Oh, how I wish this were the knockout blow. Sorry, it’s not. Nothing will ever get through the thick skulls of the ideologues.
How many times must I tell you? Ideologies are oversimplifications by the intellectually constipated that appeal to the intellectually lazy and are usually wrong? Harsh? Hardly. Regrettably, my vocabulary is inadequate to do that subject justice.
Most people are merely victims. The powers that be control the media, the curriculum, the government. Sadly, any alternatives are available almost exclusively from questioning the almost universally accepted. It’s no surprise that everyone accepts such tripe as engraved on stone tablets.
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I am not a fan of ceilings. Well, at home is good. Maybe in most any building.
But that’s not the kind that we have as the subject today. We’re talking about the debt ceiling of the federal government. It’s possible one or two people may not be as familiar with this issue as they think.
For instance, we are the only country in the world with a debt ceiling. Another minor point is that a debt ceiling is unConstitutional. Now, are you ready for some football . . . er, uh, facts?
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Everybody seems to have one, usually more than one. Yeah, you thought you knew what I was going to mention, until I said that usually it was more than one. Actually, you would have been close.
Arms? Fingers? Toes? Televisions? Cars? No. I am not alluding to anything desirable or useful. I refer to idiots supposedly representing our interests. I speak of simpleminded politicians.
Here in Tennessee we may not have the most, but only because there are much larger states. On a per capita basis we must be a leading contender. Our “representatives” may have set a new standard for stupidity.
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Maybe not you, maybe not me, but tens of millions of people need jobs. It’s not just them that suffer from the lack of a job. Most have families.
It isn’t even limited to them. It affects the entire economy. That means it affects you and me.
Foreclosures mean the Great Recession lasts longer. More foreclosures means your home is worth less. Want to move? Lots of luck. You just discovered that you don’t own your house. It owns you.
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You voted for your senator. You voted for your house member. You gave them the most important gift you can – your vote.
They show their appreciation. They screw you.
Food is fairly important to most people. I try to use some of it every day – perhaps even a bit more frequently than that. Okay. Too frequently.
What we are facing here is a government that is giving your money to the ones they really care about. It costs you not only your money but your health.
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It is now okay to own up to your obsession with Betty Crocker or Ronald McDonald. As a kid I found myself attracted to the Morton’s Salt young lady. A handful of salted peanuts can bring up memories of days gone by.
Carrying a torch for Sara Lee or Big Boy was never really akin to bestiality but now you are equals. I would caution, however, that some of these attractive ladies are considerably older than they appear. Even Little Debbie is 55 years old.
Though parts of the Deep South held on to their anti-miscegenation laws until the very last gasp, they were not to be found bringing up the rear in jumping into bed with big business.
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This is a warning for older men.
Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall, in dark parking lots and other, similar spots.
This may be the first such for men, older men. I would like to pass this along, just in case you haven’t already heard about it.
A ‘heads up’ for those men who may be regular customers of Lowe’s, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Costco and like establishments.
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We need not use the word megalomania when speaking of The Rump. It’s a given. Little Donald defines the word.
He is far from being the only one suffering from that malady. Some actually believe they are special. However, most are desperate souls that, deep down, know it isn’t true but have to keep saying it, to themselves and others, because of their dread of being less than everyone else.
The latter are people who see only two possibilities: special or worthless. Given the passion, desperation and constancy of The Rump’s protestations, he seems definitely to be a member of that group.
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Please don’t jump to the conclusion that I am a socialist based on this article. Socialism has at least as many problems and inanities as capitalism. Also, it is not the only alternative. Besides, I detest all ideologies. All that I ask is that you not insult me by associating me with any of them.
I am critiquing capitalism because that is the system people pretend brings us the unalloyed, unsullied record of economic bliss we all enjoy. More than a critique of capitalism, it is a critique of the naive, credulous ideologues who think they know what capitalism is.
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We all agree.
Everyone thinks that the government’s primary responsibility is to help us. Well, at least some of us.
The problem is that we don’t agree on who the government should help. Some say help those who need help. That’s just silly.
It’s the upstanding parasitic plutocrats who will create a few more jobs in Canada, France or Brazil when they use your gift from the federal storehouse to acquire their next private jet. Mubarak set a new standard for them with nine of these upper class necessities, these ultimate penile substitutes.
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