I'm Just Ticked Off...
I've not been posting/writing about the war in Iraq or the Democrat "take-over" of Congress because I was trying to avoid some sort of over-the-top like the post just previous to this. Why? Because the biggest thing I see is the overwhelming ignorance and irrationality exhibited by all parties. To me, this is the major thread of connectivity between all subjects which are connected other ways (despite what some parties seem to believe). Of course this view presumes that the various parties are truthfully portraying their views not lying simply to support an agenda of acquiring personal power.
First, there are a number of folks who don't want to bump up soldier numbers in Iraq (presumably these will be all tooth and no tail, IOW combat troops) because that will be escalating the violence. Huh? So you sit there and let the other side escalate violence and let your soldiers die without responding? How does that help anything? You get hit you have to hit back sometimes, and harder than the other guy, to put a stop to it.
The Speaker of the House (aka the most powerful woman in the world or is that country?) has a 100 hour program to make good on campaign promises. Among those promises (apparently, we heard nothing of this radical program from the Dems during the campaign) was raising the minimum wage (guess I'll have to get a raise in my salary or I'll be making less per hour than a burger flipper), increasing drug subsidization for the old folks (of which my mother is one), to break the link between legislators and lobbyists (including, apparently, private citizens like me and this blog), she wants to cut the interest rate on student loans in half, broaden the stem cell research, and "pay as you go" after that.
I say, how about letting me help my mother with her drug costs (if she needs help) rather than making me help EVERY senior citizen? No, we need to help everyone (not just those who NEED help). There goes "pay as you go".
I might lose my job over the minimum wage increase. I certainly won't take LESS than an entry level burger flipper for my expertise. So there goes the disposable income for this retired soldier.
One of the big "breaks between lobbyists and legislators" will be to suppress the bloggers, mostly conservatives (most EFFECTIVELY conservatives) by requiring that paperwork be done explaining funding...
Then there are the students and the reduction of student loan interest rates. It isn't as though they are paying the loans back. Maybe if there was some teeth in the collection process this would balance out. However, there doesn't seem to be any of that. No way. After all, they can always get more money from me to pay for some other kid's education. Heck, this old soldier and his school teacher wife already paid for 3 college educations.
I simply fail to see how broadening stem cell research will do anything substantive. Only adult stem cells are proving to be of any use and the benefits are underwhelming. It doesn't make sense to throw more tax money at unproductive research.
All of this goes directly to "pay as you go" (something for which the Dems aren't known). It ain't going to happen without raising taxes and the Speaker knows this as she plans on ending the "Bush" (people's) tax cuts. Well, she says she only raise the taxes on the "rich". Thing is my wife the elementary school teacher and I (retired soldier with a part time job) are counted as rich. How's that again? You'd have to go back to 1970 to figure our combined income as "rich" and even then it would be more like upper middle class. Of course, losing my part time job won't drop me out of the category of "rich". Let's just ignore the fact that lower taxes have resulted in a rompin'-stompin' economy in the middle of a war for our lives.
Oh, yeah, the war is nothing. Not a word, not a sound if, and only if, you don't count the demands of the ultra-radical socialists who believe they are the democratic base. Here we are engaged in a world-wide conflict with those who would destroy our country (including the Speaker and her grand-children) and not a word.
Sounds stupid if you look at it logically. But wait there's more.
The speaker tried to choose committee chairs who epitomized corruption. She passed over the most qualified Dem for the chair of the House Intelligence Committee because she WANTED a partisan advocate AGAINST the President rather than FOR the USofA! This is one I just can't get over.
The speaker then declares she's the most powerful woman (where is debatable) and has thrown herself a big old celebration (like an inaugural ball).
Ok, we're still in the illogical but guess what, if you look at it as all self-promotional lying, cheating and a continuation of the Dem culture of corruption it makes sense. It is all about power, that's it. Who cares if the US goes tits up? Not the speaker. Hell, she's only got another 15-20 years anyway. Not like my grandkids...
All that said it may be that not a thing will get to the President's desk as it still has to go through the Senate. Those good old boys are effectively tied and that means nothing happens despite all the rhetoric.
So why get all steamed up? Because the Dems are playing the to radicals. The rest of us knowing that they are generally self-serving liars expect nothing now that they are in office. I wish they would at least be honest, you know, make an effort to make government logical.
