Skip to main content

Jokes About Treason


Senator Jeff "He Broke Me" Flake is bowing out after one term on the Hill and is basically an empty suit with no legislative power so it's only natural that Chuck Todd would invite him on Meet The Press to find out what he thinks about things (note to NBC News: I'm available and happy to come on the air any Sunday because what I think and what Jeff Flake thinks hold equal weight). Here's what the Zonie Flake thinks:
Flake said, “I think the president stops — needs to stop calling Democrats or Republicans or others who don’t stand or applaud at every line that he has, that they are un-American. He also used that term, or treasonous. Words matter, and when he talks about fake news, for example, I gave another speech where I talked about how that gives aid and comfort to authoritarians around the world who are labeling their position or dismissing real dissent as fake news.”
He added, “So those things matter. I don’t think it’s a joking matter to say that somebody is treasonous and he ought to stop it.”
Well, I DO think it's a joking matter to accuse somebody of treason. I think it's very funny and I honestly don't think that anyone in this country would take it seriously even if the object of the joke was, in fact, treasonous. How would you even know anymore? I couldn't tell you and neither could Jeff Flake. A couple weeks ago you might remember the "Schumer Shutdown" when the Government was shut down over the DACA "Dreamers" (or some shit) for the weekend and then reopened Monday morning. Yeah, Jeff Flake voted with the Dems on that one and so did Mitch McConnell but for some reason no one termed the Big Gov. Shutdown the "Flake Freakout" or the "McConnell Meltdown" but I suppose there is some kind of reason for that. Last week the Senate voted on H.R. 1892 (Honoring Hometown Heroes Act ) which is A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to provide for the flying of the flag at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder in the line of duty and it might surprise Chuck Todd to learn that Jeff Flake voted Nay along with 26 other patriots, er, traitors, um, whatever. I wonder, what kind of person could vote against legislation that "authorizes the governor of a state, territory, or possession of the United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia to proclaim that the U.S. flag shall be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder (public safety officer) working in such jurisdiction who dies while serving in the line of duty?" Then I read H.R.1892 and the sausage is a bloody mess filled with "FURTHER EXTENSIONS" that have nothing to do with dead first responders and everything to do with the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 which means money. Want to see how it's done on Capital Hill - check out on of the EXTENSIONS titled:
DIVISION D--MISCELLANEUOUS
This division amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the Department of Agriculture Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) through FY2019. (EQIP provides financial and technical assistance for agricultural producers and land owners to implement certain conservation practices.)
And there are more EXTENSIONS after that - E = Taxes and F = Healthcare and that brings us to G.
DIVISION G--BUDGETARY EFFECTS
This division exempts the budgetary effects of division D and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines.
Where was I? Oh yes, treason, and while I wouldn't call H.R.1892, which is now known as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, treasonous I wouldn't call it "good government" either. DIVISION C which accounts for all the Defense spending in the bill needs to be PAYGO, but all the other stuff, MISCELLANEOUS and otherwise, gets an "exemption" from fiscal restraint written into the bill. Just take a look at the 27 related bills that this monstrosity ties together and funds for the next two years.

It all makes me nostalgic for the Clinton years when patriots reformed government - "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow". If you want a hearty laugh you might want to take a minute to read a National Partnership for Reinventing Government - A Brief History  which recounts Al Gore’s efforts to solve the continuing crisis. The discerning mind will be incapable of reading this tripe without wiping away tears of laughter - honestly, The Onion couldn’t create anything funnier.
In general, we focused on how the government works, not on what it should be doing. We chose to target the overhead costs, not the organizational structure, of agencies. The Vice President asked that, to the extent possible, recommendations should be administrative changes, not proposals requiring statutory changes and that recommendations for "further studies" were not acceptable. Working against a six-month deadline ensured the work was crisp and not over-analyzed. Upon completion, we assigned a "champion" in the agencies to follow through on the implementation of each recommendation and in the early years we asked for a status report on progress every six months.
To help win buy in from the Federal Government agencies and, I suppose, make their respective “champions” look good, Al Gore created the Hammer Award.

What is the Hammer Award, you ask? Perhaps it's a tribute to Gore family patron Armand Hammer who knew something about reinventing government, but it was also much more:
The Hammer Award is presented to teams of federal employees who have made significant contributions in support of reinventing government principles.
The Award is the Vice President's answer to yesterday's government and its $400 hammer. Fittingly, the award consists of a $6.00 hammer, a ribbon, and a note from Vice President Gore, all in an aluminum frame. More than 1,200 Hammer Awards have been presented to teams comprised of federal employees, state and local employees, and citizens who are working to build a better government.
Note: The $6.00 hammer + $94.00 ribbon + $300.00 aluminum frame = $400.00

All the hard work that VP Gore did with his hammer two decades ago didn't make even a dent in the teflon Government. It only got worse and that's no joke.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson

She was "sexy", but "too much hard work." I'm a regular Fox & Friends viewer (mostly in protest of the other insipid morning programs like Today and Good Morning America) so over the years I've gotten to know Gretchen Carlson pretty well. Stuck between Steve and Brian she always seemed a prudish scold with an irritating, self-righteous demeanor that I simply put up with because I figured some people in the Fox audience actually liked her persona. It was obvious that Steve and Brian did not, but they were stuck with her like so many talking heads and had to make the best of it - which they did. Besides, she was no worse than any of the other women on morning show TV - I mean, you're only going to find a certain kind of person to do this kind of work and that kind of person is the Gretchen Carlson kind. Then, one day, she was gone and replaced by Elisabeth Hasselbeck and the F&F ratings began to climb, and climb and climb - in two months view

Psycho Killer, qu'est-ce?

I came into this wicked world in the early 1960's and as a result I have born witness to America's 50 Years of Failure which includes the modern age of mass shootings by psychotic men who "go off" on a given day, for no reason at all (except "guns"), and kill scads of innocent bystanders. Back in August of 2019 a KOTCB blog post titled " Reciprocity City " explored a young  gunman  named Patrick Crusius  who drove 9 hours through the west Texas flatlands to shoot up El Paso, TX The KOTCB has commented on many of these shootings, bombings and knifings over the years -  The roots of the Boston Marathon Bombing ,  the Emanuel AME Church shooting ,  Syed Rizvan Farook and his bride Tashfeen Malik ,  Ft. Lauderdale Airport shooting ,  Nick Cruz lovesick Parkland shooting ,  the Iranian, PETA activist, Vegan Bodybuilder, YouTuber's attack on Google  and now this very oddly timed and placed "lone wolf" attack on Walmart shoppers. This list

Who voted for this guy?

Who voted for this guy? It's been ten days since the results of the Maricopa County, Arizona ballot audit were released to the public and presented at a hearing held by the state senate. This exercise in democratic accountability had been going on for months and, if reports are to be believed, was completed well over a  month before the September 24th hearing where   overwhelming proof of an illegitimate election was presented to lawmakers . The audit showed multiple irregularities, fake ballots, duplicate counts, errors, omissions and egregious acts of sabotage and obstinance by the Maricopa County board of supervisors who did everything they could to withhold and destroy evidence of wrongdoing from the citizen sleuths. The misfeasance of Arizona's political leaders was clearly defined, shocking and (for some) beyond belief but somehow these facts were discovered, organized, packaged and suppressed for MONTHS by the Cyber Ninjas who were attempting to "get to the bottom&q