I'm Baaaaaaack --- And Not One Thing Has Changed

I am finally back for my hiatus because of some medical problems, and surprise, surprise nothing has changed at all. King George is still as dim-witted as ever ( port deal? what port deat? Why I didn't know a thing about it), the corruption and crime of his aides remains intact (an aide stealing from a Target store? Hey George you better pay these guys better. I mean if they have to steal a $2.50 item they need a wage increase), and is still the gift that keeps on giving. And what of the Republican controlled Senate and House? Well now that it looks like they are in serious re-election trouble, what else can they do (with the help of a compliant media)? Why they go with the current talking point and repeating it over and over again ad naseum of course. You know the one I'm talking about, "those Democrats can only criticize - they should release a plan for their way to govern if they think they can do things better." There are a more than a couple of things wrong with this current meme from the Repugs however, not the least of which is the fact that they have total control of everything in Washington, and can cut off any Democratic proposal immediately, which is precisely what they have done for the last 5 years. For example port security bills that have been killed every year by their majority vote, if it is allowed to even get to the floor for a vote. How do I justify the statement that their hypocrisy still reigns supreme? Well here is a perfect example. In an article about burn-out of the WH Staff from WaPo, and buried at the very end of this article they offer this excuse for the Preznut's lack of releasing new ideas: Grover G. Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform and an adviser to Rove, said he thinks the situation owes not to fatigue but to political realism at the White House. "What they don't have are unreasonable expectations of what can be moved through Congress," he said. "It's not a question of coming up with new ideas. Sometimes you just don't have the votes." Did you catch that? It's realistic that our favorite dictator King George to refrain from offering up new ideas because he doesn't have the votes - but the Dems don't have a plan to govern because they haven't offered one even though realistically they don't have the votes to get it passed in the Republican controlled House and Senate. How interesting. So as I said "nothing's changed" Their hypocrisy is still in full flight for the corporate controlled media to ignore while at the same time pushing the Repug talking points to the rest of us.