Greetings good citizen, back in the day 'R & D' stood for Research and Development...but we don't do that here anymore as both are more effectively done where the parts are physically produced.
And thanks to the 'predators' who run our capitalist world, we don't make/innovate much here in the US anymore.
But [and I'm sure some of you anticipated my intent] I am using the 'individual letters' rather than the acronym for research and development.
Funny thing about 'politics', unless the candidate is 'famous' [a war hero for the sake of argument] we know little about them which is why we wound up with entire generations basing their electoral decisions upon the ideological divisions of [predominantly] Catholic Democrats and Republican Protestants.
The D and the R spoke to the voter of the 'values' the candidate held dear. If they were D's, they were compassionate and valued family and stability. If they were R's, they valued hard work and, er, 'thriftiness that was often downright stingy and lead to our modern R's to professing beliefs that border upon 'magical'!
No matter how many times you cut taxes, they can always be cut more! Think about all of the 'tax cuts' the Republican's have bragged about passing over the past FORTY YEARS!
You'd think our school systems graduating dolts that barely recognize their own name when it is shouted at them would smarten them up but they aren't all that bright themselves...
The also prattle on endlessly about the 'value' of hard work...what they don't admit is they truly value the hard work of others. If they have to move so much as a piece of paper across the room you'd think you asked them to re-dig the foundation of the building so the sun wouldn't come in the side window so directly!
Worse, the 'unthinking' don't realize where the budget gets cut when their politicians reduce taxes on commerce.
First item on the chopping block is education followed by public safety, naturally placing civic improvements at the bottom of the budgetary pile.
But I digress...that was then and this is now.
Democrats no longer tout 'strong families and social protection, they too have jumped aboard the bandwagon of 'tax relief for commerce' and protecting the profit margins of shareowners across the spectrum of predatory capitalism while telling the workers the same thing they told the unions during the Reagan years [Shut up and be happy you still have a 'rank and file' to milk!]
Fat lot of good that did them.
Untold is how many of the 'sell-outs' got 'downsized' from the management positions they traded the workers they represented livelihoods for? [hopefully all of 'em.]
Now we are left with acronyms intended to 'simplify' the two, er, 'opposing' political positions, now those letters are totally meaningless!
Leaving us with total strangers running for political office and we have no clue where their 'values' come from? So how do you determine who to vote for? These days it appears not to matter, if you flunk the 'party sniff-test' you won't receive funding and most of us can't afford to run for dogcatcher these days 'out of pocket'...even 'unopposed'.
So, as I have opined many times, what USED TO be a 'badge of value' has been reduced to a meaningless label.
Don't for a single second believe that the already ruined 'Republican' brand can recover from what this election cycle has done to that oxymoron of all oxymorons...'Republican values'.
Naturally, this raises the larger issue if any portion of our worthless political process still retains value. It does to those who speed down the highway at over a hundred miles an hour and flash their badge to make it all go away.
Wouldn't want to be the patrolman that called that one in [on his own chief!] because he goin' to be in a heap o' trouble since the story went viral on the net!
Every once in a while the shitstorm blows both ways but if it had been YOU or ME, we'd be fighting to retain 'our privilege' to drive on the public throughfares...
This is the world we live in and its UP TO US to fix it!
NOTHING gets fixed as long as those who obstruct changes to what currently exists remain in office, thus the 'purge' I was talking about yesterday.
Almost makes you wish it would turn bloody, doesn't it?
Worse is that 'animal' who popped out of his den in South Carolina, CONVICTED of kidnap and rape in Arizona...DID HIS TIME and now his property in SC is a suspected graveyard!
This is what 'mercy' produces.
Disrespect the benefits of civil society and you will be denind those benefits, sent into the wilderness to live like an animal (and quite naturally, die like one as well.)
Which is to offer in my defense the admonition of never trusting those who promise nothing but 'sunshine and rainbows' because they are lying out of both sides of their mouths!
I am NOT promising anyone a 'rose garden' but it will be a damn sight better than what we currently SUFFER!
You'd almost think the Justice system [worldwide] exists to protect the CRIMINALS!
Look around you, good citizen, the many with the badge giving you the once over has done worse than you've ever even thought of doing before breakfast this morning and justified it by dint of the badge on his chest.
Authority is a terrible burden to lay upon the weak, especially the weak minded.
I know I am not the only one that finds it disturbing that the media has reduced this election into a contest between TWO 'deranged' individuals.
Although I admit I have an 'agenda' of my own to promote.
So I will leave you with the immortal question:
'If not us, who?
And if not now, when?'
Nevermind which knothead last gave voice to those words. [Twas St. Ronnie but the quote predates him by centuries, much to the chagrin of conservo-whacko's everywhere! [Churchhill used the quote in his now famous 'Darkest Hour' speech]
I watched with disgust last night's edition of Real Time played the 'fascist card' in aa feeble attempt to get people out to 'buy in' [support] a badly broken electoral system, telling the overly gullible that not voting is tantamount to voting for Trump!
Bad News Billy boy, Hillary is NO BETTER!
It's time 'The Adults' seize control of our political process...problem is nobody has seen one in a very long time...so we're going to have to perform a 'rules based' take-over.
Unless you'd prefer to 'fly blind' and letting the chips [and the bodies cuz there WILL be BLOOD!] hit the floor?
Um, by the 9th a STRIKE is going to sound downright sensible!
Don't think for a second we won't have to fight. We will.
This could go on for quite some time and it makes me appear as deranged as those who would use scare tactics to get you out to support an obviously broken electoral system out of 'fear' of what those truly in charge will do next.
I guarantee you that you won't A.) like it or B.) sit still for it!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
And thanks to the 'predators' who run our capitalist world, we don't make/innovate much here in the US anymore.
But [and I'm sure some of you anticipated my intent] I am using the 'individual letters' rather than the acronym for research and development.
Funny thing about 'politics', unless the candidate is 'famous' [a war hero for the sake of argument] we know little about them which is why we wound up with entire generations basing their electoral decisions upon the ideological divisions of [predominantly] Catholic Democrats and Republican Protestants.
The D and the R spoke to the voter of the 'values' the candidate held dear. If they were D's, they were compassionate and valued family and stability. If they were R's, they valued hard work and, er, 'thriftiness that was often downright stingy and lead to our modern R's to professing beliefs that border upon 'magical'!
No matter how many times you cut taxes, they can always be cut more! Think about all of the 'tax cuts' the Republican's have bragged about passing over the past FORTY YEARS!
You'd think our school systems graduating dolts that barely recognize their own name when it is shouted at them would smarten them up but they aren't all that bright themselves...
The also prattle on endlessly about the 'value' of hard work...what they don't admit is they truly value the hard work of others. If they have to move so much as a piece of paper across the room you'd think you asked them to re-dig the foundation of the building so the sun wouldn't come in the side window so directly!
Worse, the 'unthinking' don't realize where the budget gets cut when their politicians reduce taxes on commerce.
First item on the chopping block is education followed by public safety, naturally placing civic improvements at the bottom of the budgetary pile.
But I digress...that was then and this is now.
Democrats no longer tout 'strong families and social protection, they too have jumped aboard the bandwagon of 'tax relief for commerce' and protecting the profit margins of shareowners across the spectrum of predatory capitalism while telling the workers the same thing they told the unions during the Reagan years [Shut up and be happy you still have a 'rank and file' to milk!]
Fat lot of good that did them.
Untold is how many of the 'sell-outs' got 'downsized' from the management positions they traded the workers they represented livelihoods for? [hopefully all of 'em.]
Now we are left with acronyms intended to 'simplify' the two, er, 'opposing' political positions, now those letters are totally meaningless!
Leaving us with total strangers running for political office and we have no clue where their 'values' come from? So how do you determine who to vote for? These days it appears not to matter, if you flunk the 'party sniff-test' you won't receive funding and most of us can't afford to run for dogcatcher these days 'out of pocket'...even 'unopposed'.
So, as I have opined many times, what USED TO be a 'badge of value' has been reduced to a meaningless label.
Don't for a single second believe that the already ruined 'Republican' brand can recover from what this election cycle has done to that oxymoron of all oxymorons...'Republican values'.
Naturally, this raises the larger issue if any portion of our worthless political process still retains value. It does to those who speed down the highway at over a hundred miles an hour and flash their badge to make it all go away.
Wouldn't want to be the patrolman that called that one in [on his own chief!] because he goin' to be in a heap o' trouble since the story went viral on the net!
Every once in a while the shitstorm blows both ways but if it had been YOU or ME, we'd be fighting to retain 'our privilege' to drive on the public throughfares...
This is the world we live in and its UP TO US to fix it!
NOTHING gets fixed as long as those who obstruct changes to what currently exists remain in office, thus the 'purge' I was talking about yesterday.
Almost makes you wish it would turn bloody, doesn't it?
Worse is that 'animal' who popped out of his den in South Carolina, CONVICTED of kidnap and rape in Arizona...DID HIS TIME and now his property in SC is a suspected graveyard!
This is what 'mercy' produces.
Disrespect the benefits of civil society and you will be denind those benefits, sent into the wilderness to live like an animal (and quite naturally, die like one as well.)
Which is to offer in my defense the admonition of never trusting those who promise nothing but 'sunshine and rainbows' because they are lying out of both sides of their mouths!
I am NOT promising anyone a 'rose garden' but it will be a damn sight better than what we currently SUFFER!
You'd almost think the Justice system [worldwide] exists to protect the CRIMINALS!
Look around you, good citizen, the many with the badge giving you the once over has done worse than you've ever even thought of doing before breakfast this morning and justified it by dint of the badge on his chest.
Authority is a terrible burden to lay upon the weak, especially the weak minded.
I know I am not the only one that finds it disturbing that the media has reduced this election into a contest between TWO 'deranged' individuals.
Although I admit I have an 'agenda' of my own to promote.
So I will leave you with the immortal question:
'If not us, who?
And if not now, when?'
Nevermind which knothead last gave voice to those words. [Twas St. Ronnie but the quote predates him by centuries, much to the chagrin of conservo-whacko's everywhere! [Churchhill used the quote in his now famous 'Darkest Hour' speech]
I watched with disgust last night's edition of Real Time played the 'fascist card' in aa feeble attempt to get people out to 'buy in' [support] a badly broken electoral system, telling the overly gullible that not voting is tantamount to voting for Trump!
Bad News Billy boy, Hillary is NO BETTER!
It's time 'The Adults' seize control of our political process...problem is nobody has seen one in a very long time...so we're going to have to perform a 'rules based' take-over.
Unless you'd prefer to 'fly blind' and letting the chips [and the bodies cuz there WILL be BLOOD!] hit the floor?
Um, by the 9th a STRIKE is going to sound downright sensible!
Don't think for a second we won't have to fight. We will.
This could go on for quite some time and it makes me appear as deranged as those who would use scare tactics to get you out to support an obviously broken electoral system out of 'fear' of what those truly in charge will do next.
I guarantee you that you won't A.) like it or B.) sit still for it!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Gegner
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