"I Have Stood Up For Jobs"

Blumenthal, you are a braying donkey. And a lying one, at that. How dare you put yourself forward as someone we might even remotely consider as qualified to serve in a position of power.



Linda McMahon, I bow at your feet. You can school me anytime.

I Must Be Lacking Compassion

Midnight grocery runs capture economic desperation

I'm guessing the writers of this article intended to tug on the heartstrings. After all, how can anyone not feel sorry for these poor victims of the economy. These simple, down-trodden, salt of the earth types, who must scrimp and starve until the first of the month.  At which time, they go hog wild, piling up mountains of food, toilet paper and laundry detergent (name brand, of course). Courtesy of you and me, John and Jane Q. Dumbass-Taxpayer.

I guess I might feel a twinge of empathy, if it weren't for the bitter taste of bile rising up in my throat. 

A few questions, if I may.

Why must all the provisions for the entire month be bought at the stroke of midnight, on the first day of the month?  Are these people incapable of budgeting the money we give them, so that they have a steady amount available from one week to the next?  Maybe there is some hidden provision, of which I am unaware, that welfare money not immediately consumed, will be withdrawn from the recipients' bank accounts. Yeah. Somehow I doubt that.

Why do they bring 5, 6 children into the world, and then bemoan the fact that they can't provide for them? Was it a surprise to them that children place a financial burden on parents?  Maybe their desire to replicate themselves (5 or 6 times!) comes before my right to hold on to the money I work for. So, while I'm busy paying for them to enjoy parenthood, I myself can not partake, because I don't know that I can afford the expense of feeding, housing, educating and entertaining children of my own.

And just one final query. Since one in seven Americans lives in poverty, and more than 41 million are on food stamps, up from 35 million last year, how long before there aren't enough of us "wealthy" people to sustain all the freeloaders?

Ok, I lied. I've got one more. How much ammunition do I need to stockpile in order to survive the upcoming revolution?