I noticed an interesting item in the Austin paper (online) this morning, concerning areas in which the state of Texas ranks fiftieth (last) in the USA. Here's a hint: Some of them have to do with adult education levels and environmental pollution.
If you follow the news, it looks like the world is coming to an end. Still, that doesn't stop the people who run this state from wasting time and effort on incredible bullshit like voter ID laws. Until someone can produce evidence that voting fraud is a serious problem, just leave it the fuck alone. Personally, I think Republicans can see their status as the majority party slipping away, and will do whatever they can to suppress minority voting. They're just postponing the inevitable.
When it was necessary to finance conservative Republican agenda priorities, deficit spending was no big problem. Suddenly, the idea of spending money we don't have has become comparable to releasing hellfire upon the land. No wonder I get whiplash trying to keep up.
Michael Steele is chairman of the RNC and a black man. He's the guy who had to bow and scrape before The Maharushi after his ill-considered remark that Limbaugh was a mere entertainer, and ugly at that. Now Mike has made remarks that imply he's pro-choice on abortion. Does this guy have a death wish or what ? Countdown on him is underway.
While I was checking out some of the usual political blogs, I came across the expression "going Galt." My curiosity aroused, I learned the term refers to an idea in the Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged, and in current use describes a result in which all the high-achieving white-collar professionals decide they'll quit producing since it ain't worth the effort. Among hardcore rightwingers on the internet the thinking is that Obama and the Democratic agenda will force this consequence. To some degree I heard all this happy horseshit before, back in the early 90s, when it was Clinton's tax increases on rich people that would cause them to be "dis-incentived" and lead to economic collapse. Now, of course, the same conservative morons are claiming the current conditions are Clinton's fault. The guy can't catch a break.
My observation has been that people who spend 500 bucks on their shirts and a thousand on their shoes and drive fine luxury automobiles get used to it, and decide there's no such fucking thing as too much money, or even enough. Expecting them to give up their neat executive jobs to work as greeters at Walmart or as counter help at McDonald's over a few thousand dollars in higher taxes ? Forget about it.
But just to test the theory, I'd like to see confiscatory tax rates applied to the incomes of conservative AM radio talk show hosts and professional baseball players.
How did I miss this breaking news ? Bristol Palin and Levi broke up, so their baby won't have a daddy after all ? Don't misunderstand me: I don't give a shit one way or another, but there must be thousands of conservative do-gooders having a tough time swallowing this. Maybe millions.
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