There are truly no progressive elected voices in Louisiana. Senator Landrieu wears the mantle of "Democrat", but she's a bigger special interest whore than most Republicans. A recent article I read at crooks and liars.com showed that she received over a million dollars in direct donations from the Medical Industrial Complex and another $400,000 or so from the insurance industry. You know in our current system I have no problem with a candidate who takes the donations and still votes against a special interest. Hell, I applaud them, but when Landrieu flips her script and hops on the Blue Cross Express, it's pretty obvious why.
The rub here is we keep electing these clowns! Why is the electorate so ignorant? I try to fight the Southerner stereotype as much as possible, but damn my fellow Southerners make it hard. It's to the point now that any true Progressives don't even bother running for office in LA. At least with a tool like David Vitter you know what you have...A hooker crazy, diaper wearing, corporate twit. I place Landrieu a rung under Vitter, because at least we know he's willing to fuck people for the right price. Landrieu is a whore hiding in a supposedly liberal-elected officials clothing.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
What Has Bobby Done For Me?
Governor Jindal has been at it for a bit now, and he is typically a well-liked individual throughout his home state. He is a shining star in the Republican Party and has even been talked about in regards to a Presidential run. Given all of this, I asked myself today a simple question: "What has Bobby done for me?"
That's a really tough one to answer. Obviously I don't mean to inquire solely for my own personhood but rather for a wide swathe of the population who fits into the average middle class worker category. I'm told that I pay less state taxes now with the repeal of the Stelly Plan, but actually I don't because I "make too much moeny". That's laughable. In fact only a small portion of the middle class who make right around 50k a year see a two percent reduction in state taxes. Now I'm all for helping these folks out, but this doesn't strike me as a sweeping tax reform especially in lieu of the budget shortfall the State is predicting for next fiscal year.
In addition to cutting a very oddly applied tax, Bobby has managed to hand me a cut to the funding of my state public school system, and higher education system. So now some programs in K-12 classrooms around the state may be cut and students could very well lose out on intervention and support programs that they require. Also, teacher jobs and salaries may very well shrink in parishes across the state. Oh and also if I want to augment my education and continue my professional learning, I may have to drive half way across the state in order to find the correct program now as colleges forsee having to condense the courses of study and classes that they offer. Thanks Bobby!
Oooooh wait, let's not forget that squarely in the middle of this shortfall, Bobby attempted to turn down hundreds of millions of dollars provided by the Federal Government for absolutely no reason at all other than he wanted to pander to his right wing conservative base in preparation for a presidential run. This gets better and better.
Well at least I can say that he pushed for and won cutting edge anti-corruption legislation. Except that along with it, he hyper- inflated his staff's and appointee's salaries and hasn't remotely put a dent in government corruption. Another good thing about this legislation is that several respected lawyers believe that if it is ever used to remove someone from office it won't be upheld as Constitutional. Like I said, cutting edge stuff.
I have noticed that since Bobby has been elected more and more fundamental conservatives have been gaining office. This is fantastic! Now I have folks like Eric Skrmetta on important environmental committees telling everyone how man-made global warming is a sham. Truly a beautiful thing, please keep polluting Louisiana and see if you can drop some more of it in the river while you're at it!
Well I have no one to blame but myself. I thought you were a bright and moderate individual Mr. Jindal. I believed you'd apply fiscal conservatism in conjunction with innovation and empathy while holding people accountable for their actions. You have fallen grievously short on all counts. You have done all you can to subsidize wealthy corporations while gutting our public healthcare system and education system. You have completely disregarded anyone with a progressive viewpoint in your lust for conservative political advancement. I voted for you and I daily chastise myself for the phenomenal lapse in judgment. Please Bobby do us all a favor and see if Governor Palin in Alaska needs a running mate and get the hell out of Louisiana.
That's a really tough one to answer. Obviously I don't mean to inquire solely for my own personhood but rather for a wide swathe of the population who fits into the average middle class worker category. I'm told that I pay less state taxes now with the repeal of the Stelly Plan, but actually I don't because I "make too much moeny". That's laughable. In fact only a small portion of the middle class who make right around 50k a year see a two percent reduction in state taxes. Now I'm all for helping these folks out, but this doesn't strike me as a sweeping tax reform especially in lieu of the budget shortfall the State is predicting for next fiscal year.
In addition to cutting a very oddly applied tax, Bobby has managed to hand me a cut to the funding of my state public school system, and higher education system. So now some programs in K-12 classrooms around the state may be cut and students could very well lose out on intervention and support programs that they require. Also, teacher jobs and salaries may very well shrink in parishes across the state. Oh and also if I want to augment my education and continue my professional learning, I may have to drive half way across the state in order to find the correct program now as colleges forsee having to condense the courses of study and classes that they offer. Thanks Bobby!
Oooooh wait, let's not forget that squarely in the middle of this shortfall, Bobby attempted to turn down hundreds of millions of dollars provided by the Federal Government for absolutely no reason at all other than he wanted to pander to his right wing conservative base in preparation for a presidential run. This gets better and better.
Well at least I can say that he pushed for and won cutting edge anti-corruption legislation. Except that along with it, he hyper- inflated his staff's and appointee's salaries and hasn't remotely put a dent in government corruption. Another good thing about this legislation is that several respected lawyers believe that if it is ever used to remove someone from office it won't be upheld as Constitutional. Like I said, cutting edge stuff.
I have noticed that since Bobby has been elected more and more fundamental conservatives have been gaining office. This is fantastic! Now I have folks like Eric Skrmetta on important environmental committees telling everyone how man-made global warming is a sham. Truly a beautiful thing, please keep polluting Louisiana and see if you can drop some more of it in the river while you're at it!
Well I have no one to blame but myself. I thought you were a bright and moderate individual Mr. Jindal. I believed you'd apply fiscal conservatism in conjunction with innovation and empathy while holding people accountable for their actions. You have fallen grievously short on all counts. You have done all you can to subsidize wealthy corporations while gutting our public healthcare system and education system. You have completely disregarded anyone with a progressive viewpoint in your lust for conservative political advancement. I voted for you and I daily chastise myself for the phenomenal lapse in judgment. Please Bobby do us all a favor and see if Governor Palin in Alaska needs a running mate and get the hell out of Louisiana.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Double Standards on Terror
Fundamentalist. A word that has become a staple in the average U.S. citizen's vocabulary over the last seven or eight years. Most commonly associated with Islam and terrorism. Since 9/11, so very many chain emails, books, and opinion pieces have been written on the Islamic fundamentalists and how they are the most dangerous threat to our nation and our way of life. They can't be reasoned with, they cant' be bought, they can't be intimidated because they are religious fanatics ready to kill and be killed for their religious beliefs.
The question I pose today is this. Why are we so ready to abhor Islamic fundamentalist terrorism and in some cases, are applauding its Christian counterpart?
That's right I said applaud it. Yesterday Dr. George Tiller was assassinated by a Christian fundamentalist while Mr. Tiller worshiped in his own church. He assassinated Dr. Tiller because he was one of three doctors in the country who performed legal late-term abortions. He was labeled Tiller the Killer by Fox News contributor Bill O'Reilly along with Glenn Beck and various other pundits and organizations. One of these organizations was Operation Rescue, a group dedicated to ending abortion and advocating provocative protest often laced with violence.
The assassin entered a place of worship. A place of worship unto the very god that the assassin is beholden to nonetheless, and shot Dr. Tiller dead. This assassin was found to have been thoroughly interlaced with Operation Rescue, and had posted violent wishes for Dr. Tiller in many chat and blog forums. In fact, on Fox News message boards and fundamental Christian sites all over the internet there are notes of praise for the assassin. Saying things to imply that he was doing god's work, and that Dr. Tiller got was he deserved.
So I ask again, why are there not terrorist watch lists for fundamental Christian groups across America. They advocate violence. They have taken the lives of many doctors and patients providing and seeking abortions over the last fifteen years, so why aren't they being held at Guantanamo Bay? Why aren't they being subjected to "enhanced interrogation" techniques? They blatantly disregard the law of the land, challenging the auspice of the United States government itself. They want to change the way life is lived in our country through violence, intimidation and murder, so what is the difference? Does one of these individuals have to fly a plane into an abortion clinic before they are labeled with disgust?
I wonder if the fact that they are not Muslim and not brown has anything to do with it?
The question I pose today is this. Why are we so ready to abhor Islamic fundamentalist terrorism and in some cases, are applauding its Christian counterpart?
That's right I said applaud it. Yesterday Dr. George Tiller was assassinated by a Christian fundamentalist while Mr. Tiller worshiped in his own church. He assassinated Dr. Tiller because he was one of three doctors in the country who performed legal late-term abortions. He was labeled Tiller the Killer by Fox News contributor Bill O'Reilly along with Glenn Beck and various other pundits and organizations. One of these organizations was Operation Rescue, a group dedicated to ending abortion and advocating provocative protest often laced with violence.
The assassin entered a place of worship. A place of worship unto the very god that the assassin is beholden to nonetheless, and shot Dr. Tiller dead. This assassin was found to have been thoroughly interlaced with Operation Rescue, and had posted violent wishes for Dr. Tiller in many chat and blog forums. In fact, on Fox News message boards and fundamental Christian sites all over the internet there are notes of praise for the assassin. Saying things to imply that he was doing god's work, and that Dr. Tiller got was he deserved.
So I ask again, why are there not terrorist watch lists for fundamental Christian groups across America. They advocate violence. They have taken the lives of many doctors and patients providing and seeking abortions over the last fifteen years, so why aren't they being held at Guantanamo Bay? Why aren't they being subjected to "enhanced interrogation" techniques? They blatantly disregard the law of the land, challenging the auspice of the United States government itself. They want to change the way life is lived in our country through violence, intimidation and murder, so what is the difference? Does one of these individuals have to fly a plane into an abortion clinic before they are labeled with disgust?
I wonder if the fact that they are not Muslim and not brown has anything to do with it?
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