Day: May 11, 2010

Kagan For SCOTUS

By now we all know who Pres. Obama has picked for the open position on the Supreme Court….just in case, it is Elena Kagan…..and immediately the Repubs have said that it is a disturbing choice or that she has NO litigation experience, she is the Solicitor General of the US, the top litigator in the government so that has a BS statement….what they are really pissed off about is that she has a short paper trail and it is one that the Repubs cannot use against her, with the exception of the recruiter thing.

If you recall back in the day when Sotomayor was in her hearings the Repubs were most concerned with activist judges…they are always concerned with activist judges unless they are conservative, then it is somehow okay for them to be opinionated……

But since Kagan has NOT worn a black robe she has NO trail that would be used to attack her on…..and since she has NOT been a judge, would not that make her perfect for the GOP to vote for, since she could NOT be an activist judge if she has not been a judge?

Just wondering…….it will be interesting to see how far the GOP is willing to go to defeat her and give Obama a loss in the political game…the one to watch will be Alabama’s Jeff Sessions….why?…..he was once nominated for a judgeship and did not make it….he has lots of animosity and will exact some small measure of revenge….

Entitlement Reform?

Daily Agitator

Subject:  Budgetary Issues/Entitlements

The whole damn world is in hock up to their butt cheeks and the answers are simple (at least that is what the leaders tell us) we have to control our spending….”we have to make the hard decisions”…… is the daily rant by politicos.  And those hard decisions are mostly likely be the entitlement programs.  You know those hot bed of problems for the government….social security, medicare and medicaid…

I know I have ranted on this pile of lies for awhile now and I will continue to beat these guys up until they TRULY make some hard decisions.  These demented little toads have not made a tough decision in decades.

Have you noticed that those who say we must make hard decisions, especially in SS are the ones that do not need SS to retire?  The hard decisions will be for the working poor….they will have less benefits for retirement, they will have to work until they die….but those that made the decisions can retire comfortably and whenever they feel like it….watch the politicians…. they are the ONLY ones saying that hard decisions must be made….I have heard NO one on my street saying such….why?  Because unlike those people making plenty of money, SS is their ONLY option for retirement….none have massive retirement accountants or a stock broker on speed dial…..the call has gone out from Repubs as well as Dems…..but not one of them is talking about Caterpillar or Citcorp…it will always be YOU that has to sacrifice for the good of the country…and you can bet that no in Congress will be standing next to you……

The hard decision would be to make the wealthy pay the same as the worker…that would mean that they pay their FICA and Medicare taxes on every dime they make….I have to….why not them?  But NOOOOOOOOO…..the working people will be FORCED to make the decisions, without their consent, and the same batch of wealthy will continue to get all the benefits out of this country.  These people do NOT care that a normal person will probably die before they get their retirement or maybe that is just their simple plan.

“Hard Decisions”….if you are hard worker and make enough to barely get by, when you hear that….my suggestion is to grab your ankles and give them easy access…..