Thankful for what?

Sorry if what I'm about to say may seem a bit cynical. Thanksgiving is this week, a holiday thatis origins are highly suspect...but it does meet my holidays standard in one respect, I don't have to work! That being said, I started to think of what I am thankful for....not too much. I'm not thankful for our system of government right now, which doesn't seem to be in the business of problem solving but rather just stopping our DULY elected President from doing his job in whatever way he tries to do. And to piggyback that, I'm REALLY not thankful that their numbers have increased, the obstructionists I mean. I'm not thankful that a Grand Jury seems on the verge of exonerating a police officer from killing an UN armed young man! I'm not thankful for stores that will be open on Thanksgiving, and telling their employees that if they spend time with their families instead they will be fired.....I'm looking at you K-Mart and Wal-Mart!!! I've never shopped Wal-Mart and will never shop there, and NOBODY really shops at K-Mart anymore!!! I'm not thankful for a system that rewards the uber-rich, while vilifying the have-nots...labeling them takers and such. I'm not thankful for people who claim to be "Christians" that are some of the most horrible people on earth!!! I'm also not thankful for PSEUDO moral outrage over marriage equality, especially when a total scumbag like Charles Manson can get married and a loving, committed gay couple can't!!! I'm not thankful for science deniers, who make us look stupid on the world stage and not to mention harm the planet irreparably!!! I could go on but I'll stop. I am however thankful for our armed forces, past and present. And finally I am thankful for our President Barack H. Obama, who hasn't lost faith in doing his job in spite of overwhelming and indescribable opposition! He may not be perfect, far from it...but I am thankful for him still!!! Go celebrate time with your families this week (unless you work at one of those BULLSHIT stores)!!! Jerri Allen "LiBeRaL fReAk"

PBO growing a set????

I have to warn you in advance, this blog is going to be a little shorter and more simplistic than usual. That being said, not a lot has been positive since the mid term elections. But President Obama is moving ahead with his agenda for America as much as he can. By taking executive action as much as he possibly can he is signaling (to me anyway) that he is just tired of all the Republican Teabagging BULLSHIT!!! While his executive actions on immigration are very far from what is needed, he's doing what he was elected to do TWICE!!!!! The thought of the GOP threatening a lawsuit AGAIN is laughable. Basically they are saying "HOW DARE YO DO YOUR JOB!!!! WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH TO NOT DO OUR JOBS!!!!' The worst Congress ever isn't going to get better anytime soon. But at least the next 2 years might not be as bad. John Boner is warning the President not to "play with matches." REALLY, the Speaker of the WORST (and least productive) House of Representatives ever is threatening the POTUS for doing his job??? Talk about playing with matches huh???? Do US a favor Boner, don't let your mouth write a check that your orange ass can't cash!!!! As for the Keystone XL pipeline, President Obama CORRECTLY pointed out that this project will have little effect on our oil/gas consumption. The rest of the world benefits from a project that trashes our land and endangers our health for what??? 35 permanent jobs??? No thanks, just open a new big box store and you'll get more that way!!!! Republicans LOVE to use this in a political football, facts be damned!!!! President Obama has seemed to find his gonads...good...KEEP IT UP MR. PRESIDENT!!!!! Jerri Allen "LiBeRaL fReAk"

WAIT JUST A DAMN MINUTE!!!!!

Wow after Tuesday night's drubbing at the hands of the RepubliCAN'Ts. One thing has come to mind as well as a few others.

Why did Democrats run so fast away from President Obama? The same President Obama that has seen unemployment fall to 5.9% midway through his second term? The same President Obama who helped orchestrate the mission to kill the most notorious terrorist in our history? The same President Obama that has seen millions of more Americans get healthcare coverage? The same President that has achieved a great deal in 6 years, in spite of unprecedented opposition? I could go on....

Democrats were afraid to run on the accomplishments of the Obama presidency. I mean Alison Grimes practically hurt herself running away so fast from President Obama, and all of the rest literally seemed ashamed to be in the same party as President Obama. The only NEW Democratic Senate candidate that won last Tuesday was Gary Peters (D-MI) who successfully held outgoing Carl Levin's in Democratic hands, and for the record, Senator-elect Peters did NOT run away from President Obama....HE CAMPAIGNED WITH HIM!!!!!

So why did all this happen? Forgive me up front, because I know this isn't exactly a new thought. But Democrats have allowed the party of NO and their minions to control the narrative. The GOP has shouted at the top of its lungs why President Obama is the anti-Christ,  and his agenda is somehow some Satanic plot. And the Democrats let them do it!!!!! Not Once did I hear ANY Democrat say, in the face of all the B.S. from the right "WAIT JUST A DAMN MINUTE!! YOU'RE WRONG AND HERE'S WHY YOU'RE WRONG!!!"

If Democrats united around this thought and shouted it back, I don't think we'd have the types of mid term disasters we've had the past 2 mid terms!!! WOULD IT HAVE KILLED THE DEMOCRATS TO MAKE THAT STAND????? What they would have lost more????? TAKE A STAND...DON'T BE AFRAID!!!! We'll ALL be better off in the long run!!!!

an image from "The Witty Liberal" page on Facebook

JERRI ALLEN "LiBeRaL fReAk"

WHAT HAPPENS NOW?????

Sorry It's been a while since I posted a blog. But with today's New York Times painting a grim picture for Democrats on Tuesday I felt compelled to revive my stagnant blog. I would like to make a prediction about the election.....or should I say the election aftermath.

On Wednesday November 5th, the day will still begin. Congress will STILL be dysfunctional, and they will  STILL continue to keep President Obama from doing the job the American people elected him to do TWICE! I am sure of this!!!!

I am not sure what will happen Tuesday night, Republicans seem sure that they will take control of the Senate. But even if they do what happens???? IF they have a majority they will not get anything through, because President Obama will veto all their attempts to undermine his authority and good works. The GOP house and Senate will reject  his EVERY attempt at compromise, sound familiar?

I hope against hope that Democrats keep control of the Senate, but even if they don't what changes? The sun still comes up  on Nov. 5th, and Congress will STILL be dysfunctional!

JERRI ALLEN
"LiBeRaL fReAk"

WHAT I BELIEVE!!!!

GUN CONTROL- One of the most hotly debated topics in the news recently. Let me say that I believe that EVERY decent law abiding, mentally stable person should be allowed to own a gun. That being said, I see absolutely no problem with expanding background checks to buy a gun, and I TOTALLY favor eliminating extended magazine ammo clips AND the gun show loophole. You have to have a license to drive a car, you have to practically get naked at the airport these days, you should go through comparable scrutiny to buy and own a gun. And for the record, President Obama CANNOT take anybody's guns away PERIOD!!!!! The US Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees a citizen's right to carry a gun. I also favor STRONGLY getting rid of ANY type of military style assault weapon, they have NO purpose in any decent societal situation..NONE!!! I do not personally own a gun, but I have many friends who do, and I also have many friends and acquaintances who are hunters....I live in Michigan....DUHHHHHHHHHH! In short I support ANYTHING that will make gun ownership in the USA safer for EVERYBODY!!!!!

GAY MARRIAGE- First off let me say this, I am not gay, and I don't have any really close friends who are. I do have several social acquaintances who are, just stating fact. I do, however, support the right of ANY person to marry the person they truly love...be they straight or gay!!!! A while back when Prop 8 in CA was being debated in CA, then MSNBC host Keith Olbermann made the point better than anybody for gay marriage, I can't recite everything Keith said, but do yourself a favor and YouTube it....it's amazing!!! Being a straight, divorced, single male I am always on the lookout for the future Mrs. Jerri Allen. I certainly would not want someone telling me "YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MARRY THE PERSON YOU LOVE!!!!" Religious and moral arguments be damned!!!! But here's a moral argument FOR....with the straight divorce rate such as it is why would you deny two people the right to get married who have been together for a while and truly love eachother, and have made a committment to one another. Gay people who want to marry have put tremendous amounts of thought into their unions, why would they fight so hard for that right? If my marriage had THAT much thought put into it I probably never would have gotten divorced, because I never would have married that person. Everyone deserves true love, and EVERYONE deserves the right to marry who they love!!!!

ABORTION- Let me say this, I am against abortions happening. I am also against restrictions when it comes to contraceptives!!!!! Abortion should ALWAYS be safe, legal, and rare!!!! I believe ANY attempt at preventing un wanted pregnancy should be available!!!!! End of story, I'm a man....ONLY women should make the decisions for their own bodies...not some pasty old guys in Washington!!!!

PRESIDENT OBAMA- I voted for President Barack Obama...BOTH TIMES!!!! I support the President and I believe he has the best interests of the country in mind. I also believe he is a truly compassionate man who cares deeply for everyone, even people who disagree with him. Do I agree with him all the time...NO! But I agree with him ALOT more than I disagree with him....I support my President!!!!

REPUBLICANS- Believe it or not I do not hate Republicans, hatred is a useless emotion wasted on any other human being. I CAN be friends with people who have opposite viewpoints, I do have Republican friends, I know where they stand...they know where I stand. And at the end of the day they are still friends. That being said, people have ALOT to learn about RESPECTFUL disagreement, I don't view anybody a bad person for having a different viewpoint!!!! An nobody else should either!!!!

This is what I believe, you can RESPECTFULLY disagree with me!!!!

Jerri Allen

aka "LiBeRaL fReAk"

The problem with Romney

Oh boy where do I begin here??? Ahh, just let me ramble a bit...

I can't think of what pisses me off most about the Romneys, I think the main thing, however, is their sense of entitlement. Ann Romney basically telling people they should be lucky to have Mitt be the GOP presidential nominee, because of his business experience I guess....certainly not anything he did as Governor of MA. His biggest achievement there is something he constantly bashes President Obama for, making healthcare more affordable and getting more people covered.

But I guess I can't fault Mittwit for feeling like he's entitled to things, like George W Bush and George H.W. Bush Romney was also born with "a silver foot in his mouth", god bless you Ann Richards!!!! He has never had to go hungry, or worry about paying bills, or anything any of us other middle class people have to worry about. He went to Cranbrook school here in Michigan, nothing against Cranbrook at all, but only people with ALOT of money can afford to send their kids there. Eminem chided one of his opponents in a rap battle in the movie "8 Mile" for going to Cranbrook. My point is that Mittwit has had everything handed to him all his life and has always felt entitled to things, and felt he could treat people however he wanted to. Like his former classmate, who he said he doesn't remember assaulting. Although Mittwit is sure the kid was not gay, you know the kid he doesn't remember assaulting...wrap your head around THAT without getting a headache!!!!

Then of course there's the Seamus incident, now this has been talked about and made fun of in the court of public opinion for so long I don't feel like I can add anything to it. But it just doesn't surprise me...

He believes he should be President for the simple fact that he'd be better than Barack Obama, according to him. But when pressed for facts and number to prove how, he basically says that he'll tell us later. He won't even show more than two years of tax returns, why should we expect him to be forthcoming about anything!!! But then again he just seems to think he's better than most of us anyway by his 47% debacle.

Say what you will about Barack Obama, but Mittwit has no integrity, no coourage of convictions, and frankly I even doubt he has a soul. He will say whatever he needs to say to get elected He believes that a good majority of the American public is clueless enough to elect him just because he thinks he's better than the other guy. Some rich guy with a sense of entitlement, that didn't work for Dick DeVos when he ran for Governor of MI, and Mittwit...IT'S NOT GONNA WORK FOR YOU!!!

Jerri Allen aka "LiBeRaL fReAk"

Life in the Twitterverse...

Just reading some of the responses to my tweets, I must say I am HIGHLY entertained!!!! Somebody asked me if I even knew who Joe Ricketts was, um let's see....TD Waterhouse, family owns the Cubs, wants taxpayers to fund renovations to Wrigley Field, oh and had a plan to dredge up Jeremiah Wright to smear the president.....I THINK I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO!!!

One of my favorites though, is still, the conservative who called me an asshole for slagging on Ted Nugent. Just for the record, I didn't always dislike Ted Nugent. I actually once saw him in concert and enjoyed it. That was before he felt the need to ram his politics down everybodies throats, and spout his paranoid NRA conspiracy theories about how Clinton...Obama or whomever were trying to take your guns away. Like Rachel Maddow said, and forgive me if I get the quote a little wrong, "You can tell President Obama is going to take your guns away by the way he's NOT TAKING YOUR GUNS AWAY!!!!". Anyway, I digress, I have grown up in Michigan and heard  Ted Nugent's B.S. for years. I remember going to see KISS and Ted was the opener, yes Ted cannot even carry a show in Detroit anymore!!! I walked out and went to the concourse for a beer till KISS came on! But one question remains to me, why is little happening to Ted Nugent, yet The DIXIE CHICKS are now pariahs?????

Anyway, I'll leave this for now....starting to ramble.

Jerri Allen
aka "LiBeRaL fReAk"