After a week of intense misgivings over the President's unprecedented 'compromise'(a grave misnomer at this point) with those dastardly Republicans on the proposed new tax bill, I've come to reason as he has suggested that it's the best bill possible under the present circumstances. If it were possible to reach through my TV set and get my hand around the neck of that so- called conservative Joe Scarborough(thankfully that action was not possible), I'd probably now have a criminal record of assault. I often watch his 'morning joe' talk show because I'm an early riser and I can only take so much of 'mike and mike' in those wee hours. But on the morning after the President announced to the public his compromisee tax bill, there was morning Joe, glowing, reveling with his fellow conservative guests, "we won, we won". He went on and on,"GW Bush is in Dallas now with a smile on his face because this Democratic president has finally seen the light and come over to 'our' side, and now realizes that he was right all along that tax cuts for the very wealthy is the way to stimulate the nations economy." He forgot to add that this President Bush with his tax cuts over 8 years damn near crashed this nation into another great depression. To this I say,"yes you did,for now".
Our president of the United States has been,(and these are his words, not mine) 'held hostage' by the Republican party with the usual help of a number of so-called 'blue dog' Democrats. Let's face reality, I'ts a done deal and we liberals and the rest of the decent struggling Americans can be certain of a very dim future with the new Congress in January.
The few progressive leaders we've left in Congress with an ounce of backbone know that we have lost the message and in turn the health of our nation for some time to come. Those immoral Republicans will continue what the previous president started and indeed bankrupt this country now. It's just a matter of time. Don't expect any wealthy to pass down funds from those tax breaks to create jobs as the conservatives try and sell us. They proved this the past 10 years, yet the voters put them back in power. A vote, I'm afraid, we will all lament soon.
I now would ask our President to now rebuke those he termed' hostage takers' as he so severely done so to his most reverent supporters this week. I call on the President to loudly and often let the american people clearly see who the real culprits are in this disaster. And stop demeaning his base. We want you to succeed more than you could possibly know.
To the new leader of Congress. Mr. Speaker, are you ready to stop playing silly political games with the peoples' lives? Now you wield the power. Can you lead?
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
I had a brief talk at work last week with a client who unfortunately fell into that demeaning and dreadful category of (99'er). The woeful term given to individuals who's unemployment insurance claims has continued past 99 weeks.
It wasn't the first of similar such conversations nor do I expect it will be the last, but this young couple in particular, almost drove me to tears. A prowd young manand his wife who's found themselves without work for over a year now and 3 little children's mouths to feed. They were in the office to inquire if there would or would not be anymore extensions of benefits because of what they had heard on the news. I told them that we had no furthur information concerning extending benefits by the US Congress as yet.
The wife went on to tell me that she was very sad and felt quite hopeless and askd me if I was going to set up a Christmas tree in my home this year. I told her that I did plan to use the same artificial one I've used for the past 5 years. She went on to tell me that she's been sitting in her room at night after the kids are gone to bed and crying because they have no way to even get them the little toys they are seeing on tv. But she went on to explain that it's not the toys that are that important. Rather, it's the look in their eyes when she said that they would not have a Christmas tree this year. And the eldest of the 3 remarked, "But ma, not even a Charlie Brown Tree?" No not even one so modest could the family afford.
This young couple clearly understands that having money for Christmas is not only a nice thing but but also for this particular Christmas, it's a matter of not enough food to go around and maybe not have enough heating in their small residence.
I wonder how many of our nations' congressmen/women could stand to go home for the holidays and stand before the children and tell them there won't be at least a 'tree' this year because they failed to do the 'peoples' business and make sure that those who are out of work for no reason of their own, could rely on them, the people they sent to Washington to 'resresent' them. And representing them includes seeing that an extension of benefits succeeded.
I realize as well as that young family does that it's really not about toys or gifts or even a 'tree'. That it's the plain and simple decency and compassion that humans in need get those needs addressed.
It's appaling that I've had to even write such a post in this day and age;But it's the ugly reality of the dumbing down of the human condition so prevalent in todays society.
I for one will make an effore to give my tree to a needful family this Christmas season in hopes of at least giving some kid a real 'Charlie Brown Christmas'.
It wasn't the first of similar such conversations nor do I expect it will be the last, but this young couple in particular, almost drove me to tears. A prowd young manand his wife who's found themselves without work for over a year now and 3 little children's mouths to feed. They were in the office to inquire if there would or would not be anymore extensions of benefits because of what they had heard on the news. I told them that we had no furthur information concerning extending benefits by the US Congress as yet.
The wife went on to tell me that she was very sad and felt quite hopeless and askd me if I was going to set up a Christmas tree in my home this year. I told her that I did plan to use the same artificial one I've used for the past 5 years. She went on to tell me that she's been sitting in her room at night after the kids are gone to bed and crying because they have no way to even get them the little toys they are seeing on tv. But she went on to explain that it's not the toys that are that important. Rather, it's the look in their eyes when she said that they would not have a Christmas tree this year. And the eldest of the 3 remarked, "But ma, not even a Charlie Brown Tree?" No not even one so modest could the family afford.
This young couple clearly understands that having money for Christmas is not only a nice thing but but also for this particular Christmas, it's a matter of not enough food to go around and maybe not have enough heating in their small residence.
I wonder how many of our nations' congressmen/women could stand to go home for the holidays and stand before the children and tell them there won't be at least a 'tree' this year because they failed to do the 'peoples' business and make sure that those who are out of work for no reason of their own, could rely on them, the people they sent to Washington to 'resresent' them. And representing them includes seeing that an extension of benefits succeeded.
I realize as well as that young family does that it's really not about toys or gifts or even a 'tree'. That it's the plain and simple decency and compassion that humans in need get those needs addressed.
It's appaling that I've had to even write such a post in this day and age;But it's the ugly reality of the dumbing down of the human condition so prevalent in todays society.
I for one will make an effore to give my tree to a needful family this Christmas season in hopes of at least giving some kid a real 'Charlie Brown Christmas'.
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