AP: Life sucks.

[ink-stained wretch]

It's so very nice that Mr. Reese has identified the source of all our problems. What a great relief to know we had nothing to do — no personal responsibility — with the mess we are in.

By gollys, it's nice to know that living beyond my means had nothing to do with my financial crisis. It's those 500-plus people that made me buy the house, the SUV, the coke, the porn, the NFL cable package.

And, by gollys, it's nice to know that Iraq doesn't have anything to do with me. I salute the flag. I always say support the troops. I pull over to the side of the road every time a cortege comes past. It's a sign of respect. I'd be there with those Marines except for this knee I messed up. Besides, I got to make more money to pay for the SUV and the house and the NFL cable package.

Boy I'm sure glad I'm not responsible. We need to do something about those 500 people. I mean, who do they think they are? By gollys we need new people to be responsible …

Just as long as it's not me. Hey, I got the SUV and the house and NFL cable to pay for. Geesh, I love my country, but let's get real here.

Thank you Mr. Reese for pointing out that none of has any personal responsibility for our country.

Mr. Reese, you are obviously blinded by the bread and circuses.

 

[Batman]

It's so very nice that Mr. Reese has identified the source of all our problems. What a great relief to know we had nothing to do — no personal responsibility — with the mess we are in.

By gollys, it's nice to know that living beyond my means had nothing to do with my financial crisis. It's those 500-plus people that made me buy the house, the SUV, the coke, the porn, the NFL cable package.

And, by gollys, it's nice to know that Iraq doesn't have anything to do with me. I salute the flag. I always say support the troops. I pull over to the side of the road every time a cortege comes past. It's a sign of respect. I'd be there with those Marines except for this knee I messed up. Besides, I got to make more money to pay for the SUV and the house and the NFL cable package.

Boy I'm sure glad I'm not responsible. We need to do something about those 500 people. I mean, who do they think they are? By gollys we need new people to be responsible …

Just as long as it's not me. Hey, I got the SUV and the house and NFL cable to pay for. Geesh, I love my country, but let's get real here.

Thank you Mr. Reese for pointing out that none of has any personal responsibility for our country.

Mr. Reese, you are obviously blinded by the bread and circuses.

Wow. Talk about missing the point entirely.
Reese was talking about exactly what you suggested. He's saying we've shirked our responsibility by letting these assclowns gain so much power. And now it's time for us to take responsibility for our inattention and vote these guys out.

 

[ink-stained wretch]

Point not missed by me. Point missed by Reese. "I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people." That is hysterically laughable.

I prefer Shakespeare's take in Julius Caesar: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves"

Bread and circuses with a dash of Throw the bums out, then it's back to NFL cable package. Ain't my fault, dude.

 

[andyouare?]

Love your country. Hate your government. That whole schtick gets old. It's just boring and lazy.

If "they" did throw all of the politicians out, who's going to take their place? More politicians elected by the people. And then we'll ***** and complain about them.

 

[mustangj17]

Bogged down in a land war in asia. Oil crisis. Economy in chaos. It's the mid-1970s all over again.

Which means disco is going to come back. ****!

Damn. I've had enough of disco.

 

[schiezainc]

Bogged down in a land war in asia. Oil crisis. Economy in chaos. It's the mid-1970s all over again.

Which means disco is going to come back. ****!

Damn. I've had enough of disco.

Disco isn't coming back anytime soon.

Instead, all the classic Disco songs of the 70's will be remixed by Fall Out Boy and played to some poor excuse for rock music.

 

[old_tony]

Love your country. Hate your government. That whole schtick gets old. It's just boring and lazy.

If "they" did throw all of the politicians out, who's going to take their place? More politicians elected by the people. And then we'll ***** and complain about them.

The point is, the people in now know they won't get thrown out because they never (at least rarely) do. If we did throw every one of them out, the people going in would know they can get thrown out.

 

[ScribePharisee]

Well, how about this take:

545 PEOPLE By Charlie Reese, ORLANDO SENTINEL NEWSPAPER

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?

Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.

You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

You and I don't control monetary policy, the e Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In
1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that
545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.

If the Marines are in IRAQ, it's because they want them in IRAQ.

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

There are no insoluble government problems.

Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like 'the economy,' 'inflation,' or 'politics' that prevent them from doing what they take a n oath to do.

Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

They, and they alone, have the power.

They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.

We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.

That man should run for president. I was definitely inspired.