Missouri State Senator Nodler (R-Dimwit)

…Experiences Epic Logic Failure

Sometimes it is hard to understand the twisted logic and poor thought processes driving the drivel that spews from the mouths of Republicans. Take this little jewel as an example.

Missouri State Senator Gary Nodler argues that repealing the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy and allowing gays to serve openly in the armed forces would increase our military’s casualty rate because “it would offend terrorists” and be a “cultural affront” to the Muslims we are fighting.

As if invading their country, killing them, murdering their women and children and destroying their villages, towns and cities wouldn’t be offensive enough?

Senator, if your logic is sound (and it certainly isn’t) then our military should also discharge all Jews and Christians serving in the United States armed forces so as not to offend our enemy?

Get help, Senator Nodler. I’m sure Missouri has some good long-term mental health care facilities. Check yourself in before you hurt yourself or someone else, please.

Senator Blanche Lincoln

…Government Subsidies Hypocrite

Senator Lincoln has at least two problems with her stance against government funded ‘socialist’ programs: her own healthcare plan and her family’s farm subsidies.

I’ve watched Blanche Lincoln in politics from the very beginning here in my home state of Arkansas and I voted for her—in the beginning—but no longer. I’ve reached the end of my tolerance for Democrats like Blanche who think and vote like Republicans and who are nothing more than transparent hypocrites. I watched and listened to her rail against the ‘government subsidized’ health care reform proposals as she explained that government subsidized programs were evil socialism and she just wouldn’t support any health care reform that received government subsidies or was government subsidized. Of course, whatever rules and ethical standards she applies to her support and votes on issues important to all Americans—like health care—doesn’t apply to her. As my dad used to say, ‘she speaks out of both sides of her mouth’—meaning, she says one thing, does another. If Senator Lincoln really believed government run health care was nothing more than vile socialism, she would drop the government subsidized health care she enjoys as a Senator. Another example of her ‘government subsidies are wrong-headed socialism’ hypocrisies concerns her family's farms. Over $715,000 was paid out of the government socialized farm subsidies program to the Lincolns in 2007. Best I can tell, her and her family still benefit from these government socialized farm programs. With such blatant hypocrisy by Blanche Lincoln on this and other issues, I’ll be voting for Bill Halter to serve as the new Senator from Arkansas.

References:
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3086/shhhh-dem-sen-blanche-lincolns-secret-farm-cash/

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/03/02/lincoln-blocked-limits-on-ag-subsidies-while-she-collected-them/

The Coffee Party USA

…Perking Its Way Upward

Four days ago, I read the goals and mission statement of the Coffee Party USA and liked it so much I added it to my list of favorite sites even though the membership totaled something like only 9,000 members. Today, I see the membership is over 50,000 and growing.

“The Coffee Party Movement gives voice to Americans who want to see cooperation in government. We recognize that the federal government is not the enemy of the people, but the expression of our collective will, and that we must participate in the democratic process in order to address the challenges that we face as Americans. As voters and grassroots volunteers, we will support leaders who work toward positive solutions, and hold accountable those who obstruct them.”—Mission statement of the Coffee Party USA.

You can read all about the group at their official website, http://coffeepartyusa.com/

Lincoln versus Halter

…In the upcoming Arkansas Democratic Primary

Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter has announced he will run against Senator Blanche Lincoln this year. I know who I’ll be voting for and it won’t be Blanche. She has been a big disappointment and will not get my vote again. Her voting record is abysmal when it comes to supporting issues important to Democrats, so much so that if she were honest about where she stands politically, she should be running as a Republican.

More can be found about Lt. Governor Halter at his official website, http://www.billhalter.com

This Is Personal

My daughter works at the building directly next to the one destroyed by Joseph Andrew Stack, the deranged pilot who flew his airplane into the Austin, Texas building pictured here. He was a suicidal individual full of hatred, frustration and discontent who no longer possessed the ability or the will to solve problems within the bounds of decent, moral, ethical and legal standards. His murderous action took the life of Vernon Hunter, an IRS employee and Vietnam Vet; and injured so many more. My daughter and her coworkers—themselves federal workers who were on duty that day—are, thankfully, ok. But people on the political fringe like the deranged pilot are not ok. Like Stack, like Osama Bin Laden, like Al Qaeda they are sick, hateful and evil people who call for the failure of our President, the destruction of our government and the dismantling of our institutions. These same ‘friends and sympathizers’ of the terrorist pilot Stack who operate in the right-wing conservative circles of print media, hate radio, disinformation television and the vile-filled conservative blogosphere, applaud this criminal as a hero. He was no hero. His Tea Party Patriot anarchist buddies— teabagging fringe loonies all—cheered Stack but Stack was no one to be cheered. He was a criminal, a murderer who should be roundly condemned for his unforgivable act of terrorism.


Photo: Associated Press/Austin American-Statesman, Ralph Barrera

VP Biden Says

…Administration 'flexible' on 9/11 trial venue

We don’t want ‘flexible’, Mr. Vice President. We don’t want ‘compromise’. We don’t want ‘bipartisanship’. We want strong, effective, uncompromising and bold leadership that takes this country in a positive, progressive direction. We want leaders who stand up to and smack down those who support taking this country backwards into the proverbial Dark Ages. It’s no wonder Democrats and the White House are losing popularity and losing many who were their most ardent supporters.

A Fox News* Poll Question

Fox News* just conducted an online poll and one of the questions asked was, “What do you think the Tea Party Movement is about?”

As the graphic reflects, most respondents nailed the Tea Party Movement and its followers for what they are, “a fruitless mix of racists and conspiracy theorists.”

There have been complaints the poll is ‘unscientific’ and should be discounted. Maybe, but then again if those complaints are accurate, then the poll would accurately mirror the movement. After all, the Tea baggers themselves are ‘unscientific’ and should be discounted.

More information on the poll can be found at Raw Story.

*Disclaimer: My use of the term ‘News’ in association with the Fox Channel reference is not meant to state, insinuate or otherwise imply that the Fox television network, NewsCorp or any of its employees actually report real news.

Bipartisanship

…the elusive dream and foolish fantasy of President Obama

I give the President high marks for trying to reach bipartisan agreements with members of Congress but it is a waste of time and energy. Instead of trying to woo them into his way of thinking, perhaps the President should take a refresher course in how to listen. His opponents, Republicans, Tea Bagging Loonies, money-grubbing corporate controlled ‘conservatives’ and Blue Dog Benedict Arnolds have said many, many times, “No” to the President’s multiple attempts at bipartisanship. They want him to fail. It’s their only agenda. They’ve said so. I've watched their votes. I've heard them. I wonder why the President is so deaf?

Job Growth Better Under Bush?

…Republicans say ‘yes’. Facts say ‘no’.

It never surprises me how much the Republicans and the so-called ‘conservatives’ lie. They claim job growth and the economy of the U. S. was better under Republican leadership. The facts tell a far different story.

Blanche Lincoln, Aspiring Republican

…Gets Slammed By President Obama

The Corporate Lap-Dog DINO Senator from Arkansas who pretends to be a Democrat stood up in a question and answer session today with the President and took a big right hook to the chin (figuratively speaking) from the President of the United States. It was deserved and over-due.

President Obama said, "If the price of certainty is essentially for us to adopt the exact same proposals that were in place for eight years leading up to the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression -- we don't tinker with health care, let the insurance companies do what they want, we don't put in place any insurance reforms, we don't mess with the banks, let them keep on doing what they're doing now because we don't want to stir up Wall Street -- the result is going to be the same," he said. "I don't know why we would expect a different outcome pursuing the exact same policy that got us into this fix in the first place."

Senator Lincoln, deaf to all constituents but her corporate masters and Republican sponsors asked: "Are we willing, as Democrats, not only to reach out to Republicans, but to push back in our own party for people who want extremes, and look for the common ground that's going to get us the success that we need not only for our constituents, but for our country, in this global community, in this global economy?"

The President’s reply: “[Middle class Americans]… are more and more vulnerable, and they have been for the last decade, treading water. And if our response ends up being, you know, because we don't want to -- we don't want to stir things up here, we're just going to do the same thing that was being done before, then I don't know what differentiates us from the other guys. And I don't know why people would say, boy, we really want to make sure that those Democrats are in Washington fighting for us."

Sadly, Blanche is so dense she probably didn’t understand the depth of the cut from the President. I would recommend Senator Lincoln sit down and read the Democratic Party’s Platform. If she can’t support those goals outlined in the platform, she needs to change party affiliation. Might as well become a Republican since she votes, thinks and talks like one already.

Political Corruption

Corporations Buy Off Politicians and Supreme Court Justices

Big political ‘donations’ to politicians have always been bribes regardless of what some would argue to the contrary. The recent and corrupt U.S. Supreme Court decision granting corporations—including the multi-national banking conglomerates—the right to legally bribe U.S. government officials shines a bright light on how deep big money reaches—all the way to the Supreme Court, apparently. A government ‘of the people, by the people’ is now officially dead in the United States. If, as the ethically challenged corporate lap-dog Justice Roberts argues, corporations have the same rights as ordinary citizens, maybe it’s time to eliminate ALL special incentives and tax breaks to corporations at all levels of government and make them pay their fair share of taxes. Think that will happen? Of course it won’t. Don’t hold your breath waiting for our politicians to do the right thing. They’ve been bribed with far too much money by their corporate masters to care about the rest of us.

Happy Winter Holidays 2009

...Tin Can Tabloid Christmas Vacation

Like Chevy Chase in “Christmas Vacation”, Tincanman will be off celebrating the chilly winter holiday season with family and friends. I may or may not be posting with any regularity until the New Year 2010 arrives which is only 20 days away! Where does the time go?

Happy, safe and enjoyable holiday season to everyone.