Saturday, September 11, 2010

How Dare You Use My Cousin's Murder on 9/11 to Justify Bigotry and Hatred

"ANY DEMOCRAT TAKING A STAND AGAINST THE GROUND ZERO ISLAMIC CULTURE CENTER WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOSE MY SUPPORT. PAINS ME TO HAVE HARRY REID AS THE FIRST ONE ON MY LIST. I WILL LET HIS CAMPAIGN KNOW."



For the full note: http://j.mp/Sensitivity-Fraud
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Where Was The "Professional Left" A Year Ago?

Excellent article Sally. This whole ongoing dysfunctional relationship between the Progressives and the Rahmobama Administration has led many Progressives to a dilemma regarding the participation in the mid term elections. http://j.mp/ObamaGOTV is my response to a call from President Obama on OFA stationary asking for a pledge to vote.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Friday, August 13, 2010

Gibbs: Obama Still Wants To Feel Pressure From The Left


Sam Stein, this is a real puff piece for the Administration helping it to pull wool over the eyes of Progressives.



Right from Rahm's "Fucking Retarded" Progressives to Gibbs "Crazy" Progressives is a continuous effort to mask the Administration's walking back on the campaign platform as the move away from people's agenda (as in the campaign platform) to a corporatist agenda. Read Mike Mogulescu's article in Huffpost as well).



As they stoop lower and lower the Rahmade drinking Whitehouse has started displaying its Chicago style politics, i.e. "divide and conquer. According to Gibbs the President steel wants to feel "pressure from the left" without having and intentions to going to 3rd or 4th base. What a perverse orientation. Further they claim that this limited interaction is not possible from the "crazies" on the cable and elsewhere (?) who are impossible to satisfy - suggesting they apply their pressure elsewhere if the want any gratification. The only such lefty monsters on the cable seem to be Maddow, Olbermann and Schultz of MSNBC. A ridiculous statement considering these folks have carried water for the Administration once the flawed Bills are passed in order to pull their Progressive viewers behind the President's achievements Corporatist or otherwise.



This pathetic attempt at dividing folks whose only fault is protect people's interest and meet "Hold President Accountable" request WILL NOT WORK. I am pretty sure that Tavis Smiley's book "ACCOUNTABLE" has been burnt in a book burning ceremony conducted by Rahm Emanuel the ultimate corporatist.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

It's Wall Street Corporate Liberals Who Are Undermining Democrats' Election Prospects

Super article as usual from Mogulescu. I liberally (quoted his article coining the term about the Kabuki Dance by the President around the Health Care Reform.



Just to see how far the President Obama has retreated walked back on his position of Corporatism consider the remarks he made he made during the campaign. It appears that the man has replaced "a man's word is his bond" with "a man's word is not worth a dime", especially when the man happens to be the President of the United States.



"Unless we're willing to challenge the broken system in Washington, and stop letting lobbyists use their clout to get their way, nothing else is going to change ... For far too long, through both Democratic and Republican administrations, Washington has allowed Wall Street to use lobbyists and campaign contributions to rig the system and get its way, no matter what it costs ordinary Americans."

~ Candidate Obama
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Friday, July 23, 2010

President Obama Listens to the Right Because He Ignores the Left

Here is a note I wrote in December. The same angst was afflicting me which caused me to pen this missive to the President. Unfortunately I am sure such input never reaches Obama ears.



"President Obama Neither You Nor The Nation Deserve This'

Wednesday, December 23, 2009



http://tinyurl.com/NoMrP
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Is Gen. McChrystal Irreplaceable?

It looks like that even senior Political Pundits are confused. Here is a note to David Gergen:



David, IMHO you showed very poor judgement in your recommendation about McChrystal on AC360. Coming from a Political Dean like you was especially astonishing. You said McChrystal was the best suited , nay the only one, to prosecute the war. Every reprimand no matter how severe will fall flat in front of the American Public and ROW. Letting him stay, because of the so called indispensability, will give a message to the troops that Commander In Chief is in fact the Pussy In Chief. In these circumstances McChrystal will be a terrible team player and will be in no position to prosecute his duties effectively. If he was a technician vital to national security such lapses may be tolerated -- but given his position, firing him will be the honorable thing to do for all concerned -- and absolutely essential to establish the authority of the chain of command.



There already has been a lot of speculation on whether Stanley McChrystal will be fired by the President or retained because of his indispensability for the Afghan war. IMHO the only question is what kind of a paddle will the President use to whup his sorry ass, before he is frog-marched out of the Whitehouse on his way to a court martial.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Professional Critics Miss the Forest for the Trees





The following letter applies to all the Pundits who railed against President's Oval Office speech with characteristically narcissistic silliness:


Hi Rachel,

Your segment with Ezra Klein on the President's Oval Office address was a complete departure from your normal rational self. Your guest did not do anything to add to the situation -- his totally asinine complaint about the President not mentioning Climate Change was partially corrected by you -- but your desire to agree with everybody got the better of you. Ezra the usual wet fish - and the saboteur reporter of the Public Option was just that - a wet fish. You joined in the chorus of blaming the President of not spelling out the details and in the process completely missing the big picture and the monumental challenges that need to be tackled.

It appears to me that the whole MSNBC crowd had a smoking session led by Keith himself. I do not know if Ed and Dylan imbibed of it with you all -- we will know tomorrow. Chris as usual likes the sound of his voice so much he has difficulty hearing anything serious unless accompanied by Kabuki theater. Keith claimed that President did not aim low - he did not aim at all. Poor President with Keith's head lodged firmly where the sunlight don't shine; it was impossible for him to aim for Keith's ears.Once the fog of whatever you guys smoked, clears your head, please watch the clip again. You will discover that you missed the President's challenge completely.

Instead of amplifying the message to tell its implications for the Senate bill and a call to arms, you were looking for details that need to be developed in light of President's challenge by the serious players. Do you think President Kennedy spelled out the details of the space plan or the appropriations that will be needed etc.

This was not only bad journalism, it was also a missed opportunity to explain to the viewers the role of all the players including the general public to meet this monumental challenge. I hope that the usually brilliant MSNBC anchors will rectify this error in upcoming shows by reporting on the forest they missed yesterday.

MSNBC Trashes Obama's Address: Compared to Jimmy Carter, 'I Don't Sense Executive Command'

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Progressives Are Batting .500 in 2010 Senate Races: Make It .666 by Drafting Ted Kaufman in Delaware

Based on what I saw in floor speeches and TV interviews, I like Ted a lot, even though I did not get a chance to peer into his soul. :)
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Friday, June 4, 2010

Why 200,000 Americans will die by 2014


I was wondering if under the new HCR Bill the Medicaid expansion will begin right away. The answer unfortunately turns out to be no. It begins in 2014 same as other major benefits like the Exchanges, Subsidies and Preex ban. I wonder what is the rationale? Nancy Ann Deparle - Head of the HCR Dept in Whitehouse, offered the lame excuse "infrastructure for Exchanges gets setup over the next few years". Imagine taking four years to setup an exchange which is a logical structure - possibly a Website? Lame Lame Lame. Even this lame excuse does not apply to the the delay in the beginning of Medicaid expansion where any expansion in manpower can take place gradually as more and more people enroll.

Another disingenuous excuse is that the Pay-go rules require us to save before we can spend. This is weird because the budget neutrality is supposed to be achieved not year by year - but cumulatively over the next ten years. It is becoming plausible that a budget game in being played where 10 years of revenue generation is being used to pay for 6 years of benefits, just so that President's record as "No Deficit" Obama looks good. IMHO - it is a deceit to hide the fact that subsidizing the uninsured will not cost money. The right thing to do is to recognize the cost - and stop the 45000 deaths right away.

Unfortunately if all the public (especially the Progressives) plays along in this Kabuki theater, they become complicit in the fraud perpetrated against the very disenfranchised - for whom the Administration and the Legislators have shown their concern time and again. The Public Option disappearance mystery seems to be exposed in the article, [http://tinyurl.com/KabukiOnTheHill], which says: "It's all Kabuki theater to cover up the truth that President Obama made a backroom deal with the for-profit hospital industry that the final health care bill would not include a national public option." The big difference between the two Kabuki Dramas is that PO Kabuki was done stealthily, the Kabuki around the delay is being done in plain sight, thus making all of us complicit.

What is surprising is that the fierce urgency, the President and other Leaders expressed, of stopping the tragedy of 45,000 needless deaths a year as has vanished. The strategy appears to be hurry up, pass the bill and then just sweep this issue under the rug. Unfortunately there is not a rug big enough to hide this elephant and the Dem incumbents will find it hard to explain this situation during the upcoming campaign.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

"Mastering AB1070" : A hands-on course for United States Senator

President Obama joked in the Whitehouse Correspondent Dinner:
"Unfortunately John McCain couldn't make it. Recently he claimed that he had never identified himself as a Maverick. And we all know what happens in Arizona when you don't have Id. Adios, Amigos." [Applause]

President with his poignant joke sparked a great idea in my head. The idea of a course which can teach the meaning of AB1070 to our esteemed Senators (the non-Maverick being one of them).

Each one of the Senators should drive a pickup truck, to be rented by Leader Reid. He/she should drive around an area infested with Cops. He/she should then drive 10-15 or more miles over the speed limit until stopped by a Cop. When asked for the Drivers license the Senator should say "officer it seems like I misplaced it somewhere in th house". At that point the Cop is supposed to ask "Sir/Madam, are you a Citizen of the United States?". He/she should answer in the affirmative.

When asked for the proof of Citizenship the Senator should say a little rudely "Officer, do you really expect me to carry my birth certificate around?". If this irritates the cop sufficiently and he takes the Senator to the station and books him/her, the Cop has passed the exam. He did the proper interrogation and did not discriminate based on skin color.

If however the Cop says, "Please carry your driver's license with you the next time. You may go on for now. Good day." The Senator at this point should ask the Cop for his id and tell him that you will be suing him for not applying the AB1070 law as mandated.

At this point either the Senator proceeds home or gets beaten up into pulp. Either way his education is complete. If he/she submits a good report, a frameable certificate will be provided.

Blanche is going all out to be
caught. Good job Senator.
This Senator looks unhappy. He is
getting away with just a citation.
Senator, ideal spot to get caught.
Senator, if this cop does that
he has done a good job.