Ten Things Republicans Think They Know

I'm typing on the back of that J Edger Hooveresque list of things Terry gave me to search out in terms of dark truths of the gay population. Thom Hartman tried to cheer us a little by saying democratic turnout has been higher than expected and democrats are feeling a sense of hope. What a change from the Judy barroge. But today we are doing reasons to be a Democrat and not a Republican. I ended voting just about as planned but at the last minute I decided to vote to re elect Ed Royce despite that "town hall" phone call. After all he's sent a lot of Christmas Cards and things over the years and I'm sure he'll be reelected. I tend to give "points" to long term incumbants. That's why I voted for Brown and Boxer. I voted for the Republican liutennant governor both to keep Brown on his toes and because I'd heard that Willy Brown hand picked that Mayor of San Francisco. It's a vestegial remnent of my conservatism and John and Key regarding Willy Brown as "evil incarnate" defending a bunch of pimps, gang members and murderors in his younger years getting them off. I voted Republican for Attorney General but Democratic for most other state offices. OK I guess we're ready to go, with a new paragraph. I reentered blogger and they told me my cookies were functionally disabeled. "Hey, keep my sex life out of this, will you?" But seariously, this new testosterone medication they're advertizing now sounds just the ticket for a lot of us older folk who feel the need to be revitalized.

The first things Republicans think they know is that President Obama trippled the national deficet. Instead it was fiscle 2009 that was Bush's last year and that's when the deficet exploded and Obama in his deficet actually reduced the figure. Item number two the Republicans don't know was that President Obama cut their taxes. They're a bunch of ungrateful jerks. The third thing they think they know is that the Stimulus failed when actually it succeeded. The fourth thing they don't know is that Business will hire if we give them more tax cuts. In actuality these business will just pocket the tax refund money. Actually jobs come about from demand created by the comon wage earner who has money to spend on product and create demand. The fifth thing republicans think they know is Health Care exploded the budget by a trillion dollars. By democrat accounting we will actually save money by implementing Health Care. Personally this one I have doubts about. The sixth thing republicans think they know is Government spending pulls money out of the economy that would otherwise be there. The Seventh thing they think they know is that Social Security is going bankrupt. It will be solvent till the year 2039 and people aren't living that much longer because according to Hartman most of the increase has been due to a reduction of infant mortality. This is another I have personal doubts about. To me there are a lot more really old people now and people age more slowly. The eighth thing Republicans think they know is that Obama bailed out the banks with TARP money, when of course that distinction goes to Bush. The nineth thing they think they know is that the US Dollar is doomed. This isn't true. Chinese wouldn't be trying to keep their currency so cheap if they thought we could make ours much cheaper and blow them out of the water. They are not afraid of a cheap US dollar becomming worthless. They are so glad to take our money they are willing to run a big economic surplus to do it. The Chinese would rather have our money than our goods. Think about it. Also as per the past posting "If you think the US dollar is doomed, how much gold have you purchassed over the years". Put your money where your mouth is. The tenth and final thing republicans think they know is that President Obama is too leftist, when in reality people with he would be more strident and show leadership. When Howard Dean was head of the democratic party they had a lot more respect. And they could have it again if they got Howard Dean back, or someone like him.

OK we’re going to jump to the second part of the day here. [name withheld] told us all in this hall “don’t close your doors. There will be people working in your rooms”. I was a little bit puzzled. It seems that they were installing new light switches even though the old ones worked fine. These have some “automatic” capabilities. Apparently if there is no movement in a room for over a half an hour then the light goes off. I’ll try and not read a book too quietly. The light goes on now automatically when you venture into the bathroom. Accronis has started its weekly run. I watched Days of our Lives and went out for afternoon coffee in the courtyard. I came back here hoping to catch Randy Rhodes and Nora came by and shewed us out to change the linins. I decided to wait downstairs in the courtyard still worried that my check didn’t arrive. It was a lengthly wait. Finally at 3:15 [name withheld] called my name. My name was the last of a list and a lot of names appeared to have been skipped. I’m glad I wasn’t one of them. I talked to Loretta Hill a little. I thought of telling Brenda Hess about “Night Skin” and saying “It would work wonders for your complexion. You don’t want to get old before your time, do you?” But I didn’t do that. But the line stalled. Richard Moore and I had been sitting in the courtyard waiting there before the first set of names were even called. Gayno went in front of us at the last minute and then some “H” guy stepped to the front of the line. After this a guy named John came in the office (?) and was a little eccentric but [name withheld] spent a lot of time with him. Then Sarah brought another lady in who spoke only Spanish and [name withheld] spent even more time with her. A lot of the M’s in line were getting restless, particularly Owen Martin. (“Isn’t that your grandfather?”) Not unless age and some other things are reversible. Finally she got to me. Mario Hernandez popped in at the last moment and I was pulling my hair out but [name withheld] shewed him off. [name] gave me the twenty I asked for and I went out the other door. I went right to the liquor store and bought two packs of John Blacks. The guy said “You didn’t want menthols did you?” I said “No”. I was waiting to pick them up till I got my change. We had an “enchilada casserole” for dinner that was more like Lazagna than the usual dish. There were baked beans and spinach. We had tapioca pudding for desert. I went to the bakery for a large coffee. I paid Gloria the $3.50 I owed her. I was thinking maybe I could Jap her out of the change by saying I’d get it to her later and then bum quarters or sell cigarettes. But she had the 50 cents so I was trapped. I’m thinking of posting tonight before I know the election results. Christie Mc Donald already lost, and that's an encouraging sign.

Today we are talking about paternity. We contrasted two people in a soap opera a few weeks ago, Melanie, who wanted the truth out, what she knew of it, and Kayla, who butted into her daughter (Stephanie's) private affairs. People thought Carley Manning was the one who changed the paternity results saying Daniel was the father of Clowie's baby. But now we know that Carley turned friendly twords Clowie and decided not to mention her affair to Daniel was exactly as she told us, "If the paternity tests show Daniel as the father I'll keep my mouth shut forever". Carlie is thus an innocent to this test tampering. The dark horse culperet if the Grandmother, the one you least suspected, Caroline Brady. She told daughter Kayla and now Kayla is in the process of telling her daughter, Stephanie, who has been endeavoring to learn the truth and probably wouldn't have stopped till she found it. Even so this will be a secret poorly kept. Neither the mother, Clowie, nor biological father, Philip, know the truth about the child to be. I know Dr. Laura is in favor of women keeping secrets. I'm not "down" with secret keeping of this nature. In like manner I am against "withholding evidence" in court trials. Were I to find out "the truth" about a defendant as a juror, I would disregard the Court's instructions and vote to convict because I believe the Truth trumps legal machinations. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. Secrets are time bombs. Why not defuse them as soon as you discover them?