n e u f n e u f: just remember what the golden boy is going to bat for

06 November 2009

just remember what the golden boy is going to bat for

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I know it's a damn relief to hear Alan Grayson talk the way he talks, but... please... we have seen where talk gets us. He's actually turning the passage of a totally crappy bill that probably harms far more than it helps into the great cause of Democrats with "conscience" with all his heartstring-tugging pronouncements about Americans dying because they can't see a doctor. This is, in fact, no matter how good it feels, WRONG, STUPID AND UGLY. Truly, now, it's almost as bad as that insulting shit about not looking backward to prosecute war criminals.

Don't wuss out now....

I'm not denying that he's gooood... and maybe he even believes himself... but not even Papantonio, one of my heroes, is looking past this rush of love for a strongly progressive-sounding voice. He lauds Barney Frank, here, and, uhm, Barney Frank has been doing underhanded dirty deed after underhanded dirty deed since at least September 2008.... These guys are members of the Progressive Caucus, but, well, how progressive in FACT is strongly supporting a crap mandatory insurance bill as though it were altruism itself or surreptitiously killing badly needed regulations on vampire capitalists?

No. REALLY. I'm not mentioning this to paint myself as a crabby and clever leftist. Fuck you. I'm pointing directly at the actual while these guys are swindling you... us... all of us... the 99% of us having to fight over the 25% of the wealth the 1% haven't snatched from us yet. THESE SELF-STYLED PROGRESSIVES WHO HAVE YOUR HOPES IN THEIR GRUBBY POCKETS ARE TALKING LIKE HEROES WHILE HELPING TO ROB US BLIND. It's not a secret. It's right in front of you. They are just using your hearts and aspirations and strongly-held desires to blot out your vision by pouring ecstasy in your ears.

Snap out of it. Have a strong cup of coffee. Turn on a fan. Take a cold shower.

HEY!

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