MICHELLE BACHMANN, A HISTORIC MIND

Speaking in New Hampshire Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann a leading tea partier who is frequently mentioned as a potential presidential candidate congratulated the people of that state for their "contribution to the American revolution" when she noted that was where the "shot heard round the world was fired". This surprised many in the audience, as well as the people of Massachusetts...where the American revolution actually began. Why is it that it seems that so often every tea bagger who would want to shrink the budget for our country's education, proves whenever they speak just how much there is still to learn?

THE GOOD BOOK GETS “GOODER”

For the benefit of those most ideologically driven politically particularly those on the right, and for those who are fundamentalist religiously driven changes have been made in the Bible. One fascinating one we found was taking out the word “booty” and replacing it with “riches”. Some things never change except when slang and laughter make them change. If you want to get the guide in advance for the next 100 years as to how responsive the ideological and fundamentalist folks can be the “cliff notes” are already available by former NBA star Dennis Rodman, who titled his own biography “Bad as I want to be”. Because those that are so driven by ideology and fundamentalism can look at Dennis Rodman’s  book and know that they are going to be “fair as they gotta be”. I hope the good book keeps getting gooder.

THE DIABETES BELT – AND IT’S A LARGE ONE

The CDC has identified a portion of the USA which is not overly petite. Its called the diabetes belt. Its mainly deep south and lower Midwest states e.g. Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana etc. The grand news is this; whatever they have missed in nutritional education, they have sadly not missed in meals. The national average of diabetes is 8.5%, and in these regions its over 11%. They might want to listen to this government study, because this belt can tighten and it can strangle. Anyone who makes light of diabetes its because they have never had it seen it or read about it. What these people need is education and culinary discipline. Of course, all this has to do with facts which as we all know (and out friend Stephen Colbert says often) have a liberal bias.

BECKERHEAD ALERT

Glen Beck recently said that Michelle Obama has 43 people on her staff and Nancy Reagan only had 3. Apparently the only thing wrong with Mr. Beck and the Beckerheads that follow him is math because records show they were identical.

POLLS APART FROM REASON

Here’s the latest result of the NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll; 79% of Americans think that government workers should have the same collective bargaining rights as unions and only 19% say no. They however feel that workers should contribute in the following ways; 68% feel that contributions should be made to raise their retirement, 63% said they should raise their healthcare contributions and 58% said one year salary freeze. The poll continues; how to balance deficits, the most unacceptable ways they say are cutting Medicare, Social Security, and kindergarten through 12th grade education. And the most acceptable ways are eliminating tax credits for oil and gas industries, eliminating earmarks for congress. And the number one most acceptable way would be going out the millionaire tax. Well you weren’t paying attention folks because not enough of you voted in the last election. But I think your heart’s in the right direction. It does show that the Tea Party people are polls apart from reason.

PROOF THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY, THE HAIR APPARENTLY

A lock of Justin Bieber’s hair went for somewhere between 15 and 40 thousand dollars (accounts differ) but these accounts should lose no accounting for what folks think is worth spending on. Not that we have a country and a world where there is some poverty, hunger and suffering, but if the heavens want proof  that there is economic disparity and too much funny money rolling around in people’s lives the answer is the hair apparently.

BRUTAL BILLIONAIRE BASTARDS

BRUTAL BILLIONAIRE BASTARDS

Guess how rich Moammar Kadafi is after having looted the Libyans’ for only 4 decades. Many claim he's worth in the range of 32 billion dollars, but that’s not even a billion a year since he’s done that for 40 years. Still keeping in mind what J. Paul Getty said many years ago when he was worth billions when no one else was; you have to remember a billion doesn’t go as far as it used to. But speaking of bumbling billionaire bums; Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is worth 70 billion. Now these assets are hidden in various banks and properties around the world as the forces of Egyptian democracy and others are attempting to seize them as is the US with Libyans. But 70 Billion and he did that in only 30 years. Kadafi, you have something to learn from Hosni.

THE AYE OF THE NEWT

Newt Gingrich has said yes to an exploratory committee which might mean he would give another yes to running for president. That’s what this country needs, a man who can head the government while devoted to shutting it down. We can’t wait and we hope the aye of the Newt says aye, aye and all aboard, this guy is fun.

FROM THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME TO THE SUCKED-IN-SYNDROME

For those who haven’t heard the term Stockholm syndrome, long story short is when folks imitate the very captors who own them, take advantage of them and control them. And that has a lot to do with American politics but in a different form which we shall call the sucked-in-syndrome. Every person of moderate means who cheers the Republican attack on unions, needs to remember virtually all private worker advances came from union advances. They need to realize that a balanced budget achieved without billionaires paying a few extra percent (poor babies) means that services for their own parents and their children are affected, often drastically. One time I heard a very well to do Democratic voter arguing with a person who made a very moderate income (he was a Republican voter) saying something I will never forget “we have a wonderful synergy. Every election I vote your economic interests and you vote mine”. There is the magic of the Republican party, they get people to vote in large against their own economic interest and there is the failure of the Democratic party, they fail to get them to recognize it, thus the Sucked-in-Syndrome.