Let me get this straight. If a president is elected twice on a premise, let’s say to insure more Americans, and his or her party holds the senate and the White House—oh, and the Supreme Court gives its blessings—the minority can still defund and block said legislation because they feel strongly about it? Okay…wait, what?!

I feel strongly that Republican brains should be studied in laboratories to see what the hell went wrong, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. Besides, just finding enough samples alone could take years (Abby Normal joke omitted by the Mel Brooks Foundation).

During the Bush epoch I never said, “Well, I know I’m not technically elected but damnit I’m going filibuster.” Mr. Mick goes to Washington? You can’t just make shit up. Oh wait, that’s all these people do. Never mind.  

Conventional wisdom suggests we will avoid a shut down next week—that the republicans are bluffing. I don’t share that sentiment. Yes, some republicans have distanced themselves from Cruz and the Tea Partiers, but, as we have already seen, waiting until the last minute can wreak its own havoc on our system.  I think far right extremists will continue to deal blow after blow to our stock market and to our credit rating, all in name of fiscal conservatism. I am not convinced we will skate unscathed through every tea bag we face. If we don’t get our asses handed to us next week, debt ceiling day (DCD) looks even worse. This is a gauntlet of completely unnecessary crises, similar to the last Daily Discord barcrawl. Okay, our excuse for last weekend’s antics involves Irish car bombs; what’s the republican’s excuse?

Then, when our economic world falls apart, they will attempt to shift the blame back to Obama, all for the purpose of allowing me to recycle this old joke:

Wow, thanks! I had nothing today.

Then we can discuss how Obama ruined everything on a nice soup line somewhere. Remember when I said the Tea Party would have grave consequences for our recovery and our collective future? Shit is looming—in the form of a Cruz missile aimed at our assets. I will never understand how these people think. In 2009 I was stunned to see a group form who actually thought: “You know, as far as stupidity goes, I don’t think Bush went far enough.” If that was their take away message, can’t we take them away? I know a good inpatient program.

The Tea Party is the only major faction whose majority supports a government shutdown. If this occurs it could deal a serious blow to these fanatics, but at what cost? Some on the right are actually trying to argue that it’s now up to Obama to avoid a government shutdown. WHAT?! No it isn’t. Pinning a government shutdown on Obama is kind of like blaming the tree that “jumped out” in front of Lindsay Lohan’s car. I’m sorry, I in no way wanted to imply that The GOP is more stable than Miss Lohan.

Obama is not going to give up his legacy achievement when the GOP doesn’t have the votes.  Oh, I can see a conservative president falling for that one:

“Yeah, the Dems don’t have enough votes, but we’re going to raise taxes on the rich anyway because they’re acting out, really bad. I’m scared. I’m going to pee myself, right here in the Rose Garden.”

—President John Q. Republican

The consensus on the left is that Boehner will not ride his party’s sick ideology over the cliff. I don’t know. I fear the psych patients are already running the ward. You see, you need sixty votes in the Senate to defund Obamacare, also known as:

Dear Republicans,

You need sixty votes in the Senate to defund Obamacare. Try starting this quest by finding a republican who can count that high.

Sincerely,

Mick Zano

P.S. When you find one then I will explain step 2.

So we either:

Insure more people via a healthcare alternative originally conceived by republicans as a cost containment system.

Or:

We have a global economic collapse…on principle!

Yes, as we have learned from the Bush years…um…er…republicans haven’t learned anything from the Bush years. They don’t like to just screw up the U.S. economy; they like to trigger collapses of the global variety. Think big, vote republican. They’re such an industrious bunch. Remember when I asked the GOP way back when, “So what do you do for your next trick?” Well, I think we have an answer.

If we do shutdown, which I think is more likely than conventional wisdom suggests, then Obama will be forced to pull some executive stunt to keep things going that will piss everyone off further.  Maybe not next week, but in near the future I think the damage the Tea Party brand will inflict is likely to be significant, if not catastrophic. When you misinform a group this badly, this completely, these are the results, aka thanx Fox News! I didn’t need any money for my retirement anyway.

Republicans: we don’t just cause the economic downturns, we sabotage any chance at a viable recovery.

These guys are great multi-shafters. I thought we would be okay as long as the republicans never reassumed command but, if they’re impervious to even the basic rules of our system, all bets are off. I don’t want to be right again. If I am, we’re screwed. The GOP truly believe that if they derail all things Obama somehow they will return to power; that they will be greeted as liberal liberators. But what will they inherit?

Good luck with that. Now back to my plan to deport Republicans. I don’t think we can even talk about a coordinated deportation effort until we first build giant walls around predominately republican districts…  Zanomandering? No?

Less than 48-hours after I posted my Syria feature, Assad struck a deal to start handing over his WMDs.  Apparently, the single message of the U.S., Russia, and The Daily Discord proved too much for the evil tyrant. As for what the rest of you were thinking, umm, I’m afraid you had a case of the Grand Old Propagandas. Despite the implications, republicans are still trying to make this the most poorly handled foreign intervention ever. And to this I say, amen.

So you’re not sure what happened in Syria? Just apply my handy dandy opposite-of-what-the-GOP-thinks formula and voila! Obama’s intervention was amazing! See how easy that was?

Republicans: Our Resident Authorities on All Things Complicated

Just for a moment, can’t republicans stop being partisan hacks and say, “Wow! Nice! Not sure why that worked but, groovy baby!” At the onset of this Syrian decision the Foxeteers were predicting World War III and the outcome is likely to be: we will share the cost of destroying Assad’s chemical weapons. Here’s what I posted shortly before the deal was struck:

“Obama tends to waffle and waiver and then does something for about nine dollars that gets all of our goals met without breaking an F-ing fingernail, so by all means waffle away, sir.”

—Mick Zano

Here’s what Obama said a couple of days later:

“Had we rolled out something that was very smooth and disciplined and linear, they would have graded it well, even if it was a disastrous policy. We know that, because that’s exactly how they graded the Iraq war.”

– Barack Obama

If only Bush had had the wherewithal to pull off Iraq in a similarly befuddled manner:

1. 4,000 Americans would still be alive.
2. Upwards of a million Iraqis would still be alive.
3. The U.S. would still have something called credibility [kred-uh-bil-i-tee].
4. Iraq would not be descending into civil war a decade after the famous “Surge”.
5. We would have likely avoided a global recession that nearly ended the financial world as we know it.

But lest we forget four dead in Libya. No zeros after that…it’s just a four…er, and it occurred in Libya. This is apparently still news to some people. Oh, but Iraq didn’t have WMDs like Syria, so I guess. Wait? What?

Summary Alert:

You’re criticism of Obama during his Syrian intervention is, wait…what the F is wrong with you people?

If we hadn’t learned what not to do during the Bush years the right’s belief system would not be so offensive to me, but WTF?!  WMD WTF? This goes far beyond a coordinated defunding of education. Jesus. Well, never mind, Jesus wanted Obama to nuke Syria. That guy is such a neocon (weapons of Messiah destruction?). I think I already used my Sarin on the Mount joke. Damn it! How about blessed are the mustard gas? No? I’ll work on that one.

“It’s been awesome to watch today as all the jerking knees quieted a little and all the instant judgments of the past month ceded to a deeper acknowledgment of what had actually been substantively achieved: something that, if it pans out, might be truly called a breakthrough – not just in terms of Syria, but also in terms of a better international system, and in terms of Iran.”

—Andrew “knee jerking” Sullivan

Also known as:

“Here’s to you, Mick Zano, for consistently showing a keen political insight and for your endless stream of Affleck/Batman jokes.”

—Said no one ever

Yeah, it’s a thankless blog. Meanwhile, Sullivan was shitting a brick. I have always been impressed with Obama’s ability to navigate these foreign minefields. Republicans, on the other hand, tend to just kick every rock…with their dicks (Cheney joke omitted by editor). Thankfully our president can reassess, change in the moment and weigh options in real time…w/ Bill Maher.

Both the lead up to Syria and Iraq exemplify the very reason I won’t support a republican in the White House for the foreseeable future. Their coverage leading up to Iraq was unbelievable, yet somehow their coverage of Syria was worse. See my dismantling of Hannity here. Could you imagine if the GOP was in charge? I can… it’s why I blog.

Republicans think Syria was handled worse than Iraq and they think Benghazi was a bigger intelligence failure than the real 9/11. Republicans make that guy in my town—the one who talks to lamp posts—seem well grounded.

Summary Alert:

The estimated end cost of the Afghanistan War: 3.5 trillion dollars

The estimated cost of the Iraq War: 2.5 trillion dollars

Knocking off al-Qaida’s leadership, virus bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities, and winning Libya and Syria for about the price of Obama’s combined vacations?

Priceless

Or, as Andrew Sullivan recently put it:

“Meep Meep Mother Fuckers”

I don’t know how the Syria or the Iran thing is going to go down, but amen we have someone with a brain pursuing all the alternatives. I have a feeling we’re going to be okay. You know the difference between the GOP and Wile E. Coyote? Wile E. knows when he missed the bird, but I will continue to enjoy watching our Commander-in-Meep as he collectively flips you one. In the context of what he came into and what he has managed to accomplish despite this endless sea of patriotic anarchists remains nothing short of remarkable.

*War estimates based on the high end of Harvard University’s Kennedy School recent study.

Why is the GOP doomed, you ask? I came across this list of the 25 most influential conservatives of 2013. At any given moment, nine out of ten of these folks qualify for my state’s involuntary psychiatric commitment process. But, on a good note, the Affordable Care Act should help cover their inpatient stays.

Check out the list, here. How long can one political party bank on the defunding of education as their sole long term strategic plan? At this rate, I’m afraid we’re going to find out.  A reader recently asked, “Hey, both sides are crazy, Hannity, Olbermann, Limbaugh. You used to hate everybody, Zano, what happened?”

Umm, dude, Olbermann is gone—long gone. That’s the difference. The left has at least some ability and mechanisms in place to police themselves. I’m talking to you, Sharpton. Meanwhile, the GOP has waaaaay more to fix, yet incredibly, they haven’t even identified the problem. Did you read that republican list? If any of them come near my child, I’m calling the police.  Knowing people like that are wandering around our districts makes me want to rethink my position on gun control legislation. Kidding, just start funding mental health.

This list is a snapshot in time of the relative mental health and wellbeing of the Republican Party.

Malkin? Drudge? Limbaugh? Hannity? Beck? Palin? Boehner? The Koch Brothers (aka, Pinkie and the F-ing Brain)? McConnell? Brent Bozo (who I destroy here and here). Really? Most influential? No Ann Coulter, but I’m sure she came in at #26.

Here’s the Dems 25 most influential members:

1. Olbermann
2. Olbermann
3. Michael Moore
4. Olbermann
5. Nancy Pelosi
6. Olbermann
7. Olbermann
8. Oprah
9. The View
10. Oprah while a guest on The View
11. Olbermann
12. (Ibid through 25)

This is what the GOP thinks constitutes the Dem’s side, but it’s a joke list. The GOP’s list is real, but is a joke. Oh, and Greg Gutfield, Fox’s Red Eye guy, also made their cut. I admit two comedians would make the Dem side, Stewart and Maher, but they’ve earned it. They give thoughtful interviews, they host great shows and sometimes they actually break news…oh, and more importantly, they’re funny. Besides, I prefer cynical and right over douchey and wrong, every time…and more importantly, I’m funny.

A successful Republican revival, especially in their current avatard, would spell doom. It would spell doom incorrectly, of course, but it would be doom nevertheless. There’s no doubt in my Malkin. The world is far too dangerous, the global economy is far too fragile, our issues are far too complex to allow their disturbing grade school ideology anywhere near The White House.  Luckily, I don’t think it’s going to happen, well, thanks to my strong work and the staunch support of my seven fans.

[Winslow’s Note: I just checked the stats and seven is a bit of an exaggeration]

The only two brains on the whole list are McCain and Krauthammer, but McCain is the Brain of Christmas Past and Krauthammer remains articulately wrong on any given topic.  And he represents the cream of their Krauthammer. I, as a behavioral health type dude, once collectively diagnosed the GOP thusly:

Axis I: Cognitive Disorder NOS

Axis II: Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Paranoid Traits

Rule out: Fictitious Disorder

Axis III: erectile dysfunction

Axis IV: socioeconomic problems caused by numerous unfunded programs and wars, while supporting ongoing unsustainable tax cuts to the rich

GAF: 35

This never gets old, because it’s accurate. Full article here.  But when I wrote this, the GOP was healthier. I will say it again, their only hope to regain power is a 2^nd and final collapse, which becomes more likely with every non-decision they make.  The GOP seems insistent on our demise.

Don’t believe me? Another over-the-top statement? An Andrew Sullivan-style a Michael Moore award moment? Every time something horrible has happened in recent history, something tangible—something that personally impacted me or my finances—a republican was most culpable. Meanwhile, they’re worried about a whole host of abstractions, fantasy scenarios, and what-ifs, aka Fringe politics. And in their world I hope the Observers win.

Ben Bernanke cited one of the main reasons he’s not turning off the Fed spigot yet: the uncertainty of the GOP shutting down the government. It was similar when Standard and Poor’s downgraded us; they cited the Tea Party. If we all lose our shirts next month because a stock market crash caused by the perpetually misinformed, can we please start deporting republicans? Isn’t it time? But what country would have them? Hey, I got it! What’s one more settlement in the West Bank…between friends?

Really? Nothing registering? The famous Foxeteer flat line?  Let me splain’. Last week England, our staunchest ally, said, “Piss off. We’re not helping.” Know why they said that?  Still nothing?  Perhaps I should resort to finger puppets, or at least one finger.

Has the GOP purged the Bush years from their memory banks or are they simply incapable of retaining or processing new information? I initially started this article because the recent Drudge Report headline entitled Carville: I Blame Bush… I share James Carville’s sentiment, not because I want to rehash shit, but in this case it happens to be true.

Listen up, the age of America’s willingness or ability to police the world has ended. Film at eleven. I am not as Isolationist as the Pauls, but a step or two in that directions is both warranted and inevitable. At the sound of the further cracking Liberty Bell, it’s the 21^st century. Sure we can blow shit up, real good, but then what? We have no strategic allies and we have few options to handle Assad without inciting a potentially larger regional confrontation and let’s put this into the historical context of we’re still barely recovering from Bush’s global economic handiwork.

Credibility… Why we STILL don’t have any

With nothing in his hand but a pair of fours, Obama is somehow making shit happen…again. And if another Bushie comments on our foreign policy decisions I am authorizing domestic drone strikes. With a straight face, Dick Cheney recently said Benghazi was the worst terrorist attack this country ever faced, ignoring the dozens of embassy attacks on his own watch, not to mention…I’m not mentioning it. Donald Rumsfeld, last week, said the case has not been made to strike Assad, and even Sarah Palin added, “So we’re bombing Syria because Syria is bombing Syria? And I’m the idiot?”

Dear Sarah,

Umm, yes….yes you are.

Sincerely,

Reality

Of course, she’s the same woman who said the Iraq War was part of God’s plan. I guess God and Halliburton have similar goals, profit and death, but saving kids from being butchered by chemical weapons? Naaah. Wasn’t it Jesus who authorized the use of mustard gas on the money-changers? I believe that happened during his Sarin on the Mount.

I have taken a rather lengthy break from cable television, namely because:

MSNBC = Sorry, the Travon bullshit was too much. I always said Fox Left wouldn’t work on many liberals.

CNN = They hired MCs, not journalists. You can say any extreme and idiotic statement you want, left or right, and their anchors will simply smile and say, “Next up the dancing bear!” They are not neutral, they’re flat line.

Fox  = Sentient creatures need not apply.

Despite this hiatus, on what I thought might be the eve of Iraq part deux, curiosity got the better of me. I flipped between Maddow and Hannity for about a half an hour. Maddow was discussing the rationality of military strikes, what such an engagement might look like and explored other viable options. She also interviewed Hans Blix, a key inspector during the moments leading up to the Iraq War. It was a great piece. Hannity, meanwhile, straight from the Planet Kolab—well, I could only watch for about six minutes before projectile vomiting onto my flat screen.

Mr. Hannity chose to spend his time discussing how Obama lied about his “red line” quote on chemical weapons. Apparently Obama completely changed his tune by saying, “Hey, I didn’t even set this red line at chemical weapons, the world did.” According to Sean, this is a total flip flop from his original position—er, unless you happen to understand thoughts and the organization of words into something I like to call sentences.  Then the brunette on his show said something like, “Isn’t America sick of the entanglements in the Middle East, like Egypt and Libya?” Then she adds, “…and remember Benghazi where four Americans died?!”

Lest we forget, but…Egypt and Libya?

“Four dead in Libya. How many more?”

—Neil Young

Do I really need to explain how stupid that statement is? Probably, but I’m not going to. Honey Boo Boo is on.

Dear Fox News,

You screwed the pooch on Iraq and on the potential eve of a war on Syria, during prime time, you’re less insightful? How is that even possible?

Sincerely,

Reality

I said Iraq would keep coming back to bite us and, as it turns out, Shark Week over on Discovery has much less of that sort of thing. Iraq is very relevant to the world’s inability to act or back us in any action. Obama faces a terrible decision in Syria, a decision made more terrible by the historical context. Yes, the Bush years matter. Duh. If he takes action we will go it alone. The U.S. will always be questioned now and, lest we forget, historically our interventions in the Middle East make Lindsay Lohan’s exploits seem organized and productive.

Assad keeps mentioning the Iraq War as a deterrent here and, hell, it’s why Iran became so emboldened in the first place. Obama can’t mention the ghost of Iraq so he keeps citing Reagan and Clinton conflicts and Bush STILL can’t venture outside of square states, let alone the country.  Our former President could still be tried at The Hague. Of course, Bush isn’t concerned about this, because he still thinks that’s Reagan’s former Secretary of State.

[Winslow’s note: I don’t think he even gets that. I think he thinks The Hag is his mother.]

No matter what this president does, he will remain a scapegoat for the factually impaired (My Pet Scapegoat groaner omitted). The GOP bashed Obama for not seeking congressional approval on Syria and then, when he did, they painted him as a coward or as Krauthammer asserted, “An amateur.”

Dear Republicans,

You can’t have everything, both ways, yet still manage to botch every issue. That’s not even possible. Just because you don’t believe in the laws of physics, doesn’t mean you get to break them.

Sincerely,

Newton

This congressional vote is a farce anyway, presidents can do whatever they want post Bush. I seem to remember opposing that.  Obama tends to waffle and waiver and then does something for about nine dollars that gets all of our goals met without breaking an F-ing finger nail, so by all means waffle away, sir. I agree, this doesn’t look good, but I’m not giving up. This is guy is good. I am against an intervention in Syria, albeit barely. Thus far Obama has done amazingly well avoiding any major conflicts. He knocked off a lot of al-Qaeda’s leadership, including Bin Laden, with drones. He knocked the Iranian nuclear program back years with a computer virus, and his Libya intervention cost us less than one of his presidential vacations.

Obama’s results are impressive, while they tend to save treasure and lives. I still believe he will go down in history as having a crafty foreign policy. It’s not evident at the moment, mainly due to the misinformation on the right, but the truth has a way of eventually poking out, like—

[Anthony Weiner joke omitted by editor].

Dear President Obama,

About Syria, everyone in the world thinks you’re botching this shit but me. I love the way you perseverate over shit. It is soooo much better than being decisively wrong, aka the Republican Model. Questioning and planning is not a sign of weakness, it’s a sign of strength.

From Zano with love

P.S. You never got back to me about the sweater. Smoochies xoxo.

Think about it, Obama’s plea has forced the EU and the UN to take this matter seriously without dropping bomb one. If the Russian plan works, it would be amazing. He’s trying to get everything we want for Christmas for about five dollars. To me, he always seems several steps ahead of everyone else, especially the GOP. Or as Andrew Sullivan puts it Meep Meep. I was ahead of Andrew on this one, as I never lost confidence—at least totally.

Meanwhile, the GOP will always shoot first and ask questions later, also known as: Operation Why Did I Just Shoot Myself In The Foot?

When I started this blog I considered myself an integral independent—yeah, I’m not explaining that again. But politically I have shifted to liberal, not out of some great love for liberals, but they at least—or should I say those liberals elected—tend to make mountains into mole hills, not mole hills into mountains. Example, Benghazi is a mole hill. Failing to prevent the real 9/11 and then invading the wrong country is a mountain. Obama is a mole hill man and we should all be grateful for that. The three or more additional land wars McCain or Romney would have blundered us into by now should give us all pause.

(pause)

Dangit, I wrote this nearly a week ago and now people are swinging around to my way of thinking. Drat.

Now that the powers that be have determined that I no longer need employment, the few of you northwestcoasties that will actually read this will probably be hearing much more of me. Like it or not. And I honestly hope ‘not’, as that would make my time at the computer much more rewarding. Ninja porn reference omitted.

I had an epiphany the other day whilst reading comments to stories on various websites. I read a well-known far left website’s comments sections, and switched to a far right site’s own similar area. The clouds parted, the chorus sang, and Jesus, Mom and Stevie Ray Vaughan shined the light on me. As I read the comments I realized that, like Baghdad Bob, these polar idiots were saying one thing as the opposite was going on behind them on camera, while they were obviously totally f-ing oblivious to it.

Baghdad Bob’s most famous interview was actually a fake one on Saturday Night Live, where he was saying that there were no American forces anywhere near Baghdad as behind him the American army waved at the camera as they rode by on tanks. The distant memories of this skit still bring tears of joy and laughter to my eyes.

The Current State of Online Politics:

My favorite part is where a commenter says something that disagrees with the website’s own leanings. Usually one of three things happen.

1. The comment will be followed by a statement saying everything the commenter said was false, usually followed by derogatory insinuations of an extremely personal nature on the left, and derogatory statements of one’s basic lack of any intelligence on the right.

2. The comment will be followed by wild accusations, and the insistence that the first commenter provide incontrovertible totally non-partisan links to back up his statements immediately, or die.

3. Trolls in their mom’s underwear trying to gin up a fight to make some sense of their own miserable f-ing existence.

What they both almost always fail to see is the Army of tanks carrying questionable reporting and questionable analysis riding right behind them, waving as they ride by.

I love the terms like ‘settled science’ (there is no such thing in true science), or “most all of the (worlds, countries) (economists, climate scientists, people, hedgehogs, etc) think that blah bla bla.” Meaningless drivel. First it was Bob as a Global Cooling person as the Earth warmed behind him. Then it was Bob as a global warmer as the earth stabilized for 18 years behind him. Now, its Bob as Climate Change Guy, while people behind him just walk in circles bumping into each other, not knowing which friggin ‘Bob’ to follow.

Also at the head of the Baghdad Bob parade is currently the ‘if you disagree with anything I like it’s because you are racist’ baiters who actually earn a living on the backs and heads of the less educated of their own color. Telling people that one side or the other is racist is idiotic because in their own fun-loving ways, both sides are. Some of the semi- toothless variety of right wingers are actually ‘old timey racists’ and most on the far left are just complete users. Baghdad Bob rears his pretty head. Jim Crow was Democrat. Most southern lawmakers that were real racists were Democrat. When the republican congress finally forced Lyndon Johnson to sign the Civil Rights Act that they had written, he is quoted as stating something to the effect of  “at least we’ll have those (n) voting for us forever.”

Baghdad Bob as the speakers at the 50th anniversary of the I Have A Dream speech, while the one lone black Senator in the country (a Republican) stands waving, wondering why he was not invited.

Baghdad Bob as Sharpton saying that Voter I.D laws were written by the GOP to disenfranchise minority voters. As he says this, behind him are the states that have voter ID laws and the FACT that minority turnout has INCREASED in every area where they have it. If the GOP wanted to disenfranchise minority voters with this, well, they suck at it. Might as well just laugh and give it to them. Dick.

The biggest cause of the current problems in inner cities is due to inadequate education, and enforcement of the “You will never succeed. Why try. We will take care of you” school of learning by the Left. If you wish to see just what you have to, and CAN, do to better yourself, read of Charles V. Payne’s life story. Instead, you have Baghdad Bob as an inner city education administrator stuffing his pockets with taxpayer’s cash while saying he is confident of his schools as his cities youth goes uneducated and teachers have to pay out of pocket for supplies.

Baghdad Bob as Eric Holder saying he is investigating a certain inner city for interfering with a racial equalization plan. Behind him is the voucher system he wants to end because it gives the parents a choice as to where to have their children educated? Whua?

Baghdad Bob was last seen in Detroit, where as the cities powers-that-be say “There’s nothing wrong here, nothing to see here, move along now; we know what we are doing” as the buildings behind them are being vacated and torn down.

Bob as any Republican leader who says absolutely anything involving a Women’s reproductive system, or sex in general, as the women of the country stand behind him with that same look a dog gives you when it doesn’t understand an f-ing thing you say, with its head tilted to the side and its ears up.

Baghdad Bob as any Republican leader who wants the House to threaten a Governmental shutdown over the Debt Ceiling increase. Behind him is every Democrat in the country yelling for him to PLEASE do just that.

What amazes me is the amount of sheer hate for real conversation and opposing views on the far left. While the far right almost always assumes they are correct intellectually, they don’t seem to really hate the other side; they would rather ignore them, or just step over them. The far left, on the other hand honestly feels that any and all opposing views must be silenced. That is far more frightening. I am reminded of the Monty Python skit on witches. When I see an MSNBC talking head excoriate a guest’s opposing viewpoint, I immediately see John Cleese waving his fist in the air, saying “BUUURRRN HER”. The far left wants you punished, lose your job, all your income, die.

Hey look, every side has its hate hooters, (Beck, Rush, Hannity , Olbermann, & all MSNBC commentators) but it is the personal nature of some of the hate that scares me. It is the antitheses of the word American.

If You Want To Silence All Opposing Views, You Suck As A Human Being:

I really cannot take much of some people, but I honestly do not want them wacked, and would ACTUALLY INSIST on their ability to annoy me. Most on the left would not even tolerate being in the same state, although Zano lets me live in the same State as him. He just made sure he was higher up the mountain from me as it were. Just more of that Liberal Progressive—looking down upon the unclean masses—school of thought.

I have an idea I want all fringe asshats to cogitate over. Most of America is much more centrist than you. They just happen to have important things to do, unlike now me, and people like Zano, so you may not hear from them often, but they eventually have to rule things, not any of you, or me. But I will admit that I am the last person anyone would want in charge of anything. Mikko still wants to be Emperor and Field Marshall for Life.

Lastly, the final Bob is Whitehouse Press Secretary Jay Carney saying all is well, while the economy again starts to tank, and scandals both real and imagined, rage behind him. All the while a speech plays golf.

Everyone from the bearded, Prius-driving, Columbia educated College Professor to the $1200.00 suit-wearing slick-haired chicklet-toothed Escalade-driving hedge fund manager has the RIGHT to their opinions. And guess what! Their opinion is as correct as yours is, and equally as meaningful. It is, after all, an OPINION, not a fact. Whether you agree or disagree, you must compromise, not “win”. If you completely win nearly half the country totally loses. That’s not a Democratic Republic, that’s, well, today’s France. And, if you wish to win at all costs, well:

Je vous déteste