Sunday, June 27, 2021

State of Collapse

Ron DeSantis is one of those extreme conservatives that doesn't believe in government at all. So, of course, he ran for office. They think the place to destroy government is from the inside. Newt and all those guys believe in this. Their contempt knows no bounds. 

Their means are many. Sabotage is a favorite. We will look more like India or some pathetic Soviet bloc country so get used to it. Buildings falling down. Homeless people dying on the streets. Even a lot of reasonably well-employed citizens with health insurance are one sickness away from bankruptcy or forgoing medicines they deem necessary. 

But, don't worry. 

The government isn't going away. All the things that enable rich people to stay rich and get richer will be there. Republicans think that's the purpose of government, to get out of the way of the rich. More importantly, to guarantee they will get richer forever. Certain things, like the military, will be very well funded. Average citizens are in for a very rough time.

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Bork Got Borked Because He Was Bork

Bork came up, yet again, during that Kavanaugh confirmation. Republicans want us to believe Democrats started the partisan nastiness with SCOTUS nominations. Of course they didn't. 

For one thing, Republicans are nasty. Democrats are nice. For another thing, Democrats were baited. They dared us. They nominated a partisan lunatic instead of a legitimate legal scholar, putting us on the spot.

What were the Dem's to do? Just goes to show how screwed you are when good faith departs from governance. Bork extolled the benefits of monopolies. He thought they were great. 

Thank Republicans for the annihilation of so many small businesses. They didn't have the lobbyists to pay to play. Thank them when you pay a bundle for shit internet with nowhere else to turn.

Republicans want all the power and no responsibility.