Certainly the Tea Party has dedicated itself to myths of their own making and flat out lies are not only told but believed by the electorate because they are propigated by the mainstream media. I just read a piece from the right that stated that the real inflation rate was over seven percent and not "just over two" as the Fed Chairman maintains it is. If that's the case than the Tea Party wouldn't mind of anybody on SSI was given a seven percent increase per year. This "correct" inflation index is based on "the day to day items people buy every day". I will say this. To count real estate prices in the index is nothing short of silly because that is NOT something people "buy every day". If housing is included in the C P I, then it should be taken out. For instance the latest unemployment figures have been the endless target of conservative spinmeisters. To just review what the facts actually are it is for the first time there have been more jobs gained by the Private Sector than lost since the President took office. There has been 26 straight months of consecutive adding of jobs in the private sector. The unemployment rate went down. Over a hundred thousand jobs were created last months. Contrary to what I was hearing from the tea party about previous numbers being revised Downward, "they are Always revised Downward' they say. Instead the month of March was revised substantially Upward, as was February revised upward. And yet Rush Limbaugh is now spreading the Whopper that "President Obama has lost eleven million jobs" and Mitt Romney has stated that "These latest unemployment figures are disasterous". Rather than be "normal" unemployment figures in the four to five percent figure are VERY unusual in the past forty years, I kid you not. And the creation of a "normal" figure of five hundred thousand jobs per month - - is almost unheard of, I kid you not. Romney says it's normal and expected. He's lying. And the fact is that had the Republicans passed Obama's jobs program last fall there would be two million more jobs by now and most of those in the public sector. But the tea party thought a half percent levy on millionaires was unreasonable. Now another adage of the Right Wing is put to the Lie. France just elected a Socialist for President who ran on a platform of a top rate of 75% top tax rate for rich people, I kid you not. The people all over Europe see the fruits of these "austerity" programs, and that it hasn't worked. Obama is absolutely right in saying "If you didn't like George Bush spending policies- - Romney's plan is George Bush on steroids! He wants to give every millionaire an additional $250,000 per year in tax savings, as if they need it.
The Tea Party when they make quotes about this being a Christian nation often go to the sixteen and seventeen hundreds to get their quotes. They surely won't draw on any author in the past century. And contrary to what Gingrich and Samtorum are saying - - at NO time in our history has a College education been put up to such scorn and ridicule and denigration as it is by these people. Not even in'Inheret the Win" movie set in the 1920's is the idea of a College education itself deemed as a bad or dangerous thing that ought to be curtailed as Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum advocate. College graduates after all get more jobs and generally have a lower unemployment rate. As such one might logical think that the Tea Party would be all for a college as part of their "Pursuit of excellence" as Rush Limbaugh talks about. But alas this is not the case. It's hard to say what an educated personal with an actual degree in Economics would say about the "Romney Plan" to reform the economy- - because if he has ever developed one, none of us in the public have heard of it. Mitt Romney in his classic "risk averse" philosophy of life- - never goes on any of these interview shows such as Meet the Press or Face the Nation to discuss his views. Obama puts it well when he says that Romney will ammount to little more than a rubber stamp for Tea Party edicts, much as Grover Norquist has advocated in saying "We don't want a president who can think but just one will pass any bill we put before him without questioning it". As much as President Obama talks about the Private Sector and his delight that it is now doing so well- - you'd think these tea party people would stop calling this President a socialist and a communist. You'd at least think they would respect the fact that the President is a very accomplished, well educated individual. But they don't. But despite the fact that Romney has lost the Northeast, The West Coast, the Blacks, Latinos, Women, the Elderly, and most likely the College Educated- - still the polls show him neck and neck with Mitt Romney in a puzzle that I have yet to figure out. All Romney used to say about student loans being so hard to get is, "Let them ask their parents for the money". But alas it seems "I could go on but my words would soon turn into a meaningless rain". The tea party is not listening and no ammount of reality will get to them.
State and local governments are in a never ending process of cutting back, each year greater than the previous year. Surely it must show up in such things as the quality of the education or our school children, or road safety, or whether the police or fire departments come when you call them. And of course all of these local government cutbacks has a negative spiraling quality of their own as far as leaving less money to spend for all concerned. The things that would happen under a President Romney administration are too grim to contemplate. But the President should NEVER get the idea that he is being "too strident' in his campaigning. Now the Media has even taken to such statements of "I've never known a President to make such direct attacks of his political opponet before". What planet are they on anyhow? Stephanie Miller has been saying that rather than a pro Obama bias in the media as the tea party alledges, the Media has shown a decidedly pro Romney and anti Presidential bias. This survay was done by counting up the negative references, one by one.
So who has told the most demonstrably false statements- - Jesus or myself? Well if you go by the red print in the red print Bibles and quote from that- - Jesus has said that there are four angels at the four "corners" of the earth. Jesus said "you desciples will not have gone through all the nations teaching the gospel before I return". Jesus said "All these things will come on this generation". Jesus said "You will Always have the poor with you". I'd like to believe this one will some day not be true. But what policies did Jesus institute to improve either local or national government. If he believe the pharicees misuse their power- - did he take the next step in the tradition of Thom Hartman- - go "get out there and get involved in politics". Wagging your mouth is one thing- - but actually DOING something about that which you view as a problem is something else. Jesus said "Father Abraham foresaw my day". Jesus also said "I was there when Satan fell like lightning out of heaven". That at best falls into the "unproven" category. Some times people think Jesus aid things that he never said. He never said, for instance, "If you accept me as your saviour, your life will be a lot better off five years from now and you will find happiness you never knew before". Jesus never said "The way to deal with a bully is to turn the other cheek - - and he will leave you alone". Jesus also never said "Being a bully is bad" or "Bullies ought to be subject to punishment". There's a lot of things Jesus never said. (Selah)
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