Wasn't born with enough middle fingers

[cyrano]

From Molly Ivins' column, 3 May:


In another interesting development from President Bush's news conference, if you make more than $20,000 a year, you are wealthy. That's what the president said -- "wealthy."

Would you hire this man as an investment consultant? Bush said, "I know some Americans have reservations about investing in the stock market, so I propose that one investment option will consist entirely of treasury bonds, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government." These are exactly the same treasury bonds that currently guarantee Social Security and have been described by Bush, including in the very same press conference as, a cabinet full of "worthless IOUs."

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From the Associated Press wire, 15 April:

The military has completed a second investigation into the death of Pat Tillman, the pro football star turned Army Ranger, in Afghanistan last year, seeking to address concerns that it had held back information. The findings will not be made public.

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From an undated SF Chronicle last week, an article on business concerns about all the Baby Boomers retiring and leaving them with an untrained and understaffed work force:

"It's the perfect storm, in all the right ways," said Tom Matthews, a consulting actuary at human resources consulting firm Towers Perrin in San Francisco. "Employers will have a real need to retain people because of the Baby Boom bubble. They won't want to see the expertise of highly skilled, trained people walk out the door. Employees will need and want to work because they can't afford to retire."

Fuck you, Tom Matthews. You *and* Towers Perrin.

Comments

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

[Extreme cynicism alert!]

It's a pipe dream that you or I will ever see a dime of Social Security money when we hit old age. Between it and Medicare, we'll be lucky if we get to see any paycheck at all after the government raises both payroll and income taxes. What no politico will ever admit is that Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, and our generation will be stuck with its downfall. How's that for being born under a bad sign?

Get over this ugly reality now and move on. Or don't get over it and just plain move. I hear New Zealand is quite civilized if you're willing to drive on the wrong side of the road.

[End Cynicism Alert!]

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Don't get me started on the SS thing. It's another reason I hate the Boomers. But my point isn't the viability of the system or G-Bu's thoughts on 'reforming' it but rather the logical catapult required to cross the gulf he's created.

[miss-friday.livejournal.com]

He's one of the politicos I mentioned above. If he even whispered logic or truth he would shrivel up and blow away. So would any Democratic, for that matter.

Politicians ought to hire those people who check for continuity in movies. That way they can be stupid and consistent all at once. And have the same colored hair in each scene!