Unhealthy and Uneducated and for the GOP

As the Republican thieves continue driving wheelbarrows of cash out of the American treasury (and wherever the borrowed money comes from), fewer people have opportunities for good education or health care. That's just the way of the market, right?

Well, let's follow that to a logical conclusion. If the only way one can get health care for oneself and one's family (because one can't get a good job of one's lack of a good education) is to join the military, then get in line!

Cannon fodder typically comes from the ranks of the uneducated, and "Leave No Child a Dime" is delivering more and more undereducated Americans to the recruiting offices.

I, for one, would prefer a healthy, educated America. I think they would make better workers, and more thoughtful voters.

Vets, We Appreciate Your Pointless Sacrifice

When Republicans get power, it seems that one of their priorities is Meaningless Emotional Gestures. To wit: the "Defense of Marriage Act" and Ronald Reagan National Airport. Protecting Us from Them is a given, so keeping gay couples down is a softball pitch. Naming Rights also come with power, and the yahoos have had at it with a vengeance. I will never refer to National Airport as anything but its original name.

The kicker came yesterday as I drove on "Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Memorial Highway" in New Hampshire. Now that's Supporting Our Troops! Even though both (now all three) adventures were dubious, it's important to make some sort of Statement to assuage the ambivalence felt about them. "And it's one, two, three, what are we fighting for?"

Other than transferring borrowed money to "Loyal Bushies" and continuing to frighten the soft headed electorate, I don't know what the unfortunate sons and daughters are doing over there. Well, now that we've been there for longer than World War II, the main objective seems to be "Not Losing." It might be easier if someone could define Victory.

Rallying behind the Pointless Sacrifice is difficult when the people start asking "Why." That's where Naming Rights come in!