Pro-life, Pro-Death Penalty
Pro-life, anti-neo-natal care
Pro-life, anti-healthcare
Pro-life, anti-immigrant
Pro-life, pro-war
Pro-Freedom, Pro Jails
Pro tax cuts, Pro Jails
Pro-Jesus, Pro hate fear loathing stealing lying killing
Pro-tax-cuts, Pro agricultural subsidies for GOP-voting districts
Anti-welfare, Pro-corporate tax subsidies for Big Oil ($100 million for Exxon)
Pro-tax-cuts, Pro $2 trillion dollar optional wars
Pro-free-market, Pro government bailouts
Pro-free-market, pro protectionist tariffs
Pro ideology, anti-results
Decrease taxes, increase spending
The number one goal of any Republican is to siphon as many tax dollars as they can get their hands on into the pockets of themselves and their friends. Their brilliant discursive strategy is to play into the racist and economic fears of the ignorant and uneducated, to govern strictly by ideaology rather than pragmatic need. They've taken a completely incoherant agenda full of paradoxes and logical contradictions and created a simple, easy to digest platform of racist, religious jingoism. In short, they are today's Nazi party without the concentration camps. Any Republican is as good as a "good" German was in 1942. By being Republican, you are consciously and deliberately seeking the destruction of your own country, and you are committed to the prolongment of suffering to the disenfranchised people of the world. In short, you are evil.
30 November 2009
23 June 2009
Letter to Senator Cantwell about health care
Listen to the pod cast of the show - an amazing conversation with small business owners in the PNW
Dear Senator Cantwell,
I heard you the other day on KUOW discussing health care reform with Steve Sher. I don't believe your argument that co-ops are the only option. The world is very diferent now from when the prescription drug option was passed.
As I'm sure you know, the American public is overwhelmingly in support of a public option for health care, far more so than Congress seems willing to support with real legislation. Your admission that small businesses simply lack clout was appreciated for its honesty, but was also completely unacceptable. I absolutely need you as my representative to push forward a bolder vision as espoused by your colleague representative McDermott advocated on the program before you.
As I'm sure you also know, without the heavy hand of a large public plan such as the one enjoyed by Congressional representatives such as yourself, cost controls will never be implemented. Without cost control, our problem will never go away.
I know it may appear like an uphill battle from within the beltway (where I was born and raised), but the rest of the country, at least me and all the other small business employees I know, are not going to accept a middle way compromise that does not radically change the costs of health care itself. The problem is not that people don't have insurance; the problem is that health care is so expensive and provides so little value in return for the dollars spent when benchmarked against every other health care outcome metric in the industrialized world.
I laud your position that health care providers need a better value metric that correlates with outcomes rather than paying for services, which we all know thanks to Atul Gawande, incents incredibly bad behavior. However, better metrics need to be directly tied to value and payment, they are not a solution in and of themselves.
It is not acceptable to allow a few die hard right wing blowhards and timid middle-of-the-road representatives to say that we can't do what we all know is both morally just and economically required to create better health care outcomes, cover all citizens, and lower costs, which is a true public health care plan that provides all the benefits and costs of the plan enjoyed by congressional representatives.
Dear Senator Cantwell,
I heard you the other day on KUOW discussing health care reform with Steve Sher. I don't believe your argument that co-ops are the only option. The world is very diferent now from when the prescription drug option was passed.
As I'm sure you know, the American public is overwhelmingly in support of a public option for health care, far more so than Congress seems willing to support with real legislation. Your admission that small businesses simply lack clout was appreciated for its honesty, but was also completely unacceptable. I absolutely need you as my representative to push forward a bolder vision as espoused by your colleague representative McDermott advocated on the program before you.
As I'm sure you also know, without the heavy hand of a large public plan such as the one enjoyed by Congressional representatives such as yourself, cost controls will never be implemented. Without cost control, our problem will never go away.
I know it may appear like an uphill battle from within the beltway (where I was born and raised), but the rest of the country, at least me and all the other small business employees I know, are not going to accept a middle way compromise that does not radically change the costs of health care itself. The problem is not that people don't have insurance; the problem is that health care is so expensive and provides so little value in return for the dollars spent when benchmarked against every other health care outcome metric in the industrialized world.
I laud your position that health care providers need a better value metric that correlates with outcomes rather than paying for services, which we all know thanks to Atul Gawande, incents incredibly bad behavior. However, better metrics need to be directly tied to value and payment, they are not a solution in and of themselves.
It is not acceptable to allow a few die hard right wing blowhards and timid middle-of-the-road representatives to say that we can't do what we all know is both morally just and economically required to create better health care outcomes, cover all citizens, and lower costs, which is a true public health care plan that provides all the benefits and costs of the plan enjoyed by congressional representatives.
04 May 2009
Professors are full of it
RE: End The University As We Know It To The Editor
I know you must have gotten thousands of letters on this topic, but I was intrigued to note the near-universal rejection of Mark C. Taylor’s ideas, which I found quite appealing. It seemed to me that none of the other respondents, not even Dr. Taylor Carman, professor of philosophy, have been equipped with a suitable critical apparatus to recognize the modern university for what it is: a regime of truth that produces technocrats with little to no critical foundations or ability to stir up trouble in the real world.
You can verify my claim by noting how the neo-cons succeeded in bringing our country to its knees, as suggested by the recent wonderful book, “French Theory”; no university would have the likes of a Paul Wolfovitz or a Don Rumsfeld as a tenured professor, so, like the dogs of hell, they were unleashed in the only other institution that would have them: the US government. Dogmatic universities did not want dialog or dissent happening on their campuses. And we all know how that turned out.
All of the rabble rousers at my alma mater certainly never got tenure and found themselves on the street shortly after I graduated; I was just lucky to be at the right place at the right time to actually learn something (McGill ‘98). [Addendum: Rather than protect freedom of speech, tenure leads to unilateral dogmatism, and a highly charged political atmosphere where any deviation from the departmental status quo is not tolerated for long. It stifles innovation and is the wrong reward for talent worth retaining. It creates a mob-boss, union intimidation style environment for what should be the most intellectually diverse, challenging, AND safe places in our world.]
Of course, it is technocratism, with its total lack of depth and narrowness of focus, that has brought about our economic predicament as well. Regardless of their field, students have been taught how to participate in a highly bureaucratic institution that teaches them how to sit for an exam and get a good mark by following the rules.
I am saddened by the lack of dialog or critical discourse found in the unilateral academic rejection of changing the status quo. I also found it interesting how none of the academics offered any real useful alternatives, just vague gestures of, “something else will have to do that would not cause me to lose my chair.” What a lot of timid cowards. Perhaps if they had to read some books outside their specialties, they might recognize their institutions for what they are: either state-run tax-base enhancement vehicles, or privately-held bridges limiting the passage into the privileged hallways of power.
Universities will never change until the demand for their product declines. The ever-increasing middle class obsession with premium college-degree product seems to indicate that there is no sign of demand waning, so I’m not holding my breath. I will just make sure my kids do what I did, and go to school in Canada. If you’re not going to change with the times, you may as well have to actually work hard to get a good mark.
I know you must have gotten thousands of letters on this topic, but I was intrigued to note the near-universal rejection of Mark C. Taylor’s ideas, which I found quite appealing. It seemed to me that none of the other respondents, not even Dr. Taylor Carman, professor of philosophy, have been equipped with a suitable critical apparatus to recognize the modern university for what it is: a regime of truth that produces technocrats with little to no critical foundations or ability to stir up trouble in the real world.
You can verify my claim by noting how the neo-cons succeeded in bringing our country to its knees, as suggested by the recent wonderful book, “French Theory”; no university would have the likes of a Paul Wolfovitz or a Don Rumsfeld as a tenured professor, so, like the dogs of hell, they were unleashed in the only other institution that would have them: the US government. Dogmatic universities did not want dialog or dissent happening on their campuses. And we all know how that turned out.
All of the rabble rousers at my alma mater certainly never got tenure and found themselves on the street shortly after I graduated; I was just lucky to be at the right place at the right time to actually learn something (McGill ‘98). [Addendum: Rather than protect freedom of speech, tenure leads to unilateral dogmatism, and a highly charged political atmosphere where any deviation from the departmental status quo is not tolerated for long. It stifles innovation and is the wrong reward for talent worth retaining. It creates a mob-boss, union intimidation style environment for what should be the most intellectually diverse, challenging, AND safe places in our world.]
Of course, it is technocratism, with its total lack of depth and narrowness of focus, that has brought about our economic predicament as well. Regardless of their field, students have been taught how to participate in a highly bureaucratic institution that teaches them how to sit for an exam and get a good mark by following the rules.
I am saddened by the lack of dialog or critical discourse found in the unilateral academic rejection of changing the status quo. I also found it interesting how none of the academics offered any real useful alternatives, just vague gestures of, “something else will have to do that would not cause me to lose my chair.” What a lot of timid cowards. Perhaps if they had to read some books outside their specialties, they might recognize their institutions for what they are: either state-run tax-base enhancement vehicles, or privately-held bridges limiting the passage into the privileged hallways of power.
Universities will never change until the demand for their product declines. The ever-increasing middle class obsession with premium college-degree product seems to indicate that there is no sign of demand waning, so I’m not holding my breath. I will just make sure my kids do what I did, and go to school in Canada. If you’re not going to change with the times, you may as well have to actually work hard to get a good mark.
16 March 2009
Bonuses For Idiots: Where's mine?
Dear President Obama,
This letter is to let you know that I will no longer be paying taxes to the US government. In addition, I am also requesting that I receive "bailout" funds of $1 billion USD annually. You see, unlike all of the already-wealthy bankers who are currently reupholstering their yachts with my tax dollars, I actually work for a living. I pay taxes, I pay rent, I pay my bills, I keep my credit cards under control, my car is 7 years old, I don't even have cable. My reward is having the privilege of being able to pay for executives to get bonuses that are worth more money than will pass through my bank accounts for my entire life.
Senator Chris Dodd seemed to have no problem inserting special language into bailout legislation making sure that AIG executives were guaranteed to get their filthy lucre. I don't see any reason why Congress can't legislate what AIG can and can't do, seeing as how the tax-paying citizens of this country own the company. Is the idea that only graduates of Harvard are entitled to limitless free tax dollars to sustain their multi-million dollar mansions?
Taxpayers like me are beyond furious. We know that it's going to take years to clean up this Exxon Valdez spill that is our economy, and that the economic ecosphere will be devesated for longer than we all care to imagine. But I have just lost all tolerance for the endless pilfering, and the spinelessness of this government to shut it down and take control of the situation. Right now is not a time for coddling and worrying about the polls. You've got 4 years to do something and there's no time like the present. Take the kid gloves off, take away all the money from these bastards, and keep them off the field.
This letter is to let you know that I will no longer be paying taxes to the US government. In addition, I am also requesting that I receive "bailout" funds of $1 billion USD annually. You see, unlike all of the already-wealthy bankers who are currently reupholstering their yachts with my tax dollars, I actually work for a living. I pay taxes, I pay rent, I pay my bills, I keep my credit cards under control, my car is 7 years old, I don't even have cable. My reward is having the privilege of being able to pay for executives to get bonuses that are worth more money than will pass through my bank accounts for my entire life.
Senator Chris Dodd seemed to have no problem inserting special language into bailout legislation making sure that AIG executives were guaranteed to get their filthy lucre. I don't see any reason why Congress can't legislate what AIG can and can't do, seeing as how the tax-paying citizens of this country own the company. Is the idea that only graduates of Harvard are entitled to limitless free tax dollars to sustain their multi-million dollar mansions?
Taxpayers like me are beyond furious. We know that it's going to take years to clean up this Exxon Valdez spill that is our economy, and that the economic ecosphere will be devesated for longer than we all care to imagine. But I have just lost all tolerance for the endless pilfering, and the spinelessness of this government to shut it down and take control of the situation. Right now is not a time for coddling and worrying about the polls. You've got 4 years to do something and there's no time like the present. Take the kid gloves off, take away all the money from these bastards, and keep them off the field.
15 March 2009
Republican Guide for Free Market Economy
A how-to guide for getting rich quick.
First, let's be clear: free-market means that taxpayer money is free, while money that you actually earn by doing work isn't - and why should you do work if you're a true-blue white American! Working is what negroes should be doing! It's beneath you! Now, on to the guide.
Start a company of your own. The tax code in this country is designed for corporations to never pay taxes. Paying taxes doesn't apply to Republicans! Only assholes and socialist liberal communist gay faggot jews pay taxes! Get a clue.
Be sure to completely cook the books. Ideally, you should hire some gay faggot jews to come up with the best way to come up with insanely complex ways of printing money, creating "value" out of thin air, and other forms of stealing that those dirty jews are so good at. Don't shake their hands though, you might get AIDS.
Spend spend spend! Be sure to acquire every repuslive, tacky, disgusting thing you've ever possibly imagined, from a harem of slave children to a golden toilet that is mounted on your front yard for all to say as you do your business. Let your neighbors watch as you wipe your ass with $100 bills.
Be sure to hire the "best and brightest" to manage your team of jews. Pay them earth-shattering millions, regardless of their performance. Nothing but the holy Lord Jesus himself should get between this money - that you had to find a way to make out of nothing! - and you and your people. Even if Jesus does come down off the cross to remind you that the meek shall inherit the earth, think twice about giving up that money.
Make sure that you relentlessly give away fake vapor money ("credit") to the poor huddled masses to prevent them from noticing that their real wages have actually gone down in the last 25 years since deregulation, since what we did was reregulate the flow of money from us to them! The world is better off when Republicans have money, because we know what to do with it, like spend 2 trillion on a useless war on credit and fly private corporate jets! Oh and who can forget those golden toilets. Actually lately I've been hiring slave children from India to wipe my ass with their hands, after which I throw them out the window.
When it all goes to shit DON'T PANIC! Those same idiot tax payers who you've been stealing money from for years are going to BAIL YOU OUT so you can keep getting the finest Peruvian fishscale, keep your harem flooded with fresh slaves from Russia, shoot machine guns out your back door, and generally act like the living incarnation of Satan that you are. And remember, all the gay commie jews who got you there will go to jail, after which they'll burn in hell! With AIDS! Now THAT'S a FREE MARKET! GOD BLESS THE USA!
First, let's be clear: free-market means that taxpayer money is free, while money that you actually earn by doing work isn't - and why should you do work if you're a true-blue white American! Working is what negroes should be doing! It's beneath you! Now, on to the guide.
Start a company of your own. The tax code in this country is designed for corporations to never pay taxes. Paying taxes doesn't apply to Republicans! Only assholes and socialist liberal communist gay faggot jews pay taxes! Get a clue.
Be sure to completely cook the books. Ideally, you should hire some gay faggot jews to come up with the best way to come up with insanely complex ways of printing money, creating "value" out of thin air, and other forms of stealing that those dirty jews are so good at. Don't shake their hands though, you might get AIDS.
Spend spend spend! Be sure to acquire every repuslive, tacky, disgusting thing you've ever possibly imagined, from a harem of slave children to a golden toilet that is mounted on your front yard for all to say as you do your business. Let your neighbors watch as you wipe your ass with $100 bills.
Be sure to hire the "best and brightest" to manage your team of jews. Pay them earth-shattering millions, regardless of their performance. Nothing but the holy Lord Jesus himself should get between this money - that you had to find a way to make out of nothing! - and you and your people. Even if Jesus does come down off the cross to remind you that the meek shall inherit the earth, think twice about giving up that money.
Make sure that you relentlessly give away fake vapor money ("credit") to the poor huddled masses to prevent them from noticing that their real wages have actually gone down in the last 25 years since deregulation, since what we did was reregulate the flow of money from us to them! The world is better off when Republicans have money, because we know what to do with it, like spend 2 trillion on a useless war on credit and fly private corporate jets! Oh and who can forget those golden toilets. Actually lately I've been hiring slave children from India to wipe my ass with their hands, after which I throw them out the window.
When it all goes to shit DON'T PANIC! Those same idiot tax payers who you've been stealing money from for years are going to BAIL YOU OUT so you can keep getting the finest Peruvian fishscale, keep your harem flooded with fresh slaves from Russia, shoot machine guns out your back door, and generally act like the living incarnation of Satan that you are. And remember, all the gay commie jews who got you there will go to jail, after which they'll burn in hell! With AIDS! Now THAT'S a FREE MARKET! GOD BLESS THE USA!
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