Once upon a time, in the land of milk and honey, there lived a precious little bunny named Annie. Annie loved to play with all of the other little furry creatures in the land and they loved to play with Annie. It was a tranquil land filled with love and hope and dreams. Then one day a horde of GOP appeared dark on the horizon and soon infested the whole land with cynicism and fear. The GOP seized ...little Annie and her furry pals and forced them to work as slave labor in their soul-depleting factories. Soon Annie’s fur began to fall out and her crippled little paws were unable to withstand the torture of the cruel labor and Annie curled up in the corner of her dirty, crusty little hut and died. Eventually the GOP had sucked the life out of all the happy little furry creatures of the land of milk and honey and were forced to move on to the next land over the horizon leaving behind them a dark and foreboding landscape as a testimony to their horrific policies.
It is a myth that has gained control of many on the Right in this country that the law is not on the side of the people. It is an outright lie to claim our nation is anywhere close to communism. The worst force to hit the USA has been Fox News because of the way it forced the news industry to become entertainment instead of informational. As a result, the more outlandish the story, the more some are willing to believe there is a secret conspiracy to overthrow our freedom by liberals. What has now happened is the most uneducated people in our country have the loudest voice in the Republican Party. When the rising tide of dumb drowns out all reason, our nation is in peril.Those who wear the badge take on a special responsibility and because they are human many fail to uphold their oath. The news is filled with stories detailing those failures. Some choose to see those stories as a condemnation of all law enforcement but I see it as a reaffirmation that our system works. In a true police state no such accounts would be published and those who spoke against those in...[More]
Twas the morning before classes, when all through the school Not a student was stirring, not even a fool. The announcements were hung by the office with care, In hopes that graduation soon would be there.
The children were huddled all snug in their chairs, While visions of tassels danced in their heads. And Susie in her mischief had her cell phone in her lap, Little Ben had just settled in for a ...long morning nap.
When out on the parking lot there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my chair to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The sun on the hood of the bright red Tahoe Gave the luster of mid-day to objects below. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a premature day, and nine tiny John Deere.
With little ole seniors, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be a senior prank. More rapid than Eagles their mowers they came, And they whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!
"Now Cole! now, Colton! now, Aaron and Taylor! On, Eren! On,...
Power in the hands of man is always subject to abuse and corruption but only under our system of government do the people have a voice in bringing it under control. Too many hide behind flourishes of rhetoric in condemning the last, best hope of mankind which is our government. For those who have grievances against the system, and I am sure there are many, our Founders provided an effective way for the people to address and correct them. But it requires true Patriots who are willing to roll up their sleeves and wade into the political arena to make it work. Life is what we make it; not what we wish it would be. Sitting on the sidelines chanting a “Pox on both your houses” neither solves anything nor inspires others to rise up to a higher level.Grade school tactics used by the Right-wing in this country such as substituting derogatory words in the place of the correct ones in titles such as Clinton News Network or National Propaganda Radio is no substitute for ideas and fails to illicit legitimate ideas of reform from those who choose to take up such a challenge. The folly is not in... [More]
Ron Paul and his simplistic view of the world certainly doesn't scare me but his positions on too many issues are not based on reason. For example, look at his positions on healthcare. Paul rails against Obama's plan as if the government backed program would diminish the quality of our healthcare system. Yet, it was the private-market system that has been driving our country to bankruptcy sucking one out of every five dollars into its gluttonous abyss. There are certain areas which should be within the public realm; such as, national defense, police, fire, EMS, and many believe, medical. He favors allowing citizens to purchase insurance across state lines but fails to articulate how he would address the problem which has prevented it from being done in the past which deals with regulation. Currently, states regulate the policies provided within their borders but by allowing them to cross state lines that will require federal regulation. His opposition to mandatory catastrophic insurance coverage means that those of us who have insurance will continue to have to subsidize the freeloaders who do not. I agree with many of his foreign policy positions but I believe he is wrong about Afghanistan. Iran and...[More]
Corporations paying $0 is hardly fair. Spend some time examining the US Census data and other academic research and you will find a more accurate picture as to what is going on in this country. While the poverty rate is climbing in this nation as a result of the Bush years, income distribution is being amassed at the top with very little able to trickle down to the masses. The statistics tell the story powerfully. The top 1% of our population controls 34.6% of the wealth with the next 19% controlling 50.5%. That means that 80% of our nation must exist on 15% of the money supply. It is an inequality that is anti-American and reeks of a new monarchial-style society where the rich take the position that God wills them rich and the poor to live in shanties and trash heaps. Or perhaps, your ranting against the failed Communist system is merely a ruse to misdirect us from your true sympathies. It very well could be a dastardly plan to mimic various aspects of the the old Soviet style economic system where all were equal but some more equal than others. At some point, We the People, will tire...
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Many on the Right miss the noble beauty of what our Founding Fathers established when they wrote the Constitution. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Having just survived Shay's Rebellion, they knew how important it was to promote the general welfare of all of our citizens if we were to distinguish ourselves from the tyrants of the present and the past. It is not muddle-headed philanthrapy to provide social programs to protect those in a society who cannot care for themselves. It is good policy to insure domestic tranquility. The sad rallying cry of the Republican Party right now is a solid committment to preventing Democrats from raising taxes on the billionaires while screaming to cut safety net programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. History is packed with example, after bloody example, of societies which have had a small group who controlled all wealth while the masses were oppressed. Praise God, that in the United...
Not surprisingly, the minions at the Fox Infotainment Division continue to champion the repeal of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, and every other program created by the Democratic Party to protect the poor and middle class in this country. The Murdochites proudly call for increased protection for billionaires at the expense of everyone else in our nation.
When the Founding Fathers debated and established our government, there were many who feared democracy and compared it to rule by the mob. It was their fear that the masses would be guided more by their passion than their intellect. Today, as even a relatively partial observer can note the fears of those cautious Founders appear to have been fairly grounded. On issue after issue, large numbers of our citizens vocally express their ignorance with a degree of pride that must have Alexander Hamilton spinning wildly in his grave. In the world's most successful democratic society, the very people who benefit most from our political system are often the most oblivious to its structure and foundations. Doubt this? Conduct your own survey. Ask those around you a series of questions about celebrities and their performances and you are likely to hear an extended monologue concerning their value to our society. Ask those same people about the specifics of the contributions made by our Founders or even ask them specific questions about our current leaders and you are likely to either be enveloped in silence or caught in a deluge of rhetoric based on biased, non-factual emotional rants. Rarely will you...
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Attack On Teachers and Unions
March 1, 2011
As a money manager, I'm not very good. Every year, I spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on my students. I buy them meals, shoes, clothes, classroom supplies, and other assorted items as needed. Both of my parents were teachers and I never really considered doing anything else with my life as a career.
The Democratic Party has been asleep at the wheel and Republicans have seized the initiative to swing the pendulem back in favor of the wealthy in this country and strip what little gains working class people have made via the labor union movement in our nation. Unions are being hammered at every level and the average citizen is oblivious to the significant assault this current wave of attacks are going to have on the standard of living for the average American. For years, non-union workers have benefited from the coattails of union members and the rights won for them in hard-fought battles in every field.
The Republican Party continues to reveal itself at every turn as the bastion for the wealthy, the racist, and the anti-intellectuals. They are effectively turning back the clock to the 1920s. The question is whether or not the Democratic Party will regain...
