Their Real Goal: To Make Us All So Cynical About Government, We Give Up

[Crewleader]

Monday, October 7, 2013

BY ROBERT REICH

An old friend who has been active in politics for more than thirty years tells me he’s giving up. “I can’t stomach what’s going on in Washington anymore,” he says. “The hell with all of them. I have better things to do with my life.”

My friend is falling exactly into the trap that the extreme right wants all of us to fall into — such disgust and cynicism that we all give up on politics. Then they’re free to take over everything.

Republicans blame the shutdown of Washington and possible default on the nation’s debt on the President’s “unwillingness to negotiate” over the Affordable Care Act. But that law has already been negotiated. It passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by the President. It withstood a Supreme Court challenge.

http://robertreich.org/post/63417612450

[Deep13]

1. It worked. nt

[Crewleader]

2. I hear ya Deep13

FUTURE CONGRESSMAN

[westerebus]

3. " Tell wind and fire where to stop...but don't tell me."

Madame Defarge.

[Crewleader]

4. Who is Madame Defarge?

The reader later finds that Madame is knitting the names of all those who will be guillotined or charged with crimes in the coming Revolution.


http://www.wisegeek.org/who-is-madame-defarge.htm



Thanks westerebus

[westerebus]

5. Now what do you suppose we might knit?

[Crewleader]

6. Today's cartoon westerebus :)

[westerebus]

7. Good thing I put the coffee down!!!

rofl: :

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. Same thing happening here

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I've been active with Unions, Health and Safety committees since the 70s.

Retired now, fought different gov't institutions for over 40 years.

I'm tired.

Our Harper, and his predecessor Martin are our BushGang.

Found my haven in the bush in Northern Ontario,

will concentrate on enjoying my last few (if I'm lucky) decades.

I think there's gonna be a spell, where the right wingers run amok,

and us olefarts give up to enjoy some of the time we have left.

BUT

I do believe there will be an uprising - not the young of today,

but THEIR young when they realize how stupid and selfish their governing bodies have become.

We (those of my generation) will not be remembered fondly - deservedly so.

We sat back and let it happen.

(sigh)

CC

[golfguru]

9. So far so good

Actually I am liking this gov't shutdown. Traffic on I-5 in Seattle area is so much better. I drove from Arlington to Seattle in record time yesterday. And nothing has stopped working in my daily life. Post office, banks, water & electric utilities, police, fire dept, etc are all working!

I am sure if the shutdown goes beyond 2 weeks, there will be some repercussions, but no problem so far.

[Doctor_J]

10. I'm too pissed to be cynical

Maybe cynicism will be next.

At the moment I am furious at the Repukes, and pretty aggravated at the Dems, who seem to be incapable of figuring out how to deal with the psychopaths on the other side. The fact is our own party is run by DINO's and weaklings who are pissing away an enormous popular advantage