{"id":270,"date":"2011-07-27T23:23:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T23:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brucebramson.com\/2011\/07\/27\/change-we-can-bereave-in-at-m-y-o-b-4\/"},"modified":"2011-07-27T23:23:33","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T23:23:33","slug":"change-we-can-bereave-in-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucebramson.com\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"CHANGE WE CAN BEREAVE IN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Change we can bereave in<\/p>\n

I have a real knack for breaking computers and software; if anyone can force a \u201crestart\u201d, I can! So, while my blog is being rebuilt by an expert (in a new and better format), I\u2019ll take this moment to post my next \u201coccasional rant\u201d.<\/p>\n

\/rant mode ON<\/p>\n

Readers of this blog will be well aware how delighted I was that Barack Obama was elected as President. Alas, the bloom is off the rose. As with most politicians, once in office, he has found it convenient to forget many of his campaign promises. There\u2019s nothing new about this, but like many others, I believed Barack was somehow \u201cdifferent\u201d.<\/p>\n

And, different he is. His ability to string together a group of words to form a sentence is *so refreshing after 8 years of Bush\u2019s incoherent ramblings. But George could keep his party in line (with Cheney as \u201cenforcer\u201d): Mr. Obama seems \u00a0unable to bring the democrats into line to give him the support any president needs to succeed. Perhaps those who thought he should remain in the Senate a few more years before running for President were right.<\/p>\n

Making the war in Afghanistan his own will prove to be a terrible mistake. The Afghanis have successfully driven out every invader of their territory, starting with Alexander the Great! We should go. Now! The money we spend there now could buy up the entire poppy production for years; we could refine the product into useful morphine, and **burn the rest of it. The money could then be spent by the Afghanis as they see fit.<\/p>\n

If one accepts the need to sacrifice 30K more men to this fruitless enterprise, (I don\u2019t) he could at least have taken the opportunity to explain that to get that many men into uniform we will have to accept men and women regardless of their sexual orientation: no dice.<\/p>\n

As for the group of jerks we collectively call Congress, they should all be utterly ashamed of themselves. Harry Reid is a wimp. The Senate majority \u201cwhip\u201d (Dickless Durbin) couldn\u2019t swat a fly. After months of wrangling, the bought-and-paid-for in the Senate have destroyed current hopes of a true reform of health care and have delivered the American public into the hands of the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. Against a proven majority, the Republinuts have won!<\/p>\n

President Obama should long ago have made it clear he will not sign a health-care bill that does not included a \u201crobust\u201d public option. He should do so immediately, even though it is probably too late.<\/p>\n

The list of visages on the TV that make me want to vomit has grown very large in recent days. It began with George Bush, whose appearance always made me switch channels lest I blow chunks on the carpet. He\u2019s now been joined by John \u201cBeaner\u201d and Mitch McConnell, both right up there with Sarah \u201cPailin\u201d and turn-coat Joe Lieberman. *Especially Joe Lieberman, raking in millions to deliver health-care to the \u201cindustry\u201d. What a jerk!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my opinion of the whole friggin lot of politicians in Washington, who with almost no exceptions are willing to sell the population down the river to save their own fat perks.<\/p>\n

(photo)<\/p>\n

\/rant mode OFF<\/p>\n

I have a real knack for breaking computers and software; if anyone can force a \u201crestart\u201d, I can! So, while my blog is being rebuilt by an expert (in a new and better format), I\u2019ll take this moment to post my next \u201coccasional rant\u201d.<\/p>\n

\/rant mode ON<\/strong><\/p>\n

Readers of this blog will be well aware how delighted I was that Barack Obama was elected as President. Alas, the bloom is off the rose. As with most politicians, once in office, he has found it convenient to forget many of his campaign promises. There\u2019s nothing new about this, but like many others, I believed Barack was somehow \u201cdifferent\u201d.<\/p>\n

And, different he is. His ability to string together a group of words to form a sentence is so<\/em> refreshing after 8 years of Bush\u2019s incoherent ramblings. But George could keep his party in line (with Cheney as \u201cenforcer\u201d): Mr. Obama seems unable to bring the democrats into line to give him the support any president needs to succeed. Perhaps those who thought he should remain in the Senate a few more years before running for President were right.<\/p>\n

Making the war in Afghanistan his own will prove to be a terrible mistake. The Afghanis have successfully driven out every invader of their territory, starting with Alexander the Great! We should go. Now!<\/strong> The money we spend there now could buy up the entire poppy production for years; we could refine the product into useful morphine, and burn the rest of it. The money could then be spent by the Afghanis as they see fit.<\/p>\n

If one accepts the need to sacrifice 30K more men to this fruitless enterprise, (I don\u2019t) he could at least have taken the opportunity to explain that to get that many grunts into uniform we will have to accept men and women regardless of their sexual orientation: another chance missed.<\/p>\n

As for the group of jerks we collectively call Congress, they should all be utterly ashamed of themselves. Harry Reid is a wimp. The Senate majority \u201cwhip\u201d (Dickless Durbin) couldn\u2019t swat a fly. After months of wrangling, the bought-and-paid-for in the Senate have destroyed current hopes of a true reform of health care and have delivered the American public into the hands of the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. Against a proven majority, the Republinuts have won<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

President Obama should long ago have made it clear he will not sign a health-care bill that does not included a \u201crobust\u201d public option. He should do so immediately, even though it is probably too late.<\/p>\n

The list of visages on the TV that make me want to vomit has grown very large in recent days. It began with George Bush, whose appearance always made me switch channels lest I blow chunks on the carpet. He\u2019s now been joined by John \u201cBeaner\u201d and Mitch McConnell, both right up there with Sarah \u201cPailin\u201d and turn-coat Joe Lieberman. Especially<\/em> Joe Lieberman, raking in millions to deliver health-care to the \u201cindustry\u201d. What a jerk!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my opinion of the whole friggin lot of politicians in Washington, who with almost no exceptions are willing to sell the population down the river to save their own fat perks.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Our politicians aren’t worth even this much…<\/p>\n

\/rant mode OFF<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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Change we can bereave in I have a real knack for breaking computers and software; if anyone can force a \u201crestart\u201d, I can! So, while my blog is being rebuilt by an expert (in a new and better format), I\u2019ll take this moment to post my next \u201coccasional rant\u201d. \/rant mode ON Readers of this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucebramson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucebramson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucebramson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucebramson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brucebramson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brucebramson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucebramson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brucebramson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}