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- On the table again–tip–invest in Mars, Nestle and Colgate-Palmolive–that’s right, they make most of the cat food
Senator Rob Portman has announced that he no longer supports chained CPI as a means of saving Social Security. Ohio’s junior senator said that his change of heart came from a personal discovery.
“I found out over the weekend,” Portman explained, “that my parents are old. I did not realize that they were on Social Security.”
Portman recently changed his stance on gay marriage about a year after his son came out. “I would have changed my stance sooner, but I had been hoping that Mitt Romney would tap me for his VP running mate. Fat chance–that asshole suggested we send my son to Tuvalu until the election was over. Tuvalu? That place is under 2 feet of water these days!”
“I always believed that all old people had socked it away and were taken endless Royal Caribbean cruises in their twilight years. And then when they couldn’t get on the boats anymore without vomiting, it was the fiscally responsible thing for their children to loot their bank accounts and put them into a home so they’d be covered 100% by Medicare and Medicaid.”
“But the parent-child relationship doesn’t exist for most Republicans. After mating, the female lays 1000 eggs and after spawning, the young eat each other to ensure survival of the greediest. They never know their mother, let alone who their father is. What happens to the mating pair with no children to put them into the nursing home? They’re left to fend for themselves. And I’ve seen a recently made study that shows that at the present rate of inflation, the price of filet mignon today will be the price of Companion cat food in five years time.”
Senator Portman added, “If this passes, I’d invest in Mars, Nestle and Colgate-Palmolive. Pet food stocks are sure to go through the roof.”
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Too late to do anything with: Run on the banks in Cyprus over the weekend? Only seeing news about it now that the European stocks have been affected? Tut-tut, America, that’s a little country–it’ll never happen here…
Greg Uchrin is a satirist, cartoonist and professional cynic in Alexandria VA. This diary is cross-posted to his blog Intravenous Caffeine, the post-Bush era successor to HAIL DUBYUS.
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Well done, esp the last line about Cyprus. When I read about that, the first thing that came into my mind is that most US citizens – should they wake up enough out of their stupors to learn about this – will just say: Oh piffle! That’ll NEVER happen HERE. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
It wasn’t the Republicans who put SS cuts on the table.
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It wasn’t the Republicans who put SS cuts on the table.
And the person who put SS cuts on the table gave a reason similar to Portman for his evolution regarding marriage equality.
As usual, marym in IL nails it nicely. Obama has concluded that for him personally, it’s important that he go ahead and confirm that he thinks old people should be able to eat catfood if they really want to live to fight on his behalf.
Good synopsis.
…yes … minIL gets it … the D Hacks seem unable ( unwilling? ) to see / get this Chained-CPI attack on SS is a Obama WH policy choice and sought political outcome.
GOPs not in the WH now D Hacks — Obama and Ds in the WH.
Dishonest much D Hacks? 3 Monkey D Hack politics being done.
Noted the elephant uptop — should be a D Donkey don’cha think?
The Ds and the D Hacks let/letting Obama skate on Chained-CPI SS Attack because Obama is a D POTUS — meaning IOKIYAAD — what a bunch.
Likely the same D Hack clowns who will next be doing Team D BS to get H.Clinton elected in 2016 — O/D then becoming C/D Hacks…sheesh…