Christmas Open Thread

Merry Christmas everyone! In my family this shall be known as "The Dollar Store Christmas" — you can imagine why.

All I really want is for Dems to start, God Help Us, acting like Harry Truman, Elizabeth Warren, et al……..and put the kibosh on our Sociopathic Enemies on the Right (sic).

And no, BOTH SIDES DON'T DO IT, Senator Bennet. That is a cowardly cop out on your part that let's them off with even more mischief:

The Congress of the United States left town this week very proud of itself. It had reached an accommodation by which the Republicans agreed that they would allow the government to function in a minimal capacity over the next two years and the Democrats agreed that they would be grateful to the Republicans for doing that.

And then they all wished themselves well and went home, many of them, the ones proclaiming themselves most loudly to be the followers of the Jesus Christ of the Gospels, looking forward to being able to say "Merry Christmas" freely again, free from the liberals who have placed imaginary shackles upon their fictional freedom to keep the day in their own way.

Here's a decent definition of Sociopathy from wiki, with items bolded that fit our Republican/Tea Party brethren to a 't':

A) There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three or more of the following::

failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest; (Trey Radel) deception, as indicated by repeatedly lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure; (Fox News) impulsivity or failure to plan ahead; (Tea Party) irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults; reckless disregard for safety of self or others; (Get rid of government regulations.) consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations; (Record low number of work days and bills past and governmental obliations met.) lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another; (They applaud all this behavior and are proud or it!)

Here's a little video that puts the lie to all this "President Obama should be more forthcoming with Republicans" bullshit. And it is bullshit.

They hate Obama, they hate us, and they hate the Middle and Working  and Poor Classes. 

View the original article here