Armenta Chavis

I have no doubt that Conservatives provide charity to the poor and help other people through generous donations and contributions.  Canned goods and clothes meet a temporary need and I’m sure are appreciated.  However, more needs to be done in order to continue providing a means for American people to help themselves.  Conservatives can help break the cycle of poverty by supporting policies that will enable Americans to HELP THEMSELVES.  These Conservative bastions of the deficit (aka deficit hawks) are only interested in protecting the top wage earners – the wealthiest 2% of Americans.

Generally, people don’t want a free hand out; they want the means to help themselves.  Quite simply most people want a level playing field upon which they can earn a decent living wage, have affordable health care and educational opportunities for themselves and their families.

Conservatives always try to block policies that help middle class Americans thrive and make it through the tough times.  We have a Congress filled with Conservatives - mostly in the Republican Party.  Republicans have voted against health reform, financial reforms, an extension of unemployment benefits, against preventing the outsourcing of jobs to other countries and against equal pay for women.  All of these laws that will shore up the dwindling middle class, Conservatives are against.  The right wing consistently chips away at the foundation of what has kept the middle class thriving and strong: JOBS.

Conservatives have so many think tanks, constantly scheming up ways to control how much factual information is received by the public.  A majority of the media is corporate owned by Conservative corporatists who work in conjunction with these think tanks. These conservative think tanks seek only to manipulate voters and keep them blinded by fear.  Using social issues on abortion, immigration, gay marriage, fear of Sharia law, fascism, socialism, etc. has been pivotal in helping sway voters to go against their better interests.  All of the buzz words and phrases “Obamacare”, “big government”, “death panels”, “tax increases”, “job killing” have been very affective when swaying the base of the Republican Party as well as Independents. 

These think tanks have also fooled right wingers into believing allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire will hurt them and that it will not produce jobs.  Most of us with a brain know that the wealthiest corporations have enjoyed the Bush tax cuts for a decade and have not produced jobs.

The following are some of the most popular right wing think tanks that do not produce viable solutions to resolve the economic problems Americans face.  If they really cared about families and freedom they would be in favor of policies that protect jobs and health reforms.

The Cato Institute – Libertarian Think Tank (initially funded by Koch Industries)

The Heritage Foundation – Conservative American Think Tank (also corporate funded)

FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform) – A think tank that helped create the offensive, racist SB 1070 law in Arizona.

We cannot forget Conservative annual conferences Values Voter Summit and CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) where more time is spent bashing the “Liberal Agenda”, President Obama and any policy that will help Americans thrive.  [Zero solutions produced and no jobs created that I know of.]

Conservatives are only trying to protect what they value most: MONEY.  With unlimited wealth they can buy the politicians they want.  With unlimited wealth they can manipulate voters with attack ads against candidates that would actually work for the American people.

To make matter worse – out came the Tea Party an Astroturf movement supported by Koch Industries and the machinations of Dick Armey (Freedom Works Chairman, former Republican House Majority leader).

Conservative and Republican policies have not helped our nation thrive.  If they want to help American families they need to stop allowing corporations to ship manufacturing jobs overseas.  They need to stop standing in the way of health reforms that will make health care more affordable for all people.  Education should not be cut because it’s another avenue for the poor to help themselves out of poverty.

Donating money, used clothes and food to shelters is great but the help our nation needs must go further still.  There’s an old Chinese Proverb that says “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.  Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”  I think we need to apply this same principle to rebuilding our country and helping those less fortunate. 

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/17/paycheck-fairness-act-fail/

http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/international-taxes/121359-outsourcing-bills-falls-short-in-senate-53-41

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THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROGRESSIVES/LIBERALS ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHTWING TEAPARTY DRAMA!

I am offended when I hear people like Senator Mike Warren say that Progressive group MoveOn.org is like the tea party and won’t compromise.  We’ve watched Democrats do nothing but compromise for the first two years of the Obama Administration.  Yet with all of their compromising, thousands of MoveOn.org members, myself included, worked tireless hours FOR FREE to help get out the vote for the 2010 Midterm election cycle.  We did not get the health reform bill we wanted with a Public Option or Single Payer – yet we stayed loyal to the Democratic Party and helped with the GOTV efforts.  Senator Mike Warren – bite me you bastard.

WTF? RALLY TO RESTORE SANITY CRITICIZING THE SANITY OF THE LEFTWING?!

I am also disappointed in Jon Stewart who during his Rally for Sanity equated left wing commentators and journalists Keith Olbermann and Ed Shultz with right wing hate race baiters Glen Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly (to name a few).  There is no comparison between the propaganda wing of the GOP, aka Fox, and any other commentator or journalist on MSNBC.  Stewart says that the left automatically shuts down debate with the right.  I don’t think his argument is fair or accurate.  It’s an absurd and absolutely outrageous accusation.  Good of Stewart to appear for an interview with (Goddess of intelligence) Rachel Maddow, however, he couldn’t seem to back up his false equivalencies between the left and right. 

The evening lineup on MSNBC from Ed Shultz, Hardball, Countdown, The Rachel Maddow Show and The Last Word always include conservative contributors, politicians and various radio hosts.  We get conservatives Howard Fineman, David Wiegel, Pat Buchanan, Ron Christie and Heidi Harris (puke) on MSNBC almost daily – and that’s not all.  I think Ed Shultz has more conservative talkers on his show than Chris Matthews! I love The Daily Show; however, Jon Stewart can bite me too.

FACTS VS. FICTION: DEBATING INSANE TALKING POINTS OF THE RIGHT WING IS FUTILE

Debate shuts down when the name calling begins.  How can I have a serious debate with people who try to label me elite? An elitist who only wants government welfare, or a Socialist who wants a government takeover of health insurance companies?  These accusations have been proven false over and over again.  AND these Nazi and Hitler analogies must stop.  The right wing is obsessed with Nazis.  

It’s hard to continue debating with people who believe that the President of the United States of America is an undocumented worker, a socialist, a Fascist or a racist who hates white people.

It’s hard to continue the debate with people who think that big government is the enemy while they enjoy the benefits of Social Security and Medicare.

It’s hard to continue debating with people who think that supply side economics, deregulating banks, oil, and coal and gas companies is helping our country’s economy. 

We’ve witnessed the near collapse of our economy due to risky investments by banks to big to fail.  We’ve seen the death and devastation caused by the lack of enforcement of safety precautions in the Gulf Oil explosion in April 2010 after the mining disaster at Massey Coal Mines where 29 miners were killed. 

In situations where it’s a difference between life and death – there are absolutes.  You’re either going to do what’s right to save lives or deregulate and take lives away.  No debate necessary – it’s just common sense.

AND FURTHERMORE…

Even Robert Gibbs with his outrageous “professional left” statement was out of line. But I’m not going to rehash that old nonsense statement. He can just kiss my grits.

 AND FINALLY…SO THERE!

I’ve heard enough from these critics who say we need to open up debate, tone down the rhetoric and compromise because we can agree on some things.  It’s laughable.  This is a difficult feat when most right wing conservative tea party Republicans are willfully ignorant.  I refuse to debate anything with “birthers” who are on a never ending search for President Obama’s birth certificate.  It’s almost impossible to keep a straight face or take them seriously when RWNJs accuse Obama of bringing Sharia Law upon us. Why waste time?  Seriously, how can I debate with someone who believes everything from public schools to health reform is a communist conspiracy theory? 

MY OPINION(S) BASED ON STORIES FROM THE FOLLOWING LINKS AND MANY MORE:

http://www.alternet.org/story/148939/why_do_americans_keep_getting_suckered_by_right-wing_lies

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/09/mark-warner-move-on-tea-parties_n_780864.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/09/jon-stewart-responds-to-t_n_780792.html

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/11/about-late-last-night-rachel-maddow-and-jon-stewart-talk-in-smart-still-dizzying-circles.html

Well, since the extremely wealthy, racists and bigots always get what they want I may need to vacate the US. The good old white boys club runs Washington. If President Obama doesn’t get re-elected I’m moving to Canada. I’m out of here. No place for single Black Moms like me anymore – wealthy conservatives have destroyed the middle class. I guess too many of us colored folks have made it out of poverty and the ghetto.  So they want to stop the flow.  Americans have been brainwashed by the right wing Republican extremists.  I’m tired of their shit.

I’ve already told my son that when he graduates from High School and goes off to college that I’m leaving America if things don’t get better.  We are becoming a third world country and even the poorest are helping the wealthy make matters worse by not voting OR voting for Republicans.  We’ve got an African-American President and the right wing nut jobs have lost their minds.  Republican scum only hear the wealthy and no one else. 

 Republicans keep cutting funding for education. WHY? Because they know that education provides a way out of poverty for a lot of minorities who grow up and become professionals. Minorities who have taken advantage of the public education system in the US go on to college and don’t usually vote for Republicans. 

These corporate, confederate flag carrying, KKK, tea party conservatives have figured out a way to stop the flow of minorities out of poverty, keep them out of an upper middle class life and out of the American Dream.  The greedy, racists are so determined to stop the flow that they’ve even begun to eat their own.  They’ve figured out how to sow the divide and further stop the flow of minorities out of poverty by making them an enemy to poor whites.  Poor whites too ignorant to realize they are being played with.

In the 1980s Ronald Reagan perpetuated the myth of the Welfare Queen.  The Blacks swelling the welfare rolls are the problem for our economic problems. Fast forward to 2010, now illegal immigrants are the problem, they’re taking our jobs and swelling the welfare rolls.  Same shit different day. 

Republicans have managed to fool their base into believing that Obama is bringing Socialism, Fascism, Nazism, Sharia Law and death panels.  The tea party has bought the whole bill of goods, most of the Democratic base has bailed on Obama and none of these people realize that they’ve stumbled head first into the trap Republicans have set. 

They will probably succeed in 2012 and beyond.  Republicans won’t do one thing but waste time with bogus hearings. There won’t be any new job creation and everyone will blame President Obama and Democrats – check mate.  These fools will get what they want, we’ll have Sarah Palin or some other Republican idiot for President and America will become a full-fledge third world country. 

GOOD LUCK BITCHES! CANADA HERE I COME!

Well now that Republicans have been given control of the House of Representatives, maybe they will get to work and get something done.  {{Cue the maniacal laughter.}}  What will they work on first???

WILL IT BE JOBS?

WILL THEY END THE WAR?

WILL THEY STOP FORECLOSURES?

WILL THEY IMPROVE HEALTH REFORMS?

WILL THEY IMPROVE FINANCIAL REFORMS?

REPUBLICANS FIX ANYTHING? HELL NO THEY WON’T!!!

No, those things aren’t at the top of their list.  Congressman Boehner, chief crybaby of the House of Representatives makes a lot of noise about the economy and spending, etc.  I can’t wait to see what his ideas are all about.  How will Republicans create jobs?  They’d better make it snappy! I want everything resolved right now! Let’s treat Republican scumbags the same way they treated President Obama and the Democrats.  No excuses JUST HURRY UP!!! Fixing our economy had better be at the top of Boehner’s list and he’d better hurry the hell up!

GAG ON TEA BAGS?  HELL YES THEY WILL!!!

OH and let’s not forget about those teabaggers.  What solutions will they bring to the table?  Let’s not hold our collective breathe because they don’t have any solutions either.  The teabaggers only want to impeach Obama and waste time proving the President is an undocumented worker.  The tea bags only care about themselves and their selfish, racist agenda.  They mean to make the President fail at any cost, even if it means children with pre-existing conditions have NO health insurance coverage. 

I predict a year from now, Republicans will be doing the same bullshit: NOTHING.  The sad thing is that all except the wealthiest will pay for their decisions.  No thanks to the teabaggers and apathetic Americans who sat out this election cycle.  We will all pay.