Paranoia Strikes Deep – An Almost Saturday Silly
“Even paranoids have enemies!”
Let me share what the voices in my head are telling me.
Our President is heading to Hawaii for the holidays. There are TV ads running about hungry children HERE in the US. Imagine if The President eschewed Hawaii and donated an equivalent amount to what he WILL spend out of his own pocket to the needy.
Our President has stated that he ain’t done yet. Given his track record I’m challenged to find the tiniest thing to latch onto with optimism from that marvelous bit o’ news.
As Jonn shared earlier… The Games Afoot.
I can’t quite say that I recognized IT any earlier as he did, but my voices have carried it a step further. Simply, if Obamacare subsumes the military lifers – how far can the VA be down stream? Oddly, it makes a kind of sense. Our VA system has the whole Community Based Clinic System in place, etc. I can see certain types of bureaucrats having parties IF I’m right. Added: I’m not damning bureaucrats in general. However, if you’ve dealt with The System you know who I mean.
Oh, and GUNS! The singular evil that is careening This Country into historical oblivion. Those pieces of metal that are causing all of our woes. They turn the otherwise innocent into cold blooded criminals. Those damn things are literally directly responsible for much of the crime in Our Country.
Does anyone seriously expect our President to let that evil device continue to be available to just anyone?
Old George made a point worth noting: “Those Who Forget History Are Doomed to Repeat It”.
And DO keep in mind The Sheep. I’ll leave you the words my voices are discussing:
“I mean nothing negative by calling them sheep. To me it is like the pretty, blue robin’s egg. Inside it is soft and gooey but someday it will grow into something wonderful. But the egg cannot survive without its hard blue shell. Police officers, soldiers and other warriors are like that shell, and someday the civilization they protect will grow into something wonderful. For now, though, they need warriors to protect them from the predators.“
If you need the reference: Col. Grossman says…
Addendum: I has been mentioned that some of you younger folks might not get the irony in my title for this post. I won’t post a direct link so if yer curious look up the Hippie anthem “For What It’s Worth.
Category: Politics
Ahhh yes. The Buffalo Springfield. One of my favorite early 60s groups. A lot of good music and groups came from them.
And “For What It’s Worth” was written in response to the Watts riots of the time.
But, as all good children do, I grew up out of my hippie phase and have become very conservative.
Imagine if The President eschewed Hawaii and donated the money he WILL spend to the needy.
He can’t. At least, not just like that he can’t. Under U.S. fiscal law, you can’t take money designated for one kind of expense and spend it for another purpose, even if that purpose is a noble one.
Given the debt we’re in and the unintended effects of government charity, I wouldn’t want to give him federal funds to “donate to the needy” like a medieval monarch anyway.
The question was essentially rhetorical in intent, but perhaps unclear at that. Thanks.