Well it's that time of year again. Presidents get an opportunity to address Congress every January, about their plans for the country that year. And yet, the spasmodic way that Obama has thrown himself into the American spotlight to address his people is reminiscent of the Fireside Chat days of FDR during the Great Depressions. In today's world, there are more effective, safer, and numerous way for the White House to address the American Public than ever before. The oldest and most coveted of these methods of communication is the State of the Union address. Since it's inauguration, it has been recorded and made available for the public to read easily. Yet, with the invention of the internet, finding not only transcripts of the address, but full streaming or down-loadable videos of the speech, has become effortless.
Yes, in these days of the Google era, information has become more attainable than ever though possible. The whole world, if in possession of a television, has the ability to watch Barack Obama address Congress and the rest of the free world tomorrow at 9pm ET on every major channel. And what a year it has been!
Okay, perhaps my elation is undeserved. So far, the world has seen very little change since the time that Barack Obama took office last January. However, the lack of improvement in American over the last year is more implicative of the political "sins" of George W. Bush, when he held the office for a near decade. It is simply irrational to assume that 8 years of treachery that broke our country in pieces can be fixed, and our nation consolidated in a period of time as minute and as short lived as one year.
President Obama seemed optimistic about the Health Bill passing in a speech recently, despite "hitting a buzz-saw" with the election of Scott Brown as Senator of Massachusetts. Health Care is an important issue to many and opponents of the bill were ecstatic when the Democrats were unable to get a win in Massachusetts with the election of Coakley. Democrats, however disappointed they may be, were more angry than anything, with Coakley, who in the opinion of many, ran a lackluster campaign that was doomed from the start.
There are Reports coming out of Washington that the speech tomorrow with address the economy above all, and the steps that the Administration plans to take in order to stabilize the economy.
Obama recently devised an act that would penalize banks for running hedge funds while intending supposedly to serve the public. Most of Obama's problems seem to be coming from Congress, who has rejected every attempt at bipartisanship that they have seen, including a bill that would create a bipartisan task force in order to tackle the federal deficit, even after our deficit was found to be at a whopping 1.38 Trillion Dollars.
Experts are estimating that the deficit could drop to $480 Billion in 5 years, but only if the series of tax cuts enabled under George W. Bush are allowed to expire. That being said, this is the worst possible time for a lack of agreement.
President Obama, depsite what once was a 60 seat Democratic Majority in the Senate, has been unable to pass the bills he wants passed. It seems so surreal to me, as somebody who watched as George W. Bush, despite a Democratic Majority in Congress, was able to do anything he wanted, without the slightest hint of caution by either the Administration or Congress.
But the effective parts of Obama's speech tomorrow will be clouded by economic worries. Items on the agenda that might have been given more media coverage or attention such as a plan to counter bio-terrorism, are hidden beneath a want for answers, jobs, and stabilization.
--Dylan Starks
The Corpse Party
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Investigative Ignorance
"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that." --Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer; R- S.C.*
And thus, the end of western civilization, or simply civilization in general, has begun. Let me begin by telling you a bit about the background of Lt. Gov. Bauer. Born in Charleston, he is a graduate of USC and a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. His political highlight being his high endorsement of the Military Relief Fund, which financially aids the families of soldiers currently/previously serving in the Iraq War.
And for the most part, he has fallen well under the political radar and has stayed out of the spotlight, whether for fame or infamy. Although he has supported a few organizations and bills that I, as a Democrat, am inclined to disagree with, (i.e. "I Believe" act, which would make it law to imprint the words "I Believe" alongside a cross, on all state license plates), I myself have never had a problem with him.
Things change, and manifest destiny always has a place in the hearts and minds of psychopaths. Usually, it's when you taste the soles of your shoes, that we discover the qualities about you that you try to suppress deep down. And when asked about his feelings on government assistance for the poor, he said the following quote: *"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that."
I wonder what it feels like to be outed as prejudice towards the working class. I imagine this is not the part of his political platform that he wished to have emphasized. Especially not when Governor Mark Sanford is facing public problems of his own (i.e. sex scandals and the like), and Lt. Gov. Bauer has expressed interest in running in a gubernatorial race, should Sanford be impeached. In South Carolina, where the economy, job creation and education make up the majority of voter issues, there is a certain intolerance for elitists that mimics the disdain that Texan voters seem to hold for candidates with IQ's higher than 14.
Controversy happens and politicians eat their words. Yet, there is evidence that forgiveness seems possible, even for neo-Nazis. I think back to John McCain's infamous quote during his Nominee race that stated the possibility of being in Iraq for 100 years. The majority of his party was skeptical about his chances for winning the nomination after that comment. But the test of time has proven that Americans as a whole have very short term memory and forget even the harshest of comments.
In the defense of Lt. Gov. Bauer, he did try and clean up said mess by stating that he felt the metaphor was taken out of context and he didn't mean to offend anybody. However he then went on to eat his other foot by continuing to attack government aid, without the visuals this time.
But even without the salt to his wounds, this is the wrong time to say the wrong thing. In an economy where people are fighting for jobs, losing their Health Insurance, and barely making enough money to buy food for their families, the last thing that the voters want to hear, Republican or Democrat, is an attack on the poor. His words are forever carved in the stone that is the internet, eternally bound to his "poor choice of words".
To continue the horror that is this situation, there were calls by Democrats and Republicans alike, to both apologize and drop his campaign. This would prove as a death sentence to South Carolina Republicans, who appear to have hand picked Lt. Gov. Bauer as the replacement for the controversy ridden Sanford. Republicans from the East Coast state have been playing damage control for their party ever since reports of the sex scandal made appearance early last year. It is an election year with Gov. Sanford's term ending next January. The Republicans had a near-impenetrable stronghold on the Gubernatorial office. But with the recent attacks on the two most popular Republican candidates in South Carolina, this may be the Democrats' best chance to push a Superstar for election.
Mind you, the largely mixed South Carolina, will be a tough nut to crack for the Democrats, due to the widespread uncertainty of trust in the Obama administration by Republicans. Democrats who support Health Care Reform for instance, will stand very little chance in a state with a Republican Majority.
But lately, Democrats have become largely synonymous with the controversial Health Bill and have become the victims of persecution by association by Republicans who group any Democrats in with the "Obamunists". And yet, Democrats still have a huge majority in the Senate and up until recently had a Super Majority (a 60 seat majority) in the Senate, which came to an end with the election of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts.
Republicans seem to be more united than ever, specifically against President Obama. It's reminiscent of the Democrats' finding a common enemy in George W. Bush, who towards the end of his second term, had the worst approval rating in the history of the office.
If there is any hope for the Super Majority to be recaptured, the end of this year is the means by which to accomplish such a feat. There are 37 states that are having a Senate election this year, 19 of them being Democrat and 18 being Republican incumbents.
The biggest number yet seems to be the retirement factor. There are 5 Democrat Senators retiring at the end of their term and not running for re-election. There are 6 Republican Senators who are retiring. Of the Democrat Senators who are retiring, 2 of them are retiring in a state that either leans Democratic or is otherwise safe as a Blue State. 1 of the Senators retiring is leaving a state that is considered a Tossup. The other 2 Senators are retiring from a state considered safely Republican or otherwise safe as a Red state.
As far as the retiring Republican Senators, there are 2 Senators retiring from a state that either leans Republican or is otherwise safe as a Red State. The remaining 4 retiring Senators are from tossup states.
The Democrat incumbents that are running are highly favorable with 11 of them running in states that lean Democratically or are otherwise considered a Blue State. The remaining Senators are running in a Tossup state.
The Republican incumbents are running a near fool-proof campaign with all of the Senators running in states that lean Republican or are otherwise considered a safe Red State.
The big tossup states that are going to be fought over are Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio.
Time will tell how effective the Democrats run their campaigns in order to attempt another Super Majority. Unfortunately, the Democrats in Congress right now are fighting against the Republicans who now enough sitting Senate members to filibuster the Health Bill.
-Dylan Starks
The Corpse Party
And thus, the end of western civilization, or simply civilization in general, has begun. Let me begin by telling you a bit about the background of Lt. Gov. Bauer. Born in Charleston, he is a graduate of USC and a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. His political highlight being his high endorsement of the Military Relief Fund, which financially aids the families of soldiers currently/previously serving in the Iraq War.
And for the most part, he has fallen well under the political radar and has stayed out of the spotlight, whether for fame or infamy. Although he has supported a few organizations and bills that I, as a Democrat, am inclined to disagree with, (i.e. "I Believe" act, which would make it law to imprint the words "I Believe" alongside a cross, on all state license plates), I myself have never had a problem with him.
Things change, and manifest destiny always has a place in the hearts and minds of psychopaths. Usually, it's when you taste the soles of your shoes, that we discover the qualities about you that you try to suppress deep down. And when asked about his feelings on government assistance for the poor, he said the following quote: *"My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that."
I wonder what it feels like to be outed as prejudice towards the working class. I imagine this is not the part of his political platform that he wished to have emphasized. Especially not when Governor Mark Sanford is facing public problems of his own (i.e. sex scandals and the like), and Lt. Gov. Bauer has expressed interest in running in a gubernatorial race, should Sanford be impeached. In South Carolina, where the economy, job creation and education make up the majority of voter issues, there is a certain intolerance for elitists that mimics the disdain that Texan voters seem to hold for candidates with IQ's higher than 14.
Controversy happens and politicians eat their words. Yet, there is evidence that forgiveness seems possible, even for neo-Nazis. I think back to John McCain's infamous quote during his Nominee race that stated the possibility of being in Iraq for 100 years. The majority of his party was skeptical about his chances for winning the nomination after that comment. But the test of time has proven that Americans as a whole have very short term memory and forget even the harshest of comments.
In the defense of Lt. Gov. Bauer, he did try and clean up said mess by stating that he felt the metaphor was taken out of context and he didn't mean to offend anybody. However he then went on to eat his other foot by continuing to attack government aid, without the visuals this time.
But even without the salt to his wounds, this is the wrong time to say the wrong thing. In an economy where people are fighting for jobs, losing their Health Insurance, and barely making enough money to buy food for their families, the last thing that the voters want to hear, Republican or Democrat, is an attack on the poor. His words are forever carved in the stone that is the internet, eternally bound to his "poor choice of words".
To continue the horror that is this situation, there were calls by Democrats and Republicans alike, to both apologize and drop his campaign. This would prove as a death sentence to South Carolina Republicans, who appear to have hand picked Lt. Gov. Bauer as the replacement for the controversy ridden Sanford. Republicans from the East Coast state have been playing damage control for their party ever since reports of the sex scandal made appearance early last year. It is an election year with Gov. Sanford's term ending next January. The Republicans had a near-impenetrable stronghold on the Gubernatorial office. But with the recent attacks on the two most popular Republican candidates in South Carolina, this may be the Democrats' best chance to push a Superstar for election.
Mind you, the largely mixed South Carolina, will be a tough nut to crack for the Democrats, due to the widespread uncertainty of trust in the Obama administration by Republicans. Democrats who support Health Care Reform for instance, will stand very little chance in a state with a Republican Majority.
But lately, Democrats have become largely synonymous with the controversial Health Bill and have become the victims of persecution by association by Republicans who group any Democrats in with the "Obamunists". And yet, Democrats still have a huge majority in the Senate and up until recently had a Super Majority (a 60 seat majority) in the Senate, which came to an end with the election of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts.
Republicans seem to be more united than ever, specifically against President Obama. It's reminiscent of the Democrats' finding a common enemy in George W. Bush, who towards the end of his second term, had the worst approval rating in the history of the office.
If there is any hope for the Super Majority to be recaptured, the end of this year is the means by which to accomplish such a feat. There are 37 states that are having a Senate election this year, 19 of them being Democrat and 18 being Republican incumbents.
The biggest number yet seems to be the retirement factor. There are 5 Democrat Senators retiring at the end of their term and not running for re-election. There are 6 Republican Senators who are retiring. Of the Democrat Senators who are retiring, 2 of them are retiring in a state that either leans Democratic or is otherwise safe as a Blue State. 1 of the Senators retiring is leaving a state that is considered a Tossup. The other 2 Senators are retiring from a state considered safely Republican or otherwise safe as a Red state.
As far as the retiring Republican Senators, there are 2 Senators retiring from a state that either leans Republican or is otherwise safe as a Red State. The remaining 4 retiring Senators are from tossup states.
The Democrat incumbents that are running are highly favorable with 11 of them running in states that lean Democratically or are otherwise considered a Blue State. The remaining Senators are running in a Tossup state.
The Republican incumbents are running a near fool-proof campaign with all of the Senators running in states that lean Republican or are otherwise considered a safe Red State.
The big tossup states that are going to be fought over are Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio.
Time will tell how effective the Democrats run their campaigns in order to attempt another Super Majority. Unfortunately, the Democrats in Congress right now are fighting against the Republicans who now enough sitting Senate members to filibuster the Health Bill.
-Dylan Starks
The Corpse Party
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Rush: Foe or......yeah he's just psychotic
The Democrats hate him for his harsh comments on the most sensitive of issues. The Republicans hate him for drawing too much negative attention to the already "magical" Party. I, on the other hand, never hate somebody just for bringing attention of any connotation to anything. I never place any opinions on anybody for bringing the tough topics to the surface of the media. Howard Stern is a wonderful example of somebody that got so much criticism for saying the things everybody else is thinking. The reason the I hate Rush Limbaugh, is for none of the reasons listed above.
I hate Rush Limbaugh because, well frankly, the guy's a freaking nutcase. I would hate to lose some of the dignity of this blog by being so forward, but I don't beat around the bush on most topics. Believe me, there are too many Rush-isms to mention. So I won't mention any one in particular. Just listen to his AM radio talk show once and you will understand my logic.
Now, the reason I bring up Mr. Rush Limbaugh is for his now world famous (or rather infamous) quote, calling for President Obama to fail. I have heard a lot of negative things said about Mr. Barack Obama. I have read comments on this blog by certain readers that basically said that they wished Barack Obama would feel the pain of being aborted by his white mother. Pretty horrible. I am not comparing the failing of his presidency to his lack of existence. However, Barack Obama is our President. If he fails, this nation fails. If he fails, millions of people die. Very classy Mr. Limbaugh. You must feel like a million bucks. The million bucks that all of us tired, sick, starving and poor could really use right about now.
I think about 65% of all the problems in the world are created by negativity. Maybe if we actually acted like we were the United States of America, we wouldn't be in such a mess. How many people have to lose their homes before we wake up as a nation and bring our other foot inside the door.
On a positive note........sorry there is nothing to report.
Thank You,
Dylan
I hate Rush Limbaugh because, well frankly, the guy's a freaking nutcase. I would hate to lose some of the dignity of this blog by being so forward, but I don't beat around the bush on most topics. Believe me, there are too many Rush-isms to mention. So I won't mention any one in particular. Just listen to his AM radio talk show once and you will understand my logic.
Now, the reason I bring up Mr. Rush Limbaugh is for his now world famous (or rather infamous) quote, calling for President Obama to fail. I have heard a lot of negative things said about Mr. Barack Obama. I have read comments on this blog by certain readers that basically said that they wished Barack Obama would feel the pain of being aborted by his white mother. Pretty horrible. I am not comparing the failing of his presidency to his lack of existence. However, Barack Obama is our President. If he fails, this nation fails. If he fails, millions of people die. Very classy Mr. Limbaugh. You must feel like a million bucks. The million bucks that all of us tired, sick, starving and poor could really use right about now.
I think about 65% of all the problems in the world are created by negativity. Maybe if we actually acted like we were the United States of America, we wouldn't be in such a mess. How many people have to lose their homes before we wake up as a nation and bring our other foot inside the door.
On a positive note........sorry there is nothing to report.
Thank You,
Dylan
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Batter Up, Mr. Obama!
Today, President Obama announced his non-supportive support for the taxation of Employee Health Benefits. Now, by non-supportive support, I mean that has said he might maybe possibly support it but will not propose it to Congress. What will the taxation of Employee Health Benefits do you ask? Well, of the 250 million people in the United States who have Health Insurance, 65% of those people have insurance through job. What this non-proposed proposition would do, would tax every single employee with health benefits to have health benefits.
I'm sure most of you by now are planning an impromptu move to Canada but hold your horses. There are a few upsides to this imaginary piece of legislation. In the version of this law made by Senator John McCain of Arizona, the amount of money raised over the period of a decade, would number about 3.6 Trillion Dollars to go directly to a proposed "health care reserve fund".
The lack thereof limit on deductions proposed by President Obama originally would raise $318 billion over the same amount of time.
My concern isn't this law though. Honestly, your position on this law will most likely be decided by how much you can afford to pay more taxes for benefits. My concern is the lack of vertabrate seemed to be had by the Obama administration whose big ordeal continues to be kissing the Health Insurance Companies where the sun doesn't shine. Although not spoken by Obama himself, members of the administration are shutting up real fast about Health care issues. They cite the reason for their silence as a want to seperate themselves from the Clinton administration's failed attempt at Universal Health Care.
I am too close to the issue of health care to write much about it. All I will say is, I sure do hear the word affordable a lot in places where I used to hear Free......
Anyways, my blog today is a call for backbone in a sense. Barack Obama, if you are in favor of an issue, then stop being so vague and claim a stance. Sitting on the fence is for ignorant scholars, not the President of the United States of America. Don't worry about your image and choose a side based on the situation. I seem to recall, a certain President that was far too stubborn to do this.
Thank You,
Dylan
P.S. Please keep reading.
I'm sure most of you by now are planning an impromptu move to Canada but hold your horses. There are a few upsides to this imaginary piece of legislation. In the version of this law made by Senator John McCain of Arizona, the amount of money raised over the period of a decade, would number about 3.6 Trillion Dollars to go directly to a proposed "health care reserve fund".
The lack thereof limit on deductions proposed by President Obama originally would raise $318 billion over the same amount of time.
My concern isn't this law though. Honestly, your position on this law will most likely be decided by how much you can afford to pay more taxes for benefits. My concern is the lack of vertabrate seemed to be had by the Obama administration whose big ordeal continues to be kissing the Health Insurance Companies where the sun doesn't shine. Although not spoken by Obama himself, members of the administration are shutting up real fast about Health care issues. They cite the reason for their silence as a want to seperate themselves from the Clinton administration's failed attempt at Universal Health Care.
I am too close to the issue of health care to write much about it. All I will say is, I sure do hear the word affordable a lot in places where I used to hear Free......
Anyways, my blog today is a call for backbone in a sense. Barack Obama, if you are in favor of an issue, then stop being so vague and claim a stance. Sitting on the fence is for ignorant scholars, not the President of the United States of America. Don't worry about your image and choose a side based on the situation. I seem to recall, a certain President that was far too stubborn to do this.
Thank You,
Dylan
P.S. Please keep reading.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
First Nail in the Corpse Coffin Award
I will start giving out a special award every Friday night called the Nail in the Coffin Award. I give these out to people that have shown great awesomeness in Politics. The first one ever goes to Jon Stewart of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Why Jon Stewart you ask? He brought the Political pain to Jim Cramer this week when he challenged him to a debate. Stewart accused him and the rest of the Liberal Media of going to easy on the Barack Obama administration and essentially having a school girl crush on him. Cramer did not deny this and admitted to Jon Stewart that the Liberal Media was not asking the hard questions to the Obama Administration. Cramer even told Stewart that he thought that it was a good idea to challenge the administration more. Stewart then added, "It's easy to say that after the fact." Mr. Jon Stewart, I applaud you for going up against the Liberal Media. That is one war that once started isn't easily fought. You must have some kajones. Good job Mr. Stewart for putting the Nail in the Coffin and fighting them back.
Thank You,
Dylan
Thank You,
Dylan
Friday, March 13, 2009
Another Corpse Announcment!!!!
I will be compiling a large Profile Playlist playlist to put on here. Now, it will mainly be music I like but it will all be political punk rock music. I will try to limit cussing as to not alienate readers but PC bothers me.
Nothing much to add today. I haven't even read the headlines of politics today. I will do that and add another post in a few hours. Please enlarge the follower size of this blog and add me and recommend this to friends or whatever. I will try to advertise it on my myspace as much as possible but most of my friends on there aren't really in to blogs.
Peace out Punk Rockers,
Dylan
Nothing much to add today. I haven't even read the headlines of politics today. I will do that and add another post in a few hours. Please enlarge the follower size of this blog and add me and recommend this to friends or whatever. I will try to advertise it on my myspace as much as possible but most of my friends on there aren't really in to blogs.
Peace out Punk Rockers,
Dylan
Quick Update
Hey guys. Just thought I'd send you over to my other blog to vote on a poll I have set up there. Please, if you enjoy this blog then recommend this to some friends. I could use some more followers. Alright peace out punk rockers and comment,
Dylan
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