Now, where have we heard this complaint about a lack of preparedness before? Oh, yeah — from the guy who wanted his life back! Whatever floats your boat, Tony! Maybe Charles Blow can fill your slack sails with his caricature observation cited above.
Since your friends want clear sailing between themselves and you, you might ask Abby Sunderland how to sail a craft with a broken mast in high seas. You might need to know how once the people of the Gulf set you adrift in The Bob to bob about in the mess you made. You know she's seaworthy — she came in fourth!
Oh yeah - Happy Fathers' Day, Tony! It's a disaster! It looks just like YOU!
Article comments
1 - Glenn Contrarian
Good article, Realist! It's nice to see someone who's objective enough to point out the problems on both sides of the aisle. Well done!
2 - IXLNXS
When my unemployment benefits run out and I lose my house there is a good chance I will lose my family as well. It'll be better for them because then they will be able to apply for welfare benefits. There are no jobs.
I blame the politicians, of all stripes, for my lost job with no jobs to replace it.
I blame the politicians, of all stripes, for the bubble which caused my home to fall in value over 300%.
And when I lose my family, my home, my way of life and have nothing else to lose it will be those same politicians, of all stripes, I will blame.
With nothing left to lose I see nothing that will stand in the way of justice. I build their houses. I feed their families. I walk the grounds of their enclaves keeping the scary things at bey. And should they so blithly allow those who have served them well to perish I see no reason to not see them and their ilk as enemies to myself and those around me I cherish. And I will treat them as such.
The time for words and civil discourse has passed.
3 - John Wilson
Good article.
The combination of our federally subsidized and nurtured business community and cutting the ground from under regular citizens tends toward slavery.
4 - Joanne Huspek
I'm with #2. Republicans are just Democrats in louder clothing. Thanks to career politicians, we are ALL up the proverbial creek with no paddle.
Excellent job, Realist. I might not agree 100% with you, but you have a way of hashing it out.
5 - John Wilson
We have a consumer dominated economy, not a producer dominated economy, therefore,subsidies should be directed at consumers not producers.
The poorest consumers are the best targets because they have to spend everything so they have the largest economic multipliers.
Subsidies directed at producers do not produce jobs because employers will not hire people if they don't have markets to sell to. It's a waste of money.