There, did you see that just now? THAT is what I’ve been watching for…
September 27, 2011 by Lemur King
There’s the power grab I’ve been watching for.
“I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won’t hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover.” – North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue in her overt bid to overthrow your right to be represented – next comes taxation without that representation, in her eyes.
With honeyed words and an oily demeanor the usurper will sidle forth, eager to take control of your lives – just for the good of everyone, you understand.
No, Bev, what we ought to do, rather than your suggestion of suspending elections, is calmly and rationally tell Congress to grow the hell up and do their goddamned jobs like they swore to do. – Dr. Lemur
Interesting ow her suggestion of a two year suspension just happens to cover the next election cycle, isn’t it?
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The money comes from the “Inmate Welfare Fund” – proceeds from the jail commissary used by the inmates.
Onorato administration officials who wouldn’t be interviewed on camera or allow the televisions to be photographed, argued in a statement that it’s not the public’s money.
“No taxpayer dollars or county funds are being used to purchase the televisions. The inmates are purchasing the televisions to replace old or broken sets. The decision to purchase the TVs was made by a committee that consists of jail personnel and inmate advocates.”
“The point of being in jail is not to mistreat people or make them feel worse and resentful,” Marion Damick, a committee member, said.
It’s not?
Yes it is. I want prisoners to feel worse. I want them to hate prison. I want to chain them to… wait, no, I don’t want tha… wait, yes I do. I want them to never want to go back, ever.
Where’d the idea come from that there should be anything enjoyable about being incarcerated on the public’s dime? Sure they may have bought those TVs with “non-public” money but while they are getting free room and board they ought to be paying for every cent of it. If that deal sounds like it sucks, stay the hell out of jail.
A very good friend of mine was in jail for a while, and yes, I can still say that. He never wants to go back again and has become a completely different person. I’d say jail being a suck-ass place to be was probably one of the best things to ever happen to him, as he’s a fine human being that I’m proud to call a friend.
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Give it time, and the government will want to tax the rich for $14,000 for every man, woman, and child to pay for $7,000 funerals and “give” those away, too. Hell, why not? We’re going to be doing something similar with health care soon. Tax for more than the amount, pocket the difference – it’s the political way to pay for all the things that can’t be justified.
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This reeks of sheer desperation. To boldly ask this, under the guise of helping the country recover??
When those ass***** are the ones responsible???
Is she up for re-election?
Hey… the corset avatar is back… howzabout that?
What, suspending those inconvenient elections during this next presidential election won’t help the country recover, or heal, or bridge divides?
It has been back for WEEKS.
Sheesh….
Wow. Shows how out of it I am.
And proof positive I do only look wimmin-folk in the eyes, because I didn’t notice.
Yes, my eyes do stand out in my avatar….
The worst part is that you know she thinks they should raise taxes and not reduce entitlements (both likely to be unpopular).
Say, does anyone know if North Carolina is one of those states that have turned their budget from red to black?
I’m not going to bet any money on it.
Oh. Good thing I didn’t, right? Their gap is $3.7B – that’s dollars, folks.
Three years into a recession that isn’t something you can blame on the recession – that’s something you blame on poor fiscal policy. That’s while maintaining a spending level of $21.9B. Let me do the math here… okay… carry the one… annnnnnd… oh, yes, they are short by nearly 17%.
See, when I do that badly with personal finances they call it hemorrhaging, but when a democrat governor signs off on it, then it is called socialism.
She’s up for removal this next election cycle, which might have something to do with it.
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Thanks for checking out the movie quiz, even though you were strapped for time and couldn’t do the whole thing.
By the way, one of the two guesses you put in your comment to the movie challenge was wrong. And I’ll post the name of the woman with the wonderfully perky eyes on Monday morning.
Another data point on the “power grab” idea is Fast and Furious where it surely appears they were trying to figure out a way to take our guns, if you add in that while it was going on so many admin types were screeching about American guns going to Mexico.
Chicago machine politics are a lot dirtier than even I had thought they were.
So.. cleaning up grammar in transcripts is okay because you are wanting to avoid making people look ignorant. What if they are ignorant? Shouldn’t a transcript be a verbatim account of what was said? Man, I hate the overly educated.