Proud of their accomplishments
The Republican presidential campaign has railed against the alleged failures of the Obama administration. Amazingly, it has offered not a single word of contrast to the presumed triumphs of the last Republican administration. The most recent Republican president, George W. Bush, didn't even attend the Republican National Convention.
Is the GOP embarrassed that Bush turned a huge government surplus into a massive deficit, in part with tax cuts that primarily benefited the rich? Does it not want to call attention to his pushing our nation into a costly and futile war with false assertions that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction?
Are Republicans not proud of the deregulation that allowed our largest financial institutions to place risky bets on credit-default swaps and scam investors in mortgage-backed securities, bringing the world economy to the brink of meltdown? Are they afraid we'll remember that the Bush administration presided over the loss of millions of jobs, making President Obama's job-creation record look stellar?
Republicans can ignore history, but they can't delete it. They have a record. They are running from it, not on it.
Why? Is it because Republicans don't want voters to realize that Mitt Romney's campaign pledges of deregulation and tax cuts for millionaires echo eerily the promises George W. Bush made before the Supreme Court appointed him president?
LARRY ROTH
Germanton
Reconsider
Those of us who have been voting Democratic to emulate our grandfathers should seriously reconsider. No longer the party of John Kennedy and Harry Truman, it has become a breeding ground for socialists.
The Democrats, if given the chance, will lead us to the very kind of dependency that has emasculated Greece and Spain and bankrupted southern Europe.
RICHARD MERLO
Elkin
Finish the Thought
Saturday, we asked readers to complete the sentence: “The 2012 presidential election will come down to ...”
“... the trust-worthiness of the candidates. Do we want to put the ship of state in the hands of a man who appears to be lacking in conviction, principles and the moral courage to say what he truly believes? He is reluctant to articulate his tax, economic, health and social policies in unambiguous terms and he is unwilling to fully disclose his multi-years tax returns.
“The person I am referring to obviously is former Gov. Mitt Romney. The other candidate is President Obama, whose record is an open book. Now, you judge.”
BOON T. LEE
“… whoever runs the most effective campaign. It seems like no matter who I vote for, things stay the same.”
WILLIAM SAMS
“… the Republican voter suppression attempts failing miserably.”
RUDY DIAMOND
“… Nov. 6, finally.”
JERE DAILEY
“… the economy. The dreadful state of our economy will be the determining factor in the election.
“With unemployment at over 8 percent, an increase in food prices of 20 percent, energy prices skyrocketing, family net worth crashing by 40 percent and debt that has us hanging on a fiscal cliff to national insolvency, people will ultimately vote with what's left of their pocketbooks. If they don't, they will feel the pain of voting for Obama quickly, especially when ‘Taxmageddon’ hits in January.”
ASTRID TODD
“… whether or not America wants a third term of Jimmy Carter. Warning: The Nobel Peace Prize committee is running out of awards to hand out. That's probably a good thing ...”
WES PATTERSON
“… an October surprise with superPAC attack ads. Will voters recognize the hands of anonymous donors who oppose environmental protection? Will voters be influenced by those who say ‘Trust me; we don't need regulations to protect pensions and investors’?”
CHARLES E. WILSON
“… whoever tells the most believable lies.”
MONA POTTS
“… whether voter choose to continue down the path we have been going the past four years or we choose a different path, quite simply.”
FRANK SCISM
“… the 52 percenters who truly love and respect America and continue to do what's right. Since we now know that the 1 percenters are robbing America with greed and the 47 percenters are doing nothing but using America. Thank God for our wonderful democracy. The majority wins, I hope.”
AUGUSTUS E. DARK
Let's be honest here. The so called Taxmeggedon is a result of:
ReplyDeletePublic Law 112–25.
112th Congress
An Act
To provide for budget control.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of.
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Budget Control.
Act of 2011’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act.
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Severability.
TITLE I—TEN-YEAR DISCRETIONARY CAPS WITH SEQUESTER.
The House vote: Democrats 95 Yea, 95 Nay, 3NV so less than 50% of Democrats in the House voted for this bill.
Republicans 174 Yea, 66 Nay 0 NV, so 62% of Republicans voted FOR sequestration.
The Senate: Democrats 45 Yea, 6 Nay, Republicans 28 Yea, 19 Nay.
Independents: 1 Yea, 1 Nay.
88% of Democrats and 60% of Republicans.
Completely Bi-partisan effort and the President cannot sign into law that which the Congress does not pass. So to try and place blame on President Obama is just bearing false witness.
Paul Ryan, who voted FOR the Budget Control Act (sequestration) issued the following statement when it passed the House:
Delete“The Budget Control Act represents a victory for those committed to controlling government spending and growing our economy. I applaud Speaker Boehner’s leadership in stopping tax increases on job creators, rejecting President Obama’s demands for a blank check to keep borrowing, and advancing real spending cuts and controls. The agreement – while far from perfect – underscores the extent to which the new House majority has successfully changed Washington’s culture of spending. No longer can Washington endlessly spend money it does not have.
“While the immediate debt ceiling issue has been responsibly resolved, a spending-driven debt crisis remains a threat. To lift this crushing burden of debt and help spur job creation, policymakers must advance serious structural reforms to the largest driver of our debt: government spending on health care, including the President’s costly, partisan health-care overhaul.
“The Budget Control Act marks a positive step forward in getting government spending control, but much hard work remains.”
And now some want to shift the responsibility to President Obama.
Remember if your taxes go up on January 1st, 2013, Virginia Foxx voted for the Budget Control Act of 2011 and released this statement:
Delete“As I said last week about an earlier version of this bill, it is a bitter pill swallow,” Foxx said. “However, it does fundamentally shift the Washington conversation from ever-increasing government spending to one about cutting spending. Even though I preferred an alternative to this bill, this bill represents the best opportunity to cut spending, permanently reduce the deficit and enact a Balanced Budget Amendment.
“After decades of unbridled government growth, this bill stops big government in its tracks. It moves us towards a balanced budget amendment avoids tax increases and puts tough caps on spending. The Budget Control Act also reduces federal spending by an amount greater than the increase in the debt limit. Never before has Congress linked increases in the debt limit to such large spending reductions. Despite the bill’s flaws, it is a promising first step to tackling our long-term debt problem.”
I've got no problem with that bill. We need to cut spending. The two main reasons our taxes will go up is because of the elimination of the Bush tax cuts, and the Obama Administration will raise taxes in order to 'make-up' for the spending cuts mandated by the Budget Control Act.
DeleteBob, you're not out and out lying like Rush does whenever he's breathing, but you're not giving the whole picture.
Plus, add in Obamacare, and we're going to have some real problems.
DeleteWell according to the Constitution Article 1 Section 8, The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
DeleteTo borrow money on the credit of the United States;
NOT the President, just a little civics lesson.
Another civics lesson, the president has to sign bills put forth by the congress into law.
DeleteAre you drinking the same water Rush is?
You better move back to WS, something has happened to you.
Deleteyes, so you think the House and Senate will have a Democratic Majority?
DeleteWho knows at this point.
DeleteWell the Democrats would need 60 to pass a tax hike unless the Republicans agreed to it.
DeleteDon't worry Bob, I'm not going hold a few ham-headed goof ups against you.
DeleteI know you're smart as a whip, unlike Rush.
Rush is some dope, that someone mistakenly told him he was smart along the way.
But some Responsible Republicans are coming around on increasing Revenues, Tom Coburn, David Koch, Kurt Bills,
Deleteand Republicans will let the SS payroll tax expire which means a 2% raise on taxes for all income 106,000 or less, IE most Americans.
I know you like to lay these little 'bait' statements out there in the forum so I'll take them.
DeleteSometimes, they backfire on you though. Hee Hee....I like your effort though, unlike Rush, whose 'bait' statements are like a third grader's.
Speaking of Rush, I wonder where the boob is at? He's usually got a few, hugely stupid posts up by this time.
We don't need anymore taxes Bob. The money that the government steals from hard-working people is enough. It just needs to be managed better. That's why we need to get rid of Obama.
DeleteAh. So you wouldn't raise taxes on the 47% that owe none? Then I hope everyone who says we need no more taxes will stop whining about those that owe none.
DeleteThe problem with our current tax structure is that it encourages people not to work. That motivation needs to be reversed. But liberal Democrats are determined to keep people on the government tit.
DeletePlease explain.
DeleteA family of 5 making $50,000 a year, owes no federal income tax.
DeleteWhy would a man and woman have three kids on a $50,000 salary?
DeleteTo get on the government dole, that's why. We need to take away those liberal incentitives.
Abject ignorance.
DeleteBucky, it's their god given right to procreate.
DeleteI thought you were for forced birth and against government mandated coverage of contraception. You want women to have to bear their impregnater's children (even if he is their rapist). If you're pro forced birth and anti-contraception, then you'll get families on the dole.
According to Rasmussen's Historical Rankings of Presidents Jimmy Carter has a net favorable rating of +23 while George W. Bush has a net favorable rating of -18, so yes a 3rd term of Jimmy Carter would be much better than a 3rd term of George W. Bush, only neither are running this year.
ReplyDeleteJimmy Carter has been building houses for the poor for over 20 years, and plus, a lot of people are dead that remember Carter's reign of ineptitude. That's why he has a better rating.
DeleteDunce, I don't think Rasmussen polled any dead people.
DeleteGeorge Washington received a high rating and I don't think anyone alive remembers his reign.
Delete"Dunce, I don't think Rasmussen polled any dead people."
DeleteBob
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That's precisely my point, you liberal dope.
Bob, don't start getting like Rush on me. I've got enough to deal with, with Rush making all of his ridiculously stupid remarks in here.
DeleteYeah, Bob, you liberal dope, stop acting like that liberal dope Rush.
DeleteCan't you see that the Dunce, who we acknowledge as King of the Dunces, is privy to all the facts and never states anything that he cannot back up with detailed proof from the most reliable experts in the world?
I mean, he has proven over and over again beyond reasonable doubt, such important points as that the Iranians will be making a suitcase bomb in the next few weeks, smuggling it into New York and using it to kill 30 million people. Not to mention his absolute proof that millions of illegal aliens have registered and voted all across the country. Or what about the liberal media who publish nothing but good stuff about the President, except for the 72% of the time that they are publishing bad stuff about him? I could go on and on but I won't.
Don't you think it's about time you quit picking on the Dunce and acknowledge that the rest of us are helpless before his majesty and brilliance? Huh?
You do go on and on Rush. That's the problem.
DeleteAnd when you do, it's a psychotic rant that usually not relevant to the discussion at hand.
What I love about making fun of the Dunce is that when I say "...majesty and brilliance" he thinks I'm serious because he actually believes that he is brilliant.
DeleteAugustus, you've just insulted a lot of people that belong to "The Greatest Generation," vets returning from Iraq and Iran disabled, people who work hard to support their families yet OWE no federal income taxes (ie. a family of 5 making $50k a year, enough to have lunch with Romney), students furthering their education,....
ReplyDelete“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda
Mr. Augustus Dark is aptly named. "Tyrant of evil"
DeleteHe is simply saying what Romney is saying.
Let's try a little experiment. Let's remove "the 47%" from the country...ship them off to western Australia, say.
Then let's see how the 53%, and especially the 1%, get along without them.
That experiment would last about 15 seconds.
The Next Panic
ReplyDeletefrom The Atlantic
Interesting article, and like Augustus Dark, aptly named.
DeleteWe seem to have arrived in some sort of permanent cycle of Chicken Littleism where we can shuttle from panic to panic for the next half century or so.
Since so much of the problem seems to center on Social Security or government funded pensions or whatever, I have a simple solution.
Rise up, overthrow the government and make me emperor and I will save you all.
One rule. You may work as long as you are able. Or, you can retire as early as you like. Whatever you choose, your retirement benefits will begin on the day that you retire. They will be paid for six months. And then we will execute you. Problem solved.
"Rise up, overthrow the government and make me emperor and I will save you all."
DeleteRush
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I told you Rush was a certified, NUT.
Wes Patterson must have been alive when Jimmy Carter served his 'one' term. For many people, I heard, it seemed like he had been in office for eight years. It was a virtual nightmare. Much like we're, apparently, getting ready to endure with Obama.
ReplyDeleteSome people just don't want to admit that they made a mistake by voting for a certain person, or they're just too stupid to admit it, or both.
Wes was born in 1968.
DeleteI'll have to admit that liberal lunatics are much more skillful at putting their positions forward in the paper. If for no other reason than sheer volume.
DeleteThe saving grace-the silent speak on election day.
So what do you attribute to the Conservatives' lack of skill?
DeleteMost of them are working, and don't have time to write letters to the Journal, unlike many liberal Democrats.
DeleteSkill may not be the correct word. Time is more appropriate.
DeleteGenerally one's first instinct is the correct one. You seem to have plenty of time.
DeleteHey, did you hear about that fat woman that's too fat to leave her room?
DeleteI'm starting to believe Rush is in the same boat.
Note that whenever the truth pops its ugly little head up, Dunce either disappears or changes the subject.
DeleteThe problem is neither time nor "skill"...it is a distinct lack of intelligence.
Rush, can't they break down a wall or something in your 'loft', and get you out of your 'house'?
DeleteI realize you probably weigh half a ton, but something surely can be done?
http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/us/2012/09/26/jvm-too-fat-to-kill.hln
Delete________
This is Rush's sister.
Sebelius to hit campaign trail again after Hatch Act violation
ReplyDeletehttp://washingtonexaminer.com/sebelius-to-hit-campaign-trail-again-after-hatch-act-violation/article/2509096#.UGNMDEbCz8B
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If she were a Republican sheriff, she'd be bounced off the wall by the Holder 'Justice' Department.
“The 2012 presidential election will come down to ...” Whether people are content with their current economic circumstance and their economic prospects for the near future. Some may even think about the future for their children too.
ReplyDeleteFrom above:
ReplyDeleteI think that Obama will be reelected; the Senate will remain controlled by Harry Reid (can't the Dems do better?), but fortunately will not be filibuster-proof; and the House will remain narrowly Republican. Ideally, voters will impress on the surviving incumbents and the newly elected that we want some form of compromise to obtain resolution, like an actual passed budget.
Taxes: at some point the piper must be paid. The 2% payroll tax increase should be phased in, along with a phased removal of the cap on the tax. Also, a phased increase in the high marginal income tax rate by a few points should also be enacted. This should come with concessions from the left on a number of issues.
Stab....I'm damp with excitement to see what ANY concessions from the Left would look like.
DeleteYeah, the Left's concessions will be something like instead of agreeng to raise taxes 2%, they'll agree to 4%.
DeleteYou can't negotiate with a pair of nuts like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.
Hi WW!
ReplyDeleteThat "concessions" comment was sort of "in a perfect world" thought. You can imagine the concessions I would seek.
Stab, I kind of thought so. We have to be careful about feeding more private sector money to the Federal tapeworm. It grows, the chance for GDP growth goes down as more money feeds the worm. This becomes "dead money" as it no longer is available for capital expansion which is the driver of GDP ie employment.
DeleteWW, I'm with you, but I feel that small phased incremental increases are necessary, when coupled with some spending limitations. We definitely do not want to curb capital formation, but I suspect that some money is quartered where it is not contributing to that. We also need to be careful about targeting out spending cuts, as the government to some extent is spending in lieu of reluctant or incapable consumers.
ReplyDeleteAnd frankly, we need infrastructure spending. This is an issue that both parties ignore except when politically expedient. And the spending needs to be appropriately targeted and managed, and not directed toward 1/7 of the workforce.
Other concessions I have in mind are products of the hot-button part of my ideology, as you might guess.
I want to see the spending limitations done first. With taxes increased first...well we have seen this before. If stored up capital is unleashed, it should happen slowly or we risk massive inflation with so much money arriving in the economy all at once. The more our government drives and targets spending, the more we have a central planed economy. If investors-like me- and consumers are reluctant, it is for very good reasons: no confidence. Infrastructure is fine but i agree on keeping it away from the 1/7%.
DeleteThere cannot be any concessions until negotiations begin, and negotiations will not begin until the Pee Pee Party fools decide to negotiate. For the moment, all of the gridlock is on their watch.
ReplyDeleteIn his talks with Boehner, Obama offered significant concessions and got nowhere.
As you see above, I hope that the elections will prompt movement both ways. I think this is part of the mood of the electorate. I hope the people who win election or reelection understand this.
ReplyDeleteWW, I do not want a centrally planned economy, using spending as the driver, but spending should be done where it is needed, as in the aforementioned infrastructure. Properly managed, in this current environment, we could get some good bids for rebuilding, minus the political PLA's currently required (elimnation of which should be a leftward concession).
ReplyDeleteAnd the infrastructure rebuilds tend to have a ripple effect on the economy thus diluting the centralizing effects of the spending. Beyond that, our competitiveness suffers by neglecting this, not to mention quality of life. Some St. Louis' waste water, for example, is running thru WOODEN pipes laid 150 years ago.
I read that about the water pipes. Until recently, much of West End still had old terra cotta pipes that were collapsing. We also need better upgrading in our electric grid backup as well as connecting our eastern seaboard, central and western pipelines. As is, these pipelines depend on different sources to obtain oil/gas.
DeleteYou are definitely right re the grid. Then there are the highway and rail bridges. Corrosion is a real problem, along with fatigue stress, as Minnesotans found out a while back.
ReplyDeleteI have never built a bridge, but count me in favor of those who do it. I have traversed that bridge that fell near St Paul a few years ago on my way to Stillwater, Minn. Scary bridge to look at even then.
DeleteNeed look no farther than downtown Winston-Salem where the bridges over Business 40 were built almost 60 years ago and have had nothing but patchwork maintenance since.
DeleteSimilar situations in Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, Roanoke, Richmond, etc.
And yes, those terra cotta pipes are something...all over downtown. A couple of weeks before the new Spring Garden restaurant opened across from the library they did their first full scale test of the kitchen and the sewer backed up something awful...required emergency surgery by the city.
I read about that. Also in that area, some people had to learn the hard way why Spring Street actually got its name.
DeleteSpeaking of bridges, one gave me some childhood instruction in questionable advertising claims, that being the "Mile High" bridge at Grandfather Mtn. I was very excited at the prospect of walking across a footbridge that was suspended a mile above the ground. I was a bit dismayed to see what short distance a mile was when I looked down from my lofty perch. I believe the distance to a hard landing is about 80 feet. But, yes, it is a mile above sea level.
ReplyDeleteYeah, me too. But I have always been afraid of heights--even about 80 feet. In the old days that bridge moved too! White knuckle time for me. For me, 80 feet may as well be a halo jump.
DeleteI remember asking my father about that when I was a kid: "Is that a mile?" Give him credit, he told the truth. I am not a big fan of swinging bridges in general. In jungle survival school in the Philippines we had to cross a single strand one in Mindanao that was about 3-400 feet...wind was blowing pretty good, so very scary.
DeleteMy friend at the library is terrified of any height above his vertical leap on the basketball court. One time we were hiking a new trail in the Smoky's and came to a ravine with a creek at the bottom, 6-700 feet straight down. Somebody had put a log across it for a bridge. The rest of us went tripping across, then looked back. He was down on his belly hugging that log, inching along...took him several minutes to get across. Then we reminded him that this was not a loop trail, so we would be coming back the same way. He made it safely both ways, so we bought him a few beers at a bar in Asheville that night.
Here's a typical Obama supporter.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tpAOwJvTOio
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I didn't know Obama was giving out free phones?
Bucky, I think the free phone thing may have started under Bush. I remember working at a site and one of the employees was complaining that anther employee had used her address to get a second free phone. I haven't been to that site in quite awhile. I'm thinking it was more than 3 1/2 years ago.
DeleteI'm not sure how a feel about the free phones. They are promoted for safety, and having a phone would certainly help one seeking employment. I've read that the creation of cell phones has been one of the most empowering phenomenons in upward social mobility in third world countries.
I feel naked when I leave the house without mine. I wouldn't want to see a lot of naked people out the society. Would you?
The Truth About the Obama Phone
DeleteThank you Twitter.
And thank you, Wordly, for the post.
DeleteCountering the endless lies of the Dunce and his right wing nutcase pals is rapidly becoming a full time job, with all the overtime you can handle.
20 years ago, I used to jokingly say to my students that when I was a kid, baseball was the national pastime, but that it had been replaced by lying. Little did I know how right I would later be.
She stills looks like my idea of a typical Obama supporter.
DeleteI wish Obama would buy her some teeth, she needs them more than a phone.
DeleteI love those Cleveland Democrats, don't you Wordly?
DeleteEverybody in Cleveland know....
DeleteThe Politics of Beer
ReplyDeleteCheck out the placement of Stellas on the graph.
Yep, we knew all along that Stab was a closet lefty. I note that most of the most right leaning beers are lights...not surprising...while the lefties go for full flavor.
DeleteI wouldn't be caught dead drinking any of them, except an occasional Sam Adams Boston lager, which is probably one of the best ten lagers worldwide. Oh, and, of course, Guinness, especially their Foreign Export stout.
I will say that my most right wing friend has been drinking Heineken and nothing else since his freshman year in college.
Speaking of "Heine" beer...I do like that tune that plays in their new commercial. Don't know who does it but it is unexpected and very catchy.
DeleteWell, I drive a Subaru, too. But, I drink Coors Light also, so that makes me on average a centrist beer drinker. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteProbably the only Subaru Outback owner on earth who doesn't wear Birkenstocks as well.
DeleteFacebooking: I received a modest promotion and raise and bonus yesterday.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Now it must be "spread around".
DeleteNow you're cooking...bonuses are where the high flyers live.
DeleteWas yours 6 or 7 figures?
Congratulations Mike.
DeleteBirkenstocks: I also cut my hair short and own a motorcycle. I guess I am bit of a contrarian.
ReplyDeleteOT, it was 5 figures . . .
ReplyDelete3 to the left, and 2 to the right of the decimal point. I did say "modest."
WW, yes, I'll spread around. There are a number of well deserving bartenders.
ReplyDeleteSo...a Brinks truck didn't have to bring it?
DeleteNo Brinks truck. But then I didn't have to tip the truck's crew, so there is some consolation.
ReplyDeleteThe flavorful beers favored by leftward types tend to be more filling than the lights favored right-handed barflies. So, for sustained guzzling, as in the case of 3 consecutive Sunday NFL games, the lights work a bit better. Some may have slightly lower ABV content than flavorful beers (though in the main, the lights are no less alcoholic than mainstream full-bodied beers).
ReplyDeleteOne festive evening at River Birch recently, I consumed 4 15cl glasses of Stella, was well full and cheerful when I left.
Speaking of beer: I've heard a lot of gay people drink heinies. So apropos.
ReplyDeletebuzz kill
DeleteI wanted to see if you liberals were still awake.
DeleteExcellent Wordly...one of Dunce's specialties...and that of all rude little boys in short pants.
DeleteGay people drink Heinekens. My goodness. They also breathe air and eat food. And straight people drink Heinekens. I saw an apparently straight guy at the Birch on Tuesday night, comely lass beside him, consuming Heinekens. What does the fact that gay people drink Heinekens have to do with anything?
ReplyDeleteIn response to your question. Please reread my post.
DeleteWomen don't care about presidential performance.
ReplyDeleteCutter: Women "Not Really Concerned" About "What's Happened Over The Last Four Years"
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/09/24/obamas_cutter_women_not_really_concerned_about_whats_happened_over_the_last_four_years.html
If you give a liberal long enough, they'll say something stupid. In Cutter's case, you don't have to wait that long.
DeleteThank you, Wordly.
ReplyDeleteSaw a bumper sticker on a car parked in Whitaker Square shopping center that read, "My cat is a Democrat." Not sure about mine, have a suspicion that their votes can be bought.
ReplyDeleteFresh tuna...
DeleteBucky, my query re your Heineken post was simultaneous with your explanation. Obviously, a centrist was awake, can't say for the leftward folk.
ReplyDeleteOkay Stab...
DeleteObama ad says Romney's economic plan is to raise middle class taxes by $2,000.00. It's an out and out lie.
ReplyDeleteBut you don't hear Bob, and other liberals, chirping away about the lie, do you?
A number of non-partisan institutions such as the Brookings Institute and the Tax Policy Center, and even your own right wing organ the Wall Street Journal, say that it is not a lie.
DeleteAll of them know far more about everything than you do. Of course, that goes for just about anyone else as well.
Stick to your only area of expertise, men's butts.
"Fresh tuna": I lived on a busy street in an L.A. suburb, was fearful of a cat getting out of the house and hit. I would feed them canned tuna on occasion, which they loved. I would precede the feeding by chanting "TU-NA, TU-NA, TU-NA." They would come immediately. So, if one got out, I could summon it back from its curious excursion by chanting, along with proffering an open can. It worked.
ReplyDeleteOne of the cats loved boiled shrimp. I would buy frozen boiled shrimp, thaw it, and make a dip. The cat would be insistent about sharing the shrimp. His sense of smell was so acute that he would race into the kitchen if I removed a sealed, previously unopened bag from the freezer. He died shortly after I moved back here, too young at 6 years old, of cancer. I still miss him.
Ingenious training method.
DeleteWe had a cat who would only eat Alley Cat dry food. Wouldn't touch anything else. For some reason it was kept in a different cabinet from the other cat goodies. No matter where he was on the premises, if you opened that particular cabinet, he would appear instantly, licking his chops.
It is pitiful how they enslave us.
Enslave us, cats do, but they are usually benign, if insistent, masters and mistresses. Steeler, the shrimp loving cat, was very communicative. One evening, he came trotting into the kitchen, where we were dining, and meowed plaintively. I reached to pet him, but he ran away. He came back, meowed again, then retreated when I reached for him. He came back one more time:
ReplyDelete"Me-OW!" And then raced away. I arose and followed as he ran to the front of the house, jumped on a table, looked out the window, then looked back at me and meowed again. I went to the window, and then yelled for my wife to come quick. Our other cat, Mocha Mix was out in the front yard, dangerously close to La Crescenta Avenue. We circled around Mocha, caught her and carried her back inside. Steeler was quite the hero after that. I thawed out some shrimp and treated him to a banquet.
And well deserved it was. That's the other annoying thing...they are smarter than we are as well.
DeleteProof of that statement...
DeleteThey refuse to speak English, although I'm sure that they could if they wanted to, thus cannot ever say things like "Why can't we open the windows on airliners?"
Better to remain silent and be thought ignorant than to open your mouth and prove it.
That was a joke about the windows, but you, and your lesbian friend Rachel Madow, aren't smart enought to recognize the difference.
DeleteTalking about a dunce. You must have written a book about how to be one.
Mitty boy, like you, is the joke.
Delete"I'm not familiar precisely with what I said, but I'll stand by what I said, whatever it was." —Mitt Romney (May 17, 2012)
Alley Cat dry food: God bless a cat that only eats dry food. Eaters of wet food all have a hobby: barfing, usually at some household traffic choke point. Like the route to the bathroom. In the wee hours of the night. Hee hee meow.
ReplyDeleteYep...nothing like some cat barf between the toes.
DeleteRe Wordly's beer chart.
ReplyDeleteDifferent beers put me in different political moods. Here's my slightly revised political beer chart:
Craft Brew Beer Chart
If we'd have cut back during the Obama years, it wouldn't be as painful as it's going to be.
ReplyDeleteHere's an article about Spain's austerity measures.
The peasants don't like it when the government cuts of the tit of 'free' money.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/business/story/2012/09/27/spain-announces-severe-budget-cuts-to-qualify-for-eu-money/57849064/1
As always, Dunce is eager to show his ignorance on any topic.
DeleteHere is an article from the world's #1 economic magazine about the failure of austerity measures:
Austerity in theory and in practice
Dunce Warning: Some big words and some slightly complicated thinking. Far over your head. Attempt only at your own risk.
Samuel L. Jackson has an ad for Obama. He calling Romney a millionaire, like it's some dirty word. Jackson is worth an estimated $150 million.
ReplyDeleteHe also uses the 'f' word in the ad. Democrats are just classless. No wonder Rush fits into the party so well.