Day: November 13, 2013

Sarah Palin says she's disturbed that many of Pope Francis' pastoral pronouncements have "sounded kind of liberal." That is only because the new Pope is following Jesus' example and teachings. Remember Mrs. Palin, Jesus did not hate. Sarah Palin also says that the federal debt is like slavery. Interesting that she would put it like that, since debt is a prime component of capitalism and our free market economy. Businesses and people use credit and incur debt all the time all over our country to buy homes, to buy inventory for their businesses, to pay their employees, to make improvements to their house, to buy a car, etc. Is she saying that debt in those circumstances is slavery too? She has to be. And I guess that means Sarah Palin opposes capitalism. She is a dirty communist now. Probably happened when she saw Russia from her house.

I got some shit for calling Carney a millionaire. Maybe it is technically true that his net worth isn't a million today, but it will be tomorrow or next week sometime. It is simply inevitable. What isn't inevitable is that he become a Tom Carper clone in the house. He represents a solidly blue state and actually seems to have some decency and empathy that Tom Caper is wholly lacking. It is not a given that he have a mediocre career in Congress chasing the affection of fifty or so Klansmen in western Sussex county. [...]