Mental Health Break - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

Mental Health Break - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

ARE WE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT CUTTING OUR DEBT

SO MY QUESTION TO ALL IS--do we really want to reduce our national debt or are we just talkingoutourass!!

ENTER -Erskine Bowles and Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform - and their report released a couple of days ago detailing some hard hitting ways to ACTUALLY CUT OUR DEBT.

A BIT OF BACKGROUND-

we have the republicans yelling that the only thing we need to do is lower taxes for the rich and super rich and our national debt will sink like the titanic--BUT IN A MUCH SHORTER TIME FRAME AAANNNNNND-WILL CREATE ZILLIONS OF FANTASTIC PAYING NON-GOVERNMENT JOBS TO BOOT.

the democrats on the other hand, think that all we need to do is raise taxes on the rich and very rich and DITTO --our national debt will sink like the titanic--BUT IN A MUCH SHORTER TIME FRAME AAANNNNNND-WILL CREATE ZILLIONS OF FANTASTIC PAYING NON-GOVERNMENT JOBS TO BOOT.

DONE BOTH AND SUPRISE SUPRISE--THIS IS WHERE ITS GOTTEN US. AND YET, we still have these same politicians and the newbies elected just 10 days ago promising to change "the washington ways" and then succumbing to the same "ways" they supposedly opposed.

the greatest threat to our national security is our financial security. we are spending our way into the poorest of the poor houses and whenever we are confronted with the empty piggy bank or balance sheet, we react by immediately blaming the other side for all our financial problems. the fact of the matter is that we are all to blame for the situation we find ourselves in. we continue to spend and spend and then tax and tax and then spend and spend--well --you get the picture.

we do not have the courage to finally realize that we are going to have to make some very hard choices that involve our most "sacred cows"-defense spending, social security, medicade,

its always amazed me to hear this or that person rant about not wanting their taxes raised and at the same time yelling till their blue in the face that america is going broke. we want to keep all of our perks and strip the other guy of his/her perks.

i'm a bit older but i would still be willing to hold off for another year or two if it helps to keep social security going for a few more years. i'd be willing to pay a bit more deductable on my vets medical if it helps to spread it around to more that need it most.

yet, there are very rich older vets and soon to be retired people that will fight tooth and nail to keep all their vet benefits and social security benefits even though their are making hundreds of thousands and in some cases millions of bucks a year. we need to remember that social security was not intended for rich folk--it was intended to be a safety net for the poor workers or those with no savings after working honest jobs for their whole life.

i think of sara palin and her conservative viewpoint that we are becoming a socialist nation and a welfare state--YET, she fails to inform us that alaska takes in more federal/state funds for welfare and other social programs than any other state in the union. if we pulled out all the federal and state workers and projects in the state, they would be left with virtually no jobs--

senators from every state--so-called blue and red states- haul tons of "pork barrel" projects back to their home states year after year and have the balls to go on tv and rant about ending these very same projects---JUST NOT THEIR PROJECTS!

we have two choices in this debate-
A-ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT REDUCING THE DEBT BY TACKLEING THE SACRED COWS-MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE SPENDING

OR

B-CONTINUE TO SAY WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND B.S. EACH OTHER AND CONTINUE TO PASS IT OFF TO FUTURE GENERATIONS

its time to "put up or shut up" to "shit or get off the pot"--THAT SIMPLE

LETS START AGAIN--KINDA OF

i've said it before and i'll say it again--damn--its a bitch keeping a blog alive and thriving. or is it just staying focused and centered. anywho, here i am again wondering why o why i can't seem to find stuff to talk about when all you have to do is talk to my friends and they'll tell you that I ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT MOST THINGS!!

that being said, i guess its a whole lot easier to speak it as opposed to having to write it down on this here blog. but i do miss blogging cause its kinda of soothing sitting here and just allowing myself to rant and rave all i want and when its all said and typed- i haven't caused anyone any heartache nor ruffled any feathers--not that i'm gonna care much if feathers are ruffled or panties are soiled or deedee's pooped is picked up with my fingers day and nite and so on and so on!!!

so i shall try and try again and again to keep this going if for no other reason than to keep my typing skills up to date and keep the old arthritis at arms or fingers length!

DADT AND OUR WEAK WILLED PRESIDENT

to all my dear friends, its a great day today that a federal judge has granted an injunction against DADT-DON'T ASK/DON'T TELL in a suit brought by ---DRUM ROLL PLEASE--THE LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS ---yes, u heard it and read it correctly, a group of republicans that happen to be gay challenged the law and have won a victory for gay and lez soldiers in the US ARMED FORCES.

the sad news is that it will be president obama's DOJ that will have the choice of whether they appeal it or let it stand--
HMMMMMMMM-if my slightly sexy and feeble mind recalls, it was this same doj that appealed the DOMA ACT.

someone quoted of all far left idiots-the comedian Keith oberman as somehow or nother being a basis for fact for why the prez cannot stop it--NOT

ANY U.S. SENATOR QUOTING WHY IT HASN'T BEEN DONE AS FACT--NOT

ANY HOUSE OF REPS QUOTING OR MOUTHING OFF AS TO WHY IT CAN'T BE DONE AND WANTING US TO BELIEVE IT AS FACT--NOT


i don't give a shit NOR a flying fuck why its a tad bit tricky during an election cycle--GAY AND LESBIAN AMERICANS ARE DYING EVERYDAY IN IRAQ AN AFGHANISTAN AND PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE RECEIVING OUR DONATIONS AND VOTES CAN'T STICK THEIR LOUSY POLITICAL NECKS OUT TO VOTE THIS POLICY OUT.---THATS PLAIN BULLSHIT AND WE SHOULD NOT BE GIVING THEM POLITICAL COVER.

THE PRESIDENT CAN'T DO IT FOR THIS REASON AND THAT REASON

FACT: 10 U.S.C. 12305 is black and white in the power CONGRESS GAVE the President, ANY President:

"The President may suspend any provision of law relating to promotion, retirement, or separation applicable to any member of the armed forces who the President determines is essential to the national security of the United States" during a "period of national emergency," defined as a time when "members of a reserve component are serving involuntarily on active duty." Uh, that would be NOW.

the same goes for the presidents refusal to grant us equal rights in the marriage arena--i don't give a rats ass if he is opposed to it on religious grounds--i didn't fucking elect the pope a couple of novembers ago-i elected a civil head of these UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

where the fuck is his head, much less his heart, his conscience. would he like it if his parents hadn't been able to marry cause one was white and one black and a kind hearted neighbor or politician told him"hey i'm with you dude, just give us time"--then again he wouldn't even be here would he.

i'm tired of my good friends that are soooooo afraid to call democrats weak kneed good for nothings --

its unbelievable that every time they have the house, the senate and the white house, they seem to go out of their way to get as little done as possible. i wish they had the fucken balls that the repubs have.

nuf said

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