Surly Words for the Turds

The Flogging Whip is all askew this week. Obviously, it is sensing the confusion thickening in the hot air hovering over Washington DC that is wafting across the remainder of the country, across the Pond, and other areas of the world where what happens in the American financial-political world eventually affects other nations. We are living in a global bubble – whether some people like it or not.

With both Obama and his GOP non-cohorts bashing each other over the debt ceiling issue, the “true colours” of their willingness to sacrifice so much by endless refusals to compromise (GOP) and the seeming threat of government-funded non-payments to millions (Obama) are being squeezed out into the open like an almost empty tube of toothpaste.

Neither “side” is playing fair at this point. I do believe, however, that President Obama has tried to deal with a foul GOP agenda that even those who oppose him must agree was and is a calculated partisan-based plan to ensure he will fail just because the Republicans want their power back. And that, my friends, no matter who is at the helm, is a despicable way to run a government.

Mitch McConnell doesn’t give a flying American flag about what the country needs. He and his buddies just want Obama out of the White House. He has said that in plain, clear English. Is that how to serve the people? With a closed mind from the start? I refuse to cave to any thinking that the GOP has honestly tried to be fair when it gets down to the root of the obstruction. To me, what the GOP has plotted is akin to treason. Yes, treason. Before Obama barely stepped into his new position as president, McConnell and friends were already sucking lemons and rubbing their greedy hands in preparation for constant negation to agree to level-headed, adult thought processes.

We voted these people into office – one side or another – to work for US. From my perspective, very few in Washington are representing US these days and I say they are the ones who should be first in the line of spending cuts – such as their salaries, rather than those who may not have a home or food on the table after August 2. Where is their sacrifice? Those in Congress feel entitled, I gather, to continue living a normal life because they are employed, which comes with a promise of being paid. Well, many in this country are also entitled to what had been promised to them – which is to be paid and receive Medicare for their health needs, just as Congress receives their own health care – which, ironically, is funded by the government.

I have to tell you that despite my strong political and social beliefs, I did not march on anything in the 60’s and 70’s. I don’t like crowds, have always used the stage or a professional platform in radio and writing to express my feelings and beliefs, and, if necessary, to inspire and motivate others to follow their dreams or speak out on whatever they believe requires a loud voice.

However, with what is now going on in this country, I am beginning to feel an ire-fire building within as I find myself visualizing being part of a crowd of All Americans swarming on Washington to protest the abject insanity of those who are leading this country into a dirty, murky ditch.

I know we may not all agree on some of the details. One area of agreement I do feel we share is a deep disgust with how most of the men and women taking our country’s money are kicking the rest of us in the gut with their immature folly. And it is within that basic agreement upon which such a protest would occur.

I’m pissed. And don’t tell me it’s all Obama’s fault. It is not. If that’s what you believe, then you are blind in one eye, if not both. We can come together under the umbrella of “Throw the bums out” of our chosen parties. Those who thought they had done so last fall are now seeing the devastating result of what extreme thinking can create in a political arena. There IS “Buyer’s remorse” seeping into the collective consciousness. Examples? Look around.

Moderation is always the key to everything healthy in life. The Tea Party is not moderate, and they are running the GOP show behind-the-scenes. Just witness Eric Cantor's antics of late. They own him. Obama is far more moderate than most Progressives ever knew. I have not seen extremism in his presidency. Nevertheless, if he’s calling the country’s bluff on what could happen on August 2, then I will say he is moving into an extreme position of his own. And that sort of power play is where I draw my line in the proverbial sand.

(Note: The unedited draft version was published in error earlier today.)


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