StrangerThan -> RE: What up GOP? (3/10/2011 4:58:11 PM)
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From my perspective, dealing with whiners on both sides of the fence. OH MY GOD you cut... OH MY GOD you haven't cut.. It's like every time some cut comes up, people bitch, whine, protest, cry and wring their hands. In between the whine-fests, they sit back and shoot barbs at what hasn't been done. I like that the GOP can't rely on the tea party people to toe a party line. I like it a lot. If more politicians would think for themselves, we might actually find compromise here or there rather than simply being against the other guy because of the letter next to his name. State and federal budgets are in crisis mode. The cuts have to come from somewhere, but no one wants cuts made. Our government is bloated, serving to special interest, and as George Carlin said, they don't give a fuck about you. In all the political wrangling that goes on here, a lot of people bitch, but few do anything to affect real change. I said months ago that Dems needed their own Tea Party. In fact, we need a dozen of them and we need politicians willing to take on the financial sector. Look around the world. Countries everywhere are in trouble financially, much of it brought on by the same types of fiscal maneuvering and tricks that got the US in trouble. I'm with Anerin. The world is falling down. Edited to add - case in point when it comes to cuts. I signed Planned Parenthood's letter to Congress. When they wrote thanking me for standing with them and asking for a donation, I replied "Your letter was poorly written and smacked of outraged hand wringers. The cuts have to come from somewhere. I signed your letter to Congress because this is probably the wrong place for them. I have no standing with you nor do I want any."
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