Into
The Liars' Den:
Bernie Sanders gave a speech at Jerry Fallwell's Liberty University,
stressing the injustice of an America that does not feed its poor not
care for its sick. The
good little Christian
boys and girls didn't
want to hear about feeding the poor and caring for the sick, not
while gay Americans were marrying each
other and abortion was
still legal. Bernie was
polite enough not to shame them for caring more about fetuses than
hungry children.
Slackers:
"If people on
disability were faking it, they wouldn’t have such high death
rates. People on disability are three to six times more likely to die
than people in their age group who are not on disability."
Junkyard
Dog: Senator
Elizabeth Warren has explained to Candidate Ted Cruz that if he wants
a fight over funding Planned Parenthood leading to another
government shutdown, she's up for it.
Teeter-Totter:
Debt levels around the globe have reached such precarious heights
that many fear even a small hike in US interest rates could begin an
avalanche of problems that could bring the whole edifice down.
On
Popular Democracy:
Polls show that 43% of Republicans think
believe that Obama is a Muslim, and 20% of adult Americans believe he
was born outside the country. These are the folks who
keep electing Mitch McConnell who says US businesses are being
held back because the unemployed are ““doing
too good with food stamps, Social Security and all the rest” to
look for work.
Rule
Britannia:
Seems that even in the Commonwealth nations such as Australia,
British tradition protects the well connected when they commit crimes
against children, while back home British police have dropped their
investigation murders committed by a VIP
Westminster pedophile ring. Down under, Robert
Emmett, son of an
Appellate judge and a Federal Circuit Court judge was permitted to
plead guilt to charges of “filming the private parts of children”
and possessing over 9,000 pornographic child abuse images on his
computer. In exchange for his plea he must do 32 hours of “community
service” each month for two years. Hopefully not in a youth
center.
God
Question: What
sort of country will we have when everyone gets to do only that part
of their job that fits with their reading of the Bible. Or Koran,
Kama Sutra, or the instructions to their microwave.
1 comment:
Re "Slackers": Just one of the lies promulgated by the right against pretty much EVERY facet of government that once functioned as a "safety net" for the little guy. Government shouldn't intrude on what is rightfully the responsibility of your neighborhood church (and it's your fault if you don't have one). But a safety net for the rich and powerful? Now that IS the government's job!
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