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Thursday, February 28, 2013

A Moment of Reflection

In the old movie "A Night To Remember" which was about the sinking of the Titanic, the band on the deck of the stricken liner played "Nearer My God To Thee" as the few lifeboats were loaded and the ship slipped ever lower into the water.  After that came the total disaster.  I am reminded of that image because today is February 28, 2013, the last day of normal operations for the federal government before March 1, 2013, a date which shall live in infamy.  (My apologies to Franklin Roosevelt.)  Tomorrow, the dreaded Sequester goes into effect.  We all know that Sequestration is the start of the End of Days; president Obama has told us so.  About one-third of all federal employees are going to be furloughed.  Children and their families will starve.  Millions will be made homeless.  Criminals will go wild since nearly every policeman in the country will also lost his job.  Fires will no doubt spread throughout cities as the fire departments close down.  Our national security aparatus will fall apart.  Aircraft carriers will remain in port since it will be too expensive to set sail.  No doubt, terror attacks will once again hit America as the FBI, CIA and military all sit in their offices to save money.  Every federal employee (other than those in the White House) will suffer.  Our economy may fall into a depression.  Oh, and some national parks may have to curtail their hours.

I suggest that at 4:00 EST this afternoon, we hold a minute of silence to commemorate the end of these halcyon days of joy which will be ending due to the evils of sequestration.  It just is not right that the evil Republicans insist on cutting spending this year by a little over 1%.  It does not matter that the whole plan was dreamed up by Obama.  It does not matter that he did nothing for the last 18 months to stop it.  It does not matter that last fall he assured the country that sequestration would never happen.  Indeed, it does not matter that last fall Obama said he would veto any attempt to avoid sequestration.  It is all the fault of the Republicans; everyone now knows that.

After the end of the minute of silence we are going to have all of America sing "Nearer My God to Thee" as the ship of state sinks slowly into the Atlantic.  If you want the words, I suggest that you go to Obama_is-a_liar.com.  



 

 

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