he TD, just like Gov. Bob McDonnell and Lt. Gov Bill Bolling, are running to catch up with and lead a parade that started long ago. McDonnell and Bolling got cheers when they held a panel discussion on streamlining government. But I didn’t hear anything meaty other than a truly scary idea of an amendment that lets states discard federal laws don’t like.
Catching Up With The Parade
he TD, just like Gov. Bob McDonnell and Lt. Gov Bill Bolling, are running to catch up with and lead a parade that started long ago. McDonnell and Bolling got cheers when they held a panel discussion on streamlining government. But I didn’t hear anything meaty other than a truly scary idea of an amendment that lets states discard federal laws don’t like.
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14 responses to “Catching Up With The Parade”
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Mr. Gooze:
Congratulations on getting your comment published on the op ed page of The Post!
We are all proud you signed it "Bacons Rebellion."
Somehow these folks do not seem like the open-mined seekers of truth that Mr. Bacon describes.
It seems the Elephant Clan is tapping into to Anger of Ignorance without having to get its hands dirty.
Observer
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The biggest parade in town is the parade of stink bugs wandering through my house.
This morning I stepped onto the front porch into a carpet of the things. My fist step squished so many of them it tuned int instant bug goo, wherupon I slipped and fell down, killing a few thousand more. These things are now beyond a nuisance, they are a hazard and a danger.
I have already taken one dog to the vet, poisoned by ingesting stink bugs, and some fear the local cattle ar in danger. They have already destroyed the peach crop, and the vintners have to triple wash the grapes befor they cushe them to avoind having cabernet de stench.
Rumor has it the fire at the stock yard was cause by stink bug bodies in the light fixtures. I'm fairly certain that the elctrical problems in one of my cars is caused by stink bugs in the alternator.
They wrecked two air conditioners this year, and I have purchased two additional shop vacs just to suck the things up. Lowes and WalmART ARE SOLD OUT of shop vacs
After I fill the shop vac with bugs I suck up some truck exhaust to kill them befor I empty the vaccuum.
I had to glue a piecees of plywood over the fireplace openings to keep them from coming down the chimney, and I put an air lock on the cat door.
One woke me up crawling in my ear, and yesterday one was crawling on my toothbrush.
They have destroyed our vegetable garden and are damaging Margaret's flowers which represent a fair portion of the farm income. The paint on the outside of the house is ruined, and most of the trim on the inside. We don't have any draperies, since we don't need them, thank god, but we do have roman blinds which have been destroyed.
You have to leave the house after vacuuming bugs because the vacuum blows the stench all over. But you cannot go outside because the yard looks like a blizzard of dive bombing stink bugs. Five or ten will get in the car with you when you open the door. I st down in some ones office one morning and three of them crwled out of my jacket and up their wall: how embarrassing!
I've long been convinced that when some environmental disater wipes us out, it will be something we never thought of and could not combat. Stink bugs have confirmend that conviction.
Here in Delaplane we are have a plague of biblical proportions, and I have suggested to Maqrgaret that we just leave, until it is over. Normally, I'm a pretty zen kind of guy, but I'm starting to get crazy with these things, like a scene from the birds, or the time my boat was attacked by a huge swarm of biting flies.
One cannot read (or watch tv) in the evening because they are attracted to the light.
Margaret says, I have ladybugs and they stay in the garden, but the asian ladybugs want to come in the house. I have stik bugs, but they stay in th garden – only the asian stink bugs come in the house. What is it with the asians? Why can't they keep their bugs outside?
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But bad as the stench from the stink bugs is, the still don't make me hold my nose and gag quite as much as the teabaggers.
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Hyrda –
Can't confirm, but I have been told stinkbugs hate tobacco juice and mint (the natural kind)….Scope, etc., won't work, apparently.
People in my area have been gathering up used cigarette butts, putting them in a gallon jug with some water, letting it sit for a few days then spraying it.
Same process for mint.
Good luck.
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Nicotine sulphate is a good idea, thanks. I should have thought of it.
Now all I need is around 25,000 gallons and an industrial sprayer.
It took me quite a while to get used to the scale of things around here. Now I don't screw around any more.
These things are no joke and they are doing a lot of damage.
The teabaggers, that is.
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sorry to hear of the problems with the stink bugs.
would you rather be overrun with Tea Party folk?
Sorry ..could not resist.
My father-in-law in route from NyState got mucked up on I-66 yesterday and then realized once they were caught in an gawd awful traffic jam.. that the car was under assault from these bugs….
first the tea party, now the stink bugs, what next?
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You know, it's not the conventioneering tea partiers you need to be worried about. It's the shadow tea party you need to be concerned with. The ones who don't even know they are in the tea party.
http://gonzalolira.blogspot.com/2010/10/coming-middle-class-anarchy.html#more
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well.. here is what I don't understand in the case those like this couple.
They brought their house and their knew the price of it and they knew the terms of the mortgage and so I'm not sure why they expected either the principle or the interest or any of terms of the mortgage to change.
And it's home they plan to stay in for the duration so why does it matter if the value of the house has dropped?
What exactly has Wells Fargo done to wrong them?
In reading through their tribulations _ I was struck also by their attitude that they played by the rules and got screwed.
It sounded a lot like a more poor person – signing up for a payday loan and then realizing how draconian the repayments are.
Happens to the folks below the middle class all the time.
I made the statement a couple years ago here before the metlt down was in full flower that no one is guaranteed to be able to own a home and that no one is guaranteed that a home will be a good financial investment either.
Then finally, an important question of the Tea Party folks- overt or shadow – what constructive changes are advocated to correct some of the perceived problems?
or… is it …as it sometimes appears – a giant temper tantrum … people are mad as heck … and going to lash out at govt and whatever else perceived to be damaging their interests.
One thing I find really curious and that is some of the new financial regulations – designed to protect consumers are apparently vociferously opposed by the very people they were designed to help.
… with encouragement of course from the special interests who buy and broadcast these Ads demonizing govt regulation.
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Well Larry it's called moral hazard, a psychological trigger that makes these citizens so dangerous. Their playing the game is essential to a viable nation and civilization itself.
This rage didn't start in America with wall street bailouts, but long before. It started when union leaders started wintering over with CEOs. It gained strength with NAFTA and outsourcing. It led the charge for legislation such as welfare to work and anti-immigration. Decades.
But nothing changed because the politician talking points are the direct opposite of the voice of the people. Even when they sound the same, the fine print shows they are not. Generations of mistrust have been simmering below the surface.
Now people are beginning to change the rules or are cashing out of the game.
They may not know the solutions. Many may think they are acting alone. But I'm seeing the beginning of a worldwide Vietnam protest movement all over again. Except instead of burning draft cards, they are burning mortgages and other financial instruments of what they view as a rigged global casino.
The critical question is what happens when they run out of paper?
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Darrell – I do "get it" but my question is this.
You are a landlord with rentals or a credit union loan officer and you are looking at an application from someone who walked away from a financial obligation.
What is going to convince you to rent to or give a loan to these people?
I agree that the implicit contract has been broken.
and we can blame all kinds of people and institutions for it.
but if you walk away from a financial obligation – from that point on – you will be truly on your own.
From that point on – the people that deal with you are going to want cash on the barrel-head for any/all transactions.
Need a new car?
guess what? Once they realize that you have a history of walking away from agreements you change your mind on … no amount of talk on your part is going to change that.
The only loans or rental agreements you get are going to be truly draconian where you forfeit virtually every right and are left vulnerable to nasty treatment from the loan company or the landlord.
In other words, you'll be subject to what happens to the folks who never made it to middle class to start with – and that world is very different to folks used to the middle class.
Get used to future transactions that are going to be more like payday loan deals.
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Well what do you know, a taste of his own medicine!
Marmorated stink bugs are to those with poorly insulated houses what Hydra’s endless comments are to Blogs without effective filters to screen out irrelevant comments:
Annoying and the more there are the more annoying.
MGM
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If savings rate and sales data are correct, people are bypassing the loan counter. The price of new cars is collapsing while those on used cars are increasing. People are fixing the cars they have.
As the realtors say, there's never been a better time to rent. The rental vacancy rate is at an all time high, thanks to the huge number of defaulted homes and the overbuilding of multis. The issue with owners is maintaining cash flow, even if they need to evict someone later.
You need to consider that previous deadbeats didn't have money. Today's version is new and improved, with the same cash is king outlook taught them by the best wall street has to offer.
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Darrell … Wow! That was some of you best writing.
"They may not know the solutions. Many may think they are acting alone. But I'm seeing the beginning of a worldwide Vietnam protest movement all over again. Except instead of burning draft cards, they are burning mortgages and other financial instruments of what they view as a rigged global casino.
The critical question is what happens when they run out of paper?".
Brilliant!
I agree with your observation. In fact, I pretty much agree with the people who think the global financial system is rigged. I just wonder about something – who got more money from Wall St – Obama or McCain? My rough recollection is that they both got a lot but Obama got more. If so, isn't the rigged financial system accompanied by a rigged political system? And aren't the people who think the Democrats will protect the little guy from the big banks pretty naieve? Both parties seem to be "bought and paid for". No?
Only the Virginia Independent Party and its sister organization – the Maryland Independent Party – can be trusted. We accept no donations from financial institutions of any kind. In fact, we only take contributions from one type of corporation – beer companies.
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Hydra –
I wondered why the stink bugs haven't gotten epidemic at my house. Two words – Mail Pouch.
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