Ted and the Shutdown Clowns

I imagine they had paid employees in the crowds, back when the TP Congressmen were campaigning on the promise to shut down the US goverment. Yes, that was the goal all along, Obamacare and shutdown.  The government spends money on things they do not like, so it must be shut down.
In the hours before they pulled their stunt, Ted Cruz vecame their leader, more like the Pied Piper lesading the rats out to drown in the river.  Ted was not going to take responsibility.

Ted could be the nominee next Presidential Election, Democrats are so hopeful it comes true- He would not win Texas-- not now that he has been exposed as a Dimwit leader a bunch of DimmerWits
They say he was a brilliant scholar- most brilliant scholars that I have encountered were really good at kissing some Professorial Ass- I mean a few were genuine intellects, but school is pretend, most of the time it does not interpret to the real world.  Cruz has devolved to the lowest common denominator in Texas- a complete hypocrite, whereas most politicians are Reformed Hypicrites( as Mark Twain used to say of himself).

The low point reached by Ted and the Shutdown Clowns is a denial of responsibility and a breach of the trust between Government and the People.  One swears a duty to uphold the laws when elected to high office and one swears a duty to the Constitution. It can mean many things but it certainly means you will not try to destroy the Government, or attempt to overthrow a duly elected President-- yes, we have noted 6 yrs now of Impeachment threats- ( I actually heard the first before Obama was sworn in) this is when the Clowns became Fools, now they have risen up to the level of Clown, because all that was missing from that pathetic showing were  big shoes, funny noses and noise makers.

I say these things now because soon they will have a chance to redo their Clown routine, that unless we stop Healthcare and put our economy into Recession by again slashing spending they will default the nation and ruin the economy right now.  They give us little choice, it is either die by gunshot or starvation- either way they intend to mortally wound the Nation.  In their petty minds the idea is to wound the Democrats, to wound the fat government-- but you cannot be that precise when your weapon is a poison pill.
 
And the Clown show will go on- them in front of crowds cheering to shut it down.  Little people can die from things like this, from the stress of no unemployment check, no food aid, from the loss of critical medical care-- and you know, there are still soldiers dying for freedom in Afghanistan.

It has become clear with the Tea Party...it is a case of them or U.S.-- both seem unlikely to prosper together. The hard part is this: if the evil is spending and we must shortchange today's families needing jobs and economic growth to save our future generations-- why would anyone believe they wont say the same crap to them-- you cannot have space based jobs because it would indebt the generations of the farther future--Maybe its time to talk about abolishing derivatives trading-- too much productive capital making money exchanging paper, it damages the economy and causes concentration of wealth, now that would make the conversation more interesting to everyone.

Divine Winds

History and legends tell of two incidents when the nation of Japan faced certain defeat by invasion and the enemy armada was destroyed by storms-- the armadas of Kubla Kahn-- and the storms that intervened to save them were called Divine Winds(kamika ze).  The word became infamous later in WWII as Kamikaze, there it was the last gasp of a defeated nation; an incredible choice to squander its youth in a vain attempt to extend a certain defeat.  This was a man-made divinity and it failed.

 I think of this now as a great storm seems to crush some parts of my country-- places I have lived and think of as my home-- and I do not think it is a Divine Wind.  There is suffering and loss of life and we should all send our prayers to those affected and any efforts we can make to help. No, it is the impact of this storm that speaks a lesson to me-- how the sophistications, and dedications to profits and business so quickly recede and lose significance when the land on which we stand disappears beneath roiled ocean waters and flood. When our systems fail, power gone, underground and above ground networks lost to unstoppable surge of tides; it is then we are reminded of the need each of us has for others. The need for help in dire times, when we cannot be saved by wealth or false pride--or the sense of superiority which none of us has earned.  Yes, it is the Divine Wind that sweeps away pettiness and we realize it could be us in the water or our child-- reaching for a rope, reaching for life itself--hoping for a Divine Wind....hdm

Biden Our Time

Senator Biden has always seemed many things to me, as a politician, he emerged as a leader willing to stand for things that money- interests opposed...the hallmark of leadership in the Unites States now and historically... and he has learned to withstand the harsh winds that blow in Washington politics, the ones that tend to put into one's face...you are not worthy... until the people with money say that you are worthy....

Obama -Biden is not a dream ticket, it has no woman, no southern white man, no one with executive experience, not enough experience to convince anyone that they could handle a crisis. Well too bad.. we are already in a crisis [ oil, a contrived war to create another oil power, an economy that does not value the American dream, American worker, the American family] and this ...Obama-Biden is the team that will win.

Now, there will be someone to answer the phone at Three AM more inportant someone to try to use government between Nine and Five to analyze and solve public problems...

the Bush people were leaderless and engaged in sham government...alternately blaming the people, hiding the truth, hiding their own inability...but ALWAYS USING GOVERNMENT TO CHANNEL PROFITS TO PRIVATE SECTOR FRIENDS AND POLITICAL ALLIES by peace or war made no differance...at this they have excelled.

And it is this narrow partisan drive to arrange government so as to funnel monies that will be lost. Lost in transition to a more open government; this will be missed for the next four years, and hopefully...much...much longer.