good morning america
last we spoke, Obama was on a plane telling reporters it isn't time to concern ourselves with 2012 -- until when? 2012. Doink; then all of a sudden, low and behold breaking news out of Washington, his primary spokesperson and confidant of many years, including playing an integral part in previous campaigns, Robert Gibbs, has decided to step down.
why? he needs time to regroup and collect himself, so that in the coming months he can help lead Obama into his re-election bid. No. Nobody is thinking of 2012, not now, as that would be a misuse of priorities, among other things.
Then there is all the buzz on the replacement of the White House Chief of Staff, Rahm-bo, who had to leave in high hopes of gaining the highest position for all of Chicago -- a void left open for a couple of months now; and oops, der it is, one of Obama's prospects on the short list includes a banker. And someone within the first family of Chicago, no less, a lineage of super powers that go way back...a certain Bill Daley. really?
Yeah, that seven years of bad luck within America's largest bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, did him a world of good in grabbing the attention of our Banker-in-Chief.
Hypocrisy in America is breeding at an alarming rate.
Oh, but what about the latest news on republicans, who seem to be brazenly skirting around a law they firmly and resoundingly vowed they would never to do...not giving legislation proper time to debate in committee before coming to the House floor for a vote?
Talk about hypocrisy... as POLITICO enjoyed declaring bright and early this one fine day...
well, glad you asked.
At the risk of sounding stupid (again), this is different; what POLITICO is referring to is the splendid intentions of the GOP to bring to a vote the absolute repeal of the Health Care Law in one fell swoop; this being done, by a simple up or down vote, you are either for it or against it, and no matter what it looks like, sounds like, the motion does not precipitate debate -- as it is 2 pages! following the people's mandate, as demonstrated in the November elections, outlawing a law that never allowed for full, open debate and resolution to begin with; what it offers, to the floor of the House, is for the 2,997? page law to come to a complete standstill like the doctor ordered: prescribing plenty of rest and liquids... now get back to bed and resume debate tomorrow.
Taking into account a recent generalization and sentiment of our fine leader, there is plenty of time to start over, on the politics and realities of this, another day.
Oh my, please let this be the year all the fun and games come to a screeching halt, or not...
Cleaning out the ditch that the car swerved into was more like a swamp -- wasn't it Nancy? Way back when, you were so bright eyed and bushy tailed to clean up the mess, weren't you...
halo,
the people have spoken,
and not only do we carry great disdain for the continuing nonsense in Washington, but we will remember, I assure you;
but when people, like Nancy Pelosi, try to portray the last several years as all about the deficit, all about jobs, as that's been our focus since day one, as if we are all too dumb to know any better -- when in fact this Congress, and the one before that, has grown our national debt to a bulging, plus-size 14 Trillion dollars, a growth of 5.3 Trillion dollars in the last five years alone -- while she spins us a tangled weave of “Deficit reduction has been a high priority for us. It is our mantra, pay-as-you-go” without batting an over-botoxed eye...just how should we respond to that? just how ridiculous does Pelosi look? Does Pelosi even look into the rear-view mirror?
Yes, lefty's, you're right, the move by the GOP is purely symbolic -- but it is based on a reality that the Left refuses to believe or acknowledge: the health care monstrosity is guilty for adding 1.3 Trillion to the debt, manipulating the system with unpaid liabilities throughout, killing the hopes of all economic recovery for the year 2010, as it was, and IS a job killer -- proven by the response of late (in umpteen requests for exemption) over employer mandates that simply put a choke-hold on any job growth, expansion, or investment; for the legislation -- and overnight, I might add (coming to us in the midnight hour of Christmas Eve 2009) -- turned already dire economic straits into a full-blown tailspin.
Talk about driving the economy into a ditch -- as Obama-andretti loves to spin it -- once a tailspin begins, the hopes of surviving one depends on our ability to overcome the direction of the spin without acceleration -- you quickly take your foot off the gas and remain calm, turning into the spin actually works with you, not against you.
The unintended consequences of the recent health care legislation was like answering to the out of control spending and waste and fraud within the health care system as if it were spinning out of control, but instead of cool, calm, collected and calibrated response, the left had us in the grips of an immediate overreaction, putting the foot on the breaks, creating total panic, and thrusting the business community into hyper-hysterics.
So this symbolic measure is one of even higher methodology and importance, and surely not one in vain; this symbolic motion, to take back the people's house, is one that will, hopefully, set the pace for the new year; this symbolic gesture is one that, if all goes right, will continue to ricochet the voice of the people off of the walls in the halls of Washington. (And speaking of symbolic, how about the reading of the Constitution today, and the new speaker, John Boehner...read this)
And sure, this may be without any cause for real alarms to go off, it doesn't carry the machine with enough horse-power to get much further than the house, the overdrive can only get us so far; but the people seem to be the only one's living in reality these days; and if that is where we must begin, then so be it.
You're right, it may not change the fundamental transformation that has already taken place -- but we are not out of the race yet.
And last I checked, it was the tortoise who came out on top. slow and steady...
cool heads prevail.
turn into the spin.
back to basics, heeding the first rules of thumb.
cut spending-- even if it only begins with fluffy earmarks, they add up.
cut spending -- nothing is off limits, even defense, but the point is to start.
cut spending -- and like anyone else experiencing the immediate slashing of cash flow, drastic changes are the only way we find a way to eat and keep a roof over our head. We make due with less of everything.
cut spending -- promote individual solutions and elevate thinking outside the box, working together, in community one another. Let the neighborhood truly act as a community for the betterment of the whole; think globally, but act locally.
cut spending -- reminding Washington every day, that they are playing with the people's money; it does not belong to YOU, and you no longer have carte blanche to spend our money haphazardly and recklessly. It is not your money. Talk about an entitlement program off the charts in waste, abuse, and fraud -- the United States Congress Entitlement Fund has run it's course, in a way, obsolete, it is not producing enough good things to warrant further investment...shut it down.
cut spending -- take the foot off the acceleration...no, no, I got it...unless you change the course, the direction, and the speed in which you are taking us, we will simply resort to Chicago-style tactics...yeah yeah...we'll just cut off your ability to refuel, that's the ticket; gas shortages of the seventies have got nothing on this.
oooh and while I veer off in an attempt to amuse myself, just maybe a Daley would make a good choice in the new year...time will tell...while 2012 is just around the corner. vroom vroom. chitty chitty bang bang.
Make it a Good Day, G
Sting, at his best, is playing on Dear America... turn it up!
post post: no longer thinking about Bill Daley...it's done. he's in. finito. here's more.
Showing posts with label Robert Gibbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Gibbs. Show all posts
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Monday, November 8, 2010
Dear America,
So he's half way round the world and he's still messing with the press.
Not Obama; but the White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, who was in his usual meltdown posture having been trumped by the self-appointed king of correspondents in India -- he tried to pull rank on Gibbs, by disallowing "the White House 8" from entering the meeting room, with Gibbs threatening to pull Obama out of the meetings if the guy didn't back down (right, but it looked good), bringing it to crescendo of words and grimaces.
I just find it amusing -- but then I'm easy these days, nearly everything makes me laugh in a punch drunk sort of way, as my life is so full of 'woe is me's' -- I can just about find humor and cling to anything that moves, thinks, breathes, or is remotely disguised as funny in a heart beat.
Similar to my Sunday morning experience when I caught a bit of Meet the Press with David Gregory; right off the bat he was interviewing Jim DeMint, Gentleman and Senator from South Carolina, grilling him about the Tea Party -- and it came to me; the difference between the right and the left with regard to reading the tea leaves is a matter of whether the teacup is half empty or half full.
Gregory is so ready to throw hot water all over DeMint, beginning with taking the liberal stance asking something like this: so like, is the Tea Party, like, controlling the republican party, or something?
What gives? Talking to DeMint like they were all just a bunch of stupid puppets...
What could he say to that, right?
"Hardly" -- with a chuckle -- is how. While I'm thinking to myself, what a stupid question.
The Left really doesn't understand the Tea Party Phenomenon at all. They just don't get it.
Since the beginning, after constant degradation of the Tea people as "astroturf," "racists," "extremists," or "tea baggers" -- or at best, passing the entire movement off as having no credibility, validity, or future, dating back to the good old days when it began to take root and spread across the nation, like an annoying weed that keeps popping up in between the bricks -- our press has basically joined in and vilified the Tea Party with abandon. Free, fair, unbiased press -- poppycock!
Let's just go into the second question, did the Tea Party cost the GOP the Senate?
wait for it...
"that is a very silly thing to say, David," with a fair amount of giggles added on for good measure.
Seriously, that's what DeMint said; moving right on in to remind dear Davey boy, and the rest of us watching the early morning stand up but sitting down routine, the real truth; the GOP was nearly DOA just two years ago. David, did you get hit on the head recently? What's with the short term memory loss? Hello.
Yes, David, there is a Santa Clause, and it's name is "Santa T" to the GOP -- the stocking is half full here, if you haven't noticed -- the Tea Party saved the GOP from a well deserving death... given just how far this country has fallen away from our founding principles, our limited government, and our loyalty to the common man, and the party emboldened to protect it.
The GOP is supposed to be the actual party respective of this very element, fortified in understanding and ranking, in taking our rightful place; for just who sits on the seniority list trumping every branch of government?
The INDIVIDUAL.
The left brain think tanks and liberal journalists should have seen this coming; they should have been smart enough to figure this one out long ago, given our history (but heck, I guess it's only their nature, they can't help it, they are blinded by their own enlightenment, and bent on progressing, pressing forward, no matter what cost).
Instead of embracing the Tea Party, and celebrating the grassroots movement founded simply upon the idea that America has been "TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY" -- one that embodies a feeling all Americans could readily share and support, I mean, who likes taxes? They -- the press -- moved in by taking the position of opposition, trying to show them in a bad light, attempting to highlight the ridicule and amplify an argument of class warfare versus simply joining in, in a spirit of one for all and all for one.
The TEA Party is for all Americans -- left or right, black, white or brown, young and old, for ALL, whether you accept it for yourself as true, or not.
No, the press decided they would rather be a wedge, a cog in the wheel, a manufacturer of untruths creating an atmosphere that only heightened a sharpened civil divide. The press negatively impacted the mindset of America at the Tea Party's first blush -- and they know it; and unbelievably, they are still doing it!
DeMint just had to laugh, though...that's a good one, David, ha ha ha...
Just as the entire Tea Party is basking in the aftermath of the "shellacking."
The Tea Party is doing backstrokes; we've been whopping it up, splashing around, and having a good old time over the course of the last several days. The Tea Cup is half full and we are swimming in it -- and sticks and stones might break our bones but words will never hurt us. nana na na nana
The Left can make fun of the Tea all they want; but the best thing the press could do now is join us -- as to go against the founding principles of this great nation, to run counter to the high tide of enthusiasm in our crystal clear Constitution and Declaration of Independence endowed by our forefathers, is a stand defiant, going rogue, almost villainous, maybe even criminal; for when it comes to protecting the rights and liberties for which we stand -- WE, as in America -- compromise on nothing.
What is happening within our very own government is a high crime -- one of the highest kind; for it is a crime against country, our faith, and our future.
America is not a well worn slogan just waiting for a new image; our fundamentals have not changed.
What the Tea has refreshed in us is a link to our past, an understanding of where we have been, freely giving way to an expression of what we want in our future. The tea leaves have spoken to a vast majority of us, whether or not the press is with us, or not. We are not afraid and we know what we must do to save ourselves, our children, and most of all, America, as a whole, each and every one of us, as individuals, who are lucky enough to call her home.
There is simply no logical reason for the out of control taxation -- the answer, our only protection, comes by way of the people's representation. What we realize, now, is that we were all clinging to the wrong things, for the wrong reasons, and without thinking. We were careless with our liberty; but make no mistake, it won't happen again (another reason the press should hop on board).
We are America -- and by definition, it stands for freedom in every which way to Sunday -- even to Sunday's Meet the Press, after church, of course. The Free Press should be lapping it up, the Tea, along with all the rest of us who know better these days -- for the Tea is akin to our authentic selves.
I am just now getting into a new book, by William Wilberforce, an Englishman from a couple of hundred years ago. We'll get more into him, and the book itself, later, no doubt -- I don't want to spoil it and give away the name quite yet yet. But one of his earliest realizations goes like this:
The thing is, it makes no sense to take the name of American and not cling to Her like there is no tomorrow, especially right now. We have reason and good sense telling us to hold onto Her -- for we are witness to life without authentically living within the boundaries of her kindnesses and offerings for far too long.
THIS is what happens when we abuse America's good graces, when we run amuck as human beings taking for granted everything under the sun.
The Left seems bent on believing it is some kind of backwards thinking; while the press continues to grant them some kind of weird higher authority through mass producing and elevating their liberal definition of America for all who will listen. What they both chose to ignore, or discredit, is the groundswell building underneath their feet -- the House is only part and parcel of the foundation being laid; it is simply a sign we are getting our groove back, as Americans.
The Tea Party did not cost the GOP the Senate; it gave them a taste for success to spill over into it; the Tea Party does not "control" the GOP, "hardly" -- it speaks on behalf of we the people -- and by the looks of things so far, only the GOP has taken a sip, sitting there waiting patiently now for the cream to come around.
...cream... in the tea, is an English thing, you know...
Only we, the people, are at the discretion to pass it on -- while, as luck should have it, the people give way to an even Higher Authority for direction (at least in their heart of hearts, time will tell if we will choose to improve in this area, or not).
on that note, gotta go (say it like a Brit).
G suddenly has an urge for some tea... so cheerio... pinkies out... good show old chap, Gregory, good show indeed.
Make it a Good Day, G
baby, baby baby baby...oh....thought you'd always be mine...
sing it Beiber...on dear America...for a lot of reasons.
On a heavier note:
You know what "extremists" the press should worry about, the kind that say this:
"Don't consult with anybody in killing the Americans," Anwar, the Yemeni Cleric, said. "Fighting the devil doesn't require consultation or prayers seeking divine guidance. They are the party of the devils," he added. It is "either us or them." I think it was Sunday, the post American turned Islamic leader, Anwar said this, yeah yeah, it was Sunday, or does that mean it was Monday, in Yemen? Does it really matter?
Not Obama; but the White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, who was in his usual meltdown posture having been trumped by the self-appointed king of correspondents in India -- he tried to pull rank on Gibbs, by disallowing "the White House 8" from entering the meeting room, with Gibbs threatening to pull Obama out of the meetings if the guy didn't back down (right, but it looked good), bringing it to crescendo of words and grimaces.
I just find it amusing -- but then I'm easy these days, nearly everything makes me laugh in a punch drunk sort of way, as my life is so full of 'woe is me's' -- I can just about find humor and cling to anything that moves, thinks, breathes, or is remotely disguised as funny in a heart beat.
Similar to my Sunday morning experience when I caught a bit of Meet the Press with David Gregory; right off the bat he was interviewing Jim DeMint, Gentleman and Senator from South Carolina, grilling him about the Tea Party -- and it came to me; the difference between the right and the left with regard to reading the tea leaves is a matter of whether the teacup is half empty or half full.
Gregory is so ready to throw hot water all over DeMint, beginning with taking the liberal stance asking something like this: so like, is the Tea Party, like, controlling the republican party, or something?
What gives? Talking to DeMint like they were all just a bunch of stupid puppets...
What could he say to that, right?
"Hardly" -- with a chuckle -- is how. While I'm thinking to myself, what a stupid question.
The Left really doesn't understand the Tea Party Phenomenon at all. They just don't get it.
Since the beginning, after constant degradation of the Tea people as "astroturf," "racists," "extremists," or "tea baggers" -- or at best, passing the entire movement off as having no credibility, validity, or future, dating back to the good old days when it began to take root and spread across the nation, like an annoying weed that keeps popping up in between the bricks -- our press has basically joined in and vilified the Tea Party with abandon. Free, fair, unbiased press -- poppycock!
Let's just go into the second question, did the Tea Party cost the GOP the Senate?
wait for it...
"that is a very silly thing to say, David," with a fair amount of giggles added on for good measure.
Seriously, that's what DeMint said; moving right on in to remind dear Davey boy, and the rest of us watching the early morning stand up but sitting down routine, the real truth; the GOP was nearly DOA just two years ago. David, did you get hit on the head recently? What's with the short term memory loss? Hello.
Yes, David, there is a Santa Clause, and it's name is "Santa T" to the GOP -- the stocking is half full here, if you haven't noticed -- the Tea Party saved the GOP from a well deserving death... given just how far this country has fallen away from our founding principles, our limited government, and our loyalty to the common man, and the party emboldened to protect it.
The GOP is supposed to be the actual party respective of this very element, fortified in understanding and ranking, in taking our rightful place; for just who sits on the seniority list trumping every branch of government?
The INDIVIDUAL.
The left brain think tanks and liberal journalists should have seen this coming; they should have been smart enough to figure this one out long ago, given our history (but heck, I guess it's only their nature, they can't help it, they are blinded by their own enlightenment, and bent on progressing, pressing forward, no matter what cost).
Instead of embracing the Tea Party, and celebrating the grassroots movement founded simply upon the idea that America has been "TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY" -- one that embodies a feeling all Americans could readily share and support, I mean, who likes taxes? They -- the press -- moved in by taking the position of opposition, trying to show them in a bad light, attempting to highlight the ridicule and amplify an argument of class warfare versus simply joining in, in a spirit of one for all and all for one.
The TEA Party is for all Americans -- left or right, black, white or brown, young and old, for ALL, whether you accept it for yourself as true, or not.
No, the press decided they would rather be a wedge, a cog in the wheel, a manufacturer of untruths creating an atmosphere that only heightened a sharpened civil divide. The press negatively impacted the mindset of America at the Tea Party's first blush -- and they know it; and unbelievably, they are still doing it!
DeMint just had to laugh, though...that's a good one, David, ha ha ha...
Just as the entire Tea Party is basking in the aftermath of the "shellacking."
The Tea Party is doing backstrokes; we've been whopping it up, splashing around, and having a good old time over the course of the last several days. The Tea Cup is half full and we are swimming in it -- and sticks and stones might break our bones but words will never hurt us. nana na na nana
The Left can make fun of the Tea all they want; but the best thing the press could do now is join us -- as to go against the founding principles of this great nation, to run counter to the high tide of enthusiasm in our crystal clear Constitution and Declaration of Independence endowed by our forefathers, is a stand defiant, going rogue, almost villainous, maybe even criminal; for when it comes to protecting the rights and liberties for which we stand -- WE, as in America -- compromise on nothing.
What is happening within our very own government is a high crime -- one of the highest kind; for it is a crime against country, our faith, and our future.
America is not a well worn slogan just waiting for a new image; our fundamentals have not changed.
What the Tea has refreshed in us is a link to our past, an understanding of where we have been, freely giving way to an expression of what we want in our future. The tea leaves have spoken to a vast majority of us, whether or not the press is with us, or not. We are not afraid and we know what we must do to save ourselves, our children, and most of all, America, as a whole, each and every one of us, as individuals, who are lucky enough to call her home.
There is simply no logical reason for the out of control taxation -- the answer, our only protection, comes by way of the people's representation. What we realize, now, is that we were all clinging to the wrong things, for the wrong reasons, and without thinking. We were careless with our liberty; but make no mistake, it won't happen again (another reason the press should hop on board).
We are America -- and by definition, it stands for freedom in every which way to Sunday -- even to Sunday's Meet the Press, after church, of course. The Free Press should be lapping it up, the Tea, along with all the rest of us who know better these days -- for the Tea is akin to our authentic selves.
I am just now getting into a new book, by William Wilberforce, an Englishman from a couple of hundred years ago. We'll get more into him, and the book itself, later, no doubt -- I don't want to spoil it and give away the name quite yet yet. But one of his earliest realizations goes like this:
"It makes no sense to take the name of Christian and not cling to Christ. Jesus is not some magic charm to wear like a piece of jewelry we think will give us good luck. He is Lord. His name is to be written on our hearts in such a powerful way that it creates within us a profound experience of His peace and a heart that is filled with His praise."
The thing is, it makes no sense to take the name of American and not cling to Her like there is no tomorrow, especially right now. We have reason and good sense telling us to hold onto Her -- for we are witness to life without authentically living within the boundaries of her kindnesses and offerings for far too long.
THIS is what happens when we abuse America's good graces, when we run amuck as human beings taking for granted everything under the sun.
The Left seems bent on believing it is some kind of backwards thinking; while the press continues to grant them some kind of weird higher authority through mass producing and elevating their liberal definition of America for all who will listen. What they both chose to ignore, or discredit, is the groundswell building underneath their feet -- the House is only part and parcel of the foundation being laid; it is simply a sign we are getting our groove back, as Americans.
The Tea Party did not cost the GOP the Senate; it gave them a taste for success to spill over into it; the Tea Party does not "control" the GOP, "hardly" -- it speaks on behalf of we the people -- and by the looks of things so far, only the GOP has taken a sip, sitting there waiting patiently now for the cream to come around.
...cream... in the tea, is an English thing, you know...
Only we, the people, are at the discretion to pass it on -- while, as luck should have it, the people give way to an even Higher Authority for direction (at least in their heart of hearts, time will tell if we will choose to improve in this area, or not).
on that note, gotta go (say it like a Brit).
G suddenly has an urge for some tea... so cheerio... pinkies out... good show old chap, Gregory, good show indeed.
Make it a Good Day, G
baby, baby baby baby...oh....thought you'd always be mine...
sing it Beiber...on dear America...for a lot of reasons.
On a heavier note:
You know what "extremists" the press should worry about, the kind that say this:
"Don't consult with anybody in killing the Americans," Anwar, the Yemeni Cleric, said. "Fighting the devil doesn't require consultation or prayers seeking divine guidance. They are the party of the devils," he added. It is "either us or them." I think it was Sunday, the post American turned Islamic leader, Anwar said this, yeah yeah, it was Sunday, or does that mean it was Monday, in Yemen? Does it really matter?
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