They have no clear ideas and no alternate plans. They are running out of lies and false accusations. They know they are big losers and have no party leaders. They are The Republicans. So their newest invention to pretend they exist is the Tea Bag Parties. And all the idiot Republican followers are now getting busy on the Internet forwarding emails to encourage other idiots to send tea bags to the White House. I suppose when you are practically brain dead and empty of good ideas added to your "in denial" mode, you need to come up with a game to entertain yourself. They thought of sending tea bags to the White House for their moronic entertainment.
My question is this....Why didn't they think of that while Bush was there? After all he was always on a break and he could have used all those tea bags. Well, not alone, but imagine how much more fun it would have been for Georgie having daily social tea with sinister Cheney, manipulative Karl Rove, the dumb blond Press Secretary Dana Perino, the indicted ex Majority Leader Tom Delay, the ex Secretary of State twisted mind Donald Rumsfeld and the rest of the Republican political losers who used an ignorant president for personal gain in their crooked political career.
Are these protesters willing to return the tax break money they will get from the new tax law which reduces their payments to Uncle Sam? Because, correct me if I am wrong, I believe those people standing on the streets holding those stupid signs with tea bags hanging from their empty heads make much less than $200,000 a year and they will all get a stimulus check of $500 each. Are they planning to return it to the White House with their tea bags? How hypocritical can these double standard people be!
Unfortunately, this is what you get in a democracy full of ignorant people.
They are entitled to their opinion. I am surprised that Coke or Pepsi did not think of that idea first. How much more money would have that brought them? "Send a Coke or a Pepsi to the White House!" These advertising agencies and marketing companies have no imagination!
I venture to say they are lead by Republicans. It has to be.
What will be next after the Tea Bag Parties are over and no one has given a hoot about them? I have an idea for these idiots, how about a Hula Hoop demonstration? Then, after most of these people end up in the infirmaries with hip problems, they can petition through the Internet with another bunch of idiotic emails that we all send Hula Hoops to The White House.
Give it up! Wait for your bigger checks, idiots! All you are doing now is hurting your chances to recuperate some of your little gray matter. Little because you never had much, but better than nothing, anyway.
Oh yes, if I get another asinine email asking me to send a Tea Bag to The White House, I will send to the emailer house (there are ways to find out where you live) a Chamomile Tea Bag, with a copy of this blog, in case his/her diminutive flat brain did not have a chance to read it. Chamomile tends to sooth anxiety and you need to chill and concentrate on your paychecks, not on those of the people who make more than $250,000
And in case you think we are still in 1773...Yes, you are. You have not progressed an iota. You still live in 1773 and are scared shit to join new ideas in a new world. This is the 21st Century. You can't even come up with a demonstration that fits these modern times!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
A CORNERED PARTY
(Intellectual? That's really stretching it!)This is not going to be a blog full of details and statistics. First because I have a headache, and second because there is no need to substantiate it with numbers and quotes. It is a blog to express my feelings towards today's Republican party. With the loss of the presidential elections as the last straw to their already weakened morale, the republican party has lost every attempt to a resurgence, it has failed miserably. They have no strong voice to represent them, no leaders to take the helm, no ideas, no logical opinions on any issue. It's the party of NO in every aspect.
Their only and already worn out position on any issue is the one about criticizing Obama and creating controversy on anything that our President does and/or talks about. it is the position of the loser, of the one who has nothing original to say or do, the NO position.
Their only and already worn out position on any issue is the one about criticizing Obama and creating controversy on anything that our President does and/or talks about. it is the position of the loser, of the one who has nothing original to say or do, the NO position.
To add to their lame brain negative attitude there is this idiot governor of Texas, Rick Perry, who is backing a resolution by representative Brandon Creighton of the same southern radical state, by which they claim that the State of Texas has sovereignty under the 10th Amendment of the Constitution. According to them they would rather have another Secession War than giving President Obama the fair and appropriate time to see him succeed in tackling on the mess that the "dynamic duo" (Bush/Cheney) left him in eight disastrous years of incompetence and capitalistic dictatorship.
What else are we to expect? Sarah Palin on a self-campaign tour to promote her "bridge to no where" candidacy for 2012? Rush Limbaugh to continue his clowning through the radio? Indicted former Majority Leader Tom Delay, pretending he did not understand Chris Matthews question about the stupid comments by Rick Perry and getting off his tangents to show us once more how much in denial he and all his republican southerners colleagues are? Or perhaps, that black guy, elected to be the Republican National Committee boss, Michael Steele, who was chosen by his fellow republicans as a way to say "we too can have a black leader". So infantile because Obama is the leader of them too, as their denial takes them to extremes of comatose state of the brain. Mind you, when I say "black" it is not with any intention to bring out the race issue, as I believe Obama is the only one who can straighten out this mess and I voted for him. I only mention "black" to make a point about the ridiculous reasoning of the Republican party, or whatever is left of it.
(Perry and Jindal true to their thinking))
What else are we to expect? Sarah Palin on a self-campaign tour to promote her "bridge to no where" candidacy for 2012? Rush Limbaugh to continue his clowning through the radio? Indicted former Majority Leader Tom Delay, pretending he did not understand Chris Matthews question about the stupid comments by Rick Perry and getting off his tangents to show us once more how much in denial he and all his republican southerners colleagues are? Or perhaps, that black guy, elected to be the Republican National Committee boss, Michael Steele, who was chosen by his fellow republicans as a way to say "we too can have a black leader". So infantile because Obama is the leader of them too, as their denial takes them to extremes of comatose state of the brain. Mind you, when I say "black" it is not with any intention to bring out the race issue, as I believe Obama is the only one who can straighten out this mess and I voted for him. I only mention "black" to make a point about the ridiculous reasoning of the Republican party, or whatever is left of it.
(Perry and Jindal true to their thinking))It has been hardly three months since Obama took over this chaos and so far all the Republican party has contributed with is the word NO and the action NO. They are in deep trouble as the country shows support for Obama, while they keep shrinking in image, members, ideas, and brain size. They are not to be disregarded though, especially because, like an injured wild animal, they will charge till their last breath of air leaves their lungs. The Republican party has been pushed to a corner in the ring and not even Muhammad Ali's old "rope-a-dope" can save them. They are finished. This is why only the extreme radical southern States keep bluffing with threats of secession and independence from the Federal Government. The Republican party has been reduced to that, to a Regional Party made of Texas, Louisiana, and the likes. Their strongest voices being Texas Governor Rick Perry, a mediocre politician with no future in his party; and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who rejected help from the Federals when his State is in shambles and still suffering the continuous economical,physical, and emotional aftermath of hurricane Katrina.
Unfortunately for this pitiful Republican party, the damage they are suffering was caused by them. They can no defend from it, as they are both the attacker and the enemy. They keep throwing rocks at their own roof, and those of them who are inside the damaged house contemplating their own destruction eventually run out for cover, although they don't know where to go. They are dispersing in all directions like a cattle without direction.
I do have a soft spot in my heart for them, because after all they are Americans like the Democrats and would like to see them regroup and to integrate in what should be a common cause to bring back this country to the 21st century, where we were before Bush. Therefore, dear Republicans, please reconsider for your own good and survival...become Democrats! Your party, as we used to know it , is finished. Caput. Muerto. Zonked out.
( Republican Zombie)
Note: "ZONKED OUT" is my own invention, based on a contraction of "Zombies" and ("N") "Knocked Out".
Unfortunately for this pitiful Republican party, the damage they are suffering was caused by them. They can no defend from it, as they are both the attacker and the enemy. They keep throwing rocks at their own roof, and those of them who are inside the damaged house contemplating their own destruction eventually run out for cover, although they don't know where to go. They are dispersing in all directions like a cattle without direction.
I do have a soft spot in my heart for them, because after all they are Americans like the Democrats and would like to see them regroup and to integrate in what should be a common cause to bring back this country to the 21st century, where we were before Bush. Therefore, dear Republicans, please reconsider for your own good and survival...become Democrats! Your party, as we used to know it , is finished. Caput. Muerto. Zonked out.
( Republican Zombie)Note: "ZONKED OUT" is my own invention, based on a contraction of "Zombies" and ("N") "Knocked Out".
Thursday, April 2, 2009
WARNING: STATE OF DELAWARE RIP-OFFS
Attention all those who think that making some additional income by trying to sell something the legal way is the way to go. Not so if you fall for the trap that the State of Delaware tends you with the help of unscrupulous Internet companies, such as BizFilings.
Here are the details in a letter I decided to mail to Vice President Biden, for whom I have great admiration and faith:
Here are the details in a letter I decided to mail to Vice President Biden, for whom I have great admiration and faith:
March 30, 2009
Vice President Joe Biden
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. Vice President:
First of all I want to express to you my warmest wishes in your new position and my support to both the President and yourself for a successful recovery of our country. I have faith you will do it.
This letter has another purpose and I hope you get to read it in your busy schedule. It should not be taken as a personal request for myself, but rather as a deterrent to other rip-off perpetrated by the State of Delaware towards American citizens, like me, who try to make some additional income and trust Internet companies who pretend to represent the “victim” but don’t tell you the whole story about incorporating as a Limited Liability Corporation.
By reading the two attached letters you will realize how this crooked and complicated law instituted by the State of Delaware gets additional money from innocent people like me. Bottom line, I ended up paying a total of $700 to cancel and close my corporation for 9 months of operating as DAGONAZ CREATIONS LLC, in which period my sales were ZERO, and I was charged $250 for each year of operation, 2 according to them, although I was in existence only 9 months.
That amounts to $500. The additional $200 (for a total of $700) were fees for CANCELLATION and REVIVAL. In other words I cancelled, but for some trickery
In the Delaware State books I needed to revive my company in order to cancel it!
I feel this is a complete rip-off and I am asking you to have someone look into it. Not just for me, but for the many other people which are also being ripped off and will be taken advantage by the unscrupulous and unethical procedures by the State of Delaware.
I am sure that when you were a Senator for that state this could not have happened.
Thank you for your interest
Sincerely,
David Gonzalez
PS: My only source of income is Social Security. My wife has Multiple Sclerosis and collects disability. It is so unfair that laws like that make our lives so much harder to meet our obligations on our daily lives!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
SEALY POST "STUPIDIC"
I purposely changed the mattress name to make a point about this ripoff. Another of the thousands of lies about any product advertised by a big company.
Two months ago, tired of sleeping on a "Tempu-Pedic" queen size mattress purchased in 2001, which did not offer what it promised to do, that is, firmness and a good night rest, I went to City Furniture with my wife and we tried different Sealy, Serta and Simmons mattresses, king size this time. We decided for the Sealy "Firm 1". the hardest one on the store, after we tried it 3 times at least by laying down and moving and rolling for a while to verify its firmness. That mattress did not budge at all, even pushing it down with my two fists! That was the one we wanted, especially after the normal sales pitch by the salesman, who even convinced us to buy some type of additional guarantee, which covered at-home servicing in case of any defects for the first year of usage.
Well....exactly 1 month and 3 weeks after purchasing it we noticed that the "Firm 1" $1,200 Sealy Postupedic mattress had sunk about an inch on both sides, and that no matter where I would press down with my closed fists it would also give in quite a bit. So we called City Furniture and scheduled an appointment for someone to come and verify our claim. Their representative came in today, as scheduled. Very nice, polite Hispanic person, who explained to us he was not a decision maker but rather a person whose job was to measure the amount that the mattress had given in. He placed some type of device right across the mattress, in the middle, and with a laser beam he showed us that it was 1 inch on the right side and 1/2 inch on the left. That was how much it lost in firmness. Then he proceeded to make me sign a document whereby I confirmed that reading by the laser beam gadget. After that, always very polite and kind of understanding the reality of this issue, he told me he was calling his customer service superior to advice them of the outcome of his visit. He also told me that according to City Furniture, your mattress has to sink at least 2 inches on both sides in order to have a legitimate claim, otherwise you are out of luck ( he did not put it that way, but that is bottom line of the situation).
After he reported to his office he handed me the phone upon my request , to talk to that person he was reporting to. It was a woman, not that the gender has something to do with it, but in this case very appropriate for the adjective she deserves...a bitch. I couldn't use that description for a man, although in that case he would have been a son of a bitch. Makes no difference. These so called "Customer Service" people nowadays have nothing to do with customer service, they are, in reality, "Corporate Defenders". They do not care at all about customers. They are put there to protect the interest of their companies. This cold bitch, and I say that because I mentioned to her I was a City Furniture client for at least 10 years and did not even thanked me for that, and blamed Sealy Postupedic for the 2-inch requirement and washed her hands and those of her company, City Furniture, perhaps the largest furniture store in Florida, located in Tamarac on Hiatus Road. A very appropriate street name in this case, for if you check this word on the dictionary it will tell you that it means, among other things, "a defect in a manuscript,where some part is lost or deface". In my case a defect in the mattress, where some part has sunk or given in".
This "customer service" person told me I had another 6 months from this visit to call again if I thought the mattress had gone down a total of 2 inches, at which time, if that was the case I would probably be given some consideration. I can bet right now that Sealy Postupedic knows very well that the mattress, after thousands of tests they go through before it is merchandised, will never give in 2 inches. But here is my question: Who determines how much does a mattress has to sink when you have two cervical herniated discs and two lumbar even more herniated discs that require a total firm mattress which does not give in anything at all and which should be as firm as the way it was when you laid down on it at the store to try it? Why do they ask us to try these mattresses at the store when they very well know that "What you try is not what you own after a short period of time at home"? Who makes these rules? Well, I am sure these rules are an integral most important part of the rip-off strategy written by corporate lawyers working for these companies. We, as consumers, have no rights, although they pretend to tell us that we do, with these pro-corporation rules. Like everything else, the hypocrisy and abuse by Corporate America is condoned by law and the consumer is the idiot that feeds their bank accounts.
Of course, I do have other options, such as a letter I will send to the president of City Furniture telling him how I feel about their policy and their "rip-off" extended additional guarantee. I will copy Sealy Postupedic and my Congressman indicating to him that it is about time we regulate this industry by eliminating these "extended guarantees", as they are nothing but a way for City Furniture and the likes to collect additional money from the consumer. Also to include some laws that protect us from unilateral company policies, which are written exclusively for their benefit. Do I expect fair changes to happen as they should ? Not really. We live in a world of deceit and greed. Perhaps, the best way to fight "Corporate America" is to owe nothing and live the most simple way we can, no credit cards, no fancy mattresses, no big cars, not even a big house, the minimum amount of clothes, generic food, no-name items, and necessary shopping at Dollar Stores for basic products. Maybe like that, we could force these thieves protected by convenient laws to start thinking a little different about us, the consumer.
Thus, bottom line, beware of SEALY POSTUPEDIC "Firm" mattresses! They are not what they let you try at the store! They do give in at least 1 inch and most likely never up to 2 inches, and their additional guarantee for one year in-house service is a total waste and a way for City Furniture and other big companies alike to get extra money from you.
Ah, as far as the Better Business Bureau...who are they? Do they really help you? I tried them once many years ago for another rip-off situation and their ineffectiveness was pathetic. We, the consumer, are alone fighting everyone else. It reminds me of Gary Cooper in "High Noon", but we much less luck.
Two months ago, tired of sleeping on a "Tempu-Pedic" queen size mattress purchased in 2001, which did not offer what it promised to do, that is, firmness and a good night rest, I went to City Furniture with my wife and we tried different Sealy, Serta and Simmons mattresses, king size this time. We decided for the Sealy "Firm 1". the hardest one on the store, after we tried it 3 times at least by laying down and moving and rolling for a while to verify its firmness. That mattress did not budge at all, even pushing it down with my two fists! That was the one we wanted, especially after the normal sales pitch by the salesman, who even convinced us to buy some type of additional guarantee, which covered at-home servicing in case of any defects for the first year of usage.
Well....exactly 1 month and 3 weeks after purchasing it we noticed that the "Firm 1" $1,200 Sealy Postupedic mattress had sunk about an inch on both sides, and that no matter where I would press down with my closed fists it would also give in quite a bit. So we called City Furniture and scheduled an appointment for someone to come and verify our claim. Their representative came in today, as scheduled. Very nice, polite Hispanic person, who explained to us he was not a decision maker but rather a person whose job was to measure the amount that the mattress had given in. He placed some type of device right across the mattress, in the middle, and with a laser beam he showed us that it was 1 inch on the right side and 1/2 inch on the left. That was how much it lost in firmness. Then he proceeded to make me sign a document whereby I confirmed that reading by the laser beam gadget. After that, always very polite and kind of understanding the reality of this issue, he told me he was calling his customer service superior to advice them of the outcome of his visit. He also told me that according to City Furniture, your mattress has to sink at least 2 inches on both sides in order to have a legitimate claim, otherwise you are out of luck ( he did not put it that way, but that is bottom line of the situation).
After he reported to his office he handed me the phone upon my request , to talk to that person he was reporting to. It was a woman, not that the gender has something to do with it, but in this case very appropriate for the adjective she deserves...a bitch. I couldn't use that description for a man, although in that case he would have been a son of a bitch. Makes no difference. These so called "Customer Service" people nowadays have nothing to do with customer service, they are, in reality, "Corporate Defenders". They do not care at all about customers. They are put there to protect the interest of their companies. This cold bitch, and I say that because I mentioned to her I was a City Furniture client for at least 10 years and did not even thanked me for that, and blamed Sealy Postupedic for the 2-inch requirement and washed her hands and those of her company, City Furniture, perhaps the largest furniture store in Florida, located in Tamarac on Hiatus Road. A very appropriate street name in this case, for if you check this word on the dictionary it will tell you that it means, among other things, "a defect in a manuscript,where some part is lost or deface". In my case a defect in the mattress, where some part has sunk or given in".
This "customer service" person told me I had another 6 months from this visit to call again if I thought the mattress had gone down a total of 2 inches, at which time, if that was the case I would probably be given some consideration. I can bet right now that Sealy Postupedic knows very well that the mattress, after thousands of tests they go through before it is merchandised, will never give in 2 inches. But here is my question: Who determines how much does a mattress has to sink when you have two cervical herniated discs and two lumbar even more herniated discs that require a total firm mattress which does not give in anything at all and which should be as firm as the way it was when you laid down on it at the store to try it? Why do they ask us to try these mattresses at the store when they very well know that "What you try is not what you own after a short period of time at home"? Who makes these rules? Well, I am sure these rules are an integral most important part of the rip-off strategy written by corporate lawyers working for these companies. We, as consumers, have no rights, although they pretend to tell us that we do, with these pro-corporation rules. Like everything else, the hypocrisy and abuse by Corporate America is condoned by law and the consumer is the idiot that feeds their bank accounts.
Of course, I do have other options, such as a letter I will send to the president of City Furniture telling him how I feel about their policy and their "rip-off" extended additional guarantee. I will copy Sealy Postupedic and my Congressman indicating to him that it is about time we regulate this industry by eliminating these "extended guarantees", as they are nothing but a way for City Furniture and the likes to collect additional money from the consumer. Also to include some laws that protect us from unilateral company policies, which are written exclusively for their benefit. Do I expect fair changes to happen as they should ? Not really. We live in a world of deceit and greed. Perhaps, the best way to fight "Corporate America" is to owe nothing and live the most simple way we can, no credit cards, no fancy mattresses, no big cars, not even a big house, the minimum amount of clothes, generic food, no-name items, and necessary shopping at Dollar Stores for basic products. Maybe like that, we could force these thieves protected by convenient laws to start thinking a little different about us, the consumer.
Thus, bottom line, beware of SEALY POSTUPEDIC "Firm" mattresses! They are not what they let you try at the store! They do give in at least 1 inch and most likely never up to 2 inches, and their additional guarantee for one year in-house service is a total waste and a way for City Furniture and other big companies alike to get extra money from you.
Ah, as far as the Better Business Bureau...who are they? Do they really help you? I tried them once many years ago for another rip-off situation and their ineffectiveness was pathetic. We, the consumer, are alone fighting everyone else. It reminds me of Gary Cooper in "High Noon", but we much less luck.
SORE LOSERS
I received an email which was forwarded to me by my son in total digust as everything generated by right wing TV station FIX NEWS (a.k.a Fox News) produces. Because it is another sore losers commentary/invention I decided not to waste my time and space in reproducing it. Here, however is my answer to them:
"What do you expect from the GOP? They are all a bunch of traitors anti-Americans, morons and delusional ass holes. It took almost 8 years for them to destroy this country and they still deny it, but it only takes 60 days for them to criticize and boycott the new President of the USA, because he is simply...a DEMOCRAT.
I have the best solution to fix the mess inherited by Obama from Bush/Cheney/Rove : AMERICANS, THE SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEMS IS SO CLEAR! ELIMINATE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY! HELP DISSOLVE IT! THEY ARE ANTIQUATED, BRAINLESS AND HAZARDOUS TO OUR HEALTH! "
Ahhh, that feels sooooo goooood!
"What do you expect from the GOP? They are all a bunch of traitors anti-Americans, morons and delusional ass holes. It took almost 8 years for them to destroy this country and they still deny it, but it only takes 60 days for them to criticize and boycott the new President of the USA, because he is simply...a DEMOCRAT.
I have the best solution to fix the mess inherited by Obama from Bush/Cheney/Rove : AMERICANS, THE SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEMS IS SO CLEAR! ELIMINATE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY! HELP DISSOLVE IT! THEY ARE ANTIQUATED, BRAINLESS AND HAZARDOUS TO OUR HEALTH! "
Ahhh, that feels sooooo goooood!
Monday, March 2, 2009
The Republican Fear
March 1, 2009
Letter to the Editor of
The Miami Herald
One Herald Plaza
Miami, FL 333132
RE: Rebuttal letter to Fernando J. Milanes opinion published in your edition of February 27, 2009
I am flabbergasted at your decision of publishing such a poorly conceived opinion, based on a clear partisan ideology by one of your readers. I do read, once in a while your publication, but I must confess I am not a fan of The Miami Herald because in my opinion it tends to follow one party, the republican one.
That out of the way, here is my answer to Mr. Milanes who, perhaps, considers himself a modern Nostradamus? His predictions have no base, except on that of a solid pitiful background created by fear. Because of fear, Cuba is the way it is today. Fleeing a country because we were afraid of his leader was not the answer. You stay and fight for your country’s freedom and for your rights. You don’t escape in massive numbers to another country to incorporate that fear in your everyday thinking in another country. Unfortunately, many of these “experts” see Fidel Castro in every situation that means change. To them change is bad, because the change that occurred in Cuba was ultimately awful and they did nothing to prevent it, or because they had no help from the outside, and when they did get an attempt of help (Bay of Pigs), it was a complete screw up by the C.I.A, although most republicans blame John F. Kennedy for that. The fact is that we already got a change, for the worse, because prior to Bush’s era, the USA was a real democracy. We, the people, lost for almost eight years that freedom that characterizes our country. The Patriot Act, most probably according to this guy, was necessary to avoid another 9/11. He surely approves of it although it is exactly the same thing he is afraid of…Socialism. We can’t apply freedom to our convenience. To Mr. Milanes freedom was escaping from Fidel. That was somehow understandable. Today freedom, according to Mr. Milanes, is anything conceived and supported by his republican party. Never mind spying on people’s phone lines and sending to Guantanamo possible suspects, without a trial and due process. Exactly like Fidel Castro’s dictatorial regime. The one he escaped from, if he was born there, and the one he is so afraid that we may end up with in the United States.
When he uses the word “utopic” for the future Obama wants to re-establish, he does not realize he is telling us that the way we lived in this country prior to George W. Bush was almost a utopic world. Where unemployment was 4%, where we had a surplus of billions of dollars, and where we lived without fear of someone listening to our conversations and where we had no wars. I am referring, of course to the Clinton era, the same Clinton that, according to the right wing republicans had nothing to do with that surplus, as the foundation was laid out much earlier by a second rated movie star who became president, Ronald Reagan. It is the way it is with right wing republicans. They never lose, and all good in this country is because of them. It is, nonetheless, their right to their opinion and to never admitting being wrong. What can we expect of them when their three big heroes, besides their blindness living in denial about George W. Bush, are comedian Rush Limbaugh, life frustrated viper tongue Ann Coulter, and hillbilly Sarah Palin.
Obviously, Mr. Milanes is upset because his candidate lost the elections. It is hard to accept defeat, but it is even harder when we are in total denial of the facts to the point of declaring that McCain/Palin was the experienced ticket!
As far as “being patient” I can see how patient he has been by giving Obama a chance to prove his plan is the right one. Exactly one month! One month to decide that Obama’s plan is the wrong one, while he still, after eight years of Bush’s presidency, thinks that the opposition hates Bush not because he was one of the worst presidents this country ever had, but because of “hysteria”!
How much money does Mr. Milanes make? Hopefully for him a lot, as he mocks the crisis we are in by writing that word in quotes. Is he afraid that all the loopholes he used to enjoy are going to be done with soon? And the changing of our way of life, as he erroneously points out, is exactly what we suffered during a republican president for the last seven years ( I gave Bush one full year to show what he was capable of accomplishing for this country, not one month as Obama is getting from this guy).
“Our future system will convert to a socialist democracy a la Europe”. What a deep thought! And how dangerous it is to have a system where the middle class runs the country! Similar to what Cuba enjoyed during Batista, where the middle class lived comfortably and happy during a time when that beautiful island was one of the most advanced countries in the world. I suppose Mr. Milanes either did not belong to the middle class then or, since I do not know his age, he was probably born in the USA, and speaks without proper knowledge of the facts.
The capitalistic “values” will never be terminated. First because he used the word “values” for capitalism. There is no value in greed and wanting everything at the expense of everyone else. And second, because capitalism can never die in the USA. It will just have to bear the same responsibilities that everyone else will during our recovery, instead of having a small percentage of people benefiting from all the tax breaks and loopholes given to them by an unfair republican government favoritism.
One of the problems with this gentleman is that he has no faith in the American people because he wrongly sees a reflection of what happened to him and/or other Cuban citizens. Americans are resilient, freedom fighters, fair and willing to sacrifice if need be. Obama, with the help of all of us, will produce in due time the turnaround needed to clean up the mess that the republicans created and dumped on us thanks to a government hands-off policy by George W. Bush and company.
I welcome the fact, as per Mr. Milanes, that workers will do better than entrepreneurs, followers better than leaders. It is about time that the middle class gets compensated with a fair salary and where Unions will fight for the employees once again, to avoid being oppressed and abused by the “ Enron’s” in our corporate world and by the present corrupted Bank system. As a small detail, we, for example, will have as consumers some customer service, which disappeared during the last years, as a way for big corporations to reduce costs by laying off personnel. Happy workers are more consumer oriented than those who are miserable in their jobs, as we have been experiencing for a long time. That includes doctors and their staff.
As a matter of fact when employees in a company do “better” than their leaders, the company profits from excellent production and quality, which in turn leads to more profits. I wrote the word better in quotes because employees will never make more money or have better benefits than their leaders. It has to do with corporate structure in the authority ladder, and that is normal.
And as far as small businesses being hampered by Obama measures, Mr. Milanes is again wrong, purposely of course, as he very well knows that Obama’s intentions are precisely to help the small businesses. This is a fact that he selectively ignores to allow his prophecies game follow the fear tactics of sinister Mr.Cheney. Isn’t that a way to control the people?
The price of gasoline will go up? So what happened during Bush? Did it go down? Where was Mr. Milanes when gas was over $4 a gallon? Maybe In Europe enjoying the good food, the monuments, and free medical and hospital assistance? Those are some of the benefits that those poor Europeans suffer in their “socialistic” ran countries, while they envy our crippled Health Care system, and our ignorance about world geography and world idiosyncrasy to better deal with other countries.
I am so afraid of government controlled education! Imagine… we’ll be able to compete for better jobs! And all our graduated high school students will be able to study a career due to government grants and other financial support! That is so dangerous!
“Defense spending will be reduced”. Reduced to what? To a normal level? Because right now we are spending more on defense that it is necessary. We could call our current defense spending a “Fear Budget”. The defense budget must be based on needs, not on fear. America never feared the enemy, but unfortunately, in the last eight years, that has been our modus operandi. The money for our defense needs to be readjusted and assigned according to where and how terrorism operates, not where we may think there are weapons of mass destructions, without any proof of it. The Iraq invasion/war was another republican catastrophic decision that has affected all Americans, including those who refuse to accept this fact. Of course it did help the Bushes oil interests in Saudi Arabia, and Cheney’s reconstruction companies.
“Our utilities will go up with Obama’s plan”? I guess Mr. Milanes has never lived in the east of the United States, where gas or electric heating is at an average of $300 a month now. Or perhaps he feels that a $300 monthly bill is fair to a single person in a 2 bedroom apartment.
I do also worry about those automobiles being out of reach to anyone’s pocket. Imagine a “socialistic” hybrid Honda Civic for $24,000, while you could get a “capitalistic” Hammer tank to drive through congested local streets for a mere $60,000?
Yeah, let’s not allow either to have the size of our homes reduced, when we all thrive for big mansions with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, a swimming pool with separate bath room in the yard, and a 3 car garage!
What about the size of our television sets? Would we be able to live with a 12 inch TV set? Or are we so stupid that we would not buy instead a 42 inch for the same price? Here I am totally stunned. Could it be that Mr. Milanes owns a 10- foot TV set in his 5 bedroom mansion?
And, Mr. Milanes, for your information, Wall Street is part of the problem, while Obama’s government is part of the solution. Please do not confuse Magnesium with Gymnasium. They are two totally different things.
Last, but not least, you finally talk clear and to the point when in your last paragraph you state “The big question is, have our population changed so much that most want this liberal agenda. Maybe so, I do hope not”. You hit it right on the nail…LIBERAL. That is what bothers you. Liberals won this election. Republicans lost it. You lost it. Your final statement sounds to me like one of a sore loser, and for the sake of your principles I hope I am wrong on this assumption. However, that is what your letter is all about….LIBERALS!
Contrary to your convenient confused opinion, I hope that president Obama succeeds for the best of America, which will also benefit you. We can’t win them all, Mr. Milanes, can we?
David Gonzalez
Letter to the Editor of
The Miami Herald
One Herald Plaza
Miami, FL 333132
RE: Rebuttal letter to Fernando J. Milanes opinion published in your edition of February 27, 2009
I am flabbergasted at your decision of publishing such a poorly conceived opinion, based on a clear partisan ideology by one of your readers. I do read, once in a while your publication, but I must confess I am not a fan of The Miami Herald because in my opinion it tends to follow one party, the republican one.
That out of the way, here is my answer to Mr. Milanes who, perhaps, considers himself a modern Nostradamus? His predictions have no base, except on that of a solid pitiful background created by fear. Because of fear, Cuba is the way it is today. Fleeing a country because we were afraid of his leader was not the answer. You stay and fight for your country’s freedom and for your rights. You don’t escape in massive numbers to another country to incorporate that fear in your everyday thinking in another country. Unfortunately, many of these “experts” see Fidel Castro in every situation that means change. To them change is bad, because the change that occurred in Cuba was ultimately awful and they did nothing to prevent it, or because they had no help from the outside, and when they did get an attempt of help (Bay of Pigs), it was a complete screw up by the C.I.A, although most republicans blame John F. Kennedy for that. The fact is that we already got a change, for the worse, because prior to Bush’s era, the USA was a real democracy. We, the people, lost for almost eight years that freedom that characterizes our country. The Patriot Act, most probably according to this guy, was necessary to avoid another 9/11. He surely approves of it although it is exactly the same thing he is afraid of…Socialism. We can’t apply freedom to our convenience. To Mr. Milanes freedom was escaping from Fidel. That was somehow understandable. Today freedom, according to Mr. Milanes, is anything conceived and supported by his republican party. Never mind spying on people’s phone lines and sending to Guantanamo possible suspects, without a trial and due process. Exactly like Fidel Castro’s dictatorial regime. The one he escaped from, if he was born there, and the one he is so afraid that we may end up with in the United States.
When he uses the word “utopic” for the future Obama wants to re-establish, he does not realize he is telling us that the way we lived in this country prior to George W. Bush was almost a utopic world. Where unemployment was 4%, where we had a surplus of billions of dollars, and where we lived without fear of someone listening to our conversations and where we had no wars. I am referring, of course to the Clinton era, the same Clinton that, according to the right wing republicans had nothing to do with that surplus, as the foundation was laid out much earlier by a second rated movie star who became president, Ronald Reagan. It is the way it is with right wing republicans. They never lose, and all good in this country is because of them. It is, nonetheless, their right to their opinion and to never admitting being wrong. What can we expect of them when their three big heroes, besides their blindness living in denial about George W. Bush, are comedian Rush Limbaugh, life frustrated viper tongue Ann Coulter, and hillbilly Sarah Palin.
Obviously, Mr. Milanes is upset because his candidate lost the elections. It is hard to accept defeat, but it is even harder when we are in total denial of the facts to the point of declaring that McCain/Palin was the experienced ticket!
As far as “being patient” I can see how patient he has been by giving Obama a chance to prove his plan is the right one. Exactly one month! One month to decide that Obama’s plan is the wrong one, while he still, after eight years of Bush’s presidency, thinks that the opposition hates Bush not because he was one of the worst presidents this country ever had, but because of “hysteria”!
How much money does Mr. Milanes make? Hopefully for him a lot, as he mocks the crisis we are in by writing that word in quotes. Is he afraid that all the loopholes he used to enjoy are going to be done with soon? And the changing of our way of life, as he erroneously points out, is exactly what we suffered during a republican president for the last seven years ( I gave Bush one full year to show what he was capable of accomplishing for this country, not one month as Obama is getting from this guy).
“Our future system will convert to a socialist democracy a la Europe”. What a deep thought! And how dangerous it is to have a system where the middle class runs the country! Similar to what Cuba enjoyed during Batista, where the middle class lived comfortably and happy during a time when that beautiful island was one of the most advanced countries in the world. I suppose Mr. Milanes either did not belong to the middle class then or, since I do not know his age, he was probably born in the USA, and speaks without proper knowledge of the facts.
The capitalistic “values” will never be terminated. First because he used the word “values” for capitalism. There is no value in greed and wanting everything at the expense of everyone else. And second, because capitalism can never die in the USA. It will just have to bear the same responsibilities that everyone else will during our recovery, instead of having a small percentage of people benefiting from all the tax breaks and loopholes given to them by an unfair republican government favoritism.
One of the problems with this gentleman is that he has no faith in the American people because he wrongly sees a reflection of what happened to him and/or other Cuban citizens. Americans are resilient, freedom fighters, fair and willing to sacrifice if need be. Obama, with the help of all of us, will produce in due time the turnaround needed to clean up the mess that the republicans created and dumped on us thanks to a government hands-off policy by George W. Bush and company.
I welcome the fact, as per Mr. Milanes, that workers will do better than entrepreneurs, followers better than leaders. It is about time that the middle class gets compensated with a fair salary and where Unions will fight for the employees once again, to avoid being oppressed and abused by the “ Enron’s” in our corporate world and by the present corrupted Bank system. As a small detail, we, for example, will have as consumers some customer service, which disappeared during the last years, as a way for big corporations to reduce costs by laying off personnel. Happy workers are more consumer oriented than those who are miserable in their jobs, as we have been experiencing for a long time. That includes doctors and their staff.
As a matter of fact when employees in a company do “better” than their leaders, the company profits from excellent production and quality, which in turn leads to more profits. I wrote the word better in quotes because employees will never make more money or have better benefits than their leaders. It has to do with corporate structure in the authority ladder, and that is normal.
And as far as small businesses being hampered by Obama measures, Mr. Milanes is again wrong, purposely of course, as he very well knows that Obama’s intentions are precisely to help the small businesses. This is a fact that he selectively ignores to allow his prophecies game follow the fear tactics of sinister Mr.Cheney. Isn’t that a way to control the people?
The price of gasoline will go up? So what happened during Bush? Did it go down? Where was Mr. Milanes when gas was over $4 a gallon? Maybe In Europe enjoying the good food, the monuments, and free medical and hospital assistance? Those are some of the benefits that those poor Europeans suffer in their “socialistic” ran countries, while they envy our crippled Health Care system, and our ignorance about world geography and world idiosyncrasy to better deal with other countries.
I am so afraid of government controlled education! Imagine… we’ll be able to compete for better jobs! And all our graduated high school students will be able to study a career due to government grants and other financial support! That is so dangerous!
“Defense spending will be reduced”. Reduced to what? To a normal level? Because right now we are spending more on defense that it is necessary. We could call our current defense spending a “Fear Budget”. The defense budget must be based on needs, not on fear. America never feared the enemy, but unfortunately, in the last eight years, that has been our modus operandi. The money for our defense needs to be readjusted and assigned according to where and how terrorism operates, not where we may think there are weapons of mass destructions, without any proof of it. The Iraq invasion/war was another republican catastrophic decision that has affected all Americans, including those who refuse to accept this fact. Of course it did help the Bushes oil interests in Saudi Arabia, and Cheney’s reconstruction companies.
“Our utilities will go up with Obama’s plan”? I guess Mr. Milanes has never lived in the east of the United States, where gas or electric heating is at an average of $300 a month now. Or perhaps he feels that a $300 monthly bill is fair to a single person in a 2 bedroom apartment.
I do also worry about those automobiles being out of reach to anyone’s pocket. Imagine a “socialistic” hybrid Honda Civic for $24,000, while you could get a “capitalistic” Hammer tank to drive through congested local streets for a mere $60,000?
Yeah, let’s not allow either to have the size of our homes reduced, when we all thrive for big mansions with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, a swimming pool with separate bath room in the yard, and a 3 car garage!
What about the size of our television sets? Would we be able to live with a 12 inch TV set? Or are we so stupid that we would not buy instead a 42 inch for the same price? Here I am totally stunned. Could it be that Mr. Milanes owns a 10- foot TV set in his 5 bedroom mansion?
And, Mr. Milanes, for your information, Wall Street is part of the problem, while Obama’s government is part of the solution. Please do not confuse Magnesium with Gymnasium. They are two totally different things.
Last, but not least, you finally talk clear and to the point when in your last paragraph you state “The big question is, have our population changed so much that most want this liberal agenda. Maybe so, I do hope not”. You hit it right on the nail…LIBERAL. That is what bothers you. Liberals won this election. Republicans lost it. You lost it. Your final statement sounds to me like one of a sore loser, and for the sake of your principles I hope I am wrong on this assumption. However, that is what your letter is all about….LIBERALS!
Contrary to your convenient confused opinion, I hope that president Obama succeeds for the best of America, which will also benefit you. We can’t win them all, Mr. Milanes, can we?
David Gonzalez
Monday, January 26, 2009
Dear Mr. Limbaugh
(Complete text of an actual email sent to Rush Limbaugh, through the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, on January 26, 2008).
Dear Mr. Limbaugh:
I know I am probably wasting my time expressing my thoughts about your unpatriotic and anti-American way, but who knows, there is a slight chance you might for a couple of minutes remember that you are living in a free country where we are also at liberty to say nice and productive things, and not just stupid radical sore losers statements, such as yours.
Wishing President Obama to fail is wishing our country to sink even further what your ex-president Bush and people like you took us in eight years. I guess, in your case, party first and country second. You would probably do very well in Fidel Castro's regime. Look where he brought Cuba in 50 years!
I know I am probably wasting my time expressing my thoughts about your unpatriotic and anti-American way, but who knows, there is a slight chance you might for a couple of minutes remember that you are living in a free country where we are also at liberty to say nice and productive things, and not just stupid radical sore losers statements, such as yours.
Wishing President Obama to fail is wishing our country to sink even further what your ex-president Bush and people like you took us in eight years. I guess, in your case, party first and country second. You would probably do very well in Fidel Castro's regime. Look where he brought Cuba in 50 years!
I know that you are also moved by money and you are always trying to find ways and comments to get the attention that otherwise you cannot get due to your human limitations, so I have a suggestion for you...How about a fight to death, verbal death I mean, with Ann Coulter, in a large cage. You both seat across each other and for about 30 minutes you both unleash against each other and against democrats, with insults, negative comments, bad wishes, lies, extreme slurs, and more of the sort until all the venom from your tongues has been released. This event could bring you lots and lots of money, plus you might satisfy to exhaustion your sore loser thirst. On this one I wish you to win.
There is also a possibility that the reason you make the comments you make is because you are not well. You may have some sort of chemical unbalance, perhaps produced by ingesting so many pain killers, most of them heavy drugs.
An the last possible cause could be attributed to ignorance. You may have a lot of followers who listen to your deplorable radio talk show and who enjoy it because they are people just like you, ignorant. Ignorance is unfortunately abundant in our country. Ignorance blinds many people who, like you, wish Obama to fail, not realizing that such a failure will cause a higher unemployment rate; 43 million people to continue without health care; illnesses such as Cancer, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Diabetes and others with no hope for a future cure through Stem Cell research, etc. etc.
My best bet is that you are a plain radical extremist right wing republican, sore loser, with plenty of vile comments to spit out, with the added bonus of the dollar sign attached to them.
What you don't realize either is that every time you make an extremist comment, it makes you a bigger sore loser, because the opposite happens, and in this case I, like the majority of Americans, 68% of them, hope that Obama succeeds for the good of our country, and have faith that he will, in spite of radicals like you.
An the last possible cause could be attributed to ignorance. You may have a lot of followers who listen to your deplorable radio talk show and who enjoy it because they are people just like you, ignorant. Ignorance is unfortunately abundant in our country. Ignorance blinds many people who, like you, wish Obama to fail, not realizing that such a failure will cause a higher unemployment rate; 43 million people to continue without health care; illnesses such as Cancer, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Diabetes and others with no hope for a future cure through Stem Cell research, etc. etc.
My best bet is that you are a plain radical extremist right wing republican, sore loser, with plenty of vile comments to spit out, with the added bonus of the dollar sign attached to them.
What you don't realize either is that every time you make an extremist comment, it makes you a bigger sore loser, because the opposite happens, and in this case I, like the majority of Americans, 68% of them, hope that Obama succeeds for the good of our country, and have faith that he will, in spite of radicals like you.
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