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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Circus of Fools, Day 12: False alarm folks, the light is just an out of control train.


Whelp in yesterday's snarkfest, I pointed out that it looked like we might actually be getting somewhere with the whole Shutdown/Debt Ceiling disaster currently running rampant in the US. Both Obama and Boehner seemed to be signaling that some form of negotiations might be taking place that would stop this Kindergarten Slugfest going on amongst our so-called leaders. Well, relax citizens, it was purely a false alarm and things are basically back to square -5. Whew, that was a close call wasn't it?
See what happened was three different polls came out with a fact that anyone who had more than three brain cells to rub together already knew. The American People (and China our beloved overlords) are basically peeved off at this circus going on in DC and are really honked off at the people causing it. Both sides took a pounding in the polls, but the GOP made off much worse overall that the Dems did.
Apparently the fact that the Reboobicans made off slightly worse than the Damnocrats in one poll and really worse off in the two others caused the WH to have a massive case of Backsies. Never mind that the polls showed that the US was peeved off at both parties, because the Boobs were more hated than the Dims, things were all hunky dorry. Suddenly the POTUS and his flunkies are back to the “We will not negotiate with Economic Terrorists” rant and now everyone is back to scrambling to try and find some solution that both parties might be willing to swallow to keep the US government from going into default.
(As an aside here, I personally find all of the Boobs who are claiming that a Default won't happen if the Debt Ceiling isn't raised absolutely adorable and the ones who claim that okay a Default can happen, but maybe it won't be as bad as people think even more so. Got news for you folks. All of the techniques being bandied about as ways to stop the default like “prioritizing our payments” are used in another type of economic situation. It is called Bankruptcy! Anyway, moving on.)
I have supported neither side in this mess since day one and still think both sides are a bunch of idiots. I admit to ragging on the Boobs a wee bit more because their whole attitude of “We won't negotiate until you repeal/defund the ACA” more than a little stupid because anyone in their right minds knows that if positions were reverse and the Dims were demanding the Boobs do the same sort of thing, the Boobs would be peeved as Hell. The Boobs couldn't get what they wanted so they resorted to the equivalent of holding their breath till they turned blue. This does not mean I don't find the Dims almost equably responsible. The past two weeks should give a clear indication to anyone that our elected Leaders could care less about the American People.
However, while I do find it incredibly predictable, I find the WH's current move annoying as heck. The situation hasn't changed since yesterday, but since you are suddenly looking marginally better to the American People, you backpedal. It is high time the pre-schoolers running our nation stop kicking sand at each other and play nice. We the people are the ones suffering, but they well and truly don't give a flying fugg.
End of Rant

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