The economy is contracting, and Bloomberg News pronounced it “reasonable.” Yahoo lost money but their customers are happy, so apparently we are now in business for altruistic reasons and not to make a profit———–until a company can’t pay its employees, but I guess we’ll worry about that later. We have teeming swarms of illegal aliens in the country and are trying to come up with legislation to rationalize their criminality. We have sunk to a point where we try to arbitrarily decide which laws to enforce and which to ignore. We’re rationalizing aberrant behavior and collectively going to hell in a hand basket, and you know how it’s explained away?
What difference does it make?
That defines where we now sit as a country, and not only was that sociopathic and lame-ass response given full exception, it made it acceptable for walking away from everything from which anybody accepts accountability. It’s a day-pass. A free out-of-jail-card. A shrug of the shoulders. An amalgamation of policies and thinking so misdirected a middle income person can “earn” more money staying at home than they can working, and if they can quite literally fake a good limp they can be considered disabled. I’m not a lawyer, but happen to know one cannot be returned to “able” once considered “disabled” so that basically locks in monthly payments forever.
And whom do you think is going to pay for it? What Hillary Clinton did last week and what all the chicken heart Congressmen said to America as long as one becomes boisterous, bangs the table and goes on the offensive is that they no longer have to face up to their misdeeds. When did “That’s my story and I’m sticking to it” become plausible?
We have all had our trust violated at one time or another in our lives, and, just in case you are one of those exceptions who hasn’t I suggest you take a hard look at what our government is doing right not and break out the K-Y Jelly. We’re into Monopoly Money and dealing with Bazillions and Gajillions and might as well all be speaking Esperanto or chanting Jabberwocky. To say we’re in uncharted waters would be to understate the obvious, for we are just about to go across Niagara Falls and the Oval Office position is to suggest we look the other way, chastise responsible people for disagreeing, suggest we demand less of ourselves, and insist mediocrity is acceptable.
The fourth quarter numbers came out this week and showed we’re well on our way to nowhere: a one percent growth “spurt” and the media chimed in on cue to say it was great. Great? Are you kidding me? I no longer provide investment advice but I made an observation about a month or so back that said we’d be in negative growth one year from now and that the stock market would be at 6500. I’m about to double-down to say I was wrong. The stock market averages will be much lower and your retirement account will show it. If you have corporate stock, it will have sunk. If you’re in a mutual fund it will have dropped. If you’re in “cash” the dollar will no longer be worth anything except which foreigner’s consider it or assign in value.
We’re in an acceleration phase of a vacuum and going lower, and panic and selling will be like an avalanche, for hysteria has been proven over the years to occur much quicker than greed. Don’t worry about how fast you can react or protect yourself because believe me, your options are vaporizing daily. Yet………yet………yet, the media is saying it’s all OK, right along with the propagandists in the White House. Yahoo is oxymoronically in business to lose money, but, its being said that the company has happy customers. What planet are we living on? Talk to your bankers for crying out loud. Whaddya think they’d say to you if you said I can’t pay my bills but I’m a pretty nice guy?
Once they quit laughing and start foreclosure procedures, they’d all go out for a beer and say, “You aren’t going to believe what this guy said today.” Well, that’s what your government is telling you. I’ve had teenagers do some pretty silly stuff and they STILL had more fiscal sense than the fools in DC, who lecture us as if we’re the idiots the very moment we dare to define their misfeasance.
I’ve never been more confident in a prediction in my life nor more saddened, but when panic sets in, it’s going to get ugly and your retirement nest egg is going to look like a pimple compared to what it looks like today, and all you’re going to hear is “what difference does it make?” When the reaper comes for the keys to your house, let me know how well that explanation works for you. Then again, maybe it’s time to paraphrase another Clinton and say, “Well, it depends upon what the definition of unpayable means. If I can’t pay you but at least want to, does that count?”
The Democrats believe and I believe America has gotten stupid enough to return the Clintons to the White House. That is, provided we’re not a bought and paid for Chinese province by then. Two people who skipped class the day ethics were taught in law school. Two people who consider truth to be an option. Two people who don’t even live together. Two people who have had “friends” magically disappear. Two people who will shake your hand while they hold a dull knife in the other.
There was a report last week that suggested union membership was at its lowest point since the 1930’s. I happen to know of a guy who works for Ford and still can’t wait for his afternoon nap every day, for he considers it a perk. The Clintons and the Obamas suggest this is normal. It is the sliding scale of moral relativism. It is the reward for underachieving. It is the insanity today that so many people have been convinced is normal that there no longer are standards to shame abusers who would have at one time been considered the scourge of society.
The Clintons might as well be creations of Lewis Carroll and the Obama’s their students:
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxsome foe he sought—-
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
Welcome to today’s America.
English optional.
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Mr. Dan once again you have penned a gem.Very enlightning and Oh so accurate.
I Bad thing is that hillary will walk in vertually unopposed. I think biden will pull up lame, retire and she will be VP before this term is up and the “no-name” repubs will slide in a weak contender,that rove,o’reilly and a few of their big “authors” can’t just quite get on board with and “VIOLA” she’s in. She should be installed in Libya as our next ammbassador for this term…..thanks
Dan… I have heard rumors that the Ron Paul group is starting a new “Constitutional” political party… Are you aware of any factual nature to this rumor?
BTW… Once again…Excellent article Sir! I find the greatest enjoyment in your political vitriol and well-placed sarcasm… despite the seriousness of the subject matter… you inevitably bring a smile to my face with a resounding “Well Stated!”
Writing about such dire matters, Anthony, is kind of like going to and Irish wake; there’s a lot of sadness to go around but there will be some laughs, too.
The Constitution Party is one that has been around in various permutations for over 40 years but has defined itself more clearly in the past 15 years to the extent that there are very active branches in virtually “all 57 States.”
It could provide a very viable alternative within four years, and for everyone’s sake I hope it does.
“…all 57 States.” LMAO!!! Thank you!! That was simply delicious icing to the cake! ;-D
Again another hard hitting evaluation Dan. Great job! the missing people in the clinton era was called” the Arkansas flu” which included the second highest offical to die in office Vince Foster- JFK being number one. As the murderer was drug to the the gallows protesting loudly we hung him anyway.A raised voice does not make everything right. just as saying something must mean it’s the truth according to the press. How about a square triangle? that’s GM’s take on shipping jeep production to China but still say it’s produced in the USA? Under achievement has taken it”s toll.Pray alot America!!
You’re right, simmjz.
A loan is just a loan and not considered debt. A bailout is now simply an investment.
The only thing they’ve got right is all the illegal aliens getting everything for free are future Democrats.
I work for the Post Office (yes I am the one conservative in their ranks) and the price of stamps just went up a penny. Daily I collect outgoing mail that has a penny stamp affixed next to the forever stamp. The “Forever Stamp”. What part of forever does the public not understand? Why are they adding a penny stamp next to a forever stamp? This proves to me that a good portion of the general public is stupid, not paying any attention, and is getting the rest of us what they only deserve. No wonder the clintons and other libs of this world can dazzle them with lies and smoke and mirrors and non-answers. I am getting ready to hit the hills when the Chinese come to collect the interest due. If I can find an American owned hill.
I don’t watch the show with any regularity, Deborah, but have seen answers Jay Leno gets from people on the street, most of whom could not tell you who is buried in Grant’s tomb and are as dumb as a bag of door knobs.
Is it any surprise that few if any understand what “the country can’t afford it”, means?
Dan, the sliding scale of moral relativism took a nosedive when we had a president in the Oval Office getting BJ’s, and he had the gall to say under oath it wasn’t “sex”. What a lovely moral lesson it was for the children at the time when the president of the United States tells a lie like that and gets by with it! And his wife goes on all the news shows blaming a vast right wing conspiracy, when she knew all along what his problem really is. Fast forward to today, and his wife is pulling similar stunts in front of an investigational committee. How bad does it have to get to be “too” bad? Between the leftist teachers, professors, and the elected Left, our kids are getting quite a lesson in CYA, and asking the pointless question posed in your title.
They’re ruthless, classless, and definitely morally bankrupt, Sunny, and set increasingly lower standards for people every day they’re in the spotlight.
I’m not sure who it was, but some band of crazies just gave Bill a Father of the Year award. The only thing I could figure is that he’s never been late on any of his 28 monthly child-support checks.
“Do we need to explore the effects of the loss of respect for life and morality in our society?” Exactly! That is the national debate we should be vigorously involved with today.
But the media has no taste for it. In fact, the secular progressives who literally own the mainstream media, television, and Hollywood want no part of a national examination of our moral conscience. That could possibly shed light on their coveted anti-Christian agenda which the adoring liberal democrats exposed at their national convention this past fall when they willingly desired to remove any mention of God from their platform. Our government run public educational system assisted by the media today have produced an effective majority of ill informed and morally deficient voting populous which now blankets our society hiding the light of truth from the eyes our people and chocking out reason and spiritual aptitude needed for a respect for life and liberty. All they want or are interested in is the pursuit of personal pleasure.
Indoctrination under the guise of education has always favored those in charge, Bill, at great expense to those being “taught.”
Having read this, I feel as if I’ve just attended a wake. You are quite skilled in weaving seemingly loose threads together. And speaking of having friends magically disappear, you might want to stay in close touch with all of us just so we know you’ve not done just that: magically disappear, that is.
The two trained Dobermans and alarm system are good for nights, Annie, but that remote car starter might very well be the best investment yet.
My husband and I sooo agree with the things you’ve stated, Mr. B. Morals and ethics (aka ‘honesty’) are the basic foundation of a civilized society. It is sadly a fact that so much of our society is not only uncivilized today, but so misdirected from brainwashing/propagandizing media and greed. They simply do not care about the basic foundation of civilization. They tout Peace/Love/Tolerance, while negating each of those by warfaring anyone who disagrees with their party or their agendas. I can’t count how many times I’ve seen liberals on the sites, not offering an opinion or fact to any discussion, but to call foul names, spew hatred and racial dischord. They completely disregard and ignore any ‘facts’ represented, and opt to disrupt the discussions with anarchistic retoric and outright deceit. This behavior continues long after the election. When our own so-called ‘leaders’ portray this same behavior in many ways, not as blatant, but just as apparent they are, in my opinion, even more to blame than the media and the brainwashed followers. They are elected to lead our country into prosperity and security, along with peace, love, tolerance… not to deceive and promote such divisions in nearly every aspect of our ‘civilization’. What we are seeing is not leadership, but corruption of power (the primary cause of the demise of civilizations throughout the world, all through history). Sadly, it appears history is repeating itself. The lessons are there for those who choose to learn from them. To ignore them or deny them will be a sad mistake. America needs to wake up and realize moral and ethical behavior is required, not optional, if we are to avoid becoming another sad history lesson of demise.
The responses are ingrained, Suzie, as well as sociopathic and hypocritical, and always presented in a Propaganda Folder.
If they’re confronted with lying the opposition is accused of not being well-informed, if they bark out the most inane and obscene accusations imaginable their reflex is to accuse the disbeliever of having those traits, and when advocating policies empirically proven to be wrong, they merely get in front of another camera a lie about the outcome while simultaneously charging their opponent of being untruthful.
This is not all by accident; we’ve been invaded, and now a great many of us are going to be violated.
I am so sick of our elected Government..A bunch of greedy, uncaring and idiots runninbg this country. Everytime I hear one of them speak, my skin crawls. Everything is staged. Just let one real American citizen throw the questions at them and some reall light into subjects and watch them studder. Talk about riot. It's time they are all thrown out of office by True Americans! To me they are all a bunch of lying, greedy A holes.
I’m pretty much down to just reading news, Sharri, because the audio as well as video make my skin crawl, too.
If I tell you a lie and you tell it back to me and then we tell lots of other people and they believe us, that still does not make it truth. If I tell you the truth and you do not believe me, it is still the truth. Jesus could only get 11 out of 12 men to believe Him when he spoke the truth and they changed the world forever. The question is, can 300 million imbeciles who believe lies stand up to the truth? They can take our guns away and kill us, but the Lie is still the Lie, and it has been ever since the serpent spoke it in the garden. I pray the people of this nation will repent, humble themselves, pray and seek Your Face, Lord. I pray you will hear us and heal our land. Amen.
Sad to say, Gary, I don’t think you could get half of the 300 million people to understand the concept of forming a line.
It will be a test, Ben, when immorality and dishonesty seem to be the order of the day.
Dan, your article holds water! Unfortunately the present administration is full of b s and holes. As we all know, what difference does it make is very important. The entire government strategy is run on promises never kept; close the barn door after the horses have escaped. We’ll fix it after the fact. But “fix it” never comes – simple words without any meaning. H Clinton does not explains Benghazi; only muddies the water. Rand Paul was correct in his words that had he been president, he would have fired Clinton on the spot. Her inattention to important matters, the Ambassador asking for more security prior to 9/11/2012, was unforgivable. She had the opportunity to provide the added security or tell the Ambassador to scat, get the hell out of dodge. Clinton knew there would be an uprising, she had to know. She was the Secretary of State! There is so much more to Benghazi which we probably will never learn because the president knows who allowed the four Americans to be murdered and he knows he is guilty. Gen. Ham(m) knew he could help and was ready but told to stand down by no one other than the president. Hamm was replaced, pronto, when he said to hell with that and directed his men to prepare for rescue and assistance. But, under the circumstances, Obama has decided to create some more crisis to cover-up the Benghazi Case. The Constitution has been totally ignored by the president and Congress. Giving/Selling military equipment and fighter jets to the enemy is treason. There is no other word for that kind of activity. Abetting the enemy is well noted in the Constitution and defines what must be done to the culprits who indeed abet the enemy. Will anything be done? I doubt it. Just like Clinton and Benghazi blab, important issues and actions will be replaced with more crisis, each one a cover-up for the last infraction. Ha. Still waiting on Holder to be held accountable for Fast and Furious! Idiotic U.S. government gun running.
They all ascribe to the propaganda and drivel of Allinsky that the best defense is a good offense, Marilyn, as well as in the concept of creating confusion and hysteria.
I call it throwing as much as possible at the wall to see how much will stick———something I believe is more descriptive of their methods and the means to which they’ll stoop to achieve them.
On the money, Dan. We have, as a society and in the name of “equality”, been working for years to sink to the lowest common denominator! And our elected representatives are the symbol of that. I guess all that we can do individually is keep to our own code of personal responsibility and try to instill same in our children. And also, for those of us who can, get politically active in some way shape or form. Things have gotten so bad that even those that have drunk the kool aid and believe are starting to feel the pinch… Maybe if all gets bad enough we the people en masse will wake up???!!!
Someone forwarded me a well-written piece last week, Deb, and it had the proverbial good news/bad news predictions:
The good news is this current administration along with the psychotic left have taken the final steps which assure their party will soon be out of power due to the economic hardship caused by policies which will hit all of us, including those they purport to help.
The bad news is that the country will go bankrupt first.
A bit off topic, but just had to mention it. While watching the Super Bowl yesterday, me, mostly for the ads. ;-) I couldn’t help but notice when CBS came on for an ad and mentioned some of their tv shows that were number one, I also noticed how they just “slipped” in there and also made note that CBS news is also rated the #1 news show. Now I would definitely consider that False Advertisement. Just proves, they’ll stoop to the lowest level possible with “all” their lies!
Dear Dan: As usual you have once again hit the nail squarely on it’s head. It makes a great deal of difference to me and a huge number of American’s. However, we are now in the beginning stages of the decline of a nation. While we have not taken all of Europe or all of Russia, China, India and most other nations, we are now in a decline. What really upsets me is the mindless idiots we are voting for. I have supported candidates who profess to be conservative and send you these uplifting letters telling me exactly what they think I want hear. How can I trust 2 Republican Senators who voted to send weapons and jet’s to Egypt after I and others sent letters asking them to vote no. My Republican (so called conservative) Senator’s both voted yes. While I understand this was done some time ago the times are a changing, Egypt is no longer our ally. This transaction should have immediately been canceled. It was too much to expect our glorious majesty the new king to actually do what is right for our country, but I do expect my Senate and Congress do the right thing. After all they are elected by the people and specifically to represent what we want. Thankfully Chambliss is retiring and maybe we can get Isakson out also by replacing them with strong conservative Tea Party candidates. All I can do is keep praying to God that it isn’t too late. As for Clinton, I do not wish anything evil on this woman, but God help us if she should somehow replace Obama, maybe we will get God’s blessings is we turn back to the founding father’s belief in a free and equal government.
“Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bouth by the toils and sufferings and blood of their ancestors; and capacity, if wisely improved, and faithfully guarded of transmitting to their latest prosperity all the substantial blessings of life, the peaceful enjoyment of liberty, property, religion, and independence. The structure has been erected by architects of consummate skill and fidelity; its foundations are solid; its compartments are beautiful, as well as useful; its arrangements are of wisdom and order; and its defenses are impregnable from without. It has been reared for immortality, it the work of my may justly aspire to such a title. It may nevertheless, perish in an hour by the folly, or corruption, or negligence of its only keeper, THE PEOPLE.” quote from Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story (1833).
The vote to honor the “commitment” to Egypt will go down as one of the dumbest strategical moves in history, Wynona, and I’m not talking only American history.
Might as well hire a pyromaniac to work around the house and make sure he knows exactly where the matches and gas can are kept.
I once heard the definition of a diplomat. A diplomat is one who can tell you to “go to hell” and you’ll actually look forward to the trip.
They also believe you can clean up after your dog by grabbing the droppings by the clean end, Brother Steve.
Thanks Dan for telling it like it truly is in todays America. Many of us try to stay positive, hoping for a better and newer tomorrow. But in reality, we know the truth and know things will only change for the worse. It’s started, and will continue, especially as long as we have the government we now have, running this country. And when our news media tells us they believe Hillary should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize…..well, it makes my stomach churn. Nobel use to have the meaning of someone with pride, honor, loyalty, bravery. Now it has digressed to mean “someone that can pull the wool over your eyes”, going so far as to get away with murder without suffering the consequences. And then to state, “what does it matter”? This is no longer the America I once knew. And if it’s affecting us so negatively already, I fear even more for our children and grandchildren. We can teach and preach about God, morals, personal responsibility, a great education, etc. But when they are learning the exact opposite from school, our (cough & choke) leaders and their sociopathecic ideals, what will the next generation bring to our society? Scary thought!
The Nobel Committee must have a case of Oslo Brain-Freeze to even consider Hillary, although the Muslim Brotherhood probably is ready to throw her a parade, Pam.
It is the same group, however, that honored Obama in 09 (for rhetoric, I’m assuming), Gore in 07 for still claiming he invented the internet, Carter in 02 for being imbecilic, and Yasser Arafat in 1994 because he claimed to have reduced the number of terrorist attacks by 2% over the previous year.
what a stinking lie this all was. the Obama administration was trumpeting all this reviving of the middle class, legalizing immigrants, making it easier for people to enter the middle class, and share in the success, and all it is is a huge tax knife for the elitist government. they don't give a damn about the middle class, the immigrants here, or equal opportunity, they are simply lying thieves. Rush was right, this is an elitist Cabal, and much more evil than we can imagine.
CB,
Cabal is one of the nicer words that come to mind, but I’m afraid it’s appropriate.
It’s now estimated that it will take close to three trillion to implement “Nobodycares” and not a single cent of it will be used to reduce the deficit.
No. That won’t hurt the economy…………………………….
I keep asking MYSELF the question “What difference does it make”? This is supposed to be a REPRESENTATIVE government, not the ‘leadership’ style dictatorship currently in vogue. I call, write and attend townhall meetings. What difference does it make? If my state, local or federal REPRESENTATIVE wants to allow, condone or force me into anything at all, they will. If they listen to me, then they are PANDERING to their base. So what difference does it make?
A while back the DC clowns wanted me and others like me to be put on a ‘lobbyist’ list and fill out myriad forms, probably pay a fee, in order to contact our REPRESENTATIVE. I guess now I am to be considered a ‘domestic terrorist’ under the new and every changing definition. I OBJECT to this slanderous definition, but what difference does it make?
I’m sick of ‘leadership’ being crammed down my neck. I don’t want to be led by the nose. I want to be represented. I’m sick to death of all these laws ‘for my own good.’ Does this sound like a representative government or a dictatorship? But, what difference does it make? No matter how many American Citizens object, we still have Obamacare, new (overwhelming) taxes, an illegal alien invasion, monitoring devices all over our streets and even in our houses, draconian gun laws to protect the criminal and on and on. Sadly I admit defeat. What difference does it make?
I wish I could refute any number of your observations, J-M, but sadly, I cannot.
One comment in line with yours is that people don’t seem to sense the double-whammy coming with Obamacare; the tax will be onerous beyond anything anyone can imagine and the access to care might have us all opting out to visit a witch doctor.
“Sooner or later you run out of other people’s money”? We’re there.
Excellent article. Let’s hope that by some miracle we start regaining our moral compass, and personal responsibility, and another Clinton or 0bama is never elected.
Ben,
That looks to me like zero-bama. Is that what you typed on purpose or is that just an odd look “O” font? I do admire the wit and wisdom of the zero-bama presentation, premeditated or not.