Congress went home!!!! YAY, they are OUTTA D.C. tomorrow or even tonight!!! Yes, going home to celebrate this nation's birthday, with no bothers, worries, concerns, but will have that drink in hand with their favorite food made to order, NO DOUBT around their EMPLOYED family and friends... while millions of Americans are without any unemployment extension!!! Are you partyin' yet!!
I think the Republicans are repulsive and NO ONE ON THIS BLOG should have any excuse for Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Why don't he just put an "R" after his name? His excuse is to pay this extension through the stimulus money, HELLO, have anyone got the memo, yet? There is not enough stimulus money, LEFT, to pay for jack shit!! What do you think the jobs bill is about? It is about re-saving the JOBS we saved last year in the stimulus bill!! I know, I know, so many will say, "icebergslim, we are a big tent and we accept everyone!!" And I agree with that, but when you have unemployment 10% and jobless claims WENT UP and not down last month, my question is this, "How long are we going to make excuses for the Ben Nelsons, because I am DONE?"
Yes, I am done funding organizations that fund the likes of Ben Nelson. Why? Because taking care of people in economic times is a Democratic principle. Now, I am sure Ben Nelson has plenty of corporate cronies that will be more than happy to keep him in office, those lobbyists will be more than HAPPY to phone bank for him and even knock on doors, since he is running in 2012, but I am not. And I have a right not to fund the likes of Ben Nelson.
So, while we are all in shock at unemployment benefits not being extended, let's remember about all these folks we got in office. And we should look at who is there, especially those blue dogs.
The blue dogs are so concerned about deficit, they are willing to turn their backs on their own constituents being thrown off unemployment. It is true. We all know this, yet we keep the same old shit going that we got to keep these folks in office. Why should anyone unemployed in a blue dog district that voted NO for extension vote for them? Why should they?
I am tired of these worthless, yes most are worthless, politicians only caring about the NEXT ELECTION and NOT ME. Shit, I put their ass there, I want him/her to worry about me and my family and not about the next election.
Which turns to why campaign finance needs to be totally re-hauled in this country. That unemployed Republican, Independent, Democrat person only cares about what his or her representative will do for them, many hate the politics of this. But this issue has become politicized and it leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth, overall. But these politicians don't care, they care about keeping a seat by even saying or voting for positions they don't believe in. We put them in office and that is a travesty of its own.
Lastly, Happy 4th of July and it is only a happy one if you got a check to keep going, more importantly if you have a JOB!!!!! If you don't, please try to hold on, get to any support system available and DO VOTE DEMOCRATIC IN NOVEMBER.
Update [2010-7-1 19:7:18 by icebergslim]:
I can not STAND this Georgia Republican Congressman Jack Kington, but notice how cleverly he states the "Senate Democrats" agree with us, this is why the employment extension has not happened. WTF, much?
We already see nothing can survive without stimulus, look at the housing market!!! And we want to kick folk off unemployment?? Get the fuck, outta here....