Oh my, where to start since this is such fertile ground?
What the heck, let's start in Gulfport, Florida where Marco Rubio (R - Say or do anything to get elected) concluded his July 13th speech at the Habana Club with "...if you think it's good to have people in Washington who will say or do anything to get elected..." then you shouldn't vote for Rubio. I certainly never intended to vote for Rubio, but isn't this one of those moments where the pot called the kettle black? And, didn't Rubio cover pretty near all politicians, on both sides of the aisle, not only in Washington, but also right here at home?
Speaking of home, it is interesting to note that in Florida, goobernatorial candidate Rick Scott's (R - Florida? Haven't a clue) TV ads he state that he retired, unscathed I might add, from Columbia/HCA before the proverbial poop hit the blades. Outside of the TV ads, the word ousted replaces the word retired. As in "Scott was ousted by Columbia/HCA's board of directors in 1997 in the midst of the nation's biggest health care fraud scandal." Ousted, by the way, means 'to force out' as opposed to voluntarily withdrawing from one's work position.
Turning to Washington, House Minority Leader Boehner (R - the boner with the dandy tan) suggests that one of the best ways to save Social Security is to increase the retirement age to 70. Boehner has a few more ideas to add to the mix, but the one thing he and other Republicans can't seem to wrap their minds around is the idea of raising the Social Security tax cap or better yet, eliminate it altogether. The current cap is $106,800 and anything over that doesn't get hit with SS tax. Isn't that a great benefit? Don't you wish it applied to you? The Heritage Foundation, a conservative (what a surprise) think tank, thinks that this would be a bad idea because it would mean a rather large tax increase...for the uber rich. What a freakin' nightmare!
The foundation also weighed in on the issue of unemployment insurance on the July 12th edition of Hardball with Chris Matthews. Ivory tower dweller, James Sherk (rhymes with jerk) opined among other things, that "...if you want to find a job, a lot of the workers now...unemployed are going to have to move to another state...say Nebraska, or to Texas, or to one of the other states where the economy isn't doing as poorly." So, for you slugs here in Florida drawing unemployment; instead of sitting around on your lazy asses because you can't find work the Heritage Foundation suggests that you pack up bag and baggage, sell that devalued dump you live in (if you can), load the wife and kids into that beat-to-crap car (if you still have one and can afford to drive it), and go to Alaska, or go to hell or anywhere that the jobs are plentiful. Oh, and enjoy a piece of cake when you do. I was pleased when Matthews nailed this guy's ass to the Hardball.
I caught a little snippet from the Rachel Maddow show last night where she was interviewing Dr. Allen Stewart of the New York Presbyterian Hospital concerning the heart pump planted in the chest of Dick Cheney (Darth Vader of the Beltway). Dr. Stewart stated that Cheney will not have a pulse. Maddow responded, "...Cheney won't be expected to have, literally, a pulse." To which Stewart replied, "...if someone were to feel Mr. Cheney's wrist, Mr. Cheney would have no pulse." Holy crap! That begs and pleads for two questions: How will they be able to tell if he is alive? and (I know I will be damned to hell for this one, but..) Has he ever had a pulse?
And, don't even get the Begonia of Ballast Point started on the tax payer subsidy of Florida politicians whose rivals are outspending them. I damn sure won't argue the point. Neither of us would vote for McCollum, but to have our tax dollars go to help his campaign is a damned insult. And, how many others are we going to have to bail out?
Coño! I need a beer.
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