You took the words right out of my mouth! :) Dee

Crabby, you say it so well!

You said it well, Crabby.

You are singing my song, Ronni. I thank you for calling a spade a spade.

When one man can shut down the government, as Jim DeMint is threatening to do, by putting a hold on the bill and when it takes 60 votes to pass anything the inmates are running the asylum.

I'm busy figuring out where I can repost this. On my Facebook, letters to my representatives and anyone elses I can think of, quotes to our paper who will publish every letter written including the nutters, thank you for giving me the words.

Nice rant! Go Crabby!

The sentence "No raising the age of eligibility without an exclusion for people who do heavy labor" should read:

"No raising the age of eligibility."

There is no justification for raising the age of eligibility at all.

And this paragraph:

"There was a time when most Republicans and Democrats identified with the middle of the political spectrum, left or right a bit from the center point, because they knew that extremism is dangerous. Now, the few existent centrists are all pretty much behind in the polls for this election."

doesn't make any sense, since people still think they are "in the center", but the real center hasn't moved to the right the way the politicians (in both parties) have. The politicians who are identified as "centrist" or "moderate" today are actually right-wingers.

Other than that, I agree with every word, I think. Spot on.

duh . . . all of it is . . .

Same goes for the UK too. There is too much of a culture of blame thrust upon those who cannot find work, those on benefits and the disabled. I get frightened as well and keep praying for morality to return to politics.

Actually I think rich people have had tax cuts beginning with President Reagan in the 80's.

Here is a great picture on how to interpret that.

http://500motivators.com/motivate/me/reaganomics-we-told-them-the-wealth-would-trickle-down/

Ronni, Thank you for Crabby, however, forgive me for challenging your rant(that I agree with unequivicably). We all know the problems, but where is the solution? Will replacing these vultures who are eating our flesh while we are still alive insure a cadre of Doves? Crabby can lead an army of seniors, who do most of the voting and have the most to lose.(not counting years)(joke)I, me Debra Sugar, need an altruistic intellectual to list each candidate from all political parties, divulging their previous records and current and past affiliations
Our priorities are kaleidescopes being rotated by the privileged, most of whom owe us millions in back taxes. Outlaw nepotism, analyse the structure and output of each government office,both federal and state and provide every citizen the exact same health care that our gluttonous officials and politicians enjoy. I sincerely feel that these remedial measures would in some way reduce the stress of the middle class.
IIt was not my intent to be preachy, but I (and my peers) are so sad as we watch our beloved country being tortured
by an insidious fungus from wwithin. Deb Sugar

You have hit it just right, Crabby and it does feel so hopeless it frightens me. But to my mind, this is not about differences or politics or anything rational. What is working here under the so-called "righteous anger" is pure primal venom, hate. This hate is so widespread that it terrifies me what it will take to purge us of it.

Crabby, in my humble opinion, this is the most nailed the jerks, fantastic, dead-shot piece you have written. Bravo!

It should be printed, posted on billboards across the country.

Slam dunk.

Now where else can we get your post published?!

Hadn't heard from Crabby for awhile, but when she has her say, there's no doubt about what she means.

Hard talk seems to be what is required to garner attention these days, since common sense, logic and rational arguments are ignored by so many people. That is scary, disheartening to me.

For too many years now, a huge part of the voting American populace actually casts their ballots for candidates who don't even support what is in the best interest of those who vote for them, much less that of this nation.

Totally agree! Thanks!

I'm sending this to everyone I know and as well as every politician/congressman/senator/journalist I can think of. Crabby, as usual, has said what I've been thinking but she rants so much better than I do.

It's time for the silly- assed games to come to a halt and for us ordinary mortals to take a stand.

These mid-term elections are crucial to the future of this country and it's an opportunity to restore sanity to this country. I urge everyone to to go to the polls and throw the bums out!

AND stop watching and swallowing Fox News' rhetoric!

Restore sanity to our government NOW!!!!!!!!

You are spot on, as usual. The only problem is you're preaching to the choir, and the ones who need to hear this & understand it aren't reading your blog (more's the pity) but even if they did, they wouldn't get it.

I'm scared to death for our country too, and "comfort" myself by remembering the general life expectancy of any country is ~200 years, and that even though countries come & go, the human race manages to survive.

It's not easy living in the end times of the USA, but I think that's what's happening, as the greedy corporate barstards suck the life out of us. I hope my grandkids learn how to survive, but I will luckily be beyond the pale and it won't matter to me.

HOORAY FOR RONNI !!!
You always say things so beautifully. Guess that's why we all love you!!

Bravo! just catching up on my reading today and I'm really glad I caught this post! I plan to quote freely from it. I hope that's okay. Everyone with a blog that agrees with what you say ought to get on board and re-post this most meaningful rant.