Yay, I remembered to do one of these this time!

This, despite this being a pretty lousy day for me. I am in the “drought” phase of my sleep cycle, it seems. I want to sleep, but I just can’t seem to get to sleep. Plus I have a splitting headache. Hello, Tylenol, my old friend. I’ve come to talk with you again.

I think maybe I should go caffeine free for a while and let things sort themselves out.

And by that, I mean, “here comes another big crash when this current drought turns into monsoon”.

Why can’t I just sleep eight hours a night like a normal person?

Then again, normal people seem to drink a lot of coffee… hmmm. Mysterious.

Anyhow, on with the news!

The Truth About Romney’s Tax Plan

First up, in an admirable show of sense of humour for an official political party, the Democratic National Committee put together this cute little joke about Romney’s economic plans.

For those of you for whom the site does not work, it basically has this text :

For a detailed explanation of how the Romney-Ryan tax plan is able to cut taxes by $5 trillion without exploding the deficit or requiring tax hikes on the middle class, simply click the button below.

But when you try to click the button, it dodges your cursor, making it impossible to click it. Thus, it is as impossible to pin down as Romney and Ryan are about their specific plans.

Of course, there is a simple reason they cannot get specific about how they will pay for $5,000,000,000,000 (that’s $5 trillion) in tax cuts without slashing spending or increasing taxes : it’s impossible, and they only said thry would do that because they thought it would get them votes.

But people are finally waking up to the idea that tax cuts mean service cuts. The whole idea that government is full of waste and if you cut taxes, it will be the waste that goes, has been debunked.

And if the Romney Ryan ticket wanted to be clear that they are not there just to secure more tax cuts for the rich, then they should simply say “We will cut taxes by twenty percent across the board for everyone…. but the top tax bracket, who frankly are doing just fine. ”

There ya go. Nice and simple. But of course, that is not their real plan. Their real plan is to get that nice fat twenty percent tax cut for the rich by also offering it to everyone else, which is no sacrifice for the rich because they hate government anyhow and feel they do not use any government services, so if the cut in taxes means a cut in services, who cares? The poor are too lazy anyhow.

The Truth About Economic Stewardship

This despite the fact that the truth is also coming out about who does a better job of handling the economy. Hint : it is not the so-called “fiscal conservatives”.

Why? Because the assumptions that these people work under are simply false. Like the “infinite fat” concept I alluded to above, which allowed them to pretend that taxes can always be lower because government is nothing but waste anyhow.

Or the basic, almost universally accepted idea that your taxes are too high. Compared to what? How high should they be? What is the right amount of taxes to pay?

Or are you willing to admit that you just want other people to pay taxes while you pay none, so you can get the benefits of government without having to pay for it?

And yes, Grover Norquist, I am talking to you. You and all your anti-tax followers. If you honestly cannot think of anything worse in your life than your taxes, then you should thank your lucky stars you live in a
society that is so safe and so orderly that taxes are your biggest worry, and be willing to foot the bill for said society.

So it does not surprise me that the economy does better under left wing leadership. Unlike the group of people quite laughably called “fiscal convervatives” (who are actually fiscal anarchists), left wing people are very responsible stewards of the public purse.

They certainly are not going to fall for such obviously self-serving fantasies as “tax cuts pay for themselves”. A left winger would feel too guilty if that turned out not to be true.

But it has been at least thirty years since the so-called conservatives had any capacity for guilt, shame, compassion, decency, integrity, intellect, or honor.

The Truth About Donkey Fucking

Finally, in more lighthearted news, a local film festival in Kelowna, BC, recently failed the coolness test by caving in and agreeing to not show a film about men who have sex with donkeys.

The film is called Donkey Love, and it is a documentary about an area of Columbia where men having sex with donkeys is not only tolerated, it is a celebrated part of their culture and a nearly universally practiced right of passage for all men.

Female donkeys, of course. Otherwise it would be perverted!

Obviously, “controversial” is far too mild a word for this content, although to jaded and perverse old me, it seems like a small thing to get upset about. It is merely a different kind of culture. What ever happened to all that cultural tolerance we were taught in college?

But no, this one pushes our buttons, so not only was the film not shown, the locals deluged the film festival officials with angry phone calls and death threats.

That is the problem with these small town film festivals, I suppose. The locals are so backward. Always ready to act on emotion and break out the tar and feathers.

Personally, I figure if the person and the donkey are both having fun, who are we to judge?

Especially considering all the things which are perfectly legal to do to animals?

But then again, I am just a dirty old libertine.

Seeya next week, folks!