From the VOMITORIUM
I know damn well you have heard all the rumblings about the deficit and the national debt ceiling….you have heard the back and forth….the blame game….the political rhetoric….well the debt ceiling is the fecal matter to which I refer…..
The GOP has drawn their line imaginary line in the sand….the Dems have peed on it and refused to cross it….and in the end it will all be just one big Kabuki….political theater and not even at its best……
In the end, we ALL know these dipsticks will raise the ceiling and move on to something else…..but before that happens our politicians just have to play this silly little political game….a game to appear as if they are actually earning their money…..
The game is a foot! They recently postponed the date to August, the 2nd, I believe and as the deadline approaches the media will be sucked into this infantile game….they will start making the ceiling the lead story and will parade expert after expert and analyst after analyst out and then as it draws really close they will install a countdown clock that will flash continuously to let us know just how soon the country will fail and become just another Greece….as the clock counts down the minutes and hours and just before the final tick….the Congress will come to an agreement and raise the ceiling and thus preventing any damage to Wall Street from the ceiling…and all of it could have been done months ago….but then there could not be this massive drama, a pretend drama, to keep the people mesmerized by their, our Reps, truly amazing acting job.
Yes,m they raised the ceiling limit and we will have been saved by our “hard” working Reps….they raised it and without ever addressing the problems that it carries…..like the massive health care costs or the oil monopolies and their subsidies or the financial scams that have been plaguing the economy or banks gambling with taxpayer money or endless wars or…….it is a sizable list of problems and NONE will be addressed….and all can be considered the root causes of the problems we have with the deficit….
And in the end of the soap opera…the country will be NO better off than the day they started playing the game…..but the national debt ceiling will have been raised……..hope you sleep better knowing this……
You nailed when you said “look like their earning their money”. But add to it ” look like they are fighting the enemy…democrats” its all a show so they can dupe their voters again in 2012. All they campaigned on last time was “we hate liberals” what the f*ck did that accomplish? How has that made your lives any better? We can all rest easy knowing repubs and dems cant get along, so nothing wil EVER change!
Not a thing will change…sorry to say……
Yes. I agree, of course. But surely that’s what politics is all about as we have designed the systems. It’s all about posturing, sound bites, appearances, jockeying for position and all the rest…
What politics, ALL politics, has NOTHING to do with is what is real, or right, or the people want or even need. Those things have f*ck all to do with it – they don’t even figure, except as catch phrases.
You see it, I see it and a few others…but the mass of people think this is a legitimate debate….it is a game…and as soon as they realize that is a game the sooner we can start having these people work for the better of the country….until then….it will be game after game….
Thats really what it all boils down to, catch phrases. In 2010 the “red wave” was a huge campaign where a catch phrase took the place of ideology and issues.The Idiots voted for a bumper sticker.
Sad to sad…if it does not fit on a coffee mug or a bumper sticker the American people cannot grasp a deeper meaning….and they vote….enjoy enoy!
It’s not just the Amercan people, though, is it? It’s people most places. Ordinary people don’t understand ANY ideology (and the most common examples of this are in organised religion throughout the millennia). What people CAN understand, without long and detailed study and far better education than most of the elite want the ordinary Joe to receive, is a broad aim or theme and THAT is what is used to convince them – thus the sound bites, catch-phrases and ideological rallying cries of today – the bumper sticker candidates!
As you say, sad – but understandable though, when you realise that those in power have used huge resources to encourage this attitude of acceptance without question…
Would it be nice if the money had been spent on education?
Don’t be so stupid! Soryy, sorry – got carried away, but I mean… REALLY! Why would they do that? People would learn and be able to see through all the sh*t these guys hand out and then they wouldn’t get elected.
How stupid would that be? It would be like playing Russian roulette with their wealth and power…
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My bad.. I see what you mean…..LOL
Look, to be serious, there was a saying in the UK that, back around Victorian times, the local Squire got together with the local Parson and the Squire said of the people – “You, Parson, are a vital part of this, as am I. YOU keep ’em ignorant and I’ll keep ’em poor and we’ll both be all right! Agreed?” – They agreed…
Do Americans REALLY think they got rid of the aristocracy? They just changed their appearance a little!
My thought exactly…..but NO one wants to know that……why do you think we still have the desire for everything royal?
Now that was a depressing post. True, but depressing
And Spinny it is NOT just this issue….the American people are politically ignorant….and they want it that way…..sick, huh?