Debt Ceiling: Clean Increase verses Republican House Plan

I am currently alarmed at the possibility of the United States defaulting on its debts.

There appears to be an "infinite chasm" between the Democratic and Republican approaches to the Debt Ceiling debate. Many Democrats are in favor of simply increasing the Debt Limit, the same way it was done during the George W. Bush administration. (Other Democrats, while supporting some budget cuts, want more tax revenues also, in search of fairness).

Many of the Republicans (especially the House Republicans) are holding out on requiring that the 2012 Budget, submitted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), become law, as a condition of approving the Debt Ceiling increase.

The problem that I see with this is that the Ryan 2012 Budget is Revenue Neutral.

What does this mean? The the Debt Ceiling is required, even with the Ryan 2012 Budget!

Therefore, I am in favor of increasing the Debt Ceiling, cleanly, and then debating the budget separately.

All Stick and no Carrot

A word to the "wise" in Madison, Wisconsin:

The current "Budget Repair Law" has no carrots, to entice any cooperation from the public employees. In other words, it says, in effect, "We will destroy your Union, and punish you, and keep punishing you, until you cower before us!" No wonder they are demonstrating in front of the Capitol building in Madison!

And the same thing about the Senate Democrats? You have no motivation for them to come back from Illinois. These 14 democratic senators know exactly what to expect when they do: The Budget Repair law passes in its current form, and their constituency is mad, because they couldn't help.

What is the answer? Actual cooperation and negotiation. A carrot for the other side, in effect. (Carrot? The Unions made it easy for you, Governor Walker, by capitulating completely on the financial aspects of the Repair law. Take out the Union Busting part, and the Democratic Senators already said they could come back).

Thank you and best regards,

Kenneth Parker, Seattle, WA, 206-307-6757

Union Busting in Wisconsin.

Today, I would like to honor Ed Schultz of The Ed Show on MSNBC.

He went out into the trenches in Wisconsin to bring us the huge Union-Busting activities, by the Republican Governor and Republican Legislature.

One thing I learned is that Wisconsin doesn't really even HAVE a fiscal emergency right now, meaning that there is no emergency requiring the draconian bills they are trying to force into law. (Apparently, there was a tax cut, put into effect in January, which puts them into their situation. Without it, they wouldn't need the current chaos).

Incidentally, there are no filibuster rules in the Wisconsin Senate. The law in question is on a "Fast Track", limiting the debate and amendments possible on it. That, in my opinion, is why the only way the Democratic members of the Senate have to stay away from the Wisconsin capitol to keep the law from passing.

Thank you and best regards,

Ken Parker, Seattle, WA.

Republicans Want to Defund the IRS.

Last night, I was sitting in my chair, minding my own business, and watching a clip on the Rachel Maddow show that was describing the cuts in government programs the Republicans want for the rest of 2011 (continuing resolution budget).

And then my jaw drops, when I see her quote The Hill that states the Republicans want to make cuts on the IRS for 593 Million Dollars.

Now, what we are doing here is to hit the infrastructure of the IRS itself! Pay your taxes, but don't expect us to come to you to collect them, if you miss. Right? What's wrong with this picture?

I looked it up on Google and found a link to a Yahoo News story that includes this.

What is next?

Republican Tax Cut Bills Include Elementary Arithmentic Errors

The Republican Version of the Tax Cut Bill crashed my Green Libertarian Quantum Universe, causing it to get Infinitely Large.

The problem is that the Republican Tax Cut bills of 2001 and 2003 include elementary Divide By Zero errors.

The only way around this is to let them expire for EVERYBODY, and then start over, with a cap on the earnings, such as $250,000.

All you need is one, infinitely wealthy person, where their paper wealth is based on Divide By Zero.

I believe, quite firmly, that that is the reason that AOL was able to buy up both Time and Warner Brother's firms a few years ago. Paper Wealth aced the Physical Natural Resources of Earth, and the only way we've been able to hold the Republican Party in any form of Reality is through an Infinitely Large, yet Extremely Simple Quantum Universe, called the Green Libertarian Party (where you are NOW, if you are reading this, as this is the ONLY PLACE that I can let Republicans finish their debate on the House and Senate Floors.

This Universe (Green Libertarian Party) is a really a quite EMPTY universe, but with a BUNCH of infinities, mainly Republican, in them.

More later. I'm Infinitely drained and tired right now. The ONLY way I was able to go from Wednesday to Thursday, was by Rebooting this Universe. That FINALLY allowed me to get from 11:59 PM to Midnight, Thursday.

I am infinitely smart right now. Call that making Lemonaide from Lemons! :-)

Enjoy. Now, I think I will need to reboot this Universe, before I can make it to Friday.

Location of this Universe? Center of the Physical Universe, at the Zero mark. Yes, Virginia, an almost empty Quantum Universe, with only a few people in it, is now more powerful than Physical Reality!

Now, if I can make rent on January 01, 2011, I've got it made! Talk about foreclosures! :-)

Thank you and best regards,

Kenneth Wayne Parker

Seattle, Washington

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The Stark Contrast in the Midterm Elections

We are currently a week away from our Midterm Elections, and the big question on some peoples' minds still are what party to vote for.

First, a reminder: I'm not either a Democrat or a Republican. The Green Libertarian Party takes the best attributes it can find from both the Liberals (Green: Take care of the planet and people on it) and the Conservatives (Libertarian: Get rid of victim-less crimes, while still protecting public safety), and blends them. Note that one part of the Libertarian plank I do not support at all is "Corporate Libertarianism", as corporations have proven how little regard they have for the shape of Earth and the people on it.

One huge contrast between Democrats and Republicans is job creation, which is actually a bit funny, since Republicans are using our Jobless numbers, as a wedge to winning the Midterm Elections. However, a good question to ask Republicans is where they plan to create jobs! For one thing, I do not see much Republican support for the "Local Jobs for America Act", which has been introduced in both the House (H. R. 4812), and Senate (S-3500).

A fascinating book on the Foreign Outsourcing issue is "Take this Job and Ship it", by Senator Byron L. Dorgan. And please note that one huge wave of foreign outsourcing (this time for computer jobs) was in 2001 and 2003, the years of George W. Bush's Tax Cuts. I lived through that time period, and let me tell you, it was depressing watching my co-workers lose their jobs.

Please read the book, and vote responsibly. (But above all, please vote!)

Should BP Pay Dividends?

Dear readers of this BLOG,

This is real, folks! BP would prefer to pay their shareholders Dividends than to pay damages to the fishermen who are stopped from working, due to the Oil in the Ocean, near their work-places. The Story is here. Read it!

Who needs the money more, anyway? Shareholders? How about the fishermen who might not be able to continue their business? What should they do? What should BP do? What should Obama say when he meets with BP management soon?

Indeed: I would personally love to see BP management explain why they need to put their money into Dividends to their stock-holders, while they stare oil soaked birds straight in their eyes!

Note: I was unable to look these birds in their eyes without crying. Can the BP management? I really want to know. Seriously!

Thank you and best regards,

Ken Parker, currently in Seattle, Washington, but planning to move to Lousiana, to help with the rehabilitation of the Oil Soaked birds. I'm putting my consciousness where my mouth is. Can BP Management?

Everything Needs a Start.

Yes, indeed, everything needs a start.

These were the words on the phone of the woman Barack Obama was using as the basis for a speech "today". (In politics, what day is it, anyway?)

My point is that this current health care bill is an Infrastructure, or foundation if you wish, to a highly needed shift in our health care. And I heard it over the phone on Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

Voting Irregularities in Massachusetts?

Hello folks,

Am I now hearing of Voting Irregularities in the special Massachusetts election?

Yes, I'm editing my own BLOG posts. Yes, there were "irregularities". But nothing that made it in the news that day got enough "horsepower" to go anywhere. So there goes another special election.

As a Troubleshooter of the Green Libertarian Party, one of my routine tasks is helping to keep our elections fair. However, at the time of the original post, much of my efforts were being spent in Haiti relief, so I might have been caught unawares. Oh well...

What the next six years gives us is anybody's guess. But the comedy of today rules!

Best regards,

Ken Parker, Seattle, WA

Adopt a Republican -- A Proposal.

I have long felt that the Republican party is out of touch with the realities of the United States, especially where it fits in with "Main Street". But this became ultra clear when Obama was inaugurated. For example, the Stimulus bill was passed in the House without a single Republican vote. (However, a number of these Republican house members were happy to, with fanfare, accept Stimulus checks later on). One aside about the Stimulus is that I'm pretty sure I heard a Republican member of Congress suggest that unused Stimulus money go to the Afghanistan war. I find that very out of touch with Main Street, USA.

The health care debate is an extremely important one at this point, as there are a lot of people in the United States that have no health care, left to the mercies of Emergency Room care. I am one of them, as I am an out of work manager, living in Seattle, Washington. Back in March, 2008, I called 911, complaining of what seemed a lot to be a heart attack. My treatment at Harborview Medical Center here in Seattle was so bad, that it triggered a Nervous Breakdown, and the eviction from my Apartment. (Harborview apparently ignored my own complaints of the Heart Attack and latched on to Intellectual Confusion, instead. They gave me no evidence that they even tested me for a Heart Attack).

My life was turned upside down and inside out, leaving me with few tools to handle a Reality that includes Republicans that don't appear to care about the Main Street portion of their own districts and/or states. Suffice it to say that I had to use my own talents, including a Quantum Physics background, to get myself well (or at least functional). It seems that the rumors are true: The Republican plan for Health Care reform is to convince people to not get sick.

Financially, my experiences with Health Care in Seattle has been problematical. Yes, the Emergency Room of Harborview Medical Center, the hospital run by the University of Washington, would take care of me when I had a medical or psychiatric emergency, but then, they would send me a bill for the entire amount that they would say I owed them. My job, back in 2008, had a title of "Consulting Engineer", but since it was a Contract position, it included no benefits, such as Health Insurance. (This seems to be a common practice these days, including in the Computer field, which is where my job was). Then, in April 8, 2009, I was poisoned at an IHOP restaurant in Seattle, which cost me my Consulting job, throwing me on Unemployment Insurance, which also does not include Health Care. (In fact, when the money would be most important, such as if sick, it is denyed by definition, since I would not be "Ready and able to work" for that week). The punch line of my Harborview Medical Center experiences are the Collection Agencies I am now contending with.

My proposal is based on the fact that these Republican House and Senate members, who are coming up for election in 2010 have constituents too. Some of them might be out of work and possibly have no health insurance. Why can't we organize real Grass Roots support in the area, led by a local person or people who are hurting. If the Republicans can organize "Astro Turf" campaigns, why can't we organize real Grass Roots campaigns?

I can make no predictions at the moment, but will leave this post with a "What If" question: What if we were successful and got 80 percent Democrats in power after the November, 2010 House Election?