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Heartstrings

Heartstrings's Journal
Heartstrings's Journal
June 19, 2017

Has "new guy" even acknowledged it's Pride Month?

Personally, I haven't seen a thing from "it"....

June 16, 2017

Oh, no you don't.....

June 15, 2017

A day in the life of a Republican

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A REPUBLICAN

Joe gets up at 8:00 AM to prepare his morning coffee. He fills his pot full of good clean drinking water because some stupid bleeding heart liberal fought for minimum water quality standards.

He takes his daily medication with his first swallow of coffee. His medications are safe to take because some nanny state loving liberal fought to ensure their safety and work as advertised.

All but $10.00 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance, now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs this day. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some commie liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry.

Joe takes his morning shower reaching for his shampoo; His bottle is properly labeled with every ingredient and the amount of its contents because some socialist liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some tree hugging liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air.

He walks to the subway station for his government subsidized ride to work; It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees. You see, some snowflake liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day; He has a good job with excellent pay, medicals benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union.

If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It's noon time, Joe needs to make a Bank Deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the depression.

Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae underwritten mortgage and his below market federal student loan because some stupid liberal decided that
Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime.

Joe is home from work, he plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive to dad's; His car is among the safest in the world because some cry baby liberal fought for car safety standards.

He arrives at his boyhood home. He was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers Home Administration because bankers
didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electric until some big government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and
demanded rural electrification (those rural Republicans would still be sitting in the dark).

He is happy to see his dad who is now retired. His dad lives on Social Security and his union pension because some liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to. After his visit with dad he gets back in his car for the ride home.

He turns on a radio talk show, the host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good (the host doesn't tell Joe that his beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day). Joe agrees, "We don't need those big government liberals ruining our lives; After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."

-John Gray

June 14, 2017

Not from this president

No Pride month proclamation this year after 8 years of precedence. No acknowledgement of the anniversary of the Pulse mass shooting. Three days of silence after the Portland stabbing. This incident gets a direct Presidential response within hours, and near-immediate political spin from other politicians. That smoky smell is how much this inconsistency is really roasting my chestnuts!

June 13, 2017

I see you Jeff Sessions...

I see you, Jeff Sessions.

I see the apple-pie twinkle in your all-American eye. I see your dimples and the cute little cheeks at the top of your bafflingly easy smile. I hear the rich Alabama drawl in your voice, dripping with the honey needed to sweeten your bullshit. I'd expect every other sentence out of your mouth to be "I do declare," were it not for the fact that you seem to be pretty bad at declaring things. You look like a cartoon mouse, Jeff Sessions, and I somehow doubt that association is the only thing you've got in common with Walt Disney. You've been on the wrong side of history more often than The Time Traveller's Wife and it's hardly surprising that you've now found yourself on the wrong side of the truth.

Because good sweet baby Jesus with cinnamon and biscuits, Jeff Sessions, it's all going mad. Remember those people who said it'd all just settle down when he actually became President? They're dead now. All of them. At least I assume they are; I haven't seen or heard from a single one of them for weeks.

It's been nothing but howling lunacy, an orange blur of fur blasting at full pace out of the traps, daring the toothless dogs behind it to keep up. Derp Fuhrer's in full deflection mode, throwing out shade at anyone within spitting distance in a vain attempt to distract everyone from the long shadow Russia's already casting on everything. Who's next, we're all wondering. Who's helping them through the door? Was Stephen Mnuchin Putin's boot in?

Still, y'all know what y'all are doing, don't you, Jeff Sessions? This is all just a distraction for the long game. You know better than anyone; you've met with Them before, after all.

I see the Secret Service agents slamming the doors as the dark clouds gather over the White House. I see the storm swirling, purple lightning forking at the heart of the maelstrom. I see the trees bend and snap, the wood and plaster flaking away from the great house in giant chunks.

I see the mechanical iris open in the eye of the storm, Jeff Sessions. I see the thin, insectile legs stepping downwards; long, terrible things, probing the brickwork, picking holes in the masonry. I see the bulbous bodies on those awful legs and I hear the chattering of chitin, of teeth and claws whirring and grinding on each other. I see those terrible limbs spear into the house, pulling out screaming bodies, feeding them into their awful mouths like crabs picking at the sea floor.

I see you whistling as you stroll down the hallway, Jeff Sessions, the house shaking around you. I see a marble bust fall to the ground and shatter. I see you knock on the door of the women's toilets, pushing your way in.

I see him cowering in the corner, Jeff Sessions, spitting and cursing Obama's name. He must have done this. He must have wiretapped his phone and rigged the election and told his dad to never say he loved him and summoned the Sky-Lice of Arachnia.

I see him meet your eye, Jeff Sessions. I see you smirk. You met Them months ago. You knew all about it. And to think, the committee asked you straight to your face if you'd had any contact with the Sky-Lice of Arachnia and you said no. You said no, because you're a greasy little horror and it secured your future.

I see the terrible claw punch through the ceiling, Jeff Sessions. I see it probe around the room as Trump scuttles desperately around the floor to avoid it, the dust caking his white eyes and his orange skin running with sweat. It'll keep probing, won't it? He's angered an intelligent army, and they won't stop probing until they can reach him and tear him apart.

How ironic it'll end like this, Jeff Sessions. He's going to meet his end as a sexual predator in the women's toilet. I see you straighten your jacket, whistling as you turn to leave. It's going to get nasty, isn't it? Time to make your excuses and continue your lies....but, then again, why? You have the backing of all the deplorables so Karma and your God will have the final say.

I see you, Jeff Sessions. I fucking see you.

June 11, 2017

Caption this.....

June 9, 2017

Took this from Facebook...I like it!

"My 11 year old just asked me if Trump will be "Oranged out". What he meant to say is impeached. He said he knew there was a fruit in it. I am adopting his term, Oranged Out" And yes. hopefully he is being Oranged Out."

Please let him be "oranged out" soon.....

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