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- Sunday, August 21, 2011
Paradise Lost Just South Of Somewhere, USA
www.standarddeviations-joanr.blogspot.com
“…Here everybody has a neighbor
Everybody has a friend
Everybody has a reason to begin again
My father said "Son, we're lucky in this town,
It's a beautiful place to be born.
It just wraps its arms around you,
Nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone
You know that flag flying over the courthouse
Means certain things are set in stone
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't"
It's gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home…”
“Long Walk Home,” by Bruce Springsteen
Stunning acts of injustice overturned by stunning acts of justice are not usual. Not in Midnight Express-like places, not here in the USA. As Americans, we somehow are lulled into the belief that, despite our hold on reason, this country is the Land of the Ideal. This notion has been tested many, many times, but never as it was on September 11, 2001. I know my beliefs of our invincibility were so rooted in my unconscious that when we were attacked, I was tested to the point of insanity: this could not have happened to us, TO AMERICA. I could not wrap my mind around the enormity of that day. Still can’t. I obsessively watched the coverage. I downloaded 600 pages about Osama Bin Laden the night of. I thought Muhammad Atta was in my basement. I shook like a leaf and my teeth chattered as I tried to go to sleep, fighter jets flying across my New York sky. This could not have happened to us, to America, the United States, my country. But, it did. And, forever after that day my innocence, my iron-clad unconscious, was shattered. To be sure, many others have been shattered by events that never, thank God, touched my life: kidnapping, murder, wrongful imprisonment, et al. The jolt of unbelievable trauma leaves us as perceptibly different as the New York skyline without the Twin Towers. What is imperceptible, though, is even worse.
The United States of America, a true love of mine, is not ideal. Well, to be sure, no place in the world is ideal. There is no such reality as “the ideal.” There is no such thing as perfection. Scarier still, in a land more ideal than many, many others, when you look closer, you find we make pretty glaring mistakes, miscalculations, miscarriages of justice. And, not just once in a blue moon. This past Friday, three men who were wrongfully accused of murdering three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, were released after 18 years of wrongful imprisonment, and only because of a virtual army of people, I among them, who fought all these years for their release. My awareness came after watching a documentary about the case some 15 years ago or so. Had it not been for those film-makers, I don’t know if I, or any number of others, would ever have known about the “West Memphis 3.” Paradise Lost: The Murders at Robin Hood Hill stoked my outrage. I am grateful for that. At the press conference following an “Alford Plea,” whereby innocent people get to go free after they plead guilty while maintaining their innocence so an asinine state can save face and not be sued—it is very confusing and paradoxical, I know (I have included, at the end of this post, some legal information and definition of the Alford Plea*)—the men declared that there are many others who are wrongfully imprisoned, and that we should not forget that. They considered themselves lucky for film-makers to have taken notice and have made a film that made an army that made a backwards, southern state do what no one expected a backwards, southern state to do: provide for the release of three men, who, when just... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7538 - Sunday, August 21, 2011
intelekshul (twitter)
www.standarddeviations.blogspot.com
Paradise Lost Just South Of Somewhere, USA
“…Here everybody has a neighbor
Everybody has a friend
Everybody has a reason to begin again
My father said "Son, we're lucky in this town,
It's a beautiful place to be born.
It just wraps its arms around you,
Nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone
You know that flag flying over the courthouse
Means certain things are set in stone
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't"
It's gonna be a long walk home
Hey pretty darling, don't wait up for me
Gonna be a long walk home…”
“Long Walk Home,” by Bruce Springsteen
Stunning acts of injustice overturned by stunning acts of justice are not usual. Not in Midnight Express-like places, not here in the USA. As Americans, we somehow are lulled into the belief that, despite our hold on reason, this country is the Land of the Ideal. This notion has been tested many, many times, but never as it was on September 11, 2001. I know my beliefs of our invincibility were so rooted in my unconscious that when we were attacked, I was tested to the point of insanity: this could not have happened to us, TO AMERICA. I could not wrap my mind around the enormity of that day. Still can’t. I obsessively watched the coverage. I downloaded 600 pages about Osama Bin Laden the night of. I thought Muhammad Atta was in my basement. I shook like a leaf and my teeth chattered as I tried to go to sleep, fighter jets flying across my New York sky. This could not have happened to us, to America, the United States, my country. But, it did. And, forever after that day my innocence, my iron-clad unconscious, was shattered. To be sure, many others have been shattered by events that never, thank God, touched my life: kidnapping, murder, wrongful imprisonment, et al. The jolt of unbelievable trauma leaves us as perceptibly different as the New York skyline without the Twin Towers. What is imperceptible, though, is even worse.
The United States of America, a true love of mine, is not ideal. Well, to be sure, no place in the world is ideal. There is no such reality as “the ideal.” There is no such thing as perfection. Scarier still, in a land more ideal than many, many others, when you look closer, you find we make pretty glaring mistakes, miscalculations, miscarriages of justice. And, not just once in a blue moon. This past Friday, three men who were wrongfully accused of murdering three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, were released after 18 years of wrongful imprisonment, and only because of a virtual army of people, I among them, who fought all these years for their release. My awareness came after watching a documentary about the case some 15 years ago or so. Had it not been for those film-makers, I don’t know if I, or any number of others, would ever have known about the “West Memphis 3.” Paradise Lost: The Murders at Robin Hood Hill stoked my outrage. I am grateful for that. At the press conference following an “Alford Plea,” whereby innocent people get to go free after they plead guilty while maintaining their innocence so an asinine state can save face and not be sued—it is very confusing and paradoxical, I know (I have included, at the end of this post, some legal information and definition of the Alford Plea*)—the men declared that there are many others who are wrongfully imprisoned, and that we should not forget that. They considered themselves lucky for film-makers to have taken notice and have made a film that made an army that made a backwards, southern state do what no one expected a backwards, southern state to do: provide for the... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7537 - @margaretcho
Meant "A little commentary on OUR sorry state of affairs...
HATER NATION
“I am doll eyes
Doll mouth
Doll legs
I am doll arms
Big veins
Dog bait
Yea they really want you
They really want you
They really do
Yea they really want you
They really want you
But I do too
I want to be the girl with the most cake
I love him so much he just turns to hate
I fake it so real I am beyond fake
And someday you will ache like I ache
Some day you will ache like I ache”
“Doll Parts,” by Courtney Love
Michele Bachmann is indicative of an American problem. With her smart suits and good hair, she comes gliding into the presidential arena on a wicked witch’s broom, and all some see as real are the doll’s parts, working in concert, mouthing off belligerence, with a plastic smile, and eyes that roll up into her head, while an impotent wizard works behind the curtains, pulling the doll’s strings to the cheering of an ignorant crowd. Yeah, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…and that’s why you scare me, Michele, because I know you’re being pimped out by Master Marcus, and you aren’t much to pass for a human, let alone an American, but, hey, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…
Bachmann and company are in overdrive trying to spin the latest fall-out of the debt ceiling debacle. Standard and Poor’s sovereign ratings department downgraded U.S. debt from our once pristine AAA rating for the first time in our history. They cited political brinksmanship and the willingness for Tea Party Republicans, and, now it seems, some “mainstream” Republicans, to see this country go to the brink of default, with many cheering, like this is some kind of PlayStation game, for our country’s economy and reputation to go over the cliff. What the hell is this? We aren’t watching Thelma and Louise here. We can’t press replay or restart and get a fresh do-over. No. Real adults all over the world watched in horror and incredulity as we made dangerous asses of ourselves, shaking their heads and thinking, What are they doing? Do they have any idea of the consequences of their actions? Well, like bullies in a schoolyard, the fight, the desire to pull someone’s pants down and lead a chorus of derision got us a smackdown, yet, the bullies try to spin this like they won some incredible victory. I say to them, try to pull my pants down. Come on. Just take one step toward me and I will tear your asses apart and expose you for who you are. We ought not back down because, we all know, at the core of every bully is a coward. Well, I’m not afraid of you. I wish our president and the Democrats could grow a pair and take you down. What you have done merits an equal but opposite reaction: tearing you and your rhetoric to shreds, galvanizing people against you, holding you accountable for the obscene folly you directed and starred in is now my mission and ought to be the mission of the Democratic Party. I know I will do my level best to put you in Thelma and Louise’s car and accelerate you into oblivion.
To disgust and insult all of us even further, Republicans are trying to spin this crock of shit into political gold. They are cavalierly and purposely missing the point, wishing to evade responsibility for their part in this crisis by saying Obama failed to cut spending enough, as if the guy at S&P did not say
“The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenge.”
OR,
“The political... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7519 - @margaretcho
~A little commentary on ur sorry state of affairs and the sorry lot that is the GOP.
HATER NATION
“I am doll eyes
Doll mouth
Doll legs
I am doll arms
Big veins
Dog bait
Yea they really want you
They really want you
They really do
Yea they really want you
They really want you
But I do too
I want to be the girl with the most cake
I love him so much he just turns to hate
I fake it so real I am beyond fake
And someday you will ache like I ache
Some day you will ache like I ache”
“Doll Parts,” by Courtney Love
Michele Bachmann is indicative of an American problem. With her smart suits and good hair, she comes gliding into the presidential arena on a wicked witch’s broom, and all some see as real are the doll’s parts, working in concert, mouthing off belligerence, with a plastic smile, and eyes that roll up into her head, while an impotent wizard works behind the curtains, pulling the doll’s strings to the cheering of an ignorant crowd. Yeah, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…and that’s why you scare me, Michele, because I know you’re being pimped out by Master Marcus, and you aren’t much to pass for a human, let alone an American, but, hey, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…
Bachmann and company are in overdrive trying to spin the latest fall-out of the debt ceiling debacle. Standard and Poor’s sovereign ratings department downgraded U.S. debt from our once pristine AAA rating for the first time in our history. They cited political brinksmanship and the willingness for Tea Party Republicans, and, now it seems, some “mainstream” Republicans, to see this country go to the brink of default, with many cheering, like this is some kind of PlayStation game, for our country’s economy and reputation to go over the cliff. What the hell is this? We aren’t watching Thelma and Louise here. We can’t press replay or restart and get a fresh do-over. No. Real adults all over the world watched in horror and incredulity as we made dangerous asses of ourselves, shaking their heads and thinking, What are they doing? Do they have any idea of the consequences of their actions? Well, like bullies in a schoolyard, the fight, the desire to pull someone’s pants down and lead a chorus of derision got us a smackdown, yet, the bullies try to spin this like they won some incredible victory. I say to them, try to pull my pants down. Come on. Just take one step toward me and I will tear your asses apart and expose you for who you are. We ought not back down because, we all know, at the core of every bully is a coward. Well, I’m not afraid of you. I wish our president and the Democrats could grow a pair and take you down. What you have done merits an equal but opposite reaction: tearing you and your rhetoric to shreds, galvanizing people against you, holding you accountable for the obscene folly you directed and starred in is now my mission and ought to be the mission of the Democratic Party. I know I will do my level best to put you in Thelma and Louise’s car and accelerate you into oblivion.
To disgust and insult all of us even further, Republicans are trying to spin this crock of shit into political gold. They are cavalierly and purposely missing the point, wishing to evade responsibility for their part in this crisis by saying Obama failed to cut spending enough, as if the guy at S&P did not say
“The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenge.”... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7518 - @Rosie @Thesaragilbert
~A little commentary of our sorry state of affairs and the sorry lot that is the GOP.
HATER NATION
“I am doll eyes
Doll mouth
Doll legs
I am doll arms
Big veins
Dog bait
Yea they really want you
They really want you
They really do
Yea they really want you
They really want you
But I do too
I want to be the girl with the most cake
I love him so much he just turns to hate
I fake it so real I am beyond fake
And someday you will ache like I ache
Some day you will ache like I ache”
“Doll Parts,” by Courtney Love
Michele Bachmann is indicative of an American problem. With her smart suits and good hair, she comes gliding into the presidential arena on a wicked witch’s broom, and all some see as real are the doll’s parts, working in concert, mouthing off belligerence, with a plastic smile, and eyes that roll up into her head, while an impotent wizard works behind the curtains, pulling the doll’s strings to the cheering of an ignorant crowd. Yeah, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…and that’s why you scare me, Michele, because I know you’re being pimped out by Master Marcus, and you aren’t much to pass for a human, let alone an American, but, hey, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…
Bachmann and company are in overdrive trying to spin the latest fall-out of the debt ceiling debacle. Standard and Poor’s sovereign ratings department downgraded U.S. debt from our once pristine AAA rating for the first time in our history. They cited political brinksmanship and the willingness for Tea Party Republicans, and, now it seems, some “mainstream” Republicans, to see this country go to the brink of default, with many cheering, like this is some kind of PlayStation game, for our country’s economy and reputation to go over the cliff. What the hell is this? We aren’t watching Thelma and Louise here. We can’t press replay or restart and get a fresh do-over. No. Real adults all over the world watched in horror and incredulity as we made dangerous asses of ourselves, shaking their heads and thinking, What are they doing? Do they have any idea of the consequences of their actions? Well, like bullies in a schoolyard, the fight, the desire to pull someone’s pants down and lead a chorus of derision got us a smackdown, yet, the bullies try to spin this like they won some incredible victory. I say to them, try to pull my pants down. Come on. Just take one step toward me and I will tear your asses apart and expose you for who you are. We ought not back down because, we all know, at the core of every bully is a coward. Well, I’m not afraid of you. I wish our president and the Democrats could grow a pair and take you down. What you have done merits an equal but opposite reaction: tearing you and your rhetoric to shreds, galvanizing people against you, holding you accountable for the obscene folly you directed and starred in is now my mission and ought to be the mission of the Democratic Party. I know I will do my level best to put you in Thelma and Louise’s car and accelerate you into oblivion.
To disgust and insult all of us even further, Republicans are trying to spin this crock of shit into political gold. They are cavalierly and purposely missing the point, wishing to evade responsibility for their part in this crisis by saying Obama failed to cut spending enough, as if the guy at S&P did not say
“The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7517 - @ariannahuff
~A little commentary about our sorry state of affairs and the sorry lot that is the GOP.HATER NATION
“I am doll eyes
Doll mouth
Doll legs
I am doll arms
Big veins
Dog bait
Yea they really want you
They really want you
They really do
Yea they really want you
They really want you
But I do too
I want to be the girl with the most cake
I love him so much he just turns to hate
I fake it so real I am beyond fake
And someday you will ache like I ache
Some day you will ache like I ache”
“Doll Parts,” by Courtney Love
Michele Bachmann is indicative of an American problem. With her smart suits and good hair, she comes gliding into the presidential arena on a wicked witch’s broom, and all some see as real are the doll’s parts, working in concert, mouthing off belligerence, with a plastic smile, and eyes that roll up into her head, while an impotent wizard works behind the curtains, pulling the doll’s strings to the cheering of an ignorant crowd. Yeah, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…and that’s why you scare me, Michele, because I know you’re being pimped out by Master Marcus, and you aren’t much to pass for a human, let alone an American, but, hey, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…
Bachmann and company are in overdrive trying to spin the latest fall-out of the debt ceiling debacle. Standard and Poor’s sovereign ratings department downgraded U.S. debt from our once pristine AAA rating for the first time in our history. They cited political brinksmanship and the willingness for Tea Party Republicans, and, now it seems, some “mainstream” Republicans, to see this country go to the brink of default, with many cheering, like this is some kind of PlayStation game, for our country’s economy and reputation to go over the cliff. What the hell is this? We aren’t watching Thelma and Louise here. We can’t press replay or restart and get a fresh do-over. No. Real adults all over the world watched in horror and incredulity as we made dangerous asses of ourselves, shaking their heads and thinking, What are they doing? Do they have any idea of the consequences of their actions? Well, like bullies in a schoolyard, the fight, the desire to pull someone’s pants down and lead a chorus of derision got us a smackdown, yet, the bullies try to spin this like they won some incredible victory. I say to them, try to pull my pants down. Come on. Just take one step toward me and I will tear your asses apart and expose you for who you are. We ought not back down because, we all know, at the core of every bully is a coward. Well, I’m not afraid of you. I wish our president and the Democrats could grow a pair and take you down. What you have done merits an equal but opposite reaction: tearing you and your rhetoric to shreds, galvanizing people against you, holding you accountable for the obscene folly you directed and starred in is now my mission and ought to be the mission of the Democratic Party. I know I will do my level best to put you in Thelma and Louise’s car and accelerate you into oblivion.
To disgust and insult all of us even further, Republicans are trying to spin this crock of shit into political gold. They are cavalierly and purposely missing the point, wishing to evade responsibility for their part in this crisis by saying Obama failed to cut spending enough, as if the guy at S&P did not say
“The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenge.”... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7516 - @EWDolan
~A little commentary on our sorry state of affairs and the sorry lot that is the GOP.
HATER NATION
“I am doll eyes
Doll mouth
Doll legs
I am doll arms
Big veins
Dog bait
Yea they really want you
They really want you
They really do
Yea they really want you
They really want you
But I do too
I want to be the girl with the most cake
I love him so much he just turns to hate
I fake it so real I am beyond fake
And someday you will ache like I ache
Some day you will ache like I ache”
“Doll Parts,” by Courtney Love
Michele Bachmann is indicative of an American problem. With her smart suits and good hair, she comes gliding into the presidential arena on a wicked witch’s broom, and all some see as real are the doll’s parts, working in concert, mouthing off belligerence, with a plastic smile, and eyes that roll up into her head, while an impotent wizard works behind the curtains, pulling the doll’s strings to the cheering of an ignorant crowd. Yeah, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…and that’s why you scare me, Michele, because I know you’re being pimped out by Master Marcus, and you aren’t much to pass for a human, let alone an American, but, hey, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…
Bachmann and company are in overdrive trying to spin the latest fall-out of the debt ceiling debacle. Standard and Poor’s sovereign ratings department downgraded U.S. debt from our once pristine AAA rating for the first time in our history. They cited political brinksmanship and the willingness for Tea Party Republicans, and, now it seems, some “mainstream” Republicans, to see this country go to the brink of default, with many cheering, like this is some kind of PlayStation game, for our country’s economy and reputation to go over the cliff. What the hell is this? We aren’t watching Thelma and Louise here. We can’t press replay or restart and get a fresh do-over. No. Real adults all over the world watched in horror and incredulity as we made dangerous asses of ourselves, shaking their heads and thinking, What are they doing? Do they have any idea of the consequences of their actions? Well, like bullies in a schoolyard, the fight, the desire to pull someone’s pants down and lead a chorus of derision got us a smackdown, yet, the bullies try to spin this like they won some incredible victory. I say to them, try to pull my pants down. Come on. Just take one step toward me and I will tear your asses apart and expose you for who you are. We ought not back down because, we all know, at the core of every bully is a coward. Well, I’m not afraid of you. I wish our president and the Democrats could grow a pair and take you down. What you have done merits an equal but opposite reaction: tearing you and your rhetoric to shreds, galvanizing people against you, holding you accountable for the obscene folly you directed and starred in is now my mission and ought to be the mission of the Democratic Party. I know I will do my level best to put you in Thelma and Louise’s car and accelerate you into oblivion.
To disgust and insult all of us even further, Republicans are trying to spin this crock of shit into political gold. They are cavalierly and purposely missing the point, wishing to evade responsibility for their part in this crisis by saying Obama failed to cut spending enough, as if the guy at S&P did not say
“The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenge.”... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7515 - @donnabrazile @crowleycnn @billmaher @1NatalieMaines @mmflint @ladygaga
~A little commentary about our sorry state of affairs and the sorry lot that is the GOP.
HATER NATION
“I am doll eyes
Doll mouth
Doll legs
I am doll arms
Big veins
Dog bait
Yea they really want you
They really want you
They really do
Yea they really want you
They really want you
But I do too
I want to be the girl with the most cake
I love him so much he just turns to hate
I fake it so real I am beyond fake
And someday you will ache like I ache
Some day you will ache like I ache”
“Doll Parts,” by Courtney Love
Michele Bachmann is indicative of an American problem. With her smart suits and good hair, she comes gliding into the presidential arena on a wicked witch’s broom, and all some see as real are the doll’s parts, working in concert, mouthing off belligerence, with a plastic smile, and eyes that roll up into her head, while an impotent wizard works behind the curtains, pulling the doll’s strings to the cheering of an ignorant crowd. Yeah, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…and that’s why you scare me, Michele, because I know you’re being pimped out by Master Marcus, and you aren’t much to pass for a human, let alone an American, but, hey, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…
Bachmann and company are in overdrive trying to spin the latest fall-out of the debt ceiling debacle. Standard and Poor’s sovereign ratings department downgraded U.S. debt from our once pristine AAA rating for the first time in our history. They cited political brinksmanship and the willingness for Tea Party Republicans, and, now it seems, some “mainstream” Republicans, to see this country go to the brink of default, with many cheering, like this is some kind of PlayStation game, for our country’s economy and reputation to go over the cliff. What the hell is this? We aren’t watching Thelma and Louise here. We can’t press replay or restart and get a fresh do-over. No. Real adults all over the world watched in horror and incredulity as we made dangerous asses of ourselves, shaking their heads and thinking, What are they doing? Do they have any idea of the consequences of their actions? Well, like bullies in a schoolyard, the fight, the desire to pull someone’s pants down and lead a chorus of derision got us a smackdown, yet, the bullies try to spin this like they won some incredible victory. I say to them, try to pull my pants down. Come on. Just take one step toward me and I will tear your asses apart and expose you for who you are. We ought not back down because, we all know, at the core of every bully is a coward. Well, I’m not afraid of you. I wish our president and the Democrats could grow a pair and take you down. What you have done merits an equal but opposite reaction: tearing you and your rhetoric to shreds, galvanizing people against you, holding you accountable for the obscene folly you directed and starred in is now my mission and ought to be the mission of the Democratic Party. I know I will do my level best to put you in Thelma and Louise’s car and accelerate you into oblivion.
To disgust and insult all of us even further, Republicans are trying to spin this crock of shit into political gold. They are cavalierly and purposely missing the point, wishing to evade responsibility for their part in this crisis by saying Obama failed to cut spending enough, as if the guy at S&P did not say
“The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7514 - ~a little commentary about our sorry state of affairs, especially the sorry lot from the GOP...
HATER NATION
“I am doll eyes
Doll mouth
Doll legs
I am doll arms
Big veins
Dog bait
Yea they really want you
They really want you
They really do
Yea they really want you
They really want you
But I do too
I want to be the girl with the most cake
I love him so much he just turns to hate
I fake it so real I am beyond fake
And someday you will ache like I ache
Some day you will ache like I ache”
“Doll Parts,” by Courtney Love
Michele Bachmann is indicative of an American problem. With her smart suits and good hair, she comes gliding into the presidential arena on a wicked witch’s broom, and all some see as real are the doll’s parts, working in concert, mouthing off belligerence, with a plastic smile, and eyes that roll up into her head, while an impotent wizard works behind the curtains, pulling the doll’s strings to the cheering of an ignorant crowd. Yeah, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…and that’s why you scare me, Michele, because I know you’re being pimped out by Master Marcus, and you aren’t much to pass for a human, let alone an American, but, hey, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…
Bachmann and company are in overdrive trying to spin the latest fall-out of the debt ceiling debacle. Standard and Poor’s sovereign ratings department downgraded U.S. debt from our once pristine AAA rating for the first time in our history. They cited political brinksmanship and the willingness for Tea Party Republicans, and, now it seems, some “mainstream” Republicans, to see this country go to the brink of default, with many cheering, like this is some kind of PlayStation game, for our country’s economy and reputation to go over the cliff. What the hell is this? We aren’t watching Thelma and Louise here. We can’t press replay or restart and get a fresh do-over. No. Real adults all over the world watched in horror and incredulity as we made dangerous asses of ourselves, shaking their heads and thinking, What are they doing? Do they have any idea of the consequences of their actions? Well, like bullies in a schoolyard, the fight, the desire to pull someone’s pants down and lead a chorus of derision got us a smackdown, yet, the bullies try to spin this like they won some incredible victory. I say to them, try to pull my pants down. Come on. Just take one step toward me and I will tear your asses apart and expose you for who you are. We ought not back down because, we all know, at the core of every bully is a coward. Well, I’m not afraid of you. I wish our president and the Democrats could grow a pair and take you down. What you have done merits an equal but opposite reaction: tearing you and your rhetoric to shreds, galvanizing people against you, holding you accountable for the obscene folly you directed and starred in is now my mission and ought to be the mission of the Democratic Party. I know I will do my level best to put you in Thelma and Louise’s car and accelerate you into oblivion.
To disgust and insult all of us even further, Republicans are trying to spin this crock of shit into political gold. They are cavalierly and purposely missing the point, wishing to evade responsibility for their part in this crisis by saying Obama failed to cut spending enough, as if the guy at S&P did not say
“The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenge.”... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7513 - from my blog: www.standarddeviations-joanr.blogspot.com
HATER NATION
“I am doll eyes
Doll mouth
Doll legs
I am doll arms
Big veins
Dog bait
Yea they really want you
They really want you
They really do
Yea they really want you
They really want you
But I do too
I want to be the girl with the most cake
I love him so much he just turns to hate
I fake it so real I am beyond fake
And someday you will ache like I ache
Some day you will ache like I ache”
“Doll Parts,” by Courtney Love
Michele Bachmann is indicative of an American problem. With her smart suits and good hair, she comes gliding into the presidential arena on a wicked witch’s broom, and all some see as real are the doll’s parts, working in concert, mouthing off belligerence, with a plastic smile, and eyes that roll up into her head, while an impotent wizard works behind the curtains, pulling the doll’s strings to the cheering of an ignorant crowd. Yeah, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…and that’s why you scare me, Michele, because I know you’re being pimped out by Master Marcus, and you aren’t much to pass for a human, let alone an American, but, hey, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…
Bachmann and company are in overdrive trying to spin the latest fall-out of the debt ceiling debacle. Standard and Poor’s sovereign ratings department downgraded U.S. debt from our once pristine AAA rating for the first time in our history. They cited political brinksmanship and the willingness for Tea Party Republicans, and, now it seems, some “mainstream” Republicans, to see this country go to the brink of default, with many cheering, like this is some kind of PlayStation game, for our country’s economy and reputation to go over the cliff. What the hell is this? We aren’t watching Thelma and Louise here. We can’t press replay or restart and get a fresh do-over. No. Real adults all over the world watched in horror and incredulity as we made dangerous asses of ourselves, shaking their heads and thinking, What are they doing? Do they have any idea of the consequences of their actions? Well, like bullies in a schoolyard, the fight, the desire to pull someone’s pants down and lead a chorus of derision got us a smackdown, yet, the bullies try to spin this like they won some incredible victory. I say to them, try to pull my pants down. Come on. Just take one step toward me and I will tear your asses apart and expose you for who you are. We ought not back down because, we all know, at the core of every bully is a coward. Well, I’m not afraid of you. I wish our president and the Democrats could grow a pair and take you down. What you have done merits an equal but opposite reaction: tearing you and your rhetoric to shreds, galvanizing people against you, holding you accountable for the obscene folly you directed and starred in is now my mission and ought to be the mission of the Democratic Party. I know I will do my level best to put you in Thelma and Louise’s car and accelerate you into oblivion.
To disgust and insult all of us even further, Republicans are trying to spin this crock of shit into political gold. They are cavalierly and purposely missing the point, wishing to evade responsibility for their part in this crisis by saying Obama failed to cut spending enough, as if the guy at S&P did not say
“The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenge.”
OR,
“The political brinkmanship we saw over... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7512 - HATER NATION
“I am doll eyes
Doll mouth
Doll legs
I am doll arms
Big veins
Dog bait
Yea they really want you
They really want you
They really do
Yea they really want you
They really want you
But I do too
I want to be the girl with the most cake
I love him so much he just turns to hate
I fake it so real I am beyond fake
And someday you will ache like I ache
Some day you will ache like I ache”
“Doll Parts,” by Courtney Love
Michele Bachmann is indicative of an American problem. With her smart suits and good hair, she comes gliding into the presidential arena on a wicked witch’s broom, and all some see as real are the doll’s parts, working in concert, mouthing off belligerence, with a plastic smile, and eyes that roll up into her head, while an impotent wizard works behind the curtains, pulling the doll’s strings to the cheering of an ignorant crowd. Yeah, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…and that’s why you scare me, Michele, because I know you’re being pimped out by Master Marcus, and you aren’t much to pass for a human, let alone an American, but, hey, they really want you, they really want you, they really do…
Bachmann and company are in overdrive trying to spin the latest fall-out of the debt ceiling debacle. Standard and Poor’s sovereign ratings department downgraded U.S. debt from our once pristine AAA rating for the first time in our history. They cited political brinksmanship and the willingness for Tea Party Republicans, and, now it seems, some “mainstream” Republicans, to see this country go to the brink of default, with many cheering, like this is some kind of PlayStation game, for our country’s economy and reputation to go over the cliff. What the hell is this? We aren’t watching Thelma and Louise here. We can’t press replay or restart and get a fresh do-over. No. Real adults all over the world watched in horror and incredulity as we made dangerous asses of ourselves, shaking their heads and thinking, What are they doing? Do they have any idea of the consequences of their actions? Well, like bullies in a schoolyard, the fight, the desire to pull someone’s pants down and lead a chorus of derision got us a smackdown, yet, the bullies try to spin this like they won some incredible victory. I say to them, try to pull my pants down. Come on. Just take one step toward me and I will tear your asses apart and expose you for who you are. We ought not back down because, we all know, at the core of every bully is a coward. Well, I’m not afraid of you. I wish our president and the Democrats could grow a pair and take you down. What you have done merits an equal but opposite reaction: tearing you and your rhetoric to shreds, galvanizing people against you, holding you accountable for the obscene folly you directed and starred in is now my mission and ought to be the mission of the Democratic Party. I know I will do my level best to put you in Thelma and Louise’s car and accelerate you into oblivion.
To disgust and insult all of us even further, Republicans are trying to spin this crock of shit into political gold. They are cavalierly and purposely missing the point, wishing to evade responsibility for their part in this crisis by saying Obama failed to cut spending enough, as if the guy at S&P did not say
“The downgrade reflects our view that the effectiveness, stability, and predictability of American policymaking and political institutions have weakened at a time of ongoing fiscal and economic challenge.”
OR,
“The political brinkmanship we saw over raising the debt ceiling was something that was really beyond our expectations. The U.S. government getting to the last... <<<<<< N.B from Jumbotweet: auto-truncated at 4K characters on index page - Click here or on the "view" link to see entire jumbotweet! http://www.jumbotweet.com/ltweets/view/7510
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