That which you have wrought

I’m stumbling around the internet today trying to pack all of this stuff into my crowded mind and I’ve noticed something. No one on the Left is happy about any-damn-thing. Over at Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America our old buddy Paul Reickoff is wringing his hands about the lowest pay raise for the troops in 50 years;

After 10 years in Iraq and Afghanistan, our troops are coming home from war to a difficult economy, staggering foreclosure rates and high unemployment. Now, if Washington gets its way, they’ll also face their lowest pay raise in decades. Nice. So as investment bankers get hefty bonuses on Wall Street, a Marine Corps Sergeant in Fallujah would get a minimal pay increase, or in the worst circumstances, a pay freeze.

Dicksmith at VetVoice is still complaining that the troops aren’t able to stick whatever they want into whoever they want. And Susan Collins is alternately a hero or an ignorant bitch depending on what her position on DADT is at the time;

Deals off. Collins says she won’t vote to allow DADT repeal to come to the floor tonight. Uses BS excuse that tax cuts need to be handled first.

Are there to horny troops waiting for the Senate vote so they can start humping?

Meanwhile, Robert Reich is over at Huffington Post complaining that the tax deal with Republicans will only solidify in the minds of Americans that big government doesn’t work;

At least Republicans have a story — the same one they’ve been flogging for thirty years. The bad economy is big government’s fault and the solution is to shrink government.

Here’s the real story. For three decades, an increasing share of the benefits of economic growth have gone to the top 1 percent. Thirty years ago, the top got 9 percent of total income. Now they take in almost a quarter. Meanwhile, the earnings of the typical worker have barely budged.

The Washington Post seems concerned that two of the detainees released from Guantanamo in the last few years have returned to a life of terrorism.

The detainees, who were not named in the unclassified version of a report sent to Congress, were among 66 detainees who were transferred out of the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since Obama took office in January 2009. An administration official said one and probably both of the confirmed recidivists were Afghans.

At this point, I’d like to point out to these people that they all spent two years getting this president elected. We tried to warn them that they weren’t getting what they thought. Like the people who thought Obama was going to pay off their mortgages and cars which they couldn’t afford. As I’ve pointed out, Obama spent the last two years being the anti-Bush, seemingly making every decision based on “What Would Bush Do, Then Do The Opposite” and look how it’s all blown up in his (our) face.

All of you dickweeds who bent over backwards to get this President elected, at least take responsibility for that much. Bitch all you want, but apologize for allowing yourself to be duped. Quitcher damn bitchin’. Especially Reickhoff and Dicksmith – you spent your entire internet careers deceiving veterans. Own up to it and let’s move on.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Usual Suspects