Day: October 16, 2013

Could A Deal Be Possible?

Day 16–the morons have tentatively reached an agreement…….all the parasites have had their day and now the camera work begins….but it looks like we have a deal that could keep the government and the country going……at least until the next quarter and maybe we will play this number again……

Newser) – Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell have reached a bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling, they announced in Senate floor speeches today. “This is far less than many of us had hoped for frankly,” McConnell said. “But it’s far better than what some had sought.” The deal does not include any major tweaks to the Affordable Care Act, but it does require people getting subsidies under the program to verify their income. It also calls for a conference committee to settle bigger budget issues like the sequester cuts, the Washington Post reports.

Reports earlier indicated that John Boehner would not only allow the House to vote on the bill, but would have it vote first to streamline the Senate’s procedural process. But a spokesman for Boehner earlier said that “no decision has been made about how or when a potential Senate agreement could be voted on in the House,” the Hill reports. Jay Carney said the White House wouldn’t officially weigh in until the bill is voted on, but that “the president applauds leader Reid and minority leader McConnell for working together to forge this compromise.” Ted Cruz, meanwhile, decried the deal, but said he would not attempt to block it in the Senate. “There’s nothing to be gained from delaying this vote one day or two days,” he said.

Maybe now we can return to normal….HA HA….this country has not been normal for 5 years…..but maybe now we can try to do business for the country and not for the party………please do not hold your breath…the fat lady has not sung!

Road To Ruin

Here we go again…..and again…….

By now we all have had enough of the crap that Congress spreads……we can debate who is to blame…..but the truth is ………..WE ARE TO BLAME!  By we I mean us voters that keep electing the same morons year after year and then we cannot understand what went wrong….

But while we are scratching our heads and bitching about those damn Dems or Repubs or the Tea Partyers the economy is losing ground quickly….and that cannot be a good thing no matter where you stand or who you listen to on the radio……

(Newser) – As lawmakers scramble to strike a last-minute deal that would allow the government to keep borrowing money, Fitch Ratings issued a shot across the bow this afternoon: It put the nation’s AAA on a “negative” watch, reports MarketWatch, meaning a downgrade is possible unless things get resolved soon. “The prolonged negotiations over raising the debt ceiling (following the episode in August 2011) risks undermining confidence in the role of the US dollar as the preeminent global reserve currency, by casting doubt over the full faith and credit of the US.” (Full text here.) The nation hits its debt-ceiling limit on Thursday. For the record, Fitch and Moody’s still have the US at the highest AAA rating, though Standard & Poor’s downgraded its rating during the 2011 crisis, notes Business Insider.

Pat yourself on the back….you have f*cked the country……and GOOD!

Crisis Of Our Own Making

Day 16–Tic Toc a/holes!

I have often written on the extent of the problems our government is now experiencing….I had written such notables as “the best government money can buy” and “The American people get the government they deserve”.  The American voter has NO one to blame but themselves….this dysfunction was brought on by several causes…..one, the lack of voting….second, allowing money to decide the election outcome and third, confusing slogans for truth.

In the past couple of years this dysfunction has picked up the pace….but what could be the major cause of this?

(Newser) – It’s easy enough to complain about Washington gridlock, but “every country has the government it deserves,” said philosopher Joseph de Maistre. We’re the ones who put the politicians in power, but when you look at the recent results of an international skills survey, it would seem we’re not quite qualified to do so, writes LZ Granderson at CNN. For instance, we’re 16th in literacy proficiency; lower scores there make people more likely to “believe that they have little impact on the political process,” the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s report said.

For a more anecdotal look, how about those late-night talk show street interviews: “Many of those people who said they could name the president—but not the commander in chief—will soon be standing in a voting booth, armed with a ballot,” writes Granderson. Yet a Gallup poll finds that education isn’t among Americans’ top five concerns for the country. How do we fix the problem? Early childhood education would be a start—but a survey last year (PDF) found us way behind on that, too. Click for Granderson’s full column.

This has caused a break down in the democratic process……for instance the Congress NO longer represents the majority and this is causing a problem that will not go away anytime soon.  And thanx to these games America may well look different in the near future……

The shutdown will not end soon, and when it does the resulting America will not be pretty if Republicans have their way. Republicans have dispensed with “defunding Obamacare” talk and boast that with the shutdown they are “strengthening their hand in the debt limit talks.” With the full faith and credit of the United States hanging in the balance, they will crash the economy if they do not get their way because their goal is eliminating the federal government and what better way than bankrupting the nation so there is no Social Security, no Medicare, no Obamacare, no domestic programs, and no chance of any American ever escaping poverty let alone have healthcare. Whether they crash the economy, or decimate government social programs for the people, Republicans intend on having the celebration they have lusted after for 80 years when killing New Deal provisions began the long journey to where America is today; being held hostage by a group of home-grown conservative terrorists.

It looks like America is a long way away from finding that saturation point for stupid!

We can reverse this direction but it will take work by the voter……sad to say….I do NOT think they have it in them!  LAZINESS!