This Country May Not Survive Another Republican Rule

It's a an old but true cliche: "The more things change, the more they stay the same".  Those of us old enough to have been in these United States pre the George W. Bush regime know conservatives have been attempting to dismantle the New Deal and anything in the way of "their free market ideals" for decades.  And they will use any means possible, (and anyone who temporarily serves this purpose), to complete their single minded task.  This includes the Christian right (whatever you may be calling yourselves these days), the "right to lifers", the pro gun lobby, the racists and the religious and sexual orientation bigots, etc..  If a particular issue can be used like a shiny trinket to make you turn away from the real issues that do affect what we now (correctly) refer to as The 99% it will be, time after time.  Because until now (perhaps), this has worked superbly.  I am happy to see the Occupy Wall Street movement finally come to being.  I just wish it had started just a little earlier (like a least a decade ago when Wabya was lying us into wars and getting elected without being able to complete a coherent sentence).  This may have been going on for decades,   [dismantling of the New Deal], but Bush sure put it into supersonic overdrive.  He and his cohorts messed up this country like a bunch of freshmen college drunks, bent on burning down the whole freshmen dorm on a dare.  Only these weren't college kids, these were leaders of the most powerful country on earth. And they weren't burning down a single campus dorm but a whole country.  They destroyed our financial system. They destroyed our environment and allowed an infrastructure which had been envied worldwide to become close to obsolete.  They destroyed the reputation of the world's once most respected nation.  They destroyed our public education system.  They tore through every thing they could get their greedy, powerful hands into. They took away some of our very constitutional rights, in the guise of national security.  And they are all very wealthy now thank you.  Thousands of men and women died in that war they lied us into.  Many more were sent home injured.  Bush nor any of his Republican cronies probably can't name even one of them.  Thousands and thousands more innocent Iraqi civilians died.  When Bush left office one American city had been almost completely destroyed. Other cities and towns are left crumbling.  Bridges are literally falling, mines are collapsing and oil pipes are bursting, devastating our Gulf and it's wildlife.  States no longer have the financial resources to help them if they wanted. So although I wish OWS might have started much sooner at least someone is finally speaking up.  Cleaning up decades of debris, especially all the financial debris, won't be easy and it will take time.  It will be messy.  We've already seen that.  Their will be those who will fight us 99%', tooth and nail for nothing but another buck off our back.  Fighting will mean never giving up and never getting so comfortable as to allow this to happen again.  We must fight the way they fought us only without the dirty tricks of the Karl Roves.  We must fight politically. From the school boards to the White House, we must elect REAL DEMOCRATS.  But like President Obama has learned we must learn, some will use every dirty evil trick conceived of to fight even the smallest steps we may make.  And finally, we can not win fighting each other.  We may not agree on everything and we certainly won't agree on every way to get there.  But I truly believe this country cannot survive another Republican rule.  So we better get it together or perish together.

The Shocking Rise and Fall of a Fictional GOP Frontrunner

Via: PoliticusUSA
 By Paul Yeager

The Onion, the nation’s leader in fake news, recently reported on the stunning rise and fall of a GOP presidential candidate.
Comatose John Clarkson, the GOP hopeful who soared into the front-runner position based on excellent initial polling numbers and a sensational debate performance withdrew from the race following a sex scandal. The sex scandal, of course, is not surprising for a Republican; what’s surprising is that it was not a gay sex scandal.
Let me repeat that: A Republican was caught in a sex scandal that did not involve a bathroom stall or a young man paid to “talk” or “carry luggage.” Shocking!
The exit of Clarkson from the race came on the heels of an outstanding debate performance, one in which the man who has been in a coma since 2003 displayed much more charisma than Rick Perry​ and a stoic silence that allowed more time for Mitt Romney​ to further bury himself by talking about health care.
Even before Clarkson, a former congressman, had jumped into or, more accurately, been wheeled into the race earlier in the week, it was clear from his initial poll numbers that he had qualities that other GOP candidates lacked.
Polling indicated that Clarkson was more likeable than Romney, looked more engaged during public appearances than Perry, and was considered much more electable than Ron Paul​ or Michelle Bachmann​. Clarkson would have been considered more electable than Newt Gingrinch and Rick Santorum​ had Americans realized that those two were still in the race.
It wasn’t all about appearances for Clarkson, who despite being intractable never said an unkind word about anyone; it was also about policy for the man who, according to Clarkson’s Facebook page, “does not talk any talk or walk any walk.” Most Americans believe that Clarkson had to have a better plan for taxes than Herman Cain​’s 9-9-9, which raises taxes on the lowest 84% of Americans while giving tax cuts to the super rich (like Cain himself).
Clarkson would never stand for such a policy

Tainted Cantaloupes Cause Deadliest Food Outbreak In A Decade As GOP Continues Fight To Gut Food Safety Laws

Via Think Progress :  An outbreak of listeria, a disease tied to tainted cantaloupe, has sickened 72 people and killed at least 16 others, making it the country’s deadliest food outbreak in more than a decade. The disease has killed people in eight states from Maryland to New Mexico after the tainted melons were shipped from a farm in [...]
For More: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/09/28/331177/tainted-cantaloupe-republican-gut-food-safety/<