Y'all have no doubt heard about the bonuses paid to AIG execs, and possible bonuses paid through other companies that have received bailout funds. Billions of dollars of money all these people don't need at all. They failed their business, so they don't deserve a bonus. They haven't fixed their business, so they don't deserve a bonus. Instead of passing a bill that taxes it at ninety percent, pass a bill that makes them invest the bonus money in the arts. Turn these companies into the modern equivalent of the Medici family.
Don't make them invest in programs, because programs don't always directly put the money to good use. Make these execs use the money to commission artists, sculptors, architects, musicians, actors, and people from the whole realm of the arts to make stuff. Billions of dollars to people who want to get paid, making things to better our communities and lives.
It sounds like a good idea to me. And it makes more sense than a tax to me.
Showing posts with label current events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label current events. Show all posts
Friday, March 20, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
A Government of Dumbshits
As you know, at least as I hope you know, the US government's Congress is full of a bunch of dumbshit partisans. I've said it before, I say it again. Yes, there may be the people with a little bit of smarts here and there, but that doesn't cut it. I want them to have to pass an I.Q. test before they're able to run, it would help a lot.
Anyways, the Democrats have rolled out a little 'party of no' deal, which I think is as dumb as they are. They're just complaining that the Republicans aren't hopping onto their train. On some things I would like them to get in with, but that'll never happen. Not so long as they make up their mind before they hear the issue. That's America's partisan politics after all. Happens on both sides. I don't think it will ever change, I'd like it to, but it won't.
You know, with all this Democrat-backed spending on the shit economy, there's Republicans and retards complaining from every angle. Especially on the idea that the Democrats are the 'big government' party. Let me tell you, this government is fucking huge even without the Democrats. Hell, I don't mind a big government, what I don't like is that we have an ineffective government. Big government, yeah, whatever, as long as it's an effective government that gets good shit done, I don't complain. But (I've said this before many times) this government doesn't get a lot of good stuff done because of the partisan politics that goes on. Work on the common ground, please.
We need two parties, or three, that like to talk, like to work together to get things done. Like to play nice. Because ours don't, and they never will as long as the politicians remain the same politicians from the same political parties. We need to get some (no not Independent) people in there that are liberal on some things, and conservative on others (I hate to use those terms, really, they're thrown around too much). If you do one thing liberally, it gets done liberally. If you need to get some things done over here, but you aren't liberal on them, you get them done conservatively. Sounds good doesn't it? But not even Independents are like this, they tend to lean more than straddle, so we can throw them out the sixth story window with the rest of them.
A lot of Americans like to say that they're liberal on some things, and conservative on others, which is fine and dandy, because I say the same about myself, but they don't do anything but discuss this stuff within their circle of politics. They don't run for office, because if they do, they get defeated by partisan politics (or end up like Lieberman, who leans Democrat, so fuck him). These people need to form a major party, they need to organize and stop saying that they're Independents. They need a name that strikes fear into Republicans and Democrats alike, strike the fear that makes those two parties realize they aren't the only two in contention for the Presidency. They need a base of people that strikes fear into the RNC and DNC. They need to bring out the big motherfucking guns.
If this party does form, it can start to take away from the dominance of the Democrats and Republicans. Because I have an equal hatred for both. They're both arrogant, stupid, and hell, the Democrats have even forced the Republican National Convention to put a black man as their head. And also thrust out the dumb fuck Bobby Jindal. That's when you know a party has fallen far, when they have to try an imitate the other party substituting their own ideals in. Either way, I think it's stupid.
Back to the party of Conservativeness/Liberalness. This party could get things done, because most people that say they're conservative on some issues and liberal on others actually agree on those issues. Of course, there will be the people that see things other ways, but they can just fuck off, this party is about agreeing on how to get things done, not internal bickering, or bickering with other parties. This party is about getting things done where everyone agrees on how to do them. Conservative on gun control, alright, gun control is dealt with in the general conservative way (i.e. the lack there of control). Abortion, alrighty then, you guys are liberal on that? Good, keep politics and religion out of it and bar any legislation proposing against it (at least, that's the way I see it). You just got two rather controversial things out of the way, one more so than the other, but at least they're out of the way (for now, hopefully forever).
This party, whatever may it be called, is the party that gets things done they way everyone within it agrees to. This party could grow to oust Democrats and Republicans once and for all from the forefront and turn them into just another set of parties in this party-filled nation. I 'd like to see it happen.
Who wants to help?
Anyways, the Democrats have rolled out a little 'party of no' deal, which I think is as dumb as they are. They're just complaining that the Republicans aren't hopping onto their train. On some things I would like them to get in with, but that'll never happen. Not so long as they make up their mind before they hear the issue. That's America's partisan politics after all. Happens on both sides. I don't think it will ever change, I'd like it to, but it won't.
You know, with all this Democrat-backed spending on the shit economy, there's Republicans and retards complaining from every angle. Especially on the idea that the Democrats are the 'big government' party. Let me tell you, this government is fucking huge even without the Democrats. Hell, I don't mind a big government, what I don't like is that we have an ineffective government. Big government, yeah, whatever, as long as it's an effective government that gets good shit done, I don't complain. But (I've said this before many times) this government doesn't get a lot of good stuff done because of the partisan politics that goes on. Work on the common ground, please.
We need two parties, or three, that like to talk, like to work together to get things done. Like to play nice. Because ours don't, and they never will as long as the politicians remain the same politicians from the same political parties. We need to get some (no not Independent) people in there that are liberal on some things, and conservative on others (I hate to use those terms, really, they're thrown around too much). If you do one thing liberally, it gets done liberally. If you need to get some things done over here, but you aren't liberal on them, you get them done conservatively. Sounds good doesn't it? But not even Independents are like this, they tend to lean more than straddle, so we can throw them out the sixth story window with the rest of them.
A lot of Americans like to say that they're liberal on some things, and conservative on others, which is fine and dandy, because I say the same about myself, but they don't do anything but discuss this stuff within their circle of politics. They don't run for office, because if they do, they get defeated by partisan politics (or end up like Lieberman, who leans Democrat, so fuck him). These people need to form a major party, they need to organize and stop saying that they're Independents. They need a name that strikes fear into Republicans and Democrats alike, strike the fear that makes those two parties realize they aren't the only two in contention for the Presidency. They need a base of people that strikes fear into the RNC and DNC. They need to bring out the big motherfucking guns.
If this party does form, it can start to take away from the dominance of the Democrats and Republicans. Because I have an equal hatred for both. They're both arrogant, stupid, and hell, the Democrats have even forced the Republican National Convention to put a black man as their head. And also thrust out the dumb fuck Bobby Jindal. That's when you know a party has fallen far, when they have to try an imitate the other party substituting their own ideals in. Either way, I think it's stupid.
Back to the party of Conservativeness/Liberalness. This party could get things done, because most people that say they're conservative on some issues and liberal on others actually agree on those issues. Of course, there will be the people that see things other ways, but they can just fuck off, this party is about agreeing on how to get things done, not internal bickering, or bickering with other parties. This party is about getting things done where everyone agrees on how to do them. Conservative on gun control, alright, gun control is dealt with in the general conservative way (i.e. the lack there of control). Abortion, alrighty then, you guys are liberal on that? Good, keep politics and religion out of it and bar any legislation proposing against it (at least, that's the way I see it). You just got two rather controversial things out of the way, one more so than the other, but at least they're out of the way (for now, hopefully forever).
This party, whatever may it be called, is the party that gets things done they way everyone within it agrees to. This party could grow to oust Democrats and Republicans once and for all from the forefront and turn them into just another set of parties in this party-filled nation. I 'd like to see it happen.
Who wants to help?
Monday, March 2, 2009
Current Events of Sorts
$900 million to Gaza
Well, a lot of the comments in the CNN political ticker (which I have some stuff to say about) are against this with the argument that "we need to help ourselves before these people." To them I just say piss off, they need it more than we do. When you live in squalor for fifty years without all the trademark American amenities then you get to say we need it more than they do. Go to Gaza and see how they get on, then you'll see why.
Gates calls Pakistan 'Most Worrisome'
Funny thing is, a lot of people took this one to mean that he actually thought Pakistan itself is most worrisome. It made me laugh. He's calling the Taliban in Pakistan and the freedoms (lolwut?) Pakistan is giving to them. Also, a lot of people said we must go in and do the job right. What the hell is that supposed to mean? Invade a sovereign country again? What is it Iraq: The Sequel? And invade a nuclear country at that, no, just no. Though if we did, we'd have the full support of India. They don't like Pakistan much either. Well, really at all. They are rivals after all. They'd be happy to drop a few nukes here and there, and so would Pakistan right back. But MAD (mutually assured destruction, it's a Cold War thing (and the only reason I believe there was never an actual war between us and the Soviet Union (which I'll talk about in awhile))). Anyways, we just need to adopt guerrilla warfare. Turn it to conventional war. Don't leave it to them (the 'enemy'). That will never happen though. But yeah, conventional warfare does not work against unconventional warfare (Gaza v. Israel is a model of that).
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Those are really the only ones that caught my eye. Anyways, I'm going to talk about the Soviet Union v. the US in this one.
I believe that we were working to avoid war together. In other words (if you haven't read or seen The Sum of All Fears then this will make little sense to you), the US intelligence services (and high up advisers and what not) and the same for the Soviet Union were working together as much as against each other. I think that they were trying to keep, even when things got heated, everything below the boiling point. And they did a good job of it until the Soviet machine collapsed under its own weight.
I just think we were as much friends as enemies. Just wish we didn't lose their alliance after WWII.
Well, a lot of the comments in the CNN political ticker (which I have some stuff to say about) are against this with the argument that "we need to help ourselves before these people." To them I just say piss off, they need it more than we do. When you live in squalor for fifty years without all the trademark American amenities then you get to say we need it more than they do. Go to Gaza and see how they get on, then you'll see why.
Gates calls Pakistan 'Most Worrisome'
Funny thing is, a lot of people took this one to mean that he actually thought Pakistan itself is most worrisome. It made me laugh. He's calling the Taliban in Pakistan and the freedoms (lolwut?) Pakistan is giving to them. Also, a lot of people said we must go in and do the job right. What the hell is that supposed to mean? Invade a sovereign country again? What is it Iraq: The Sequel? And invade a nuclear country at that, no, just no. Though if we did, we'd have the full support of India. They don't like Pakistan much either. Well, really at all. They are rivals after all. They'd be happy to drop a few nukes here and there, and so would Pakistan right back. But MAD (mutually assured destruction, it's a Cold War thing (and the only reason I believe there was never an actual war between us and the Soviet Union (which I'll talk about in awhile))). Anyways, we just need to adopt guerrilla warfare. Turn it to conventional war. Don't leave it to them (the 'enemy'). That will never happen though. But yeah, conventional warfare does not work against unconventional warfare (Gaza v. Israel is a model of that).
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Those are really the only ones that caught my eye. Anyways, I'm going to talk about the Soviet Union v. the US in this one.
I believe that we were working to avoid war together. In other words (if you haven't read or seen The Sum of All Fears then this will make little sense to you), the US intelligence services (and high up advisers and what not) and the same for the Soviet Union were working together as much as against each other. I think that they were trying to keep, even when things got heated, everything below the boiling point. And they did a good job of it until the Soviet machine collapsed under its own weight.
I just think we were as much friends as enemies. Just wish we didn't lose their alliance after WWII.
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