Cantor to the Woodshed!

[utgibbs]

Cantor to the Woodshed | Swampland

We all know that Obama showed his best side recently when he marched out of the negotiations with the historically (and comically) fiscally irresponsible Repubs. Evidently, he dressed down Cantor too, taking him behind the woodshed- as he is still toadying to the Grover Norquist and other highly off-kilter (and of dubious sanity) elements. If Obama continues firing from the hip, he will win in a landslide (and hopefully actually prove worthy of his historic campaign and win).

All of the debt talk - whether here or Greece or Ireland or Egypt - is all farce, as I have said many times. It is part of the last desperate attempts of the bourgeoisie to hang on to a system that has served them so well for so long - a system that is clearly broken and without legitimacy. Saint-Simon lionized the banking clan, and their day is done. Military spending is not on the table; corporate welfare is not on the table; and Obama is willing to gouge the bottom 4/5ths with almost the same zeal as Grover and gang.

I thought default would never happen. However, the system is so devoid of legitimacy, and the divorce from the real world outside the back door is so complete in a healthy percentage of our population, I am not so sure. Optimism that a "safe landing" can be achieved as Late Capitalism continues its collapse is very, very, very difficult to hold with anyone grounded in the RWOTBD. Yet, without hope, what are we?

 

[utgibbs]

I feel the need to strip away the bourgeois veneer. The OP is too much in the language of the bourgeoisie.

What is really happening (and Obama is waist deep in the Big Muddy on this too), is the fraudulent (although legal in technical accounting) use of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. The Treasury IOUs filling the funds now are hoped will never have to be honored, never be redeemed - by keeping the claims on both systems artificially low (forget, for a minute, we could remedy the Medicare problem with a national health service - it is the runaway expense of the inefficient private system causing massive problems).

In other words, deep cuts in both social programs - in Social Security's case, the greatest of the 20th century - in order to redistribute wealth to the elite bourgeoisie. Which is meat and drink of the last forty years; it should surprise no one paying attention. Obama is trying to use his token lessening of the burden on the elderly for playing politics (and it's very good politics).

That they can play a healthy percentage of the American people for marks as complete suckers is, perhaps, the real tragedy.

 

[kptvol]

Detecting high levels of troll.
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[volsfan75]

The alarm is sounding.

 

[IBlvNTmWrk]

how/why was the original post edited by GAVol????

 

[utgibbs]

how/why was the original post edited by GAVol????

Ah, I made mention (and actually gave props to the moderators) for pulling the rip cord on a series of threads in the football section.

GAVol has deemed that discussion verboten, and I'm sure there is a good reason.

 

[droski]

Ah, I made mention (and actually gave props to the moderators) for pulling the rip cord on a series of threads in the football section.

GAVol has deemed that discussion verboten, and I'm sure there is a good reason.

What series of threads exactly and of what business is it yours?
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[gsvol]

Cantor behind the woodshed??

Barrita actied like a teenaged girl who had been stood
up for the senior prom.

Someone should call FTD and order a corsage to be
sent to 1600 Penn Ave!

 

[utgibbs]

What series of threads exactly and of what business is it yours?
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The series of threads that got canned by the moderators in which I took GoF High Command to the woodshed. I do not care why the moderators nuked the threads. There were good reasons, I'm sure.

Based on your change of avatar it seems the GoF sewing circle has some machinations to rival Hambone.

More power to you. :hi:

 

[gsvol]

Da hambone connected to the knee bone,
da knee bone connected to the ankle bone.

How can a praying knee be connected to
a dancing ankle?

By the fatted calf!