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BigV · 07-31-2011, 09:57 AM

I, too, believe our troops should and will be paid on time.

What I have NOT heard is one voice saying this exercise has been worthwhile. I add these caveats, no voice that isn't maneuvering for political advantage. Just regular citizen voices. None I've heard say that this is a good idea, we'll show them. No voice has said cuts only to rein in our spending. No one has said changing the tax rules to eliminate exemptions for the well off, *so they pay more*, is a bad idea. No one I read or listen to says this argument should be repeated before the next election. Each side has labored to make a spectacular show of failure (a show only, none want to die) so they can loudly proclaim how the other has acted "treasonously".

Only the politicos want this shit.

And, though there are (whispering) optimistic reports coming from Washington at the moment, the only one of these conditions that is breaking in favor of the citizens I circulate among is that the deal that *might* get worked out will be sufficient to postpone the next battle royale until after the next election.

What I've seen is the accumulation of talking points. There has been on both sides a deliberate, conscious effort to do things that will serve, in the coming election, as evidence, as unassailable truth, for their claims of purity, fidelity, honesty, superiority. You have all borne witness to these actual events. Remember! Fix in your mind *now* what's been happening and compare for yourself the self-serving events of the recent debacle and compare them to the hyper-patriotic claims to come. Prepare to be dazzled by the gap.

Both sides have been gathering ammunition--no, planting ammunition seeds. Seeds that will bear bitter, poisonous fruit force fed to everyone with a television, a radio, eyeballs, ears... a pulse. We're all going to be inundated with it, we'll be drowning in this shit. And who will want to open their mouth to say something reasonable when they're swimming in shit? No one. This is how those with an extremist agenda (tm--tw) gain and hold power.

07-31-2011, 09:57 AM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I, too, believe our troops should and will be paid on time. What I have NOT heard is one voice saying this exercise has been worthwhile. I add these caveats, no voice that isn't maneuvering for political advantage. Just regular citizen voices. None I've heard say that this is a good idea, we'll show them. No voice has said cuts only to rein in our spending. No one has said changing the tax rules to eliminate exemptions for the well off, so they pay more, is a bad idea. No one I read or listen to says this argument should be repeated before the next election. Each side has labored to make a spectacular show of failure (a show only, none want to die) so they can loudly proclaim how the other has acted "treasonously". Only the politicos want this shit. And, though there are (whispering) optimistic reports coming from Washington at the moment, the only one of these conditions that is breaking in favor of the citizens I circulate among is that the deal that might get worked out will be sufficient to postpone the next battle royale until after the next election. What I've seen is the accumulation of talking points. There has been on both sides a deliberate, conscious effort to do things that will serve, in the coming election, as evidence, as unassailable truth, for their claims of purity, fidelity, honesty, superiority. You have all borne witness to these actual events. Remember! Fix in your mind now what's been happening and compare for yourself the self-serving events of the recent debacle and compare them to the hyper-patriotic claims to come. Prepare to be dazzled by the gap. Both sides have been gathering ammunition--no, planting ammunition seeds. Seeds that will bear bitter, poisonous fruit force fed to everyone with a television, a radio, eyeballs, ears... a pulse. We're all going to be inundated with it, we'll be drowning in this shit. And who will want to open their mouth to say something reasonable when they're swimming in shit? No one. This is how those with an extremist agenda (tm--tw) gain and hold power. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.