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John R.Liming

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WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES?

Date:  June 12, 2013

Subject:  National Security Agency Programs:  Many of these classified programs have reportedly already foiled many terrorist plots against America and Americans:

Dear Friends and Fellow Americans:

I spent some time this morning reading what I consider to be  the filth and garbage on some of what I think of as  ”Hate” sites written by some who claim to be patriotic American Conservative Right Wingers and it looks to me like many of them are in full attack mode against the government agencies charged with protecting us from terrorists and terrorism and cannot contain themselves from claiming that collection of data by such agencies is a blatant violation of Fourth Amendment Rights – - and all kinds of other brainless – - mindless – - irresponsible – - and stupid – - childish – - myth-informed claptrap they can come up with from what I consider to be the cesspools of their diminutive imaginations.

One of these – - and I am not about to dirty my own website by mentioning any names or adding any links – - went so far – - in what appears to me to be some kind of hateful raging rant against Liberals – - as to suggest that whenever anyone who is Liberal serves their country as a member of the Armed Forces of The United States all such service does for them is to make them – - “more traitorous.”

Well – - I am a veteran of two different branches of the American Armed Forces and I have seven years and three months of Honorable service and I do not feel like a traitor – - so I don’t know where some of these – - – “people” – - – get such ideas from unless it is simply a matter that they are so filled with rage and hate toward Liberals, Progressives, Democrats, The President of The United States and maybe even the American Government itself that they are helpless in the face of their angst and cannot do otherwise.

But that is beside the point I want to make here.  It hurt me to read this kind of stuff from a Rightie site but I am getting more and more used to it as time goes by because I am of the opinion that if they could not spew hate they wouldn’t have anything to write about – - and the really amazing thing is that some of these intransigents seem to  think they are “Christians” and have – - on more than one occasion – - even bragged about being “Christians.”  I don’t remember Jesus Christ preaching a doctrine of hate so I don’t know where some of that is coming from – - do any of you?

Anyway to get back to where I wanted to start this post – - The head of the NSA has been reported to have said that the classified programs of that agency – - some of which have been so much in the news lately – - have done quite a bit of good work in keeping America safe and if you want to take a look at some more information about that report you can do it HERE.

Well – - it looks to me a lot like some of those on the radical right have more or less failed in their quest to make sure President Obama was a one-term president but they have – - according to the best information that I can find – - been more or less successful in obstructing our government to the point that it is reported in some media to be in the process of virtually shutting down  because of some of them being unwilling to work across aisles or to compromise on anything – - so now I guess there is nothing left for a lot of them to do except go on these little seemingly endless investigative forays that I like to call “witch hunts” – - most of which seem to be going nowhere and many of which have already been shown to be a complete waste of time having produced nothing but noise and confusion.

When I remember that a lot of Righties claim to be motivated by Christian Values in all that they do in their roles as elected law makers the thing that comes to my mind most is something from The Holy Scriptures which screams out at me – - “God is not the author of confusion.”   – - I also believe that God is not the author of strife either so the question remains unanswered for me – - “Where is some of this stuff coming from if not from the very pits of Perdition?”

Posted by John Liming on June 12, 2013

The Many Scandals Of The Obama Administration!

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6/11/2013

There Were Plenty Of Scandals In Other Administrations Too:

Look back to the year 2000 and onward until at least 2008 and I think you will find a minimum of at least 20 or so scandals that we are simply not hearing much about in 2013 if we hear about them at all – - because they happened under a right wing president and a right wing administration – - and I think some of those folks truly believe that everything they do is inspired from God in Heaven above and that none of them can ever do any wrong and that all the bad things are strictly the province of Liberals – - which in the viewpoint of this blogger is nothing more or less than exactly what the nature of the beast I call “modern American radical rightist conservatism” actually is and is all about.

Those who do not like the president – - and I am convinced there are a whole slew of them – - and I am convinced that most of them are on the side of what I laughingly refer to sometimes as “modern radical American conservatism – - which I don’t think is “American” in the least degree or in the wildest imagination – - those intransigents and obstructionists have put plenty of references all over the internet about the multitudinous “scandals” surrounding this president and his administration – - as if nobody has noticed, right?

There are those on that side of the fence – - those who worked so hard to suppress voters – - to gerrymander districts – - to get the rules changed for the electoral college – - those who have struggled to make their jurisdictions into strictly one-party-ruled political machines where only one viewpoint has any chance of getting through the governing bodies – where citizens are shut out of the process of legislation – - where laws are passed at midnight behind closed doors and with no public participation – -  where the interests of the middle class, students, the senior citizens and the poor are made of no effect as the greed mongers work to consolidate their interests and their power for the sake of profit – -  gain – - greed – - at the expense of everybody else except their exclusivist little club of elitists – - There are those kind of folks who are saying that even with all the “investigations” that are going on now – - at this moment – - it still isn’t enough!

Yes – - there are those who propose endless investigations into “corruption” that I believe exists only in the minds of the enemies of democracy – - those on the farthest reaches of the radical right wing – - let me re-phrase that to: “In the “mindlessness” of the enemies of democracy – - and I am now becoming more and more convinced that this bunch would rather spend all their time witch hunting so as to disparage and discredit the President and his administration – - which is where I am totally convinced they are going with all this confusion they have generated – - and I think they are happier doing this kind of “limelight-spotlight-attention-getting-15-minutes-of-cheap-fame” stuff than they are actually doing the job of solving the many problems facing the country – - because I think that is what they are all about – - what they have always been all about – - and what they are totally suited for – - because I think they have shown by their past failures – - which I think is what most of the things they have ever tried have turned out to be – - – I think they have more than adequately shown they are good for little else than to stir the manure pots of politics and create more problems for those they don’t particularly like and – - as a consequence of what I view as their total lack of any sense of propriety or responsibility whatsoever – - ongoing problems – - serious problems – -  for the nation as a whole.

I will tell you where I think all these so-called “scandals” have come from and why America is having to endure the ridiculousness of a party in the process of self-destructing – - the radical right by whatever name it wishes to call itself – - I think it all began with one single boast that was made in front of television cameras way back in 2008 – - a boast that said in so many words that the single most important agenda item of the GOP would be to make sure that President Obama was a one term president and that he would never get the second term that he won so easily in 2012.

I think those who hate the president, the democrats, the liberals and the progressives have been working their rear ends off to get to the point we are at today with all the McCarthy-like “Scandals” and endless investigations into things that dissolve as fast as they can stir them up.  When the evidence comes to light everyone of these so-called scandals have dissipated and been shown to be nothing but fluff and nonsense and noise – - and I am confident that as time goes on – - more of the same will be shown to be true and in the end the perps of all this nonsense will once again be proven to be sour-grapes sore losers and outright liars.

So what else is new?

It’s all a distraction folks – - a distraction designed purposely to shift attention off the fact that the American radical right wing has absolutely nothing worth while to offer in the way of governing the nation – - that in fact  they have no idea under the Sun how to govern – - never have – - and just maybe never will – - and keep in mind as you read this that you are reading an opinion blog and that these are my opinions – - even though I am convinced they are shared by most of those in America who care enough to go to the polls and cast their votes – - when they are not prevented from doing so by some voter suppression attempt from the far right.

Would Blogger John Liming vote to outlaw this bunch because of what he thinks has been an effort on the part of many of them and their kind – - their cohorts and co-conspirators – -  to do irreparable harm to the government of The United States of America through their constant obstructionism?

You bet’cha!

But by the same token – - I am not going to hold my breath!

I am hoping the voters will do the right thing at the polls in 2014 and 2016 like they have always done when the elections finally roll around.

Posted by John Liming on June 11, 2013

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“OBAMACARE’ SAID TO BE WORKING!

Date:  June 7, 2013

Rightsters Keep On Bashing “Obamacare” With Their Lying Propaganda But There Is A Big Reality Shock In Store For A Lot Of Them:

The biggest shock to the Right-Wads who seem to me to  hate Obama, Obamacare and Democrats, Progressives and Liberals with all the energy they can muster may easily be  that their wild claims that Obamacare will be prohibitively expensive to implement are reportedly about to be disproven – - and I think it will be no time at all before the Righties will have to crap-can their myth-leading on this score.

I think instead of wasting a lot of time listening to the unmitigated fabrications and bull crap found on a lot of Right Leaning Propaganda sites – - – people ought to get a little dose of what is really happening in the world under their belt by consulting sources that know what the Hell they are talking about.

The Radical Right can blow up all the balloons of fear about Obamacare  they want to but I am confident  the last laugh will be with the ones who see that the healthcare program is not the monster that some Righties want to make it out to be – - –  and although there have been some increases in cost projections since the program was first initiated – - – something I can understand  was always probably bound to happen because of ever-changing economic factors – - – I think there are plenty of elements having to do with the economics of the thing that will motivate some who might want to scam the system see things in the light of a new economic reality – - – a light that I like to call “The Magic Of Competition In The Market Place.”

Right now a whole lot of those that I view as bootlickers of The Radical Right look to me like they are really busy spinning the numbers to try to make their case against Obamacare a little stronger – - but I am convinced they are doing little more than urinating into the wind because what I think of as the  ”Real” indicators show that in a short time from now those states that have done what they need to do to make the law work will see far lower insurance rates than they do now – - and this is already reported to be starting  to take shape in – - you might have guessed it – - California!

The Radicals seem to be  trying to convince the gullible that Obamacare is bound to cause a lot of  private insurers to jack up their rates for individual policies – - – and maybe some of this might be being contemplated  in some locales  - – -  but this kind of price gouging is reportedly unsustainable as competition within the exchanges starts to cause lower rates – - often much lower rates.

For a closer look at what I think is reality on this score,  there is what I think is a really great article on the website “Forward Progressives” and that article may be read ( HERE ).

Reality is still much more attractive – - in my opinion – -  than some of the fantasy being spun by some of the “true believers” on the Radical Right who I believe simply can’t stand anything that Liberals, Democrats, Progressives or The President of The United States says or does.

Posted by John Liming on June 7, 2013

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Who sees and hears what and when and why do they?

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6/6/2013

So The National Security Agency Is Collecting Phone Records Of Citizens?

Is that what I am reading on the website, “Talking Points Memo (TPM)” this morning?

If I am reading this release correctly then am I to understand that the NSA might already have my telephone records?  That would be some kind of accomplishment because I do not deal with the telephone company reportedly under order to release records.

So what is the possibility that this kind of attention might also be focused on other communications providers?  Is that something to be concerned about?  Duhhh!   Is this a case developing here where if somebody gets an inch they go ahead and take the rest of the mile?  Would our government do that to us?  Does it matter whether or not they might do it?  I am wondering how different people from different walks of life and varied situations are viewing what is going on here.

Will a clean nose help any?

But even if I were one of those whose records have been “viewed”  I wouldn’t give a damn what the government knows about me because as far as I am concerned I have nothing to hide and I always keep my nose clean and so to Hell with all that.  I am not going to get paranoid about it.

I mean I personally think it sucks – - even though I cannot say why – -  but what the Hell is anybody going to do about it? If the gubmint wants the information for whatever the reason I guess they are going to get it, right?  No biggie there!

I guess there is something strange about this being the first time that this was ever done and that it is being done under the Obama Administration but – - so what?  What’cha gonna do?

Can I actually believe that this is the first time this has ever been done?  Are there people out there who know more about these things than I do?  Does a bear poop in the woods?

What about The Patriot Act days?

I am almost positive  - – although I have absolutely no way of knowing for sure – - that there must have been a whole lot of government surveillance going on under the Bush Administration once the Patriot Act was cemented into the American Gut and I still don’t hear too much about any of that crap – - all I seem to hear is a bunch of what I think of as  lop-eared slope heads from the farthest reaches of the slime pit Right mouthing their frustrations about Obama.

In my opinion there is some small amount of consolation in the revelation about  the alleged  new snoop order and that is that the actual content of the telephone conversations aren’t supposed to be covered – - just information as to when the calls were placed – - how long they last – and what time they occur.  I haven’t the foggiest notion of how that kind of information is going to be of any use to a security agency but then I am not a gubmint type and I do not know what goes on in those kinds of places among those kinds of people.

What are they looking for anyway?

I guess maybe they are looking for some kind of evidence that might help them in their search for – - terr-ier-ists – - or whatever other dried snot – - boogers – -  they are concerned about – - that is their business – - I expect all this is costing the taxpayer more than just  a little personal privacy because I am guessing that all this information transfer costs something to get done and I will bet the price tag isn’t exactly chump change – - whadda ya wanna bet?

It’s all so strange to someone like me.  I am nothing but a totally insignificant little Liberal American with a blog.  I am going to leave the explanations to the know-it-alls who run the Rightie Blogs and even though I won’t trust a cotton-picking word that comes out of any of their mouths – - they are far more adept at picking little details and making big – - over grown – - over blown conspiracies out of them than I am – - so to them I say, “Have at it a-wads!  Have yourselves a ball-busting blast!  Go for it!”

Here is a little more on that part of the story – - ( HERE ).

Righties will undoubtedly try to use this stuff!

Like I said when I started this out here – - The Right-Wads will no doubt use this revelation about the new snooping to try and smear the president – - or the administration – - or both – - because in my experience and in my opinion – - that is what a lot of them do best – - In point of fact I think that some of them are so obsessed with this kind of crap that they simply could not have normal bowel movements if they couldn’t gin up some ridiculous insinuations or claims to make about the President or the Progressives in general – - you must know the drill by now for crying out loud – - ‘taint nothing new here, is there?

But I agree with another blogger who has pointed out that the Right Wing – - including the Rethuglicans – - may be seriously damaging their brand – - and their future in American Politics – - with what I look at as their ongoing nut-wad-ism and utter foolishness – - and I gotta say that this prospect thrills the socks off my ancient and aging feet!  It also gives me a pleasant tingle somewhere between my spinal cord and my stomach.  To put it more simply – - it tickles the crap out of me to see them doing such things to themselves because I have never believed too many of them have ever been all that concerned about doing what is best for anybody except the fat bottoms who perch in the top of the prosperity tree – - – taking long and obviously refreshing dumps on the rest of us “little people.” – - peons – - serfs!

Do take the time to check this out:

I do recommend reading an article by a blogger with the tag of “Mykeystrokes.com” which I just happen to have linked to ( HERE ). I think it is an intriguingly interesting and highly informative blog post and I am enthusiastic about recommending it.

Posted on June 6, 2013 by John Liming

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6/1/2013

LIVING AND LEARNING SOME HARD LESSONS I GUESS!

I did something today I know that I should not have done, but who is perfect I ask you?

I actually went around the Internet visiting a few of those sites that seem to me to be haters of all things Liberal or Progressive – - and boy did I ever get an ear full!  Wow!  I never knew that some people could be so nasty and mean-tempered and downright not-at-all-nice!

If I learned anything at all – - I learned today that there are some of what I consider to be – - – to say the least – - – very disagreeable people  - –  who just don’t seem to me to have very much – - if any – - panache, class or – - upbringing at all – - I can tell that a lot of them apparently don’t know the least little thing about common courtesy and I am thinking that a whole lot of them don’t have all that much respect for their elders either – - and I doubt sincerely if a lot of them who spread their jaws and spew out “Christian” defense of their line of ideological horse manure have any inkling at all of what God is like or who Jesus Christ really is – - if they did I don’t think they could say some of the things that I have had thrown at me today.

For example – - at  least one of what I consider to be a political bottom feeder  from the Extreme Right has called me a “bottom-feeder” on the left today.  Nice job of psychological projection I would say!

A couple of them referred to the stuff that I write on AMERICAN LIBERAL TIMES as “blatantly false” and have strongly suggested to one another that I am – - misguided.  I mean I am a Liberal and Liberals win elections and Righties lose elections and yet – - they see me as misguided!  Now what in the Hell is that all about?  If ever there was a lack of grasp on reality I should think they are more the victims of it than I – - but let them have their fun while they can right?

Some of these obtusians are still clinging to the notion that a “Muslim” has “usurped” the White House – - I cannot help but wonder if people who say things like that and actually mean it have been chewing on something hallucinogenic or if they might have been smoking some of that wacky weed or something because both those concepts have long since been proven to be total bull manure everywhere – - I guess – - except inside the walls of their own special little cocoon that they have built for themselves so they can escape from the real world that surrounds them.

I discovered today that there are still some people – - if you can call some of them that – - out there – - who seem to me to be totally convinced that the government is brainwashing their children in the Public School system – - I guess some of them are still determined to destroy the taxpayer-funded system of Free Education for everybody and convert the whole thing to what appears to me to be a system of “Christianized Private Schools” where they can teach their kids how Jesus wants them to hate Liberals and everybody but their own ideological peers and how that the perfect marriage consists of one man and one woman – - both of which are fully qualified on all sorts of firearms – - and where the perfect home has a gun-room or armory – - and a shooting range – - – along with the two and a half baths and the eat-in kitchen – -  two and a half kids and a dog and where all education begins and ends with such scientific wonderment as “There ain’t no such thing as global warming – - that is a Liberal lie – - Dinosaurs walked the earth alongside the first humans – - No Gubmint at all is better than a government big enough to do what needs getting done – - Everybody should work for whatever the employer is willing to pay and that a minimum wage is nothing but un-Godly greediness – - and universal health care is the work of the devil – - and we all need to get back to the good old days when there was no big Federal Gubmint and everybody was more or less let loose to fend for themselves the best they can ” – - and other things that I see as what might be or what might become Right Wing fantasies and nightmares.

In my literary journeys today I learned that some of the very folks whose desire I believe it is to displace our Democratic Republic with a Theocratic Oligarchy and to create a Theological Dictatorship on these hallowed shores of ours are accusing us Libs and Dems and Progressives of wanting to oppress them and their own with our own version of a dictatorship of some kind – - – where does all this crap suddenly come from?  There must surely be some new form of dementia loose in the land because when I was a younger man I never heard any of this kind of stuff being talked about – - I lived in a far saner world – - it seems – - than the one that has come to the fore ever since Obama was elected President in 2008.

How is it that one rather small and noisy segment of the population can suddenly be so afraid of the changing demographic of the greatest nation on earth?  I have heard it suggested in some corners that the angst of the far Right and the Extreme Right is due to something sometimes called “The Browning Of America” – - the changing ethnic demographic that might challenge total White domination of the political system – - but is it racist of talk of these things?  Is it racist of speak of these things or is it just simply facing facts?  Is it possible that all the kerfuffle from the far right and the extremist right is simply a matter of fearing their inevitable loss of dominant power over the politics of the nation?  Or is there something else?  Something deeper?  Something sinister?  I don’t know but I sure wish someone could tell me why America has changed so very much in what seems to me to be such a short time.

I have been informed today that I am – - extremely uninformed.  That’s interesting!  What is that all about?  Who or what besides that portion of  the Rightist Propaganda Machine that blares forth distortions 24-hours-a-day every day in true brain-washing style informs those who make such assumptions about me?

Somehow I cannot get past the impression that all this rightist angst is centered on our President.  It seems like every other word that some of those rightist sites prints is something about the things they fear “Obama is forcing upon us” or things that “Obama is doing to us” or “Going to do to us one of these days.”  Everytime I read into one of the Rightie blogs or websites I get a big dose of what somebody seems to consider the sins of our President – - why are some of these people so very negatively focused on what may just be one of the greatest presidents in the history of this country?  My question remains the same – - “Is all this right wing blather and bluster about nothing more than the fact that America has elected Her first African-American President?

Is that what all the intransigence has been about?  Is that what all the current so-called “scandals” are about?  Is that what 5 years plus of almost total obstructionism has been about?

I do not really know the answer to any of this even though I have my suspicions.  I just know it is not good to have the country this split up over things that don’t amount to a hill of beans in my opinion and I think that we are going to have to come together pretty soon or the way back may not be so easy and may – - in fact – - be too difficult to even try to imagine.

One thing I am pretty certain about and that is this:  I think the time when one might entertain any notion of talking to some of the more extreme of the Righties among us has long since passed.  I think it is time to just leave them alone and let them live in what I view as their degenerative little world – - give them all the rope they desire – - and let nature take its course.  This kind of noise and static has arisen on the world stage before and after a period of tumult and furor – - after all the thumping of boots on the neck of decency – - after all the searchlights have been extinguished – - after all the hate and callousness have exhausted themselves – - the oppressive forces of Rightist Extremism have faded and settled back into the dust until the next dissident generation rises to the beat of a new drum – - and God willing – - that will be the outcome this time as well.

I have enough faith in America that I think She will survive the present difficulty because the spirit of Her People is an indomitable one after all.  Americans have proven their strength in the face of the fires of trouble before and we have always come through it with the colors flying and the praises of God on our Lips and in our hearts – - the praises of  The God of Love, Compassion and Salvation; not that ancient and mythical figure who goes about with a sledge-hammer in hand waiting for the opportunity to smite sinners over the head.

Posted by John Liming on June 2, 2013

The uncontrollable consequences of political alliances!

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Some men can apparently grab the royal rule from the hands of oppressors and establish unto themselves new nations soaked in the hopes of Freedom – - but in a few years time questions may arise as to just how solid the foundation is that these dreams are built on – - are they built on the solid rock of reliable principle and dogged determination or are they built on some of the more tenuous shifting sands of human nature – - and what will the final result of all Patriot’s endeavors be – - a nation that rises to illuminate the world in righteous hope and dignity or a nation that shrinks in shame as the rains of self-inflicted adversity fall upon the golden torch raised beside the harbors of refuge for the huddled masses?

Man has shown an ability to declare independence from the forces of tyranny but then man has also shown that in pursuit of this freedom he is also capable of re-shaping his endeavors into such a fashion that they can become another form of tyranny in and of themselves – - – and if great care is not exercised, these new adventures may lay another foundation – - the foundation for bringing down the entire political construct as if it were nothing more than a stack of cards in a windstorm – - and through many obstructions and fabrications, lies, deceits and treacheries – - the entire ship of state may find itself wrecked on the shoals of broken promises.

What I am trying to describe here is what I see as the sweeping fallacy of something that I call “Far Right Wing Radical Religious Psuedo-Conservatism” and I see it as a force rising with great emphasis in some circles and from some corners of this great nation – - all in the name of gain – - greed – - accumulation – - materialism – - wealth – - support of an elitist faction at the top of the food chain – - at the expense of all the rest of the social order – - and I view it as kind of an archetypical ”devil”  that walks among us and to my way of thinking its contemporary popular designation may be aptly described as ”Right Wing Extremism.”

As has been demonstrated in all the obstructionism since Obama was elected in 2008, it looks to me like the solid dam that once held back the deluge of need – - want – - and despair from sweeping across this great nation may be in danger of being breached or broken and to may way of thinking it is past time for America’s Voters to bestir themselves to a new and righteous enterprise – - the defeat of as many Republicans and Right Wingers in the elections of 2014 and 2016 as it is humanly possible to attain.

I am not ready to see all that I have worked for – - dreamed of – - hoped and longed for – - swept away by corporatist greed and the machinations of those who lobby and legislate against the best interests of everyone who toils daily to earn their crust of bread – - and I am especially not enamored of the prospects of allowing this mantle of servitude to fall upon the shoulders of our generations yet to be born.

It is the bright hope of a prosperous and progressive future that I dream of for myself and my children and their children after them – - not the grim prospect of some Right Wing-Inspired nightmare that more resembles a living grave for compassionate and righteous governance – - and so I determine within myself to vote Democrat whenever I can and to encourage all who have ears to hear to do the same.

My chosen way is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I believe that generations have proven that the Progressive Way is their preferred method of being governed and I think they have proven it more times than not and I think that whenever they make the choice to move more Liberally, they are better off in the end.  I believe all the non-revisionist statistics will bear that assumption out if enough digging beneath the fluff and kerfuffle of Rightist Propaganda is done with care and diligence.

Thus yet another reason to hoist the great banner of Liberty and to march forward in defense of the best that is America for the sake of all of us and for the sake of all those yet to come.

Posted by John Liming on May 29, 2013

Prosperity Or The Lack Of It Depends On Choices!

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I have just finished reading a most revealing – - and possibly sometimes even a little unsettling – - report on “Campaign For America’s Future” entitled, “The Rising American Electorate Sinking Together” that discusses the relationship between economic conditions and politics.

After I got finished reading this report and had time to think about it one thought kept going through my mind:

“It doesn’t matter to me much what conditions on the ground in the Economy are from time to time because one factor always looks to me like it is a constant of Reality and that factor is this:  ”The American People and The American Economy always – - without fail – - fare far better under Democrats than under Republicans.

Let us not forget how this Economy got tanked into the toilet in the first place – - I think we can thank the previous Rightie Administration for that one even though not too many Right-Tards want to fess up and face that fact – -  what they like to tell me is “All that stuff happened a long time ago now and the Dems have been in power long enough to have fixed things by now if they are ever going to fix things.”

What I like to fire right back at them is, “That mess left to Obama and The Dems by the cob-serva-tiffs of past administrations was so far-reaching and damaging that it may not get truly “fixed” for generations to come – - and Re-thug obstructionism in the hallowed halls of Congress is not helping matters much either.”

When I say stuff like that back to them – - that is the time their demeanor grows deathly silent, their faces glow ever redder, steam starts to coil slowly out of their ears and from somewhere beneath their collars and the room fills with the stench of methane gas from what has probably been too much indulgence in too many of the good things that come too easily to too many of them by way of the struggles and sacrifices of the middle class, the elderly, the student population and the poor.

In the final analysis I think that is all I really need to remember – - and the fact that the Economy is on the mend now – - is that

unemployment figures are going down – - Wall Street is in better shape than it has been in decades and investors are laughing all the way to their banks – - and it has all come about as a result of the efforts of the man whom prestigious “Forbes” has recently described in glowing terms as being probably the best Economic President in a long long time and those who have worked so hard by his side to get things done in spite of all Rethug efforts to thwart every positive thing that has been attempted on behalf of The American People since 2008.

Yes, there is a way to go yet – - but I think we have a far better chance of getting where we need to go as a nation under Democrats  - – who actually work for the best interests of everybody and not just the elite few at the top of the food chain.

I suggest reading the article at “Campaign For America’s Future” and for those who are interested it can be found ( HERE ).

Posted by John Liming on May 27, 2013