Things irritate me.
“Voters either don’t understand, or they don’t care, that the GOP has employed an unprecedented level of filibustering in order to block all of Obama’s policies, even ones that have majority public support from Dems, independents and Republicans alike.”
My parents were and are awesome. That difference aside, agreed on all counts.
The Response
I get a lot of emails from the Barack Obama campaign, mostly asking for money. This week, I got one asking for a ten-dollar donation by Friday. Fueled by a hefty dose of rotgut whiskey, I banged out this response, which will probably be read only by an intern or a robot. Fuck it:
Hi, Barack.
I’d love to donate.
I can’t.
Because I’m broke.
I’m broke because I work for a state-funded community college.
In Texas.
That’s the state where Rick Perry has happily slashed funding for higher ed while giving tax incentives to big business, in order to fill our state with minimum-wage jobs so he can run for president on a platform of “jobs creation.”
So, I’m behind you. I’m behind your jobs bill. All the way.
I just can’t give you any money. Not today, not tomorrow, and certainly not by Friday.
I’m sorry, truly I am. But you’re going to have to move the needle on jobs in order to out-message that stuff-shirted Ken doll - not to mention the other zombies that “debate” each other every other week on Fox News - and make life bearable for those of us in community colleges who are trying to re-educate an unemployed workforce…hopefully to fill the jobs that you need to help create.
That sucks. Believe me, I know. It shouldn’t be the president’s job to give everyone else a job. You’ve got more than enough to worry about. You’ve got a planet in flames, several wars to fight, climate change that half the country refuses to believe in, and a worldwide economy in a shambles while your country distracts itself with talk radio and “reality” television.
But that’s how it is. Get medieval, speak your mind, don’t give the right an inch, because they’ll take your desk.
Good luck. I’ll send money when I can. The check is in the mail…hopefully not on the day the USPS has suspended service.
- Jay
The reason for Warren’s newfound Internet stardom is simple. She was able to articulate — in a few words — what the Democratic Party has been unable to communicate for years…
About one in five Americans combine a view of God as actively engaged in daily workings of the world with an economic conservative view that opposes government regulation and champions the free market as a matter of faith.
Sigh.
Thanks, Gohmert, for providing the latest demonstration that our state is governed and represented by third-graders.
(Of course, one wonders why the Dems persist in letting themselves be outmaneuvered by third-graders…)
Perry and the “Texas Miracle”
As our Dear Leader gathers more and more scrutiny during his presidential run, much has been made from his camp regarding the “Texas Miracle,” or the fact that Texas has enjoyed tremendous job growth despite a flagging economy nationwide.
However, Dr. Matthews and others of like mind don’t seem to paint the whole picture. Yes, Texas has seen impressive job growth during Perry’s administration, and yes, many of those jobs were skilled positions in oil/gas, health care, and other industries.
However, most of the jobs created were unskilled positions held without benefits, and I don’t believe Perry has addressed how many of those jobs went to illegal immigrants.
Even as Texas increased its share of unskilled jobs, we also managed to make deep cuts in education funding (both K-12 and higher ed), which will negatively affect our ability to produce educated workers to take any skilled jobs attracted by Perry’s business-friendly incentives. What are we going to do in this environment? Import skilled workers to fill the jobs we also import, while Texans and immigrants continue to flip burgers and mow lawns? Seems to me that while Perry is business-friendly, he isn’t necessarily worker- or education-friendly.
We’ve seen that movie before.
