For All Intents & Purposes

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Willard's World: Disaster Relief is Immoral

Hurricane Sandy is on her way toward the east coast and she's coming with a vengeance. Bearing down on millions of people in her wake, Sandy is estimated to cost that region nearly $3.2 billion in damages. And of course, we hesitate to even consider the potential lost of lives when considering those who will not - or cannot - evacuate.

I hesitate to politicize this inevitable horrific storm, but for all intents and purposes, I have to tell you that even in the face of disaster, Willard is still out of touch. I mean, really, even Fox News is reporting on Sandy's 900 mile path and what does the republican candidate for president say? He says:

I know that right now some people in the country are a little nervous about a storm about to hit the coast.

Some people, Mitt? A little nervous, Willard? A storm?

There is an estimated 60 million people in the direct and indirect Sandy's path. And no one knows exactly what will happen when she hits. What they do know is that Sandy is own her way in from the east and will collide with a nor'easter coming from the west. While I am not a meteorologist, I have sense enough to know that when hurricane and nor'easter are used in the same sentence to forecast the weather as A STORM is probably not an adequate word to use. And that would make anyone in their right mind more than A LITTLE NERVOUS!!!

But, in all fairness, I suspect Willard's handlers probably wrote that out for him and made him swear not to go off script. And I suspect he was hurried off the stage before taking questions about disaster relief. I'm sure he forgot what he said, but I'm sure he stands behind whatever he said.

So, unless he does one of his proverbial flip-flops, Romney would leave it up to the ~~states~~ private sector in the wake of disaster. Or at least that's what he told CNN's John King in July, 2011.

KING: What else, Governor Romney? You've been a chief executive of a state. I was just in Joplin, Missouri. I've been in Mississippi and Louisiana and Tennessee and other communities dealing with whether it's the tornadoes, the flooding, and worse. FEMA is about to run out of money, and there are some people who say do it on a case-by-case basis and some people who say, you know, maybe we're learning a lesson here that the states should take on more of this role. How do you deal with something like that?

ROMNEY: Absolutely. Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better.
Instead of thinking in the federal budget, what we should cut -- we should ask ourselves the opposite question. What should we keep? We should take all of what we're doing at the federal level and say, what are the things we're doing that we don't have to do? And those things we've got to stop doing, because we're borrowing $1.6 trillion more this year than we're taking in. We cannot...

KING: Including disaster relief, though?

ROMNEY: We cannot -- cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids. It is simply immoral, in my view, for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids, knowing full well that we'll all be dead and gone before it's paid off. It makes no sense at all.

Thank goodness, NO, THANK GOD, we have a leader who recognizes that Sandy is much more than a storm to be a little nervous about. By authorizing FEMA to identify, mobilize, and the resources necessary to Massachusetts, the District of Columbia, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Maryland the President once again exhibits true and decisive leadership in the face of a devastating emergency about to land at our doorstep.

For All Intents & Purposes, So Glad You Stopped By!
HeB

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Samuel L. Tells Obama Supporters to "Wake the F#ck Up!"

I'm sure Sam will take some heat for this pro-Obama ad. The language, and not so subtle imagery, will be considered by many as offensive. But after all, it is Samuel L. But this ad is no less true or powerful.

Yeah, We were all on a mission in 2008! We rallied. Canvassed. Argued. Wore Obama-gear. And channeled Malcolm to ensure that Obama would win "by any means necessary". We did everything we could to get the first Black president of the United States elected. And we did it with a deliberate vengeance that could not - would not - be stopped. But THIS is not 2008. It is 2012 and the stakes are much higher than having Lt. Dan and Ice Queen occupy the Oval Office. The failing economy, stock market crash, housing foreclosures, and impending financial doom - were far less electrifying than the historical journey on which we were about to embark. If you truly think that this election doesn't matter, then do nothing. but when the government starts making decisions about your body - then, like Samuel L., I can only say "shut the phuque up"! When your taxes go up because you can't any deductions or that earned income credit vanishes, then like Samuel L., I'm going to say "shut the phuque up"! When you find yourself trying to find the $6K to take care of your elderly parent or loved one because that Medicare voucher ain't cutting it, I'm going to say - like Samuel L., ""shut the phuque up"! And when Willard and crew show you just good a Commander and Chief he is when he pisses off one of our allies - like the UK, I'm going to say - like Samuel L. "shut the phuque up"! But if you care about what your life will be like under a Romney-Ryan administration, please "WAKE THE PHUQUE UP"!!! And "SAY HELL NO MUTHA PHUQUERS" and get out the VOTE on NOVEMBER 6! IMPORTANT LINKS: REGISTER TO VOTE VOTER ID STATE REQUIRMENTS STATE VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES EARLY VOTING STATES For All Intents & Purposes, So Glad You Stopped By!
HeB

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Damn, Willard! You Got the Cooties?

Cartoon Credit

Cooties is, in American childlore, a kind of infectious disease. The term may have originated with references to lice, fleas, and other parasites. A child is said to "catch" cooties through any form of contact, proximity, or touching of an "infected" person. Often the "infected" person is someone who is perceived as "different" and bears some kind of social stigma.

Since Willard (aka Thurston Howell) let us hear his true colors, Republicans are jumping off his would-be coattail in drouths. The only folks still hanging in there are Rush Doughbaug and his Fox News-subsidized campaign team. Even Lyan Ryan, his running mate, called his statements inarticulate. WOW! What has this world come to when articulate (in any form) is used to describe someone of that ilk?

With his campaign becoming cash poor, it will be interesting to see how many of his deep pocket donors are still willing to pull out the old checkbooks to write more 6, 7, or 8-figure checks. It is doubtful that even the Adelson-types want their fortunes to be intermingled with a series of gaffs by this candidate which could threaten their abilities to do business with the masses...the 47%. In addition, buying this election for this candidate might result in a financial duping that would make Bernie Madoff appear to be just a small time hustler.

Yep! Willard has contracted a strain of political cooties that I suspect has the McCain folks thinking Palin wasn't that bad. Here's just a partial list of his supporters a month ago who are now swearing that they have not been touched by the Willard Cootie Bug:

Tim Pawlenty, national co-chairman of Romney's presidential campaign and former Minnesota governor, is resigning to lobby for and become the new president and CEO of the Financial Services Roundtable on Nov. 1. Guess he couldn't wait a couple of days to start a new job. Source.

Mark Meadows, a Republican House candidate in North Carolina, said he was "concerned about all 750,000 people" in his district and that Romney didn't call him for advise before making 'those comments'. We understand. Obama's leading your guy in NC by nearly 5 points . Source.

Gov. Susanna Martinez wants to make sure that the "safety net" is available for the folks in her state because "New Mexico has a lot of people at the poverty level.But they count just as much as anybody else". Wonder if she still believes, like she said at the convention, that she and Willard share a core belief that the promise of America must be kept for the next generation. Source.

Linda McMahon, Senate candidate from Connecticut, stated that she disagrees with "the insinuation that 47% of Americans believe they are victims who must depend on the government for their care". But a year ago, she echoed Willard's sentiment that everybody (the 47%) should pay their fair share of taxes. Source.

Scott Brown, from Massachusetts, made it pretty clear that he is not 'down' with his state's former governor. Says Willard's views of the world are not his and that being on public assistance is not a circumstance anyone truly wants to find themselves in. Yeah...but wasn't/isn't he the darling of the Tea Party? What happened? Oh! Willard happened. Source.
George Allen, hoping to be the next senator from Virginia, says that his 'point of view' is far different from Willard's. According to George, "They don't look at themselves as victims. They want a government that reflects their values and gives them the opportunity to reach their aspirations." George, you a Rhino? Source.

Dean Heller, senatorial candidate from Nevada, wants everyone to know that his working- class family - growing up with 5 siblings, an auto mechanic father, and cafeteria cook mom - gave him "a very different view of the world" than Willard's . Just a regular kinda guy. Hmm...I'm STILL voting for Shelly! Source.

I strongly suggest that Willard finds some way to inoculate himself from any further infestation of the cooties by October 3 or else the entire RNC will probably find a way to have him quarantined until November 7.

For All Intents & Purposes, So Glad You Stopped By!

HeB