Republicrats and Demicans, it's all a one-party system...

I've read a few political posts on here again, and this put me back in my usual politics-minded zone.  So, I'll try to explain what is wrong with America and why Obama is ruining the country even more; keep in mind, this is from the point of view of an outsider, and thus, in my non-humble opinion, a neutral observer.  

The otherwise repulsive character, Dolores Umbridge, said a few lines in "Order of the Phoenix" that fit politics perfectly.  "Without progress there will be stagnation and decay. Then again, progress for progress’s sake must be discouraged, for our tried and tested traditions often require no tinkering. A balance, then, between old and new, between permanence and change, between tradition and innovation, because some changes will be for the better, while others come, in the fullness of time, to be recognized as errors of judgment. Meanwhile, some old habits will be retained, and rightly so, whereas others, outmoded and outworn, must be abandoned. Let us move forward, then, into a new era of openness, effectiveness, and accountability, intent on preserving what ought to be preserved, perfecting what needs to be perfected, and pruning wherever we find practices that ought to be prohibited."

Some of these practices that ought to be pruned are... well... the primary bones of contention between Democrats and Republicans, especially in the cultural/social arena.  First off, gay marriage.  I am against any and all discrimination.  However, marriage is an ancient institution, and before this century, each marriage consisted of precisely one man and one or more women.  I feel that the benefits available to married couples should also be available to homosexual couples.  However, the means of bringing about such benefits in the context of a long-term committed relationship should be recognisably different for married and homosexual couples.  The term "marriage" and the centuries-old traditions existing within this ceremony should not be used.  How about the term "conjugal union", or something else?  Just not the M-word.  That's a special word, and a special ceremony.  Let's keep it that way.

Contraception.  How could this even be a bone of contention?  Insurance plans should cover family planning (abortion is NOT family planning, it's Plan C).  No exceptions—the Democrats have this one right.   "Contraception is ... not okay. It's a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.  [Sex] is supposed to be within marriage... for purposes that are ... procreative. That’s the perfect way that a sexual union should happen…This is special and it needs to be seen as special."  So now Rick the Dick is telling Americans what they should THINK about sex... Wittle Wicky, do you bewieve that wife begins at ewection, too?  Abortion.  No electives.  For situations likely to cause medical or psychiatric harm to mother, father, or child; also for conception arising as a result of sexual assault.  Republicans have it right.  Abstinence-only sex ed.  How could this even be a problem?  People have a right to know about their bodies.  Comprehensive sexual education must be mandatory.  Democrats get this one.

The worst problem Democrats have is this damn idea of handouts.  Many wealthy people are wealthy because they have worked hard and attained success.  If this motivator is removed by the Powers that Be in the form of taxes, this will mean that America will lose the one thing guaranteed to put smart, potentially successful people on the right track—money.  Would be terrible to see modern-day Newtons and Hawkings and Torvalds and Murdochs wasting their life away in back alleys drinking wine coolers and smoking dagga.  My biggest problem, aside from the individual mandate of Obamacare, which is a PENALTY and not a TAX, (nothing against Obamacare, just hate the Individual mandate) is unemployment insurance.  Get this: a drug-dependent individual, unemployABLE, is paid insurance for the unemployED.  Even worse: underage female of low income status and low education is impregnated, disowned, and ends up single, possibly also dependent on drugs, and living alone.  Every additional rugape she brings into the world is worth money to her, so she ends up nothing but a brat-bearing machine, while the intelligent yuppie couple on the other side of town have one intelligent child.  The one smart kid will bear another smart kid, while each of the stupid brats will hook up with an equally stupid partner and bear five or six stupid children.  I mean, the basic concept of unemployment assistance is sound—but drug tests should be introduced and subsidies for children eliminated.

Will Paul Ryan be able to beat Joe Biden in the presidential and vice-presidential debates?

The Associated Press newswire recently announced that Paul Ryan would be the Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States of America.  I followed the discussion on Google Plus, the usual online hang-out for the intelligentsia of the Internet.  Tempers flared; although Republican voters kept their head on straight, there was no shortage of vulgar name-calling and disinformation on the Democrat side.  The discussion was a bit convoluted, and sometimes answers came before the questions.  Here is where I document the discussion; names are not included for privacy, and some of the worse spelling errors have been corrected by an impartial panel of proofreaders broken down by age and sex, i.e., yours truly, since there is nobody on God's green Earth that hasn't been more broken down by age and sex.

"Now I know Mitt can't win. Ryan is like a third rail." Do you mean Mr Ryan is absolutely essential, or that he can be dispensed with?  If you mean the latter, I think you wanted to say "fifth wheel", as a car doesn't need a fifth wheel, but any train that isn't a steam engine needs a third rail, which supplies electromotive power to the engine. -- Ed.


"Here's a real dyed-in-the-wool brown shirt brown-noser!  He can sniff up a storm, plays every opportunity to the extreme, stalls, withholds aid ... [from] people in need & will sacrifice his country to a cult member with big shoulders that gets its operatives from Salt Lake City & the
Mormon brotherhood—heaven isn't heaven in the Book of Mormon. Thank God for all those young Mormon girls to fill their harems...on earth, not in Paradise, American Taliban."  "Actually, I was going to vote for Mitt because he has excellent Mormon values and can bring jobs to the masses in countries that obviously need the income. Some people will become so much richer than they already are when he takes office in 2013. Even if it were actually true that Obama had anything to do with the death of Osama bin Laden, he wasn't the one to actually PULL the trigger. Mitt would've done it, though. ... My vote: Romney!"

"Ahahahahahah.  Congratulations on your reelection, Mr. Obama."  "It's a risky move. It could reinvigorate Romney's campaign or have it fall flat on its face." "Paul Ryan is a far-right whackadoodle who will ruin the country."  "This is a very good choice ... Paul Ryan is a very solid [candidate]. He is all business and this is just what this country needs. I am sure the Obama administration does not like this [...] I know for a fact Ryan is not liked very much in the White House." "Good choice. If he upsets the left this much, then he is the guy to go with."

"Awesome! Paul Ryan is a guy who actually has the courage to deal with the nearly insurmountable fiscal problems this country has." "Absolutely true.  This guy has more knowledge of the budget in 1 finger than the entire Oministration.  I like the call." "Ryan is a perfect choice. He will keep people talking about what Obama does not want to talk about: the economy."

"Are you Americans even thinking about electing [anyone] other than Obama... come on! [...] After years that led you exactly where you are and finally making the curve, [you're] now thinking about going back there again?" "I simply cannot comprehend how anyone can truly believe that Obama has been anything but a disaster.  Makes me pessimistic of our future as a country, honestly."

"Are the Republicans trying to lose? I think if they tried harder they could have found bigger losers to run. Maybe I'm giving them too much credit though." "This is a great pick. Ryan will wipe the floor with Biden during the debates, just as Romney will to Obama. The problem is that most Americans are too ignorant and caught up in who's the latest Idol winner to care."

---"It is hard to imagine what economy would be worse than this. I mean there is Greece, Spain, Italy, and our own Great Depression. It looks to me that President Obama has us well on our way to all of those. He can still blame everyone else for that and most will believe him."