Are you familiar with the story of Henny Penny? It's a children's story about a chicken (Henny) that has an acorn fall on her head and she becomes convinced that the sky is falling. She then attempts to convince the others around her that the sky is falling.
In the looming budget impasse and government shut down, replace Henny with B.O. and you have the exact same story. The world is going to end as we know it is being trumpeted by b.o. and his minions in the msm. If we don't listen to him and fund obamacare- the government will shut down and people won't be able to eat, breathe, drive or exist is the current talking points out of the beltway.
Hooey. Did you know that in the DC area they are not experiencing b.o.'s depression like we are? In fact, the economy is up 24% in the areas where they are able to set their own rules and not have to live by the ones inflicted on us by b.o. Amazing how much better off we could be if we didn't have to obey those rules, isn't it?
But not us peons, thank you. We don't get to opt out of obamacare. We don't get subsidized housing, food and transportation. Nope, not us. But we do get to pay for them to have it. Yes, indeedy. We are the lucky sould who pay for our elected officials to maintain at least two homes. We get to pay for their staff, their homes and upkeep, and to top it all off, we allow them to make rules for themselves that we don't get to have.
Martha Stewart went to jail for insider trading. A friend told her his stock was about to crap out and she did what any of us would have done. She sold it. That sent Ms. Stewart to prison. Nancy Pelosi does it all of the time. Harry Reid is 12548% wealthier then he was when he went into the senate. Why? Because they are allowed to profit from the very inside information that they receive as members of the senate and congress. Does that seem fair to you?
This year and in the past six years, the House of Representatives has sent over a Bill making it illegal for our elected officials to profit from insider information. Mr. Reid will not allow it to come onto the floor for a vote. What does that tell you?
I do not think that we will suffer catastrophic losses when the government shuts down. We didn't in 1995 when Speaker Gingrich forced slick willie into actually living with in our means. Not that he gets credit for it, of course. If you read any history of the time, it was only Clinton's brilliant maneuvering which allowed him to be forced into a corner with the government shut downs which resulted in real reforms. What a genius. And all while he was having sex with at least three different women. What a multitasker.
So all of that narrative came about when the msm has a choke hold on the information that was disseminated to the public. Now, with the internet, we can bypass the msm toadies who still offer their oral services to the White House, and get the information without their 'helpful' spin. (How they must love the law of unintended consequences)
So all of that brings me to this: the msm and b.o cannot control the message when it comes to a government shutdown.. They can still scare the low information voter who still trusts the msm for news, but the rest of us know the truth. There isn't that much government that we really need, and the sooner we stop paying for it and others see how little government we all need- we can go about the business of whittling away the dead wood and produce a healthier leaner government for all of us. It may mean that b.o. can no longer take the wife, kids, mother-in law, niece,and nephew on a one hundred million dollar vacay, but heck. we all have to make sacrifices, don't we? Think about the last vacation you took. Was it a weekend away- or a tenth of a billion dollar raping of the public trust and economy? You'll thank me later.
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