I thought he would never figure it out

Well it’s about time. It certainly took him long enough to read the handwriting on the wall. Time to leave. However, it was like Clarabell the clown leaving the Howdy Doody Show. One more goofus down and four to go.

And, if you hadn’t heard, Rick Perry took is traveling sideshow back to Texas. Back where he belongs. The real question here is, how did he manage to leave Texas in the first place? For sure a “Not Ready for Prime Time” politician. More like an Amway salesman pushing expensive soap. Self-serving and a bit obnoxious.

Why would anybody with limited knowledge try to promote himself as a worthy presidential candidate. Can he not tell smart from stupid? Well, I guess, “stupid is as stupid does,” as Forrest Gump might have said.

Well, lets be fair here. Perry is not really stupid. He’s an ignoramus. But, willfully so. Ignoring truth and fact to achieve his own end. Something like Veto Corelone in the movie Godfather. Only wanting to hear about all the money coming in. But, not wanting to know how many people were killed in the process of collecting bad money. Well not quite that bad. But you get my point. Perry is a big ignoramus nonetheless.

Bottom line is, we are all better off for his leaving. No more trying to explain his embarrassing gaffs to our smarter European cousins. There is just no reasonable excuse for his lowbrow enculturation. On second thought, he really is stupid.

Theory of Relativity?

Here is my one conspiracy theory. And, I must add, everyone who is a citizen of the world is entitled to just one theory of conspiracy by law. So, here is my one conspiracy theory as allowed by the heavily monitored social and political conspiracy ruling. Are you following me?

Here it is: Libraries and schools are the enemy of the Conservatives. Or maybe it’s the other way around. Either way it doesn’t matter. Nonetheless, being smart does not fly high in the Republican Party.

Case in point: Rick Perry. The dumbest man on Earth. Have so many holes shot in his foot he now travels by wheel chair. Someone please take away his “Open Carry” cheap shots. When will he ever get it right?

Mit Romney: The master of Wishy Washy Flippy Floppies. Can’t make up his mind and give a final pronouncement. What he has said keeps changing and I’m certain it will continue as necessary. A most undependable witness to the truth. How will we ever know what he is thinking?

Herman Cain: Not sure where Libya is. Not really sure where he has been and with whom? Man has a bad memory for past events in his personal life. Thirteen years? He doesn’t remember the 13-year fling? Was he drunk all that time?

Michele Bachmann: Just can’t remember all those pertinent facts. Elvis’ birthday or death? John Quincy Adams? Writer of the Constitution? Nope. And, the list keeps growing.

Need we go on? Who are these candidates’ advisors? Pe Wee Herman? Charlie Sheen? Will they ever get it together? Come on Republicans! Where are your intelligent candidates? Not born yet? Holy Moly! November 2012 is coming soon. Get it together.

Not worth his salt.

Brining a turkey is not as easy as it seems. You first have to find a large vat or small plastic pool filled with water and load it with tons of salt. Then you must condense Rick Perry to lie in it. Good luck.

Gove. Supercuts is suggesting more cuts.

Once again Governor Rick Perry has alienated yet another group. He has spoken. And again without regard to the people or subject. He has once again shot himself in the foot. Who is it this time you ask. This time it is congress. Yes, the U S Congress. Adding to his people and groups to alienate like pearls on a string. He has besmirched our beloved and very low rated United States Congress.

I don’t know of any other individual who besmirches and writes-off people places and things with such dispatch as Texas’ Governor Rick Perry. He focuses, draws his gun, and fires with skill and disregard. Blasting holes in any target as well as himself.

Gov. Rick ‘Supercuts’ Perry has proposed before an Iowa audience to cut Congresses pay by fifty percent. Yes, cut it in half. Reduce it to a wage most unemployed would love to have. Something close to 85k dollars per year. A pay base many Middle American would love to receive.

However, congress (most of whom are Republicans) may not agree with Rick. Thus reducing his chances to become the Republican nominee at the national convention this next August. Gov. Perry’s recommendation is like stirring up a hornet’s nest. And in this case the hornets are self-important congressmen and women. Just the wrong folks to mess with.

Congress neither wants their wages reduced nor do they want any self-appointed numbskull to pry into their personal finances. However, I would guess it would be fair for congress to suggest Rick Perry take a pay cut as well. Actually both ideas are pretty good. Let’s do it!

Watching the nightly news is torture.

Is it over yet? Has the carnival moved off the lot and did the buffoonish clowns go as well? Most of all is this traveling political Vaudeville show over with yet? How much longer must we endure this haranguing mental abuse on the nightly news?

To say this Republican Debate is an insult to America’s intelligence is a gross understatement. It is more like cruelty to the listener/viewer. Water torture would be preferred to the dopiness heard from the mouths of political ignoramuses. How much longer must we suffer? Why do we deserve this?

Please Mr. and Mrs. Broadcaster and cable operator, stop this. We’ve heard enough. It only makes each candidate look bad. None of these candidates are fit to run a small time “Dog and Pony” show; much less a government. Where is the proverbial ‘Neck Hook’ to pull them off stage? Spare us! Save us from mental anguish. Save us from Posttraumatic political season disorder. Have mercy. Uncle-uncle-uncle!

Open mouth. Shoot hole in foot. This is debating?

And the traveling circus continues. Clowns continue to entertain and the show goes on. Yapping, haranguing, bloviating, and general tossing out one-liners and forget me nots.

It is astounding that Mit Romney would unabashedly say to a Detroit motor audience, “Bailing out Detroit was a bad idea.” Rick Perry, after stumbling over his own poor memory, says, “Get rid of the DOE.” And the Doe being one of our greatest sources of R and D. Nonetheless, the Republican presidential hopefuls continue to “Write-off” various segments of their constituency. Not only Michiganders, Researches, and public employees, but Hispanics, women, and for the most part, most of America.

So, whom do they have to play to? Red Necks? Bimbos? Armadillos?

Watching these debaters is like viewing a police line-up of suspects accused of crimes against the intelligent of America. What they are saying and how they present it is like junior highers auditioning for America’s Funniest Videos. Clueless, immature, and not ready for Prime Time. Presidential Wannabies who are really nottabies. A shameful bunch of ignoramuses.

Please please, someone come get these clowns off stage. Take them back home and hose them off. Put them back in their boxes and send them back to China. Just get them out of our faces.

Put down your mouse and pick up a newspaper

My twelfth grade civics teacher would probably wet his pants, if he could hear what the current presidential candidates are saying. My teacher would say, “Don’t they read the newspaper? Haven’t they ever read American history?”

It is amazing what ignorance these guys and gal display. To me it is most embarrassing when they speak in public. How did they ever graduate from high school? What self-respecting college or university would admit them into their institution of higher learning? God save us from this obvious display of lack of education.

And this is not to mention just a lack of general knowledge. There are newspapers, magazines, and books that are being overlooked by these candidates. What on earth is on their reading list? The funnies? Sporting news? Gourmet magazine? What?

I hate to say it but these candidates are S-T-U-P-I-D! Unaware, ill-informed, and outright ignoramuses. Holy Moly!

Just don't go in there. You'll waste your money.

The Carnival is still on the road and barkers and side show freaks are as bazaar as ever. Pitchmen are still at it and Shouting making all kinds of outrageous claims. “Lay your money down and come on in if you dare.” See them crawl on their bellies like a reptile. All they want is just a little bit of your money and you get the show of a lifetime. “Come on in take a chance. See the worlds greatest Freak Show. Hurry hurry hurry! Just step right inside the crowded tent.”

And whom do you get to see or hear? Rick, Herman, Mit, Newt, Ron, and the list is almost endless. However, this really isn’t a serious carnival but a feeble attempt by the ultra conservatives to field a presidential chorus line of clowns. However, the men and woman are as bazaar as any carnival sideshow. Bloviating, making outrageous statements, flailing and twisting about like genuine freaks at the circus.

And here is the rub. They are pretending to be serious presidential candidates. And to add humor to their stupidity, they think they have something good to offer the American voters. Oh really?

While these Looney Toons are babbling and debating with each other, the American voters are trying to figure out how to revive the national economy. Plus other Americans are yelling and shouting on Wall Street in order to bring some sensibility and equality to the financial mess. A giant mess which some of the candidates had made in the first place. Who are they kidding?

Is this the kind of lowbrow politics we want to send to Washington? Just more of the same old same from the previous administration. America deserves better. Just tell all of them, NO! Where are the JFKs? Where are the Eisenhower’s? Where are the Roosevelts and Trumans? I’ll even take a Nixon or Ford. Just get these sideshow freaks off stage. God forgive us and God bless America.

Goodbye Rick. Hello Mit.

It appears Rick Perry has lost his Mojo. The blustering and buffoonish Texas governor has slipped off the nation’s Republican debating stage. According to Eyewitnesses that reported in these mornings USA Today, Perry is slipping far behind the front-runner Mit Romney. Even falling behind Godfather Pizza CEO, Herman Cain. So, what has happened to Gov Supercuts?

First of all whatever it was that brought Perry to the national stage obviously doesn’t play nationally as it does in Texas. A state where such juvenile clowning around is sometimes tolerated. But not on national TV and in the national news. Saying dopey and irresponsible things only will get you a mention on late night talk shows. Good entertainment. Bad politics. And tarnishes one own Mojo.

Secondly a politician shouldn’t speak into national microphones and poo poo Social Security and Medicare. A Mojo killer right there. Especially since millions are so dependent on these government programs. Once again a political loose cannon touching the third rail. Zaaaaap! Sudden toast.

Finally, Mr. Big mouth is quickly slipping in to the nation’s political amnesia. Republicans are not as Right Wingish as some political spinners believe. Never the less, another wacky candidate forgotten. Washed away into “who was that guy anyway?” Goodbye Ricky. Give our best to what’s his name, George W something or another down there in Texas territory. Go Horns.

By their fruits yee shall run from them

To watch and listen how Republican candidates have regarded and debated each other recently on TV is a classic example of “Man’s Inhumanity to Man.” Cruel reckless accusations loaded with cheap shots. Firing away indiscriminately at the closes political target trying their very best not to discharge a live load into one’s own foot.

Maybe I’m mistaken. Aren’t these gentlemen and Lady supposed to be moral Christian men and women? If you apply the “Fruit” test (by their fruits yee shall know them) that alone indicates they must be from some other lower moral order. What happened to the “Golden Rule?” What happened to “Love thy neighbor?” What happened to “Do unto others?” What happened to humility, charity, meekness, patience, forgiveness, and other virtues as Jesus once spoke of?

Judging by their fruits, I would hazard to guess these political combatants to be less than human. Possibly ape like and practicing Darwinism. The survival of the fittest. More like survival of the meanest and dirtiest fighters. Absolutely shooting from the hip at close range with falsehood and defamation.

Do we really want these kinds of amoral individuals as our country’s political leaders? God help us all if we do. God bless America anyway.

Making sense of it all.

Each time I listen to or hear about another Republican debate, I scratch my head and wonder. I keep asking myself will sensibility ever return to the campaign and voting process in America.  Will truly qualified candidates ever come back to the table and enter the debate?  Well, the prospect looks dim.  Hope is fading fast.

Of course, this time the whole process has been tossed on it’s ear.  Shifting the debate and focus on Rick Perry’s entrance into the Republican scrimmage.  Shifting far right ideology further to the right and drawing all the other candidates along with him.  Sort of like a Texas tornado gathering debris and tossing it over the landscape.  Mostly moving more towards civil war and creating a confederacy.

Nonetheless, I am most concerned because I use to be a Republican.  But in later years since Ronald Reagan, my party abandoned me.  Leaving me in the middle.  Consequently leaving me in the hands of Independent mongers.  People of extreme logic and rationality. 

So I roam through the wilderness searching for who or what to identify with.  Certainly not the right.  And, certainly not the left.  Thus leaving me to decide for myself and Making my own decisions.  Forcing me to study the real issues independently and away from partisan spin and hyperbole.  Well you know ladies and gentlemen, it seems to be working out okay this way.  You should try it.

You've got to be kidding! This is a nightmare.

Please please no more.  I have heard enough.  If this is all the Republicans can come up with as presidential candidates, they are in big trouble.  A virtual field of idiots.  Junior high caliber.

However, I must give this warning.  If Rick Perry is chosen by his party to run for president he would automatically be the enemy of the state.  And I mean the whole United States.  The world’s most dangerous man.  A walking moralizing self-righteous zombie.  Certainly a man not fit to be President.  Actually a mental pigmy with the intent to destroy all that America stands for.  An enemy of “truth Justice and the American way.  A one man wrecking ball against Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Nonetheless, the entire collection of Republican candidates sounded like a junior high debate team.  Naïve, uneducated, ill informed, poorly read, stupefying, embarrassing, shameful, and just plane extreme.  A mind-boggling gathering of prattling buffoons.

Bring back Richard Nixon.  Where is Eisenhower when we need him?  Abraham Lincoln, please save us from these maniacal guerrilla food fighters.  All these candidates are Purveyors of political slug and mud.  Bona fide toilet workers with the intent of bringing us all down with them.

Help!  Help!  Help!

It would be mad to take our economy into a U-turn.

The big problem with Barock Obama is he is too much of a nice man.  Giving the opposition the benefit of the doubt.  A negotiator and compromiser.  Knowing how to give and take. 

What he needs to learn is the partisan opposition is just that, Partisan and nothing else.  Hard nosed.  Stuck on one issue.  Dead wood starting to petrify into stone.  And in the mean time obstructing good government.  Unyielding politicians more than willing to take advantage of President Obamas democratic style of government.  Basically saying the conservatives will play by their own rules.  And turn around and expect you to play by the rules of normal fair play.

I would recommend to President Obama to become a bit political himself.  Holding his ground on certain issues of benefit for the American people.  Over look politics and go for good policies and laws.

There is no reason to debate why we are in this recession.  We know why people are out of work.  We’ve debated taxes.  We debated how to create jobs for America.

We just need to get past the rhetoric and lies and press for workable jobs programs.  Then ask the large corporations and wealthy individuals to pay their share of the rebuilding and recovery of America.

We tried the George W Bush approach once already.  We gave tax breaks for the rich.  We bailed out the banks and Wall Street.  We had relaxed banking and consumer rules and regulations.  All to discover not only did it not work but got us into this financial and job mess we are now in.  An economy spiraling downward and many out of work.  So, why would we want to go back to such destructive ways?

So to even think of any Republican as a potential president would be to continue the economic downward trends.  We would be nuts to think Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann, Mit Romney, or any of the other Republican candidates as good for our country.  Because as mentioned, they would continue the GWB policies of tax breaks for the rich  and basically give away our economic engine.  Absolutely back to the financial hole where we started from in 2007.  We don’t want that.  

"We gotta defeat Obama because he has big funny ears.

Our lovely governor here in Oklahoma Mary Faloin was recently talking in public with the current front-runner in the Republican presidential marathon.  She told Rick Perry she too wants very much to defeat Obama.  Certainly a noble cause for the Republican Party.  However, she and Ricky have no discernable alternative program to really help America.  America in its present job and economic crisis.

So far, I have not heard a workable policy or program to sell to the American voter come this next presidential election in 2012.  Except for “Defeat Obama.” 

Nonetheless, the Republicans are avoiding issues that Americans are most concerned about.  Do republicans have thoughts about programs that could answer the nagging questions of “where will jobs come from.”?  How do we pay down the deficit?  How can we make health care and pharmaceuticals more affordable for all Americans?  How can we secure Social Security and Medicare?  How do we clean up the environment?  How do we make this part of the world more secure?  What to do with Afghanistan?  And the list is endless.  But I don’t hear any of these concerns being discussed by Republican presidential hopefuls.  Why.

All I hear is “we gotta get rid of Obama.  He’s evil and a socialist.  He wants to turn America into one big federal camp.  Besides he has big funny ears and doesn’t look like us.” 

And if the truth were to be known, it’s more about control instead of good government.  The take back America part is the issue of just returning control back to the Republicans.  Never mind the welfare of America.  Its purpose is Just for being the party in charge.  No other rational reason.  Well except, Obama is funny looking and doesn’t look like “Us.”  So you can draw the conclusion here yourself. 

King of the minimum wage solution

Jobs jobs jobs.  Rick Perry, governor of Texas, in today’s USA Today Editorial section claims he is the Jobs king of America.  Creating more jobs than any other state.  And you know what?  He’s right.  Far right. 

He claims many businesses applaud him for creating a business friendly environment.  No unions.  Right to work laws.  No income tax.  Tax structure favoring business, and low labor costs.  All favoring business growth.

However, what he didn’t mention in his editorial is, Texas has the highest number of low and minimum wage earners in the United States.  Many earning below the poverty level.  And what he didn’t mention at all is Texas has the highest number of individuals with NO health care or health care insurance.  Plus education standards have fallen.  Fallen along with the shrinking middle class worker.  Many good quality jobs have left the state.  Gone to India and China.  Talk to Dell Computer about that.

But yes, many jobs have been created on his watch.  But to repeat, jobs of low quality and minimum wage.  Attracting many undocumented workers.  Jobs, which don’t pay into Social Security and worker’s compensation.  Contract worker jobs that pay no federal taxes.

So to say the least, Texas may not be all that friendly to the working class blue-collar worker.  Don’t go to Texas and expect long term good paying middle class jobs.  They just don’t exist.  Go somewhere else where they retrain and hire semi-skilled workers.  Oklahoma maybe.  Perhaps Louisiana.  Who knows?

Nonetheless, Rick Perry is only the bluster king of Texas and will soon discover as he campaigns across America that he is just a big bag of gas.  Nothing else.  Just another George W Bush.  Mostly a ‘Pickup cowboy’ and rolling about while spinning tall tales.

Do all politicians hire science fiction writers to write their speeches?

I am going to seriously soil my underwear if I hear one more bloviating political candidate say, “Our party is going to take back America.”  And, we are going to do it in 2012.  Oh, really?  Where abouts are you going to take our America to Bubba?  I thought they had outlawed science fiction in politics years ago.  Now you say Take it back from where and take it to where again?  Politicos from both sides of the political divide have been saying this for decades if not centuries.  And, you know what Garbonzo?  It never has happens.  America is still ere.  Rooted in the bedrock of the American Constitution.  Taking America anywhere is like pushing a tiger by the tail and trying to push it towards the mythical goal of “taking back America.  There are too many old folks like us that have heard it all and knowing taking back America will seldom if ever happen.  It never needs taking back.  We are where we want to be and have been there for decades.  Good luck.

Then there are these partisan wags whose sole purpose in life is to “rid America of Socialism.”  “I will vote down every attempt to socialize anything in America,” an ignorant politician recently retorted before a partisan TV audience.  I would be willing to bet he also has a library card.  A card to a socialized free service provided by county taxes.  And perhaps, maybe once in the past he called the police to an emergency and not paying a dime for the police officer’s services.  Services paid by the city sales tax.  And if it weren’t for tax subsidies, the political nare-do-well would have to haul his own trash to the subsidized city dump.  Need I go on?  From parks to airports in our town, all are paid mostly by sales or property taxes.  All social contracts with the citizens of our town.  Major socialism that I have ever seen.  What a totally stupid and ignorant thing for these political blockheads to say.  What jerks!  Get these guys off the TV and away from our sensibility.  They are an embarrassment and insult to us all.

Rick Perry!  Go back to Shallowhead, Texas.  Michele Bachmann!  Go back to BettyCrocker, Minnesota.  Mit Romney!  Go back to Bumperguard, Michigan.  Newt Gingrich!  Go back to Poisonwell, Georgia.

Get these whackos off the stage.  Or get me some TP fast!  I feel it coming down.

Who are we now anyway?

Growing up in the 1950s and 60s, I have notice a declining trend.  And this is no laughing matter.  We as Americans have gone from a culture of simplicity, honesty, and integrity down to the opposite end.  We are now experiencing hyperbole, dishonesty, and adultery.  Adulterating our previous world position up on the pedestal of righteousness and wholesomeness.  We have traded our soul to the devil for personal gain.

And no greater representation of this fact lives in our United States congress.  Especially member of congress and other high states positions.  And I am talking about those gadflies who are running for the Presidency.  The presidency, which at one time was a world position beyond any other.  The president of the United States was like supreme commander of the world.  Now, it has been shrunk to just another position to fill by a host of yammering, blathering, president wanna be’s.  You know them.  Rick Perry, Mit Romney, Michele Bachmann, and the list is endless.  All compromising themselves in order to gain the presidency.  Lying, exaggerating, misleading, and besmirching anyone or thing that crosses their paths.  Stopping at nothing to get the attention of TV, Cable news, and anyone with a black berry, phone-camera, pad, and pencil.

Of course, politics has always been contentious.  But nothing like this.  And, if my memory serves me right, it all started with George H W Bush.  Bush 41 allowed the smear campaign against Michael Dukakis.  It was dirty.  Low down. And purposeful.  Nasty dirty politics.  So it went on from there.  Becoming dirtier and nastier.

Now, there are no truths one can depend on.  Now political rhetoric fills the air like suffering smog.  Clouds of poisonous gas.  Certainly something many decent folk would run from.

It’s awful.  It’s regrettable.  And, it’s today’s politics.  God save us from ourselves.  And forgive us for we know not what we do.  God save America.

Gunslinger and shallow religionist.

“By their fruits yee shall know them.”  A biblical principle that indicates if it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it’s must be a duck.  Right?  And, nothing else.

Therefore, to apply this principle to what is heard and notice from Texas Governor Rick Perry he’s is definitely a duck with a killer instinct and nothing more.  Even though professes to be a religious person, his actions and verbiage betrays him.  I’m pretty sure he’s a teeth gritting, eye squinting cowboy with a gunslinger agenda.  More like a bounty hunter looking for Obama.  He won’t be satisfied until he rides back into town with a corpse draped over the back of his saddle.  Certainly proof we got his man.

What Gov. Rick Perry says and does is by no means representative of his professed religion.  And what is shown on TV and heard on radio makes me and others wonder if he as no discernable main stream American religion.  At least no religion I’m familiar with.  Avenger perhaps but nothing else.  Well, I must admit he has a nice hair do.

I just wish he and other presidential candidates would go back and read the Bible.  Then try to synchronize their so-called religious beliefs with what is REALLY presented in the Bible.  If he professes to be a believer in Jesus and his peace loving religion, then governor, be peaceful.  Be loving.  Be forgiving.  That’s role model Jesus put forth in the New Testament.  Not rhetorical gunslinger or partisan avenger.