Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Guess Which Party He Belongs To

This governor of a state is, like many other governors, faced with a state budget deficit.

He proposes to:
  • Raise fees for driver's licenses and vehicle registration.
  • Raise licensing fees for professionals who are licensed by the state.
  • Cut medicaid spending.
  • Cut educational spending.
  • Close state facilities.
  • Lay off some state workers.
  • Cut aid to municipalities.
  • Raise taxes on gasoline
  • Raise taxes on cable TV
  • Raise the fines for motor vehicle violations.
What he does not propose to do:
  • Tax rich people.
In that his proposals would seem to land most heavily on the working poor and the middle class, you'd think that he might be one of those sterling elected officials from the Party of Hoover.

And you would be wrong.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The problem is that you keep looking at it as an "us vs. them/dem vs. repub" issue.

A politician is a politician is a politician. Period.

No matter how good their intentions were/are going in to office, they all end up corrupted, miserable thieving bastards who have no common sense and are only out for their own personal power/vanity/glory.

The letter after the name is merely the tool they use to keep the rest of us at odds, the better to increase their own fief.

Comrade Misfit said...

I would have thought that it would be really hard to be more cynical than I am, but damn!

I bow to you.

Anonymous said...

Whoa. That is cynical, but true. As long as the system is awash in money, we're not really going to see changes to the tax laws.

Anonymous said...

This is why I believe passionately in term limits. We have them on the Presidency, ensuring that whomever gets elected only has eight years to fuck things up.**

Why can't we do the same to our Senators and Representatives? You have two goes -- once your eight or 12 years are up, you should fuck off.

Of course, I also think all lobbyists should be tarred, feathered and run out of the halls of power on a rail -- and under pain of death should they return.

(**This was one of my biggest problems with HRC as a candidate fro President. I'm not in to the idea of political dynasties. We had basically three Bush terms, separated by eight years of Clinton.)