Monday, November 10, 2008
Some voters are just nuckin' futs ...
Someone once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result each time. If we take that definition as a given, then voters in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York are completely insane. (Or maybe they're just fuckin' stupid, I can't quite decide.)
The above-mentioned states were all suffering economically long before the current financial crisis hit. Hell, Michigan's been in a recession for the last five years. But that's not all they have in common.
They're all states in which union bosses, bureaucrats, and big-government Democrats have instituted closed-shop workplaces, rigid labor rules, piss-poor schools, high personal and corporate taxes, and break-the-bank budgets. These policies have not only caused innumerable businesses to dash for greener economic pastures, they've also driven responsible taxpayers first to the suburbs, and then to places like Florida, Texas, and, yes, Tennessee.
That said, there's something else the states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York have in common: They all went for B. Hussein Obama in the 2008 election. Now, even though the voters in these states have first-hand knowledge of what happens when Democrat-led governments give unions and bureaucrats too much power, enact confiscatory tax schemes, and spend money like a drunken sailor on leave, they still voted for B. Hussein, a Democrat who's on record as saying that he wants to give unions and bureaucrats more power, wants to enact a confiscatory tax scheme ...
Insanity, indeed.
You know it will be funny - tragically funny, mind you - if/when one of the Solid Blue states (i.e., pro-Obama, Democratic Gov. and legislature) goes completely belly-up. The folks who've mindlessly pushed the button for Democrats at all levels of government will then have a lot of s'plaining to do. Let's just hope there're Republicans in each state who have the guts to make 'em do just that.
The above-mentioned states were all suffering economically long before the current financial crisis hit. Hell, Michigan's been in a recession for the last five years. But that's not all they have in common.
They're all states in which union bosses, bureaucrats, and big-government Democrats have instituted closed-shop workplaces, rigid labor rules, piss-poor schools, high personal and corporate taxes, and break-the-bank budgets. These policies have not only caused innumerable businesses to dash for greener economic pastures, they've also driven responsible taxpayers first to the suburbs, and then to places like Florida, Texas, and, yes, Tennessee.
That said, there's something else the states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York have in common: They all went for B. Hussein Obama in the 2008 election. Now, even though the voters in these states have first-hand knowledge of what happens when Democrat-led governments give unions and bureaucrats too much power, enact confiscatory tax schemes, and spend money like a drunken sailor on leave, they still voted for B. Hussein, a Democrat who's on record as saying that he wants to give unions and bureaucrats more power, wants to enact a confiscatory tax scheme ...
Insanity, indeed.
You know it will be funny - tragically funny, mind you - if/when one of the Solid Blue states (i.e., pro-Obama, Democratic Gov. and legislature) goes completely belly-up. The folks who've mindlessly pushed the button for Democrats at all levels of government will then have a lot of s'plaining to do. Let's just hope there're Republicans in each state who have the guts to make 'em do just that.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Monday, November 10, 2008 
