Well a few things have been on my mind and building up, so let’s begin.
Charter Schools and Voucher programs: There is no evidence that Charter Schools are any better than public schools, there is evidence however that they are much, much worse. What is this about, the incessant need to cheap out on our children? What I mean by cheap out here is, the hiring of unqualified individuals with crackpots ideas to teach our children.
Distorting test results: Check, Why does Michelle Rhee’s name always come up in these cases? (Hey New Orleans, what’s up?)
Greenwald, because Greenwald… that guy is simply exasperating. I’m tired of him.
Climate change deniers.. seriously, what will it take for these people to wake the fuck up?
Politico, all of it, all of their reporters, Check out the link, Pot meet kettle.
Chuck Todd, who doesn’t seem to know what his job actually is, oh well.
Congressional Republicans, god they piss me off. So once again they are attacking poor people. Why do they hate poor people so much? I honestly don’t understand it. Republicans actually worship at the Temple of Draco. I am convinced of this.
Congressional Republicans have rushed headlong into a draconian new cut to the nations meal assistance program known as SNAP. The 5% cut will displace 3.8 million people from receiving this assistance. Not a big deal for those Republicans and their big wig friends. However, the SNAP program dollar amount is around $32.00 a week for groceries per person. Wow. If one gallon of non-organic milk is around 6.00, which is roughly 1/5th of the weekly allotment, how does one get adequate nutrition? And yet these horrible human beings, Congressional Republicans, are willing to throw 3.8 million more people off the rolls, even though they are only getting $32.00 a week. It’s a huge cut at a time when we should be putting more money into that program. We should be boosting WIC, Public Health programs and senior meals. These monies need to be restored.
There are huge societal consequences to malnutrition.
In children the effects are great from an early age in that it impacts cognitive abilities.
From the Nursing Times.
Here is more on the impact of malnutrition on children and pregnant women.
Effects of malnutrition on the elderly.
And let’s be honest here, cutting SNAP does nothing for the budget, it has no impact. If Republicans were serious about righting the wrongs of subsidized money we would quit subsidizing oil, natural gas, corn, commodity crops, military contractors and their cost plus bidding processes, etc and so on. Cutting SNAP just makes Republicans look like they worship at the temple of Draco. Well they do worship at the Temple of Draco, that is part of the problem.
And now onto ACA, Republicans need to stop, just stop, they look like the biggest asses on the face of the earth. Like Chris Hayes said on Real Time last night, let’s see what works, let’s get this law implemented and see what works, and we will go from there. And frankly, this is the law, all three branches have affirmed this. All three. Time for the opposition to get over it. They Lost. Time to participate in the system we have created, contribute to new reforms, something anything, just quit being such pricks about everything by basically holding the entire country hostage because they are still mad they lost the election in 2008 and 2012. If they don’t they will be left out of the process, because the more they dig their heals in and do nothing, or do things that have extremely negative effects on the nations already fragile economy, they will be thrown out of office, and that is just fine by me.
That’s all I got.
Have a good day.
The Angriest Liberal 