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Farewell (Till 2014)

11/9/2012

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Well, it's finally over.  And the crooks and liars actually managed to get out our vote instead of repress it.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Warren.  I am so looking forward to watching her kick some butt in D.C.  I'm assuming Scott Brown is going to retire his truck and take his Hummer out of storage.
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Good to see the back end of this baby.
Also congrats to the women (and men) who turned out to turn out Richard Mourdock and Todd Akin from the halls of Congress.  Maybe they'll have time to visit the library and read up on the human body, sex, and science in general.

I worry about South Carolina, though.  We may not be as dumb and dirty as Florida, but we do have the governor who spent a fortune of taxpayer dollars to make sure those old folks who have been voting since 1960 show some photo ID, while sleazoids were working to keep potential opponents off the ballot, crooks were robocalling misinformation, and crazies were putting flyers out at Doschers telling people to vote on Wednesday.

Next time we'll need to be more on top of it than we have been.  I hate to say it, but that means we need to start now.  After Alvin Greene two years ago, and this year's Peas & Carrots, we need to reform our election laws as well as our state Democratic Party, and we mostly need to work to inform the people of South Carolina about the people who represent us.

It's time to retire this blog, but I hope you'll continue to follow me at The Ironic Cherry.

Thanks to those two great women that this blog has followed, Bobbie Rose and Carol Tempel.  I'm hoping we hear lots more from them as well.

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They Really DIDN'T Build It (Alone)

9/7/2012

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Hillary told us that "it takes a village", but for quite a few years now we have been hearing that all it takes is the wealthy, or as they call themselves, the job creators.
     But, in fact, they haven't been creating a whole lot of jobs, and when they have, they haven't done it alone.  And Elizabeth Warren was the first in a long time to say it:  "Nobody got rich on his own."
     And while the likes of Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Scott Brown and Tim Scott continue to vote for those with the deep pockets that are paying for those votes, women like Elizabeth Warren and Bobbie Rose are begging to differ.
     Fact is, the reason trickle down will never work, the reason tax cuts for the wealthy will not work, is that capitalism doesn't work if people can't afford to buy your product.  Unfortunately, that one percent doesn't care.  They don't care because their money is safe in offshore accounts, stacked in huge piles where they can come count it whenever they want, like Scrooge McDuck
     Yes, Warren is right when she says the game is rigged.  And along with dynamic women like Bobbie Rose, she will fight for a living wage for all of us, and will partner government with those businesses which will move us forward, through good and ethical hiring practices as well as industry that will promote 21st century needs for a clean environment and fuel efficiency.  She will fight for the quality of our education, as well as the safety of our schools and roads.
     When Elizabeth Warren and Bobbie Rose vote on financial matters, they will not be voting so that the rich get richer.  They will not be voting with a mind to pinching pennies on the middle class so that their wealthy constituents can stack up more profit.  They will be voting with the understanding that, for America to succeed, we must all succeed.
     In many ways, America is still stuck in the 20th Century.  We need women with vision like Elizabeth Warren and Bobbie Rose in the US Congress to move this country -- and the people who live in it -- forward.
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