Snort Notes – April 2011
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASS 11TH HOUR BUDGET DEAL ALLOWING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REMAIN OPEN. BOTH SIDES NOW SET SIGHTS ON NEXT BATTLE — THE 2012 BUDGET.
Republican Congressman Paul Ryan began the next battle with his proposal to replace Medicare with a voucher system which will allow seniors to purchase their own plans from private insurers beginning in 2023. In his own budget salvo, President Obama announced that he would revive his proposal to eliminate the Bush era tax cuts for those making over $250,000 per year. House Speaker Boehner has already answered that Obama’s tax idea is a “non-starter”.
Translation: look for a lot of hand-wringing in the halls of Congress, back room political intrigue, cries of outrage from the American heartland, maybe some bloodshed on the streets, a lot of sweat from the White House, and tears (mostly from Boehner) which will all culminate in a budget deal same time next year. By the way, Mr. House Speaker, if Obama’s tax plan is a non-starter, then your pal Ryan's Medicare hocus-pocus doesn’t even get the key near the ignition! So, nanny-nanny-boo-boo!
WISCONSIN SETS A NEW RECORD OF SEVEN TORNADOES WITHIN A SINGLE DAY
I don’t want to sound like a liberal version of old-and-in-the-way evangelical Pat Robertson, but I can’t help noticing that this meteorological event happened only a few months after Governor Scott Walker shoved a bill through the state legislature that effectively ends collective bargaining rights for unionized public workers. I realize that it is a physical impossibility, but what if...what if these tornadoes were actually acting on behalf of the unions. What if union workers somewhere in the state burned Walker in effigy and raised their voices to the spirits of Joe Hill and Samuel Gompers in the same way that Moses beseeched the heavens to rain down misery on the Pharaohs.
It is very possible that soon Governor Walker will be visited by several union “associates” (not thugs) who will attempt to make the governor see the error of his ways: “Morning, governor! Nice state you got here! Yes, very nice. So what’s your main industry? Cheese, milk, and Packers fans? Oh, then you depend a lot on your cows, don’t you? Gee, it would be a shame if your cows suddenly got sucked up into the vortex of a sudden meteorological event, wouldn’t it?"
Wow, linking political union busting with natural disasters is definitely Pat Robertson territory! Divine retribution indeed!
SEARCH FOR MISSING PROSTITUTE ON LONG ISLAND YIELDS REMAINS OF 10 OTHER WOMEN
This might be a bad time to bring this up, but what the hell! While the authorities continue their search for the handiwork of a serial killer, it behooves me to remind them that Judge Crater is still missing. Just saying...
VARIOUS CONSERVATIVE LEADERS START DROPPING STRONG HINTS THAT THEY WILL SEEK THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012
Romney’s in, and so is Huckabee. Santorum is “testing the waters” to raise money for a campaign. Palin and Bachmann have been teasing their base, but not committing one way or the other. The Donald is keeping his name out in front by hammering away at the Obama birther issue.
Stephen Sondheim summed up the current situation best when he wrote, “And where are the clowns/send in the clowns/don’t bother, they’re here.”
(Thank you for reading! Okay, kids, your assignment for the weekend is to Google Joe Hill, Samuel Gompers, and Judge Crater.)
Republican Congressman Paul Ryan began the next battle with his proposal to replace Medicare with a voucher system which will allow seniors to purchase their own plans from private insurers beginning in 2023. In his own budget salvo, President Obama announced that he would revive his proposal to eliminate the Bush era tax cuts for those making over $250,000 per year. House Speaker Boehner has already answered that Obama’s tax idea is a “non-starter”.
Translation: look for a lot of hand-wringing in the halls of Congress, back room political intrigue, cries of outrage from the American heartland, maybe some bloodshed on the streets, a lot of sweat from the White House, and tears (mostly from Boehner) which will all culminate in a budget deal same time next year. By the way, Mr. House Speaker, if Obama’s tax plan is a non-starter, then your pal Ryan's Medicare hocus-pocus doesn’t even get the key near the ignition! So, nanny-nanny-boo-boo!
WISCONSIN SETS A NEW RECORD OF SEVEN TORNADOES WITHIN A SINGLE DAY
I don’t want to sound like a liberal version of old-and-in-the-way evangelical Pat Robertson, but I can’t help noticing that this meteorological event happened only a few months after Governor Scott Walker shoved a bill through the state legislature that effectively ends collective bargaining rights for unionized public workers. I realize that it is a physical impossibility, but what if...what if these tornadoes were actually acting on behalf of the unions. What if union workers somewhere in the state burned Walker in effigy and raised their voices to the spirits of Joe Hill and Samuel Gompers in the same way that Moses beseeched the heavens to rain down misery on the Pharaohs.
It is very possible that soon Governor Walker will be visited by several union “associates” (not thugs) who will attempt to make the governor see the error of his ways: “Morning, governor! Nice state you got here! Yes, very nice. So what’s your main industry? Cheese, milk, and Packers fans? Oh, then you depend a lot on your cows, don’t you? Gee, it would be a shame if your cows suddenly got sucked up into the vortex of a sudden meteorological event, wouldn’t it?"
Wow, linking political union busting with natural disasters is definitely Pat Robertson territory! Divine retribution indeed!
SEARCH FOR MISSING PROSTITUTE ON LONG ISLAND YIELDS REMAINS OF 10 OTHER WOMEN
This might be a bad time to bring this up, but what the hell! While the authorities continue their search for the handiwork of a serial killer, it behooves me to remind them that Judge Crater is still missing. Just saying...
VARIOUS CONSERVATIVE LEADERS START DROPPING STRONG HINTS THAT THEY WILL SEEK THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012
Romney’s in, and so is Huckabee. Santorum is “testing the waters” to raise money for a campaign. Palin and Bachmann have been teasing their base, but not committing one way or the other. The Donald is keeping his name out in front by hammering away at the Obama birther issue.
Stephen Sondheim summed up the current situation best when he wrote, “And where are the clowns/send in the clowns/don’t bother, they’re here.”
(Thank you for reading! Okay, kids, your assignment for the weekend is to Google Joe Hill, Samuel Gompers, and Judge Crater.)
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