Sustainability and Politics: Romney: Elitist, Tax Dodging, 1% Slickmaster

Monday, October 8, 2012

Romney: Elitist, Tax Dodging, 1% Slickmaster - Now Friend of the 47%?

Romney Claims Of Bipartisanship As Governor Face Challenge - NYTimes.com

Romney, man of the people. Romney, always for the 100%, and the certainly the 47%. Oh, but of course! Never just the 1% or 2%. Never!

What a snake-oil salesman. He's one of the straightest liars of all-time. Will sell you that used car. Believes when he tells you, 'it's a fine car!' And already knows in his heart of heart it's a junker.

A con-man in a great thing for a businessman.
A con-man is not a great thing for a President.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11951-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-florida-launches-investigation-into-strategic-allied-consulting-and-more
"What's the point of presidential debates, if one candidate can lie for a half-hour and then be declared the winner?"

" But as the Center for American Progress points out this morning – Romney told 27 lies or half-truths in a matter of just 38 minutes on stage last night. Romney lied about his own tax plan – saying that it's not a $5 trillion tax cut, despite independent analysis of his plan saying it is."

"But ultimately – President Obama did fail last night. He failed at calling out Mitt Romney as an agent of the oligarchs. The President didn't mention Romney's "47%" comments – he didn't mention Romney's tax dodging and offshore tax havens – he didn't mention Romney's career harvesting businesses at Bain. If the President can't make the argument that Romney is only looking out for the 1% - then he's going to lose."

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I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.

What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.

Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?

Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.

Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)

Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.

But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)

Still we are finite on this ride.

It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.

For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.