Politics and religion.

[RICHARD]

One of my favorite things to do is to tune in to the channel (the name rhymes with EmmEsEnBeeCee) and listen to the 'commentary' from the 'hosts'.

My fave is that little guy with the brit accent that is pretty much a rude, ill-mannered hack that make fun of the 'system'.

I don't watch - rhymes with Sox - any more because they pull the same creepy commentary on their shows.

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When you look at the media as a whole?

Everyone puts out the same BS and tries to demonize the opposing party.

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The thing that makes me secretly laugh and want to mock politics is when people on the tube talk about the
'attacks' on their faves, when they propogate the same kind of hate and trash themselves.

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In the end, politicians do not give a sideways eff about you or me.

They want your donations and votes - after that?

You tell me.

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I'd rather vote in a cat or dog for the prez's seat.

They only want to please you, they are always happy to see you and will not eff you over.

With a pet, you know where the crap is, can stop it and can smell it.

Politicians doll it up and tell you that it's a used alimentary product.

[Bonny]

Right On There Richard

[RICHARD]

Right On There Richard

Don't encourage me......

[RICHARD]

Have the TV on in the background to the evil channel and one of the 'hosts' is ranting about how one party does not believe in the polls and how they are the 'truth' because they reflect the difference in the voters leading up to the elections.

He then goes on to talk about the unemployment numbers and how the office in charge of them miscalculated them by a few thousand, but that is A-OK.

I'm not a savvy political person, but when you listen carefully to all the BS that comes out on these shows?

It's a miracle that the hate mongering hasn't divided us on a greater scale.

[RICHARD]

I watched about two minutes of the debate tonight and heard this gem from one of the candidates....

The government will subsidize prescription medicine.

What does that mean?

Here's an example.

If company "A" sells a pill for 5 dollars, the government will pay 4 dollars to thru that program, then the patient will only pay 1 dollar to get their pills.

So, where does the 4 dollars come from?

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To paraphrase the immortal words of Nancy Pelosi....

"Don't read it, just vote.....it's all good!"

[Bonny]

The good old Taxpayers Richard. Everything is FREE as long as we keep working & paying our taxes. Just keep your tax dollars rolling in so our government can spend, spend, spend.

[Lady's Human]

Last time I read the Constitution, I remember seeing something in there about appropriations bills originating in the house......

That being the case, the Presidential candidates can flap their gums all day long about their budgetary plans, but they mean NOTHING.

Unless the House wants to rein in spending, (which, by the way, has been under Republican control for the last two years with a leadership that has basically done NOTHING), the President can do very little.

There is so much fat in the defense budget it laughable. Get rid of it. We have more Naval combat power than the next several nations behind us combined. An Arleigh Burke class Destroyer alone has more combat and sea control power than some navies.

Yet we're dumping Billions into developing a ship called DDG 1000, which cannot carry most of the weapons currently in use, and for which the major weapons sytems don't even exist on paper.

The same for CVN 21.

And FCS, and Paladin follow on, and many other boondoggles.

Gut them.

I could go on, but it's not the current discussion.

Talk all you want about spend, spend spend, but where do appropriations bills originate?

In the House, which has been under the budget hawk republican control for 2 years, and all they've done is continue to expand the deficit. THe President was in the Oval Office when the US Credit rating took a couple of hits, but who was holding up the budget?

Speaker Boehner.

Who has overseen the first default in the history of the US Postal service?

Chairman Issa, because he won't compromise.

The house leadership has got to go. They're more concerned with playing politics than conducting the business of the country.