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The dem majority is failing. Demit!

Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by scott in economic daydreaming, political munglings

I keep hearing the talking heads at CNBC use the word contango when talking about the recent price relationship of oil and natural gas (I own some natural gas ETF shares and not too long ago sold my oil ETF shares — just so you know).  They use it to refer to an unnatural gap created by one going up and the other down, when normally they should both follow the same path . . . they are similar non-renewable fuel resources after all.

Well, I tried to find the word in dictionaries used in that way.  Can’t be done — at least not by me.  The closest is an obscure usage regarding a fee on the London Stock Exchange.

Still, I like the word and whether they are using it correctly or not, I want to adopt it in a political and economic way.  Heck, I think it fits.

Here is how.

The party in power right now, the democrats, seem to be going in the opposite direction from the wonderful source of their name, democracy.

In other word, there is a contango in the relationship between the democrats and democracy.  And that is wierd.

Shouldn’t the democrats be supporting and framing our famous democratic ways?

Heck yes.

But that ain’t happenin’ folks.

Sure, they were elected in a democratic election (sort of if we forget the implications of a flawed electoral college).  But they don’t want that same democracy to work in either the Senate or the House of Representatives . . . and it really doesn’t seem that the democratic Executive branch wants it either.  Is our current government really democratic . . . if it is then I am a cockatoo!

These democrats want to use their strong advantage in congress to ’slam dunk’ their agenda on the American people.  I don’t oppose the agenda, I just oppose they way they are going to force it without any ‘other’ opinions being considered.  Demit, the democrats don’t have a monopoly on intelligence or anything else for that matter.  Political decisions are ALWAYS ecnomic ones.  Usually they favor the party in control (or even the individuals in control), but almost NEVER the people.

What is wrong with listening to us?  Why don’t they want to take the time to do things right and let the right (republicans) have their say on amendments to health care, environmental, tax, educations, stimulus spending (or not) and other issues?  Why not take the time to make all legislation right from the start?

I don’t care what happened in the past.  This President (and his cohorts elected recently) promised change.  To heck with the ideological mistakes of the republican past.  Yes, they pulled the same stuff whenever the could.  And yes, they aren’t trying too hard to contribute this time . . . most of them just do nothing and complain (same old, some old political garbage).

Well, get of fyour lazy butts you misguided republicans and start at trying to help.

Well, (part II) sit down from you pompous platforms of leftist and socialistic ideals you misguided democrats and start listening to the PEOPLE as well as you partners on the right who should try harder to be the LOYAL opposition.

Let the decisions be made.

But make dem sure that everyone’s voice is considered and that the majority doesn’t force feed trash to the minority.

Be more democratic you democrats.

Demit!

Be more responsible and intelligent you republicans.

Demit, again.

Give us all something we want and not something you THINK we want.  Listen to the people on the streets, listen to everyone.  Make sense of the mess you have created and do it now.

Demit, again.

I hope we, the people, get together next year and two years after that and two years after that and VOTE ALL ENCUMBENTS OUT OF OFFICE.  If we had only one or two term politicians then most of this ‘political’ crap we have to live through would be done with.

We, the people have a responsibility in all of this too!  Vote responsibly and make sure your voice is heard!

Demit, finally.

Thanks for the photo to flickr’s glasswindow

Tags: congress, democrats, economic decisions, political decisions, President Obama, republicans, term limits