Saturday, October 19, 2013

The U.S. Economy: "Watchful Waiting" over our Political Non-function: No Fig Leaf Big Enough to Cover the Shame

...that includes the huge plants from back in the dinosaur days,
when individual leaves were many feet across. I have every
expectation that, early in 2014, this same pandering, posturing,
preening, politicking absent the facts will reoccur, the popular
public-speaking mechanism so favored by the right and left,
elected and not-elected alike.

But the average American, and many investors, are watching
with weary, jaundiced eyes; witness the upsurge in tech stocks and
the S & P, yet the DJIA, home to most non-expert investors, did
NOT similarly so surge. The week ended (10/18/'13) with less than
30 points gained on Friday by the Dow Jones, which makes me
think of the economy as still parked in the intensive care ward,
while we "watchfully wait".  (--Just what exactly are we waiting
FOR?? --A majority of legislators willing to legislate for the
common good, that is, for rich and poor alike (excepting vicious
billionaire brothers Koch and company?)

                          [hack, cough, cough....]

Beware the tipping point, if we don't:

--stop million/billion pork-barrel projects (yes, they still exist,
   Sen. Mitch McConnell just received one);
--streamline wasteful program duplications;
--eliminate tax loopholes for super rich individuals and
   corporations;
--find a way to sanely, humanely create a more graduated,
   multi-level tax structure;
--fix our aged bridges, roads and rails
   (witness Minneapolis' deadly, major bridge failure).

The world would call us Deadbeat America, our "Exceptionalism"
mocked openly over land, sea and air, here, there, everywhere.
Merely mocking us isn't the worst of our future shock, as what
other nations think practically, tangibly, matters, despite denying,
decrying, ignorant voices to the contrary.

Watchful waiting will not heal our economy; no fig leaf
exists to salve our pride. Only intelligent, honest effort
works, what has ever worked. Let's get going! 





5 comments:

  1. Yes!! Sen Mcconnell and THE BUNCH are always SLIPPING THEIR PORK projects through. This last one by the Kentucky senator was a REAL DEEP HUM DINGER!


    Oh I am all out of barbecue sauce so I can not pour it on all THE PORK they are laying on us while they DISRESPECT and do not care about nor represent us.

    Hey. Check out some recent comments Former Minnesota Governor Jessie Ventura made about, THE SHUT DOWN, THE FEDERAL RESERVE, THE IH I mean DA BOYZ and da Girls in Washington THE IRS and more. Interesting, deep , and TRAL EYE OPENERS.

    Our money does not look like MONOPOLY money now for no reason. Lady Amber. Not just ( I noticed ) do only Some in condo buildings get naked, nasty in public THE MANY but not all OF THE local and national POLITICIANS do ! LAUGH RIGHT IN OUR FACE! THEN GET RE ELECTED! This SHUT DOWN THING can and WILL I FEAR get NAKED, NASTY WASTY, EVIL, CAUSE RIOTS etc IF IT KEEPS BEING ALLOWED MANIPULATED by DA BOYZ! to happen.

    More A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE AMERICAN people ( ALL SEXES, RACES, ETC ! ) I feel better CHOOSE TO WAKE UP, GET DEPROGRAMMED, ETC, what ever it takes FOR IT IS LATER THAN WE THINK! Our current WORLD SITUATION Like MANY SITUATIONSHIPS ( A NICE OF MINE RECENTLY USED THAT WORD, Thanks Frannie) Are in a very bad way. CRITICAL!


    THE POLITICIANS HAVE NO CLOTHES!! LETS NOT KEEP allowing them TO COVER THEIR shame WITH OUR LIVES, TAX DOLLARS, ETC! Our nation and world sadly seems to be like episodes of BLAKE'S 7! Check out some episodes people if you doubt me. Lady Amber Thank you for SPOT LIGHTING all these important issues!

    O! LOOK A THERE! THEY AINT GOT NO CLOTHES ON!! GREAT! SEND THEM TO A NUDIST CAMP! NOT BACK TO WASHINGTON for another term.

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    1. Oh, Mr. N, you make me laugh! I actually have a
      relative who custom cooks/bottles his own barbecue sauce, sells it in our state. Even HE hasn't enough bbq sauce to cover all the pork and nonsense....

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  2. Dear Lady Amber. As Lieutenent Columbo used to say ( Just one more thing. Then proceed to ask 20 questions. I wonder who paid for all those pizzas the last day of the shut down the POLITICIANS were munching on? I wonder do they OR THIER BED FELLOWS OR LADY FRIENDS ever DINE ON OUR TAX DOLLARS? hm?

    Yes having a late meal TO RESOLVE A SHUT DOWN THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED!

    Oh I hear A NASTY NAKED, SEXY, WEXY OO! runor I am checking out THAT SOME of our LOCAL reps in WASHINGTON ( Not republicans either) VOTED FOR THE SHUT DOWN AND STATE THEY ARE NOT SURE IF THEY WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT AGAIN.

    If I EXPOSE FOR MY SELF they voted yes I will be voting ---- NO for them! Voting for some one else that is. I urge other AMERICANS former sheople NOW WAKING UP to do same for THE YES voters.

    Have a LOVELY day and week end. Live LOVE, LEARN. Be Amber!

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  3. SSHHHHHHHHH. Listen! Listen! Can you hear it? Coming from Washington,From Springfield too. The smell of PORK ! All that OINKING! OINK OOOOOOOOOOOINK! And our wallets shrinking..

    I wonder, That beautiful pink pig at OUR great rib fest last month Lady Amber, Did she come from Capitol hill? Was she the only LARGE PORK item DA BOYZ AND GURLZ could not push through? Please no fries with that. Mild sauce too.


    Oooink?

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  4. As usual, Amber, you're right on the noggin.

    However, I do take issue with one item you mentioned: "the pandering, posturing, and preening by the right AND the left." Keith Olbermann aside --- and I agree that he's a loose cannon --- the vast majority of those in public office and in the media on the left side of the political spectrum are focusing on the very concerns that you enumerate --- very valid concerns, by the way.

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