A Response to an FB Friend regarding the "Fiscal Cliff"

Posted by Eudaimonia 13 years, 9 months ago to Philosophy
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An FB friend of mine asked what I thought Obamugabe would do regarding his ridiculous budget and the so called "Fiscal Cliff".
Here's my response:

Honestly, I don't know and don't care.
The election was a sham.
Obama is a dictator.
The Republicans have zero nutsack.
Obama will do whatever he wants, get away with it, and blame the disaster on the Republicans/Tea Party.
Jon Stewart will joke about it on T.V.
And the Low Information Obamabots will eat that shit up with a spoon.
It's all Kabuki Theatre.
So, knowing that, why should I give a shit?
I have to look out for me and my family.

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  • Posted by wgingram1 13 years, 9 months ago
    What is truly sad is that all systems eventually fail.
    (1) They rot from the inside (Politicians) and it eventually filters out to the lowest man on the totem pole.
    (2)The real suckers are the ones in the middle who try to retain their principals and beliefs while both sides close in and rot the entire system.
    (3)The "suckers" are blamed for the failure by both sides. When they finally wise up and drop out the Politicians and the moochers have no where to turn so the system finally fails.
    (*) note - We in Galts Gultch have to prepare ourselves for self reliance then shut down everything and let the outside "rotters" learn their lessons the hard way. The longer and the harder their lives become, the more effective the message is remembered as something they will NEVER want to live through such times again.

    Next time they will be more conscious that freedom means everyone and responsibly ALSO means everyone.
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  • Posted by wgingram1 13 years, 9 months ago
    Politicians were not intended to promise benefits or protect constituents. Their job was to enforce the rule of law and provide for the common good of all people.
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  • Posted by itisntluck 13 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Me too - I really don't give a sh*t. I have a friend in Costa Rica; she is in the realestate business. She says business is booming.
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  • Posted by Solver 13 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Romney did not promise all the eager voters who believe in Santa enough goodies under their tree, forgetting who actually has to pay for those goodies and that even adults don't typically take good care of what they do not earn.
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  • Posted by Solver 13 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And that is how a “living document” is invented, to mean whatever a group wants people to think it means, by evading the effort required to actually change it.

    Even if the supreme court decreed a dog's tail is a leg, a dog still would not have five legs.
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 13 years, 9 months ago
    The Reason Romney lost the election… He said, “When I’m elected I will put Americans back to work,” and 51 % said “*%$# that!!”
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  • Posted by khalling 13 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This is where I have been for some time. who gives a shit? Am I helping evil or hurting evil by my actions?
    aren't all the doctors in Costa Rica now anyway?
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  • Posted by Eudaimonia 13 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I could be wrong, but I believe that SCOTUS has already ruled that it is not unconstitutional if bills which are Constitutionally supposed to start in The House instead start in The Senate and vice-versa.

    I believe that their opinion is that separation of powers prevents them from dictating to Congress the mechanisms it uses to pass its laws.

    There is a new paradigm in place, so we need to stop thinking in the old paradigm.
    The Constitution means exactly *dick*, so we need to stop expecting it to save us.
    It is all rule by fiat now, and whoever can be the biggest demagogue will win.
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  • Posted by OH45458 13 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That's what I think as well. But I must say, I don't think Obama and Harry Reed know, or care, that all revenue bills are supposed to originate in the House.
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  • Posted by Solver 13 years, 9 months ago
    This has become some political game of central planners using brute force control in people's very lives to move their sacrificial playing pieces. The House should just do its job and put together a bill for raising revenue and reducing debt as they are constitutionally empowered to do. The senate can then suggest amendments and Obama can always veto the whole thing later if he chooses and blame someone else that there is still is no budget.

    "All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives;
    but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills."
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