Don’t listen. They are all saying the same thing, so it must be wrong. There aren’t that many intelligent people in finance, politics and the media.
We are assured that the crash of the stock market is the result of our massive debt. Really? The market, whose computers are among the fastest in the world, took four days to react to the government’s failure to really address the debt.
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Ah. The good old days are returning. If you can remember The Great Depression, get ready for déjà vu.
Eighty-odd, very odd, imbeciles have done more damage to this country than we can presently foresee.
You thought that you lived in a democracy. If you count Pakistan, Mexico and Iraq as models of democracy, then you’re right.
Didn’t we once have a democracy we were proud of? Now we know that an out of control minority can get their druthers by blackmail and obstruction of the democratic process.
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It’s about time someone got serious. It obviously isn’t going to be anyone inside the Beltway.
The politicians consider their careers and their juvenile ideologies more important than the well-being of the nation and its people. Why are we not blanketing this country with recall petitions. Why are we not exhibiting a similar, reciprocal disdain for their jobs and their well-being?
Have they finally emasculated the American people? Have they accomplished what al-Qaeda failed to do?
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Eureka!
There; I said it.
While everyone else is looking at pieces of the problem, I found the crux. Therein, I also found the solution.
The only catch is that our leaders have not the intelligence, inclination or interest in fixing it.
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Yes, I’m back from vacation. I know. You didn’t even realize I was gone.
Well, it wasn’t really a vacation. It was 9 days at Fall Creek Falls State Park with about 70 of my wife’s relatives. No it wasn’t as bad as it sounds.
Actually there is a little good came about while I was there. Perhaps I should relate that before preaching on the topic of the day. [click to continue…]
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What caused the debt? That sounds like an easy question. Could that be the problem?
One would hope that our “leaders” could get their arms around a simple question. Well, apparently we never learn.
The short-bus riders on The Hill are pretending to deal with what to do about the debt. It seems logical to ask the question in the title of this article before addressing any possible solutions. Knowing how you got here might be helpful in finding your way back.
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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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Did You Know?
All psychoactive drugs damage the brain.
No psychoactive drug works as well as a placebo.
Prozac was never tested before introduction.
