{"id":9198,"date":"2012-09-19T11:45:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/?p=9198"},"modified":"2012-09-19T17:06:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T23:06:03","slug":"strike-ova-more-bullmitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/19\/strike-ova-more-bullmitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike Ova, &#038; More BullMitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The teachers are back baby! Which for students it now turns in<\/p>\n<p>to &#8220;Oh shit balls, my extended summer break is over&#8221;. They did<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9205\" title=\"Hipster Nuns\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hipster-Nuns-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hipster-Nuns-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hipster-Nuns.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/>(&#8220;Shit, students are back&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>it right. They voiced their concerns, demands were heard, they<\/p>\n<p>responded timely. It didn&#8217;t drag out longer than it should, and<\/p>\n<p>most important is the kids are going back to school. Education<\/p>\n<p>1st as it should always be. But what&#8217;s this $75,000 bill for some<\/p>\n<p>massage chairs? I kid, I joke. They didn&#8217;t drag this out which is<\/p>\n<p>a win for education, &amp; the rights of all hard working teachers in<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9206\" title=\"Ear Whispering school\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Ear-Whispering-school-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Ear-Whispering-school-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Ear-Whispering-school.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/>(&#8220;I whisper vs text&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>the US. Rham came off as the &#8220;heavy&#8221; &amp; lost serious street cred<\/p>\n<p>He came off whinny, and not very mayoral with the court thing<\/p>\n<p>The other loser might be a girl who comes back pregnant saying<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Damn you extra week!&#8221;. But the students are now learning as I<\/p>\n<p>type, so that&#8217;s great. But in the future I do not want to see a kid<\/p>\n<p>cross the street against the light &amp; almost getting hit by a car. If<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9207\" title=\"Grandpa Simpson yelling at cloud\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Grandpa-Simpson-yelling-at-cloud-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Grandpa-Simpson-yelling-at-cloud-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Grandpa-Simpson-yelling-at-cloud.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>(Stupid cloud)<\/p>\n<p>you read that with me shaking my fist in the air &#8220;old man&#8221; style<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;stupid punk kids&#8221; you were spot on. *John shakes fist in air*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitt Avoids Mitt, So Now It&#8217;s &#8220;Obama Is X&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What happens when today&#8217;s GOP doesn&#8217;t want to talk about its<\/p>\n<p>policy, plan, or hateful words? That&#8217;s easy, point your finger &amp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9208\" title=\"Mitt Romney money bags\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Mitt-Romney-money-bags-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Mitt-Romney-money-bags-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Mitt-Romney-money-bags.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/>(&#8220;He want&#8217;s my $&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>yell, &#8220;Obama&#8217;s X&#8221; deflecting from their problems. It won&#8217;t make<\/p>\n<p>what you said magically go away. Mitty wants to shift to Obama<\/p>\n<p>now. Ha! He&#8217;s pulling the ol &#8220;Three Stooges&#8221; bit of &#8220;What in the<\/p>\n<p>world could that be?&#8221;, then running away. He&#8217;s trying to shift the<\/p>\n<p>focus to a speech Obama gave in 98 to some students. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m_4V-LWByFI\">Here<\/a> it is:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let me just close by saying, as we think about the policy research <\/em><br \/>\n<em> surrounding the issues that I just named \u00e2\u20ac\u201d policy research for the <\/em><br \/>\n<em>working poor, broadly defined \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I think that what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to <\/em><br \/>\n<em>have to  do is resuscitate the notion that government action can be <\/em><br \/>\n<em>effective at  all. There has been a systematic \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too <\/em><br \/>\n<em>strong to call  it a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpropaganda campaign\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 against the possibility of <\/em><br \/>\n<em>government action &amp; its efficacy. And I think some of it has been <\/em><br \/>\n<em>deserved. The Chicago  Housing Authority has not been a model of <\/em><br \/>\n<em>good policy making, and  neither necessarily has been the Chicago <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Public Schools. What it means  then is that as we try to resuscitate <\/em><br \/>\n<em>this notion that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all in  this thing together, leave nobody behind, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>we do have to be innovative in  thinking what are the delivery systems <\/em><br \/>\n<em>that are effective and meet  people where they live. And my suggestion, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>I guess, would be that the trick \u00e2\u20ac\u201d &amp; this is  one of the few areas where <\/em><br \/>\n<em>I think there are technical issues that have  to be dealt with as opposed <\/em><br \/>\n<em>to just political issues \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I think the trick  is figuring out how do we <\/em><br \/>\n<em>structure government systems that pool  resources and hence facilitate <\/em><br \/>\n<em>some redistribution. Because I  actually believe in redistribution, at <\/em><br \/>\n<em>least at a certain level, to  make sure everybody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a shot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Shit! He&#8217;s suggesting making government more agile, efficient, &amp;<\/p>\n<p>really solve problems, not just give a hand out? Being very critical<\/p>\n<p>of CHA, &amp; CPS? He should be. Government isn&#8217;t there to give us<\/p>\n<p>some free shit. They&#8217;re there to provide us a sense of structure, &amp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9209\" title=\"goodtimes_s3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/goodtimes_s3-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"431\" \/>(Not for CHA fails)<\/p>\n<p>fairness in the community. If this is a &#8220;smoking gun&#8221; where&#8217;s the<\/p>\n<p>smoke? I&#8217;d ask any person to honestly disagree with what he said<\/p>\n<p>Hell, I&#8217;d run on that all the way to a landslide election. FDR did<\/p>\n<p>This is just a re-run of the 08 Palin, &amp; Joe The Plumber schtick<\/p>\n<p>Mitt seems to believe &#8220;redistribution of wealth&#8221; isn&#8217;t something<\/p>\n<p>our country does. Ahem, please see the 16th amendment. They<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9210\" title=\"Joe the plumber idiot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Joe-the-plumber-idiot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"239\" \/>(&#8220;Let&#8217;s try again&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>are called TAXES fucko. Demonizing taxes rejects our economic<\/p>\n<p>history. Take a peek at our tax rate in the 50-60&#8217;s of 91-92% for<\/p>\n<p>income tax. It built our entire middle class. Any economist will<\/p>\n<p>tell you. A strong middle class, means strong consumers for the<\/p>\n<p>top 3%. They know it, but they are greedy &amp; won&#8217;t part with any<\/p>\n<p>thing willingly, EVER. Listen to the Mitt tape again. They laugh<\/p>\n<p>It was like some cartoonish version of the rich, demonizing this<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9211\" title=\"Mitt Romney money $1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Mitt-Romney-money-1000-300x126.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Mitt-Romney-money-1000-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Mitt-Romney-money-1000.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>(I <em>am<\/em> money)<\/p>\n<p>cartoon version of the poor. Well Mitt, these people will not be<\/p>\n<p>voting for you: teachers, unions, cops, lawyers, soldiers, women<\/p>\n<p>gays, African Americans, Latino&#8217;s, Hispanics, students, labors,<\/p>\n<p>minimum wagers, gen X&#8217;ers, average folks, &amp; now 47% of the US<\/p>\n<p>This election is far from over, time still exists. If Democrats can<\/p>\n<p>run out the clock, stay focused, not fumble, and vote. They will<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9212\" title=\"Don't Panic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Dont-Panic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Dont-Panic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Dont-Panic.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>(Truth)<\/p>\n<p>win. If Obama doesn&#8217;t literally shit himself on stage during the<\/p>\n<p>debate, or choke an elderly women to death at a campaign event<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s over. Then again, Democrats&#8217;ve been known to fuck things up<\/p>\n<p>that were even easier than this. It&#8217;s a damn layup, don&#8217;t stumble<\/p>\n<p>Have a day!<\/p>\n<div id=\"bolge-593547300\" class=\"bolge-after-content bolge-entity-placement\"><ins class=\"adbladeads\" data-cid=\"44284-1271501652\" data-host=\"web.adblade.com\" data-tag-type=\"4\" data-protocol=\"https\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The teachers are back baby! Which for students it now turns in to &#8220;Oh shit balls, my extended summer break is over&#8221;. They did (&#8220;Shit, students are back&#8221;) it right. They voiced their concerns, demands were heard, they responded timely. It didn&#8217;t drag out longer than it should, and most important is the kids are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-comedy-satire"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}