Friday, May 30, 2014

There are all sorts of interesting developments now.

The White House Press Secretary is leaving. I don't blame him. Charlize Theron states the press has raped her privacy. I believer her. The Press has a real problem with the treatment of women. They assume the attention they provide is suppose to promote an actress career. I don't know of many actresses with careers promoted by the press actually. There was a blond bombshell willing to provide her talent that the press ultimately destroyed. That would be Marilyn Monroe. The only reason Ms. Theron is receiving backlash about her comments is because the Press can't admit they have no boundaries between reality and fantasy.

I don't see there is an obligation of any actress to be scrutinized by the press. The performance is what is suppose to be valued, not their baby bump. 

NATO is confirming Russian troops are moving away from the Ukraine border. The military pressure did not deter the vote so it's time to go home. Isn't that just as obvious as it can be. But, the upside is with the USA, Germany, Ukraine and Russia participating in D-Day there can be a return to normalcy. 

True to form Speaker Boner is claiming the resignation of the VA Secretary accomplished nothing. So good of him to say so now. The silence was deafening. The press was doing all his work for him, why interfere? Why risk being an enemy to veteran's groups who did not want Secretary Shinseki to resign, right?

May 29, 2014

..."I'm going to continue to reserve judgement (click here) on General Shinseki," Boehner told reporters during the weekly GOP leadership news conference. "The question I ask myself is: is him resigning going to get us to the bottom of the problem, is it going to help us find out what is really going on? The answer is no."...

So, now that he's reserved judgement along with Cantor it's on to President Obama. I am sure he'll have the support of the press as well.  The spineless Speaker again refused to stand up to any political backlash to address the eons of change Secretary Shinseki brought. As far as Boner is concerned the Secretary did about as much for the country as he did. Nothing.

Blood in the water, Boner, or is the political cash still have your hands tied?


America’s insurgent Right-wing suffered (click here) a bruising time at the polls last night as mainstream Republicans triumphed over more extreme Tea Party candidates in several key races ahead of November’s US midterm elections.
Four years after the populist anti-government Tea Party movement stormed the polls in the 2010 elections, their favoured candidates faired poorly on a night when six US states chose candidates in some of November’s marquee races.
With Republicans hoping to take back control of the US senate and render Barack Obama a lame duck for the remaining two years of his presidency, the GOP’s establishment in Washington has worked hard to neutralise fringe candidates on the party’s right wing...

Is it true? The GOP is the puppet of the Tea Party? There is no reason to believe otherwise.

The Veterans Administration is usually invisible to the American people, except, for those that frequent it for medical and prescription services. Secretary Shinseki moved the VA into a new role in the lives of soldiers plagued with the residual of an illegal war and a prolonged war due to the abandonment of Afghanistan to the Taliban by Bush so he could toy with Iraq. The veterans and returning soldiers lost a friend today and now the House Republicans want to simply move on politically. They were never interested in the veterans in the first place, except for whatever political clout they could throw their way for PROMISES to funding and improved services. 

The Republicans aren't capable of leadership. They are only capable of living with their need for political funding and how their cronies are best served.  

Ms. Theron has more in common with the political press than she realizes. It would seem the gossip columns and the political press will do anything to prostitute themselves for a buck.