"...I used to be a boy my heart was young and supple then, But now I'm old it's stoney cold and I could use a friend..." Life In The Air Age - Be Bop Deluxe
That someone supporting policies of the current administration could even bring up the word "truth" in their defense is BITTERLY ironic. Hey Siddh, you don't agree with what Dweller wrote? Feel free to step right up and give the O-man ALL of your stash so he can "spread it around".
If I remember correctly, is was an unpaid for war in Iraq that had something to do with the debt, amongst many other factors creating the situation facing whoever took over in '09. Of course, it's easier to, as Larry David put in one of his Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes, "blame the black man". It's amazing how the guy who inherited the largest surplus in U.S. history and turned it into the largest (up to that time) deficit isn't held responsible for doing so by a certain kind of person.
Bdp24, stop with the facts! A large percentage of our domestic population lives in a fact free void. Facts are seen as something the liberal biased media tries for gottcha' moments.
Facts courtesy of the strictly unbiased news media and truth only a certainly kind of adult can handle. Like I said, bitterly ironic. What was the slogan? "If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention." Hahaha. I'm laughing bitterly.
But what the heck, given how large a portion of the population is living in that fact free void, Hillary will probably get elected and then re-elected giving you and your ilk another 8 years to bring us that worker's paradise y'all been dreaming about.
Bdp - skin color has nothing to do with it. I'm opposed to socialist domestic policy regardless of its author's race, gender or political party.
Oh no, I didn't intend to insinuate that skin color had anything to do with it (whether or not it does is an entirely different matter). But the President blamed for many things not actually of his making (the "Socialist domestic policy" in this country certainly didn't originate in the past seven years, but that's too complicated a subject to be discussing here, fer cryin' out loud!) does happen to be half-black (that he is called black when he is equally white just proves that racism in this country is still alive and well, all protestations to the contrary aside). Whenever I see a situation wherein that happens, I think of that episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. It seemed like a perfect opportunity to quote it!
Wow, I wasn't aware that certain people are claiming the "liberal media" is disseminating a "lie", that the U.S. debt is due in large part to the unpaid for Iraq war, amongst other causes (including the "Corporate Welfare" handed out by the last President, the only one in U.S. history to veto not a SINGLE spending Bill, many of them brought to his desk by those not-tax-the-rich-and-spend Republicans).
A lot of people love to blame Obama. For whatever reason they decide. I like the guy and voted for him twice.
A lot still love to blame Bush II. I actually liked the guy and voted for him once but we're lucky we survived that debacle. Even his Dad has now written he was ill served by his hires the blame for which can only lie with him in the end.
I'm not too crazy about any of the current crew of contenders. At least one or two or three come across as intelligent at least.
Its a tough job. Nobody will ever please everyone. Eisenhower was probably the last truly accomplished president (beyond politics). Well, I guess you could count Reagan as well.
Sheesh can not limit this to one and I tend to think of it more in verses.
Jet Airliner
Touchin' down in New England town Feel the heat comin' down I've got to keep on keepin' on You know the big wheel keeps on spinnin' around And I'm goin' with some hesitation You know that I can surely see That I don't want to get caught up in any of that Funky shit goin' down in the city
Motorcycle Drive-by
I don't believe you, you're so serene Careening through the universe Your axis on a tilt, you're guiltless and free I hope you take a piece of me with you And there's things I'd like to do That you don't believe in I would like to build something But you never see it happen And there's this burning Like there's always been I've never been so alone And I've, I've never been so alive
Your mention of the "southern man don't need him around anyhow" reminds me that "your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track" is a great line.
One of my all-time favorites is the last part of "Positively 4th Street," a classic put-down:
Yes, I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is
To see you
I live my life with lyrics from Sting. They're the closest to Shape Of My Heart!
Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world You could say I lost my faith in the people on TV You could say I'd lost my belief in our politicians They all seemed like game show hosts to me
If I ever lose my faith in you There'd be nothing left for me to do
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