Come And See The Corruption Inherent In The System!
Hello again readers. I hope everyone is well.
The subject line of today's post is a play on a line from "Monty Python And The Holy Grail". It comes from the scene where Arthur is talking to the people digging up mud in a field. After a bit of conversation, Arthur grabs one of the characters and starts bouncing him up and down and the character shouts "Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I'm being repressed!"
Well, after much criticism of Bush and the Republicans, I have decided to criticize the Democrats and thus prove that I am a fair guy. The inspiration for today's rant comes from an article I read in the Washington Post entitled "Democrats Struggle To Seize Opportunity". The article explains how the Democrats are having a tough time coming up with a coherent platform in the face of the problems that the Republicans are having.
My question to the Democrats is "What is the problem?!!?" The Republicans are self-destructing and you guys can't come up with a coherent platform to take advantage of their screw ups? Are you really as braindead as the Republicans say you are? Look, the Republicans have botched everything from A to Z and you still can't come up with something! This should be easy, unless...you are just as guilty of screwing things up as the Republicans. Is that what you are saying? Are you saying that you are truly not an alternative to the Republicans, but merely a slightly different shade of the same party? Are you saying that you are just as guilty of corruption, screwing up the Katrina response, letting Iraq become a fiasco, and depriving Americans of their civil rights in the name of security as the Republicans? I hope not, because it sure looks like that is what you are saying.
Since you boobs in the DNC can't come up with a platform on your own, how about letting me help you.
Ok, DNC, listen up because here's your November platform.
1. We oppose corruption in government in all forms and vow to eliminate it via legislation and criminal prosecution. We further vow to restrict all forms of undue influence that special interests and lobbyists may have now, or in the future, by authoring and passing new ethics legislation.
2. We propose a full investigation into the botched Hurricane Katrina response. If the findings of that investigation warrant such, we propose that those officials guilty of criminally negligent actions in the response be prosecuted for such.
3. We believe that the Constitution of the United States is a sacred and inviolable document. Pursuant to our belief, we propose that any legislation, such as the USA Patriot Act, which contains clear violations of a citizen's civil liberties be repealed or amended to better protect those civil liberties.
4. Consistent with our belief in the Constitution, we believe that the President's NSA Wiretapping is a clear violation of a citizen's Fourth Amendment rights. Therefore, we propose an end to the program, followed by hearings into the program, and, if warranted by the findings of the hearings, criminal prosecutions on federal civil rights charges for any parties guilty of such offenses up to and including the President.
5. We believe that the situation in Iraq has become untenable in its current form. We believe that a new solution to the situation must be found before more servicemen and women are killed. Therefore, we propose new hearings into the matter. We also propose that new legislation be enacted to rectify the situation at once. Furthermore, if the proposed hearings should yield evidence that the war in Iraq was precipitated based upon false or misleading information, and in violation of US principals or laws, we propose criminal prosecution for those guilty of abuse of power.
Gee, there are five planks for you November platform. Now what was so hard about that. It took me roughly 45 minutes to come up with and type these planks. Most of that time was spent trying to word them correctly. The actual time to create the concepts behind them took about 15 minutes. 45 minutes for me, since before November 2005 for you. Your problem Democrats isn't that I am some political supergenius (I'm not), your problem is that you try to do too much "by committee". What I mean is that whenever Democrats try to do something, they don't just do it. First they form a committee, then they debate it, then they think about it some more, then they act. Being circumspect is fine, but sometimes you just need to do it. I used to have a teacher who always said, "Gee, let's rule by committee and get nothing done!" So, quit thinking about it, and as Nike used to say, "Just Do It"!! Unless, of course, you would like to admit that you are as guilty of corruption, incompetence, and abrogation of your responsibilities to the citizens of this country as the Republicans. If that is the case, just let the American people know in advance so that we may vote for someone who will truly bring change to the government as opposed to you or the Republicans (seeing as how both of you are, seemingly, for more of the status quo rather than true change.)
I am Chuck and the DNC may use the above planks as long as they send me a bumper sticker for the most obscure candidate they have running.
The subject line of today's post is a play on a line from "Monty Python And The Holy Grail". It comes from the scene where Arthur is talking to the people digging up mud in a field. After a bit of conversation, Arthur grabs one of the characters and starts bouncing him up and down and the character shouts "Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I'm being repressed!"
Well, after much criticism of Bush and the Republicans, I have decided to criticize the Democrats and thus prove that I am a fair guy. The inspiration for today's rant comes from an article I read in the Washington Post entitled "Democrats Struggle To Seize Opportunity". The article explains how the Democrats are having a tough time coming up with a coherent platform in the face of the problems that the Republicans are having.
My question to the Democrats is "What is the problem?!!?" The Republicans are self-destructing and you guys can't come up with a coherent platform to take advantage of their screw ups? Are you really as braindead as the Republicans say you are? Look, the Republicans have botched everything from A to Z and you still can't come up with something! This should be easy, unless...you are just as guilty of screwing things up as the Republicans. Is that what you are saying? Are you saying that you are truly not an alternative to the Republicans, but merely a slightly different shade of the same party? Are you saying that you are just as guilty of corruption, screwing up the Katrina response, letting Iraq become a fiasco, and depriving Americans of their civil rights in the name of security as the Republicans? I hope not, because it sure looks like that is what you are saying.
Since you boobs in the DNC can't come up with a platform on your own, how about letting me help you.
Ok, DNC, listen up because here's your November platform.
1. We oppose corruption in government in all forms and vow to eliminate it via legislation and criminal prosecution. We further vow to restrict all forms of undue influence that special interests and lobbyists may have now, or in the future, by authoring and passing new ethics legislation.
2. We propose a full investigation into the botched Hurricane Katrina response. If the findings of that investigation warrant such, we propose that those officials guilty of criminally negligent actions in the response be prosecuted for such.
3. We believe that the Constitution of the United States is a sacred and inviolable document. Pursuant to our belief, we propose that any legislation, such as the USA Patriot Act, which contains clear violations of a citizen's civil liberties be repealed or amended to better protect those civil liberties.
4. Consistent with our belief in the Constitution, we believe that the President's NSA Wiretapping is a clear violation of a citizen's Fourth Amendment rights. Therefore, we propose an end to the program, followed by hearings into the program, and, if warranted by the findings of the hearings, criminal prosecutions on federal civil rights charges for any parties guilty of such offenses up to and including the President.
5. We believe that the situation in Iraq has become untenable in its current form. We believe that a new solution to the situation must be found before more servicemen and women are killed. Therefore, we propose new hearings into the matter. We also propose that new legislation be enacted to rectify the situation at once. Furthermore, if the proposed hearings should yield evidence that the war in Iraq was precipitated based upon false or misleading information, and in violation of US principals or laws, we propose criminal prosecution for those guilty of abuse of power.
Gee, there are five planks for you November platform. Now what was so hard about that. It took me roughly 45 minutes to come up with and type these planks. Most of that time was spent trying to word them correctly. The actual time to create the concepts behind them took about 15 minutes. 45 minutes for me, since before November 2005 for you. Your problem Democrats isn't that I am some political supergenius (I'm not), your problem is that you try to do too much "by committee". What I mean is that whenever Democrats try to do something, they don't just do it. First they form a committee, then they debate it, then they think about it some more, then they act. Being circumspect is fine, but sometimes you just need to do it. I used to have a teacher who always said, "Gee, let's rule by committee and get nothing done!" So, quit thinking about it, and as Nike used to say, "Just Do It"!! Unless, of course, you would like to admit that you are as guilty of corruption, incompetence, and abrogation of your responsibilities to the citizens of this country as the Republicans. If that is the case, just let the American people know in advance so that we may vote for someone who will truly bring change to the government as opposed to you or the Republicans (seeing as how both of you are, seemingly, for more of the status quo rather than true change.)
I am Chuck and the DNC may use the above planks as long as they send me a bumper sticker for the most obscure candidate they have running.
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