Readings from the Book of Barack

Published December 8, 2012 | By Iowadawg

¹ In the beginning Govt created the heavens and the earth. ²Now the economy was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the ATMs, and the Spirit of Govt was hovering over the land.

³And Govt said, “Let there be spending,” and there was spending. ⁴Govt saw that the spending was good, and that it separated the light from the darkness. ⁵Govt called the spending Investments, and this he did in the first day.

⁶Then Govt said, “Let there be roads and bridges across the waters, and let dams divide the waters from the waters.” ⁷Thus Govt made the infrastructure and the patronage jobs for eternity under the firmament from the Potomac which was above the firmament; and it was so. ⁸And Govt called the firmament Washington. This Govt did on the second day.

⁹Then Govt said, “Let the regulations and the guidlines under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the Bureaus appear”; and it was so. ¹⁰And Govt called the Bureaus demigovts, and the gathering together of them He called AFSCME. And Govt saw that it was good.

¹¹Then Govt said, “Let there be police, and firefighters, and teachers according to their kind, for they will create more jobs”; and it was so. ¹²And then Govt bade the void bring forth crime, and arson, and stupidity, that each would yield seed to bring forth more police, and firefighters, and teachers, and jobs. And Govt saw that it was good. ¹³So the evening and the morning were the third day.

¹⁴On the fourth day Govt said, “Let Us make the economy in Our image, according to Our likeness; let it have dominion over the cars of the road, over the appliances of the supercenters, and over the pet groomers of the strip malls, over all the clickthroughs of Amazon and over every creepy thing of the Dollar Stores.” ¹⁵So Govt created the economy in His own image; services and wholesale and retail He created them. ¹⁶Then Govt blessed them, and Govt said to them, “Be fruitful and use the multiplier effect; fill the land with jobs; thou have dominion over thy realm, within limits, as long and thou remember to get thy permits and tithe thy taxes, for they are good. Hope to see you at the fundraiser.”

¹⁷And on the fifth day Govt made an official Govt holiday, and headed off for a 3-day golf weekend at Camp David. But first Govt said to the economy, “you are free to eat from any tree in the garden, except the tree of Knowledge. There is a serpent in that thing, and thy health care does not cover it.”

¹⁸So when Govt was on vay-cay the economy set about the garden, plowing its fields and generating revenue for the glory of Govt. They obeyed the regulations and were not ashamed.

¹⁹Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the balanced, publicly-funded birds the Lord Govt had made to sing news to the economy. The serpent was on the AM band. He said to the retail sector, “Did Govt really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’? ”

²⁰“Only yours, serpent,” said the retail sector.

²¹“Don’t be a wuss,” the serpent said to the retail sector. ²²“For Govt knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will wise to Govt’s scam.”

²³When she saw that the fruit was pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, and also free to download, she took some and ate it. She emailed a copy to her wholesaler, and he ate it; and then the wholesaler to the manufacturer, and he to the servicer. ²⁴Then the eyes of all of them were opened, and they realized they were being taxed naked; so they outsourced fig leaves to make coverings for themselves.

²⁵Then the economy heard the sound of the Lord Govt returning from vay-cay with the demigovts Osha and Tarp and Irs. It was the cool of the day, and they were hiding their profits from the Lord Govt among the trees of the garden. ²⁶But the Lord Govt called to the manufacturer, “Where are you?”

²⁶He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid, so I sought a tax shelter.”

²⁷And Govt said, “Who told you that your profits were yours? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? ”

²⁸The man said, “The retailer made me —she has a thing for serpents.”

²⁹Then the Lord Govt said to the retailer, “What is this you have done?”

³⁰And she said to the Lord Govt, “Don’t take that tone with me, fat boy. And why should I give you my profits?”

³¹The Lord Govt was in wrath, and said, “For I am the Lord Govt, creator of Eden! ³² I gave unto you the roads and bridges, and schools and cops, brought unto you of gentle showers of Tarp and Stimulus and rivers of Subsidy, I am the purifier of the waters, cleanser of the air, without which you and your profits would not exist. Thus all that thou have created is created by Us. Thus ye shall render unto Govt what is Govt’s, and this is the Word of your Lord.”

³³ At these words, Solydra and Gm and Seiu and all the Cronyans and Laborites dropped to their knees in trembling fear and supplicated themselves before the Lord, presenting Him golden gifts of contributions.

³⁴ Then the retailer said to Govt, “And who created you?”

³⁵ In righteous anger did the Lord Govt again rise up and said, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Tri-Delts and the Dekes, I am and have always been! I am the great cosmic turtle on which you and the entire economy rest.”

³⁶ “And on whom do you rest, turtle?” said the retailer in blasheme.

³⁷ ”Do not mock me with your knowledge trickery, harlot!” said the Lord Govt. “I am turtles all the way down.”

³⁸ So the Lord Govt said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,

“Cursed are you above all livestock
    and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
    and you will eat dust 
    all the days of your life.
39 And I will keep you from tenure
    and grants and the airwaves,
    and condemn you to the bowels of internet."

⁴⁰ Then the Lord Govt turned the retailer and the manufacturer and the wholesaler and all the servicers, and said,

“I will make your taxes and regulations very severe;
    with painful labor you will give birth to profit. 
You shall be afflicted with plagues of audits,
    the coming of Osha, and the trials of Irs.
By the sweat of thy brow you will earn thy living
    until you return it to Me.
You will suffer the droughts of subsidy and stimulus,
    and will thirst forever. You're welcome."

⁴¹ And so the Lord Govt banished the economy from paradise, and bade them go outsource to the Far East of Eden. And as the chastened economy slouched out of of Babylon He said unto them,

⁴⁰ “How do you like them apples?”

The above taken in whole from IowaHawk. Oh, no relation to me. I am better looking. And do read his writings.

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GOP’s Rubio: ‘Tax increases will not solve our $16 trillion debt’

Sen. Marco Rubio gives the Weekly Republican Remarks

Hello, I’m Marco Rubio. I have the honor of representing Florida in the United States Senate, and the privilege of addressing you today on behalf of my fellow Republicans. (Scroll to the bottom for a full video of these remarks.)

Our middle class has made America different from the rest of the world. Every country has rich people. But only a few places have achieved a vibrant and stable middle class. And none has been more vibrant and more stable than ours. But now a growing opportunity gap has developed between the dreams of millions of Americans and the opportunities for them to actually realize them.

Americans are struggling to find or keep middle class jobs for two reasons: because our economy is not creating enough of these jobs and because too many of our people don’t have the education or skills required for the jobs that are being created.

A limited government can and must help solve these challenges.

We must get the national debt under control. Tax increases will not solve our $16 trillion debt. Only economic growth and a reform of entitlement programs will help control the debt.

We must reform our complicated, uncertain, job-killing tax code, by getting rid of unjustified loopholes. But our goal should be to generate new revenue by creating new taxpayers, not new taxes.

We must follow a balanced approach to regulations. Regulations are needed, but they cost money to follow. The more expensive a regulation is, the less money a business has leftover to give raises or hire new people.

We must not let American innovation in our energy industry go to waste. We have the potential for all kinds of new middle class jobs—from the fields and platforms where we drill, to the manufacturing plants that will return to the U.S. with the lower cost of energy. But we need government to encourage these job opportunities, not continue to block them.

A return to sound monetary policy would also help by making the future value of a dollar more predictable.

And we must get the cost of health insurance under control. You should be able to get a health care plan that fits your needs and your budget, from any company in America that’s willing to sell it to you, and with the same tax benefit if you buy it yourself or have an employer buy it for you.

Read it all and view the video HERE.

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Speaker Boehner’s Theatre of the Absurd

While earning my B.A. at SUNY Albany, I learned that Theatre of the Absurd is a style of Drama, which expresses the belief that human existence is meaningless, and therefore all communication breaks down. Logical plot construction and argument gives way to irrational and illogical speech and actions and an ultimate conclusion, which is silence.

Like Theatre of the Absurd, Speaker Boehner’s actions in the Fiscal cliff debate defies all logic, communication is breaking down and is primed to give way to the silence of the Republican Party and maybe for good. And like the Wizard of Oz, he is ignoring the fact that he has ALWAYS had the power to go home. Allow me to explain:

A tax increase is a tax increase: I don’t know anyone who will walk into an auto dealership and proclaim, I want to buy a new car…and I demand to pay the sticker price! But that’s how the GOP began negotiations– by giving in raising taxes on the successful—they don’t want to raise the actual rates but by closing loopholes which will have the same effect–raising taxes on the successful. It might look prettier but it’s still a tax increase.

A tax increase is NOT a tax increase: A few years ago, the president called for closing loopholes to increase revenue from the rich. Today he is saying he will veto any bill that does not increase the actual percentage of taxes paid by the successful. So he is not looking for revenue –he is looking to punish the GOP.

SHHHH, It’s not Just the rich: As former DNC Chair–Governor John Dean said the other day..it will not be just the rich who will be taxed—everybody needs to pay higher taxes.

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Phony cheer in unemployment numbers

Obama partisans are hailing the “surprising” fall in unemployment as a sign that a recovery is showing strength. But the official metric for unemployment, U-3, counts only people actively looking for jobs, and that is the figure which has declined to 7.7%. Neil Irwin in the Washington Post explains:

The jobless rate dropped in large part because the labor force fell by 350,000, suggesting that people gave up looking for work. The number of people saying they had a job actually fell by 122,000. And the Labor Department revised downward its estimates of job creation in September and October by a combined 49,000.

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