anyone's pocket and is merely some lame-ass republican effort to put the problem in terms most conducive to the dim-witted.

Besides, if these people were truly concerned about their kids and this "debt" they'd raise taxes on the wealthy so we could hire more teachers and put more Americans back to work on public projects which would increase the tax revenue.

But let's be truthful--the kids are the last thing on their minds.  Letting the wealthy get wealthier and propagating an American aristocracy is their only motive.

Peace,
emaycee

Sprechen sie deustche?

A while back I read this piece by Jared Bernstein on improving the economy and though there weren't a lot of really new ideas, his initial premise on fixing the economy "First do no harm" (from the Hippocratic Oath) struck me as a novel prescription (so to speak).  And a premise that all too often, our own leaders ignore.

But not the Germans--I've read of their success, even through the downturn, with their own economy but this piece by Harold Meyerson explains it in a manner more for people like me whose eyes glaze over at the sight of the first economics pie chart.  In a nutshell:  the concerns of the working class are given equal weight as those of them that has the gold.  Important note:  in Germany, the rate of pay for the middle class has risen at roughly the same rate as those of the wealthy.  Imagine that!

Here's the thing:  when leaders look out for all and not for the few, things work out much better for the nation.  It's not socialism.  It's good sense.

Peace,
emaycee

Do over, please!

So on Thursday I got a brain fart and decided that I'd get on the extol Obama bandwagon early.  The Daily Kos appears to still be there running this piece about Obama's fairly good chances for re-election (pretty much provided the republicans continue to flail about finding a contender and the economy doesn't take a turn for the worse), and this piece by brooklynbadboy which is basically an insider's take on the same points in the piece I linked to Mark Morford, i.e., he isn't perfect, but he's our guy and better than the alternative by a country mile. 

Needless to say, after last Friday's debacle, I'm having second thoughts.  And after reading this post by Digby, my blood is beginning to boil.  The scary thing is how right she is:  Obama has delivered a mortal blow--and it may be the death knell with his speech this Wednesday--to Liberalism.  He's fucking giving up on our signature issues--the social safety net--and saying he saved some small social programs (Planned Parenthood and NPR--whoop-dee-fucking-doo) and for this we're supposed to be grateful.  He's doing the opposite of what he should be doing as a fucking Democrat, and if the austerity kick in Britain is any indication, things are going to get worse again.

brooklynbadboy may well be right--in the close to his piece cited above, he says he's come to believe that it will be people power like we saw in Wisconsin that will turn the tide, and not a great leader.  But for what history has shown us what Franklin Roosevelt meant to the working class in this country, I'm not holding my breath.  A President has to lead for those who cannot, and President Obama has shown no inclination to be a leader for those without.

FDR--and the Mrs.--must be turning over in their graves.

Peace,
emaycee

For the record

Can I be one of the few ordinary people in the United States who just flat doesn't give a fuck about the deficit--either statewide or nationally? I...just...do...not...give...a...fuck. Want to fix it? Get people good paying jobs, get the unemployment rate down to 4-5% and all your troubles disappear. It's not a cutting issue--it's a revenue issue. Period.

Peace,
emaycee