Government Shut Down More Likely Every Day

It's just two days till Friday. Nobody wanted it but it looks pretty certain at this point that there will be a government shut down. The last one we had was the one brought to you by Newt Gingrich in late 1995 that apparently lasted several weeks. You may not be able to visit our National Parks over Easter break. Of course now the Republicans have rolled out a plan to end medi-care as we know it. They call it a "bold" move and they say their plan will "put us on the path to prosperity". Oh yeah, brought to you by the same people as Camp Krusty complete with all the pitfalls and death traps. They say they wand to give Governors of states more power to facilitate "flexability" but in reality these officials can just pocket the money themselves. This plan will save 6.2 trillion over the next decade or some such thing. Of course from what I hear, no defense spending is even under consideration to be cut. Right now democrats and republicans are dickering over a piddeling thirty billion. They want to keep National Public Radio funding and Planned Parenthood funding. My advice is that they drop these two things if they are the only sticking points. John Boehner says he controls "one half of one third of the government" but he only controls one half of the Republican party. The rest of the Republicans think the Tea Party crowd are nuts. It will only be the second anniversary in a few days when the Tea Party was organized- - on the anniversary of Paul Revere's ride or whatever. Just two years. Apparently the recall efforts in the Wisconsin election yesterday are breaking in favor of the liberals. That's good news. You know on the soap opera I watch there is a lot of talk about impostors. Old time "real" conservatives may think the whole movement has been hijacked by corporate internationalists. You know they don't mind regulation for some people. If regulation will drive small business out of the market and no allow them to be competetive, the internationalists are all for that. Somebody has to draw them all a picture. Liberals have been wondering aloud for three years why this President hasn't used the bully pulpet the way Kennedy and John and Truman and Roosevelt did to make their points. When I was in school we were taught that it was the responsability of a man of principled conviction to lead and convince his fellow man of the moral superiority of his beliefs. But we don't have that today. The same way we don't have news reporters that actually investigate news stories.

They aren't telling us much about the Libyan's campaign today except to say that on the right they are becomming increasingly anti war- - as they seem to now see Kadaffy as a good guy, no doubt because we need his oil. We know America has basically lost her moral compass. We embrace trade with China as though it were our path to salvation, and not our eventual path to economic ruin. People on the right don't even care that much about getting rid of dictators or furthering democracy and freedom. The big reason why they have been behind the previous two Bush wars is because of the profits they have been able to make with under the table military contracts. War really is a racket. I suggest you all read the book "War is a racket" because it really is. Today money is no longer a by-product of a war but indeed is the reason for fighting it in the first place. Nobody seems to care how much they are lied to, and the media won't tell us anything. At least half of the network news is just fluff pieces.

Donald Trump may "trump" all of the other republican candidates if he is the first to get into the race and steal the limelight from all the other candidates. Apparently in years past, by this time we've had a lot of candidates declaring for the office by now, like the President did yesterday. I never knew that Donald Trump went for all this tea party shit. Now he has become a birther saying that the President was not born here. But clearly Donald Trump is the most visually appealing and verbally articulate of the field of ten or more republicans, who are too lilly-livered to throw their hat in the ring. Many of these other two bit wanna-bes are such media whores they don't want to give up their radio talk shows or whatever else they would have to forgo to become an actual candidate. They know the minute they declare their lives would be scrutenized in ways they prefer not be done. Maybe that's it.

GALLERY OF DIRTY ROTTEN STINKING RE-MAKES

Listed in order of severity of infraction

Hooked On A Feeling (1974 remake) "Ooh-ga-cha-ka"

Please Mr. Postman (Carpenters)

Maggie's Farm ("Live Rain" live version)

Panic In Detroit (Live Version from Rare Bowie)

Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Rod Stewart)

Talk Talk (Alice Cooper)

Stand By Me (Rock and Roll by John Lennon)

Summertime Blues ("Live at Leeds")

The Loco-motion (Grand Funk Railroad)

Hand Jive (1974 Eric Claptin album)

Baby, It's You ("Smith" (?))

Eight Days a Week (Procol Herem)

I"m So Glad (almost ANY version attempt done Live)

Gloria (The Shadows of Night)

Only You ("Goodnight Vienna" Ringo)

Not Guilty ("George Harrison" album version)

Dancing in the Street (Van Halen)

You Really Got Me (Van Halen)

You're No Good (Linda Ronstat)

When Will I Be Loved (Linda Ronstat)

Out of Time (Stones orchestra version)

Lucille (Beatles at the BBC)

Lovers Concerto (The Toys)

All Things Must Pass (official Album version)

Let It Be (Album version)

Sincerely (Mc Guire sisters)

Good Night, Sweet Heart, Good Night (artist?)

Hearts of Stone (Fontane Sisters)

Hang On, Sloopy (Mc Coys)

Tracks of my Tears (Johnny Rivers)

Hi Heel Sneakers (Jose Feliciano)

Accross the Universe ("Let it Be" album version)

I Me Mine ("Let It Be" album version)

Teddy Boy ("Mc Cartney" album)

Heat Wave (The Who from "A Quick One")

Shout! (The Who from "Who's Missing?")

Peter Gunn (Jimi Hendrix from "War Heroes")

"OK they were just screwing around in the studio here"