Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Poetry: "The 'Broken Branch' "

Poetry: "The 'Broken Branch' "

The 'Broken Branch' of Congress
May take your rights away
Better vote the bastards out
On Election Day.
Cutting pensions as you age.
They don't allow a Living Wage.
Many should be in a cage.
They ought to cause a lot of rage.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Essay: "Send The Whole Tea Party Packing!"

Essay: "Send The Whole Tea Party Packing!"

The entire Tea Party should be sent home packing. And not merely at the Federal level either. From the Executive branch, Congress, the Judicial branch, to state legislators, to governors, to mayors, to local selectmen, to school boards, to aldermen, and even lowly dog catchers. These people are dangerous, folks. For the sake of ideology, the Tea Party was willing and eager to risk our entire economy, our way of life and our collective Standard(s) of Living. In addition, their holier than thou policies would likely infringe on many of our personal freedoms. But their plan to 'fix the economy' with so-called "cut, cap, and balance" goes way too far. As I see it, "cut, cap and balance" basically punishes the Have-Nots (the poor, vulnerable and less fortunate) for what the Haves and the politically elite caused and enabled to occur with unnecessary "endless wars", a bloated Homeland Security bureaucratic boondoggle, undertaxing millionaires, billionaires, and corporations which blatantly send jobs overseas, and failure to regulate Wall Street thieves, mortgage fraudsters, and greedy banking scammers, among others.