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Showing posts with label Washington D.C.. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Pandering to Coyote Ugly for Political Gain

And no, not the pretty girls from the famous bar of the same name in cities from coast to cost,but the Coyotes Now In DC And Every County Around It from Rockville to Reston to Rock Creek Park, a new predator has rolled into town. Some people are fascinated... and others terrified. Be terrified. Be very terrified.

The Christian Progressive Liberal asks if it's a coincidence that this creature showed up in DC ‘Burbs, just as the ReThugs Took Over the House of Representatives? Let me think about that for a minute.

I think NOT. For the simple reason Coyote's( politicians of both parties), enabled by the media, pander to the Coyote Ugly the expense of minorities, women, LABOR, teachers,our LBGT sisters and brothers, the unemployed, the uninsured and immigrants.

But there are worse coyotes, and they sit in Congress, collecting a paycheck; getting government-paid healthcare, making sure their wealthy benefactors continue to get tax cuts they don’t need, while I’m being told I have to tighten my belt in order to ride out the recession that REALLY.IS.OVER (/snark), while eyeballing Social Security as if it’s a juicy t-bone steak ready for grilling.


Why do the Coyote's pander to the Coyote Ugly? BECAUSE THEY CAN BE COUNTED ON TO GO TO THE POLLS VOTE AGAINST THEIR SELF INTEREST.

Those of you who decided that having a Black Man as POTUS was too much for your flea brains to handle, and so, handed the keys back to the party that drove us into the ditch – SCREW YOU. Yeah, yeah – some of you are now experiencing “buyer’s remorse” BIG TIME. Wisconsin. Ohio. Indiana. New Jersey. Hell, we tried to tell you – but you listened to the liars at Fake Noise and now, you’re feeling the hurt, just like thirty million of us are feeling it – and some of you; all you heard was “The Black Man” while the pundits pushed a Tea Bag candidate at you who looked all shiny, and took your attention off the fact that you were casting votes for those who continue to SCREW YOU OVER, and depend on your being too dumb and low-informed to pay attention.

This diary is dedicated to The Christian Progressive Liberal for CONTINUOUSLY exposing America’s Ugly Secret – The Long-Term Unemployed.
You know, until our governments, both Federal and local, start treating the unemployed with dignity and respect, I find I have to keep calling them out.

I’ve shared my personal story of being unemployed. At the time I began writing about my experience, I thought, surely, with my knowledge, skills and abilities, I would be gainfully employed within a matter of months. I don’t think anyone expects to be out of work very long, so I’m surprised that two years later, I’m still UNEMPLOYED.

As long as we allow the coyotes to pander to Coyote Ugly we are going to have chronic unemployment, all war all the time and debt as far as the eye can see. I know young people who did the right thing, finished high school, completed college, now they have massive student loans and can't find a J-O-B where they can earn enough to pay back the loans. What's wrong with this picture?

The ugly secret of the unemployed is one that is well-known to the unemployed.

It is not because we’re lazy.

It is NOT because we want a free ride.

It is NOT because we feel we’re entitled. Hell, when we lose our jobs, real entitlement would be paying us unemployment at the rate of our former salaries so we can maintain our living standards until we get another job.

But we gratefully accept the 25-40% of our former income we can collect from the State. Some money is better than NO MONEY.

The ugly secret of the unemployed is the fact that we continue to be victimized for being UNEMPLOYED. When you are laid off your job; when your job is sent out of the country, courtesy of trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA: when you get fired because you will not compromise your ethics for the sake of an unscrupulous boss - you wind up collecting unemployment benefits, usually 25-40% of what you USED to earn.
I voted for HOPE and CHANGE I could believe in, I didn't vote with HOPE for CHANGE I might believe in.

I am going to close with this quote from Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier who the Coyote Ugly refer to as some “anti-war” nut who used to protest President Bush a lot. ;
When I began protesting, Bush was president and my protest and the energy that grew around it was used by you Democrats to regain political power in the federal government. Four years later and a change of Executive, this nation is still mired in Arab countries waging a war against Arabs of all, or no, faith. Now brought to us by the Blue Team.


The coyote is a brilliant analogy for the heartless mofos who are preying on the vulnerable. ~Ametia

Coyote Ugly is a brilliant analogy for the dumb, bigots the Coyote's pander to. You know, the ones that can be counted on to hate President Obama/democrats/liberals/women/minorities/LBGT's/labor more than love themselves or their country.

Psst President Obama! Stop pandering to Coyote Ugly. They do not like you. They will never like you. So F- em and do the J-O-B we elected you to do.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

A RedEye Terri Sewell Sighting...Kinda

I've been asking where in the world is Congress Critter elect Terri Sewell ever since her *ahem* historic election to Congress. Well, she finally surfaced...sorta....kinda.

Fresh from it's well deserved vacation, the unofficial Terri Sewell blog of record, Left in Alabama offers congratulations to Alabamas first elected African American Congresswoman. Wow! I wonder when Left in Alabama is going to have it's first African American female front pager, but I digress. :)

The anonymous writer for The Selma Times Journal is confident Sewell will represent the interest of the Black Belt and crows (no pun) about the following;
For the first time in a long while, Alabama’s Black Belt has one of its own fighting for us in Congress and doing it is a woman this community helped raise and is extremely proud of.


I guess it depends on what the definition of "one of our own" IS seeing how Sewell hasn't lived or voted in the Black Belt for years.

mooncat shares the Selma Times-Journal's confidence that Terri Sewell will be a competent and conscientious representative for the Black Belt urging her to go forth and make Alabama proud.
Uh...all of that sounds great, but talk is cheap, actions speak louder than words. I hope I will hear some substance from the Congresswoman tonight during her appearance on the "Congressional Voices" segment of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric this evening. I don't want to hear a mumbling word about Y-O-U being the first female African American elected to Congress from Alabama, because it's not about Y-O-U, it's about the PEOPLE, remember? It's not about going to Washington D.C and being a Socialite with modest wealth. I hope those who say you are a fraudulent seat warmer are wrong. Not for my sake, but for the residents of the 7th district.

No go forth and work for the people of the 7th district, that will make all of us proud. The residents of the 7th district need and deserve a work horse, not another show pony.

My big RedEye will be trained on you like a laser beam.