THIS is "Don't Cut Social Security" GOLD.

[bvar22]

Many, many more at:
http://savesocialsecurity.tumblr.com/

I will be adding my own later today.

Spread the Word.




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[MotherPetrie]

1. K&R.

[Roy Rolling]

25. K & R

What is so freakin' difficult about raising the ceiling on Social Security wage caps? That's a no-brainer....

Oh wait, I understand. That would require brains from the current gaggle of decision-makers in Washington. *sigh* the optimism of ex-hippies.

[pangaia]

66. It is simple,,

They are all bought and paid for by those very people upon whom we want to raise the cap.

[WillyT]

2. HUGE K & R !!!

[neverforget]

3. K&R!

[KoKo]

4. K&R!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

5. Nice. Kinda reminds me of sorryeverybody.com after DimSon "won."

Solidarity.

[datasuspect]

6. those people don't realize how stupid they are

and how lucky we are to have a demigod who knows elentymillionth level 4d chess in realtime.

they just need to make obama do stuff and call the white house and stuff.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

8. 202-456-1111

[bvar22]

9. Don't mind them

They're just throwing "Itty, Bitty, HissyFits".

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022632517
(My award for the most Callous, Insensitive, Dismissive, Disgusting, Thread EVER posted at DU.)

[datasuspect]

11. jeez

.

[SunSeeker]

38. When I saw that LOLcats pic, I thought of the gungeoneers upon any mention of gun control.

[Dragonfli]

46. Yeah, that was pretty fucked up.

[MuseRider]

48. I missed that one.

Just read it. You are correct with your description.

[donnasgirl]

57. You have

That right, no truer words have ever been spoken

[Curmudgeoness]

60. I add my vote for that award.

I saw that yesterday and didn't even know how to respond to it. And it isn't easy to leave me lost for words.

[Faryn Balyncd]

7. While we're at it: Here is White House TELEPHONE COMMENTS LINE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022635705#op


It is only a very short wait (too short, in fact).

The volunteer comment takers are polite when they take your comments. Be courteous.

We need to bombard the phone lines RE: SS before the petitions are delivered this week.

[MuseRider]

10. This is gold!

Thanks bvar22! Miss seeing you but when you show up it is always good. Will be waiting to see yours.

[newfie11]

12. K&R

[michigandem58]

13. If there's a picture of someone holding a sign, it must be true

[Buzz Clik]

22. No shit. The level of hysteria of this place has become psychotic!

[Dragonfli]

49. Like duh! They should know he like offered to raise benefits in negotiations!

Those Idiots will believe anything the White House claims to have offered, the White House is like Bagger central, but we know what is true!

[phantom power]

14. kick

:kick:

[HiPointDem]

15. kr

[Jakes Progress]

16. K&R I wish all

the president's men who guard him from reality and the people would mess up, and he could see this. If Friend's School wasn't filled with the offspring of other millionaires who will never need SS, the girls would be catching this from their friends at school. As it is Obama and his family are insulated from the people who elected them.

(God, I hope he's insulated. The only other way to view this is that cutting SS and protecting the rich is what he really wants to do, that he is that cold and that mean and that dumb. We have to just hope that he is only clueless and inept. The alternative is horrible.)

[99Forever]

17. K&R

[Ed Suspicious]

18. I convinced my apolitical non-voting mom to vote for the first time in decades because Obama was the

only one who would protect social security. Her checks are small enough as it is, and living without 401k or pension, she is right at the poverty line. She came out and voted for the president.

Thanks for making a liar out of me, Mr. President.


(that's code for fuck you)

[L0oniX]

36. +1 ...know how that feels n/t

[xchrom]

19. du rec. nt

[Buzz Clik]

20. CAN WE CREATE A SEPARATE FORUM FOR THIS???!!! PLEASE!!!!!

Sweet fargin' Jeebus! Hundreds of threads every god damned day!

[Scootaloo]

27. How about you go to a lolcats site in the interim?

'Cause social security is, to quote Biden, "A Big Fucking Deal." Don't like seeing it as a big topic on DU? Well, maybe it's vacation time?

[Buzz Clik]

28. Better than that: I am trashing every thread with "chained cpi" or "social security" in the title.

However, that feature doesn't keep the endless stream of premature obsession off the front page.

[Scootaloo]

29. There you go! Take it into your own hands!

[bvar22]

31. Goodbye, Good Luck, don't let the door.....

I'm bvar22,
and I support Buzz Click's heart felt and agonized decision to NOT Participate in any thread concerning Social Security, Medicare, or the Chained CPI.

Can I get an "AMEN"?

[Buzz Clik]

32. My presence bothers you? Okay. I just changed my mind. I'm untrashing all of it. See you around!

[SunSeeker]

37. LOL. nt

[bvar22]

43. Flip Flopper.

I'm heart broken.

[HangOnKids]

93. Post of the week!

Well done bvar!

[Doctor_J]

42. AMEN!

We need a no Kool-Aid zone anyway. Isn't there already a fan club forum?

[timdog44]

81. That is good. I support the same.

A thorn in many threads I have seen click's buzz. Amen!!!

[pa28]

101. I think that's a fine idea.

Buzz Click's beautiful mind will no longer be troubled and he can use the extra time fix that broken cap-lock key.

[Rex]

47. You mad bro?

nt.

[Buzz Clik]

87. Not at all. How are you doing?

[Rex]

91. Good. Just checking.

With all that shouting, something got you worked up.

[Mira]

78. And how old are you?

[Buzz Clik]

84. I'm old enough to be worried about social security but young enough...

... that I can remember what's been posted on the subject at least 100 times already.

Somewhere in all of this, somebody was spouting off at me and inadvertently summed it up quite nicely: this is all about fear.

[bobduca]

83. "Get these god damned social security threads off of my DU"

that would certainly make it easier for you and others to ignore this issue wouldnt it?

[Buzz Clik]

86. The DU software makes it pretty easy to ignore all these threads, but let me ask you:

How many threads per day are enough for one topic when absolutely nothing is being posted?

One is not enough because the threads rotate off the board and the topic disappears. Considering we are getting roughly 100 per day every day for the past week or two, that's a lot of unneeded repetition. And, of course, to kill the boredom, the noise level and hysteria are being ratcheted up. This thread is a perfect example. Nothing has happened, but people are reacting as if grandma is living in a dumpster because she's been thrown out of her apartment and hasn't eat a bit in 5 days.

Sorry, but I went from annoy to amused to annoyed again. It's been that awful.

[bobduca]

88. I just accept that I'm not the arbiter of a thread's worth on DU.

thats how i deal with unwanted threads. You can choose to rage against the choices of individual posters who feel the need to express themselves with new threads, but I think it's a waste of one's anger/energy.

Maybe try and show some actual empathy for these individuals who are posting personal testimony about how strapped they are for assistance. That might be the better way?

I also hide all gun threads so I can understand that personal tastes vary, re what gets under our skins.

[cantbeserious]

21. K&R

eom

[TRoN33]

23. I don't know which one is worse...

Listened to Romney's constant bullshits and exaggerated a lot of the claims or President Obama's "Great Betrayal" of his close supporters who fought hard for his beliefs of being the protector of the middle class and the less fortunate? For many Americans who voted for him, looks like its going to be the latter over the former. Romney must be smiling out somewhere now.

President Obama are practically throwing up the .

[zeemike]

24. Just look at that old couple

Living it up on your tax dollar...eating the expensive caned cat food...
Let them eat Kibbles and Bits...

[840high]

26. k/r

[bread_and_roses]

30. K&R (n/t)

[ReRe]

33. K&R

[L0oniX]

34. K & R Mr President ...don't ever bring up SS again ...not ever ...do you get the message?

[KG]

35. buncha obama-bashers having a hissyfit! they never loved him anyway....

[Doctor_J]

41. Racists. Haters. Ponies.

[Occulus]

53. Poutrage.

[neverforget]

72. Bullies.

[Demo_Chris]

39. Well done! nt

[madfloridian]

40. Well done.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

44. Before the election, a lot of Obama supporters were saying

"Now that he doesn't have to be re-elected, he'll let his true liberal self show through" or words to that effect.

I always had a sneaking suspicion that exactly the opposite would be true.

I was right.

I don't like it that I was right.

[Doctor_J]

54. I told my old Fox News addicted dad,

He's not going to cut Social Security

Oops.

[kath]

63. Yeppers, he's letting his true asshole self show through

[dreamnightwind]

75. You noticed that too?

I couldn't believe it when I would read opinions like that. They completely misunderstood the reality of the situation, 180 degrees off. Obama is a likeable human and claims to be a Dem. Sad that those two things are enough to lead to so much policy blindness.

[WillyT]

45. Wow... Latest One (I Think)...

[Carolina]

50. These are excellent

and so sad.

Obama keeps seeking a grand bargain with stupid and loathesome repukes, but the truth is there is no such thing to be had and instead Obama is just THE GRAND BETRAYER

[madrchsod]

51. every time i see that picture of paul....

i realize just how much we have lost.

[sabrina 1]

52. This is a disaster for Democrats. This should be used as the classic example of how to lose

elections. What is he thinking?

Democrats better distance themselves from this fast or we will surely have a clean Republican sweep in 2014 and they will lie again, as they did in 2010 from which they learned nothing, and claim that 'liberals stayed home'. Although this time that just may happen if Democrats in Congress even think about voting for this outrageous proposal.

[AgingAmerican]

92. Republicans will use this AGAINST Democrats in 2014

There is absolutely no reason for Obama proposing this except that the Republicans don't like SS. He gets zero in return and we are screwed.

[xtraxritical]

55. Somebody at the White House must read DU, right?

[Curmudgeoness]

62. If they don't monitor it, they are fools. nt

[timdog44]

82. If we call 202-456-1111

they will hear from us. I called this morning. Had to call several times because it was busy. Then when I got in, about a 5 minute. "I am from Illinois and I want my home state president to take SS, Medicare and Medicaid off the table, please." And a very nice, pollite young lady said she would inform him of my sentiments. Also let her know my republican friends (I do have a few) are also wanting the same thing.

[Honeycombe8]

56. K&R. Maybe it won't happen maybe it won't happen...this is just a nightmare....nt

[donnasgirl]

58. Sorry

It's not a nightmare, they are pushing it.

[Demo_Chris]

59. If you're not a Billionaire then Obama doesn't care

just a handy rhyme to remind you where you stand.

[DirkGently]

61. Excellent. (nt)

[Babel_17]

64. At the very least ...

these photos, and the widespread sentiment they reflect, should cause the administration to regroup and reflect. Hopefully, next we hear from them, we'll know they understand what all the protesting is about.

I'd like a symbolic bone thrown our way as well. I'd like the administration to invite someone like Senator Sanders to a substantive sit-down.

Should Sanders say he liked what he was hearing, all the better.

[blackspade]

65. Awesome.

[HarmonyRockets]

67. K&R

[In_The_Wind]

95. Hello ~ HarmonyRockets

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[Poll_Blind]

68. Oh fucks yes, Lebowski!

PB

[myrna minx]

69. K&R.

[blkmusclmachine]

70. Obama lied ?

YEP.

[wasserman]

71. Barack Obama deceived and lied

that's the bottom line

[SaveOurDemocracy]

73. Really, really well done. K&R

[Union Scribe]

74. Solifuckindarity man!

Great post!

[merrily]

76. Sorry, but those folks were not paying attention. BO talked about "entitlement reform" in 2009.

What did they think he meant? Did they even bother to ask?

I don't want the cuts, either, but that is no reason to pretend voters did their job.

[bvar22]

80. Yes. We DID pay attention.

That old bullshit just doesn't work in the modern era of VIDEO.
Roll The Tape!

You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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[bobduca]

90. Oh but I was told here on DU that video was BEFORE the election

back when campaign promises were flowing like water, don't you know we were not supposed to believe any of that? that was just so he would get elected.

[merrily]

97. It was way before the 2012 election, which is the election that the voters in the OP refer to.

Between 2009 and 2012, there were any number of indications from various sources that Obama did indeed want to cut Social Security.

I did not hear many voters questioning him about those during his 2012 campaign. I blame him, but I blame them, too.

[merrily]

96. Try reading a post before you call it bullshit.

Your OP is a bunch of people saying they voted and/or for Obama in 2012. My post said they did not pay attention to what he said in 2009. You "rolled" tape from Meet the Press in 2008.

FYI, 2008 is before both 2009 and 2012.


Between January 2009 and November 2012, the election that voters in your OP were regretting, there were quite a few indications, including statements made by Obama himself, that he was in fact going to cut Social Security benefits. He got precious little questioning on that before the 2012 election.


ETA: I am pointing out something that voters did wrong only in the hopes that we will be more attentive next time. I am by no means defending Obama. But, voters did not do their job in 2012.

Here are links to but a couple of stories that should have lead to lots of inquiries when Obama was campaigning in 2012.

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-01-16/politics/36899872_1_barack-obama-key-economic-priority-items-entitlement-reform (date on this article is January 16, 2009, well after the 2008 election, but only a few days before Obama's first inauguration.)

http://www.crewof42.com/news/conyers-on-jobs-weve-had-it-lays-out-obama-calls-for-protest-at-white-house/

A body language expert would have spotted that Obama was not being forthright even in the tape you posted (for one thing, all that blinking is a "tell.&quot But I would not have expected voters to pick up on that.

[bobduca]

85. Astounding... BO is proposing cuts, and its the voters fault for what?

for not voting for the non-centrist? Yeah that wasn't an option in most primaries if you recall.

Apparently its the voters fault for not willing another candidate into the primaries? I get that you are saying you knew that he was going to make the cuts, but its clear that wasn't the dominant theme of 'Hope' and 'Change'

These people clearly didn't pay attention to that, what with their lack of political obsession, like those of us on DU.

[AndyA]

77. K&R--no one campaigned, supported, or voted for Obama so he could cut SS! n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

79. I have been speechless. It just doesn't make sense...

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Thats Too much cognitive dissonance.

I still am having a hard time digesting this.....and I don't think I could get on the Obama Sucks bandwagon--he's done so many good thngs that I can't nullify all that in order to start hating.

BUT I sure as shit will add my voice to the uprising against this travesty

[merrily]

98. Most people are quite capapble of disagreeing on policy without "hating." Aren't you?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

99. I don't have a problem disagreeing with specific policies....

but I also admit that it's fraught with emotions that need to be parsed out for me...something I've been having a hard time with. It's difficult because I have such high hopes and his trustworthyness signals are so strong, for me.

Serious cognitive dissonance.

Also, so much of the discussion about this bad stuff is also full of emotion, angry, *hateful* even in a fair number of posts.

Hard to make the psychological shift.


Also I would have appreciated a less snarky sounding reply. Unless you didn't mean for that to sound so snarky. See, that's the other thing around here....you put your distress out there as you try to process something and find that some people are quick to kick you when you're confused and trying to make sense of things.

[M_A]

89. Senator Warren knows, I trust her more than most at this juncture.

[idwiyo]

94. K&R

[Kurovski]

100. K&R (nt)

[JHB]

102. May I ask what prompted the K&R of a year-old post?

[Kurovski]

103. An accident. I had about six threads lined up that folks linked to.

I read most of them and kicked the wrong one.

Frankly, I'm surprised it rose up to the top.

I should have been in bed three hours ago, see, this is what happens.

I'm so very tired....