Comments on: The Worst Is Yet To Come

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:13:06 +0000

It “depends”, Steve…

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:22:32 +0000

Twaddle… that’s a disposable diaper, right? Duffy, is that the brand you use?

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:37:55 +0000

and the “masters of the universe” are really stupid for pushing guns the way they have. i guess they think we're all going to shoot each other as we take turns looting each other's pitiful few possessions. These people really don’t have a sense of the future. nor a very good grasp of history either.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:00:31 +0000

There is a different psychology involved between people who have never had anything being poor, and those who were well off facing poverty. A certain percentage of those who were screwed over are going to react badly, and the “masters of the universe” are really stupid for pushing guns the way they have.

These people really don’t have a sense of the future.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:18:35 +0000

i think deep in all their little lizard brains, most of them want the idealized version of mexico: a few very desireable more or less walled off spots [acapulco, etc], where a few of the underclass – the ones who are glad to get such jobs – will be their servants, the rest of the hoi polloi will be dirt poor, and to salve their undersized consciences, they’ll occasionally contribute small sums to charity causes that toss a few crumbs to those poor.

i suspect that for a lot of them, it’s less about their absolute wealth and more about how much poorer the rest of the population is than they are.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:25:22 +0000

They intend to destroy the government to remake it as a co-opted board of directors for the “owners of all the wealth”. They don’t understand about systems and why they are killing the system that makes their lives possible, they just assume they can move, without understanding that they are destroying the real value of their wealth.

What are they going to do when no one will accept dollars?

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:48:43 +0000

miller seems to be happy to bring a little pork back to the district. i approve, especially if it will help the beaches, but he’s probably only doing so because some rich person called him up to complain about a tar ball on their beach.

call me cynical, but i’m not expecting him to ever do anything that might help poor and/or nonwhite people [it’s not just the sand on our beaches that’s white…] here’s the ending paragraph of the email newsletter that arrived in my inbox yesterday:

Cutting the budget is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. This is an American issue. Every government department needs to tighten its belt and resolve this issue now. We’ve made a significant down payment on reducing federal spending by passing the 2011 CR, but this is just the beginning. We will continue by making cuts to the 2012 budget in the coming weeks. We will keep our promise, and we will fight to get this country back on track.

::headdesk::

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:27:33 +0000

In reply to hipparchia. I don't know, Hipparchia, my Mother said that our Congresscritter held another of his tele-townhalls and was complaining that BP lied to us. Maybe the reality is finally sinking in.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:05:05 +0000

thank you, thank you, dr joye!

not that anybody is likely to listen, though.