Hollow weenies

If there's one theme republicans have been pushing this election season that is the epitome of political bullshit, it's how if they the win the Senate they're going to pass all kinds of legislation and get American back on track.

Fucking really?  Based on fucking what?

Their unprecedented obstructionism over the past four years?  Their complete and total lack of any ideas?  Their record of slowing down Congressional action which resulted in the past two Congresses being the least productive in history?  The mind-boggling number of days off the republican controlled House has scheduled?

If they do win the Senate (and I still believe that's a big if), I hope President Obama takes every piece of legislation they pass and lifts a corner of the bill and lights it with a Bic before throwing it in the Oval Office fireplace.

They don't even deserve the courtesy of his signature on his veto.

Peace,
emaycee

Lions and tigers and perverts, oh my

This is a radio ad, for conservative Michigan State Supreme Court justices Brian Zahra and David Viviano, that Michiganders are being subjected to in the final weeks of the campaign:

“Judges can’t stop sexual predators before they strike. But they can make sure those that get caught pay a heavy price. That’s why Supreme Court Justices Brian Zahra and David Viviano have upheld convictions for sexually abusive criminals. And Viviano and Zahra have made it illegal for sexual predators to use computers to help them commit sexual abuse. Justices Brian Zahra and David Viviano have consistently prioritized the rights of crime victims by upholding tough sentences for violent offenders and sexual abusers. Viviano and Zahra use common sense on Michigan’s Supreme Court. They are rule-of-law judges that apply the law to the facts. They are not influenced by special interests. Supreme Court Justices Brian Zahra and David Viviano use common sense and protect our children and families."

Leaving aside the fact that our State Supreme Court Justices have absolutely nothing to do with the legislation concerning, or the prosecutions of, sexual predators, you're left with the rather repugnant sentiment that somehow Liberal Justices are going to usher in the era of sexual predators in the state of Michigan if Zahra and Viviano aren't elected.

Michiganders aren't that stupid, are they?  Maybe--I know the chamber of commerce and insurance companies sure hope they are.  The republican led Michigan State Supreme Court rivals the Roberts Court when it comes to looking out for Corporate America's bottom line over the needs of working class Americans.

No special interests here...

And the ads they pay for are the equivalent of pointing at the exit and yelling "Stop thief!" in a crowded department store and when everybody looks pocketing the money from the cash register.

Peace,
emaycee

Rag, mama, rag

Rape insurance for Michigan's wives and daughters.  Right to work for less laws.  The privitization of our prison food system, which resulted in maggots in the food and drugs sold by Aramark's employees.  The shutting off of the people's water in Detroit.  Taxing the pensions of retirees.  Tax breaks for big business that resulted in zero improvement in our economy.

And yet, and yet, our supposedly Liberal big city newspaper, The Detroit Free Press, has once again endorsed Rick Snyder for Governor over Mark Schauer here in Michigan.

They said it was a close call, but that they believed Governor Gutless would somehow grow a pair in the next four years and stand up for all that is right and good and buck that tea party dominated Michigan legislature. And that--all evidence to the contrary--he would grow Michigan's economy.

And when I wake up tomorrow morning, I'm going to flap my arms and golly, gee, I'll be able to fly.

God, I am so glad I cancelled my subscription--for fuck's sake, any idiot can see we could elect my son's fucking cat and it would be an improvement over Snyder, except for apparently, the idiots on the Free Press  editorial board.

Peace,
emaycee

The battle of who could care less

In a move that wouldn't even surprise my ten-year-old (who cares for politics as much as most ten-year-olds do, which is to say not a smidge), republicans are already reminding Americans of the partisanship that was created by the Monica Lewinsky scandal, and by extension, the Clintons.

No shit.

Leaving aside the fact that the average American's memory has trouble recalling what he or she had for breakfast this morning let alone the hoopla surrounding a political scandal from 20 years ago, the only fucking partisanship I remember from those days was caused solely by republicans.

Kind of like politics today.

But if the Lewinsky scandal is the best the republicans have to offer in 2016, I like Secretary Clinton's chances very much indeed.

Peace,
emaycee

Dealin'

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, locked in a tight race with Jason Carter, blamed recent unemployment figures showing Georgia with the nation's highest unemployment rate on shenanigan's from the federal government trying to sabotage his campaign.

Which caused me to wonder if Georgia's unemployed could blame their bills on shenanigans from the federal government trying to sabotage their checkbook balances.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander, so to speak.

Peace,
emaycee

Private eyes

For all the (deserved) fuss over NSA spying on Americans, often left out of the kerfluffle was corporate spying on Americans.  We can argue until the cows come home about which is worse (I trust corporations less myself), but the plain truth is that both of them speak volumes about how much freedom we actually have.

I note this because of a  recent piece which notes of how companies will check out your car while you are being interviewed for a job to look for tells about your personality (e.g., age of car, is it clean or dirty, what's it like on the inside--car seats, messy, cigarette filled ashtray).  I found it interesting because the back of my car is covered in political bumper stickers (when I say covered, the only way I can put on a new one is when an old one wears away) and because of it, when I interviewed for the job I have now, I purposely parked on a side street and not in the company parking lot because I didn't want those stickers to hurt my chance of getting the job (I've got a family to feed and food ain't free).

Just another reminder of this word of warning:  just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Peace,
emaycee

Dork away, Dixieland

Conservative author and terminal nitwit Douglas MacKinnon this week postulated that South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida should secede from the United States and form their own country named "Reagan."

Ahem.

Any way they could take Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, too?

While I don't really support these calls for secession, (I am fully aware that roughly 40% of the populations in these states support those of us on the left and that life for the citizens of such a country would be much worse without the beneficence of the U. S. Government), we on the left sure would have a field day with the mayhem that would arise from a nation of yahoos called "Reagan."

Peace,
emaycee