How Are We Going To Win Our Money Back?

Every movie movie buff will recognize that quote from the classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest movie from 1975. When a slightly crazy Danny De Vito (Martini) finds out that the card game Jack Nicholson (McMurphy) is running is rigged and he is being cheated every day he can't understand how he is going to get his money back if they can't play cards anymore. Because of his limited capabilities he can't or won't accept that he will never win his money back because the game is fixed. No rational thinking human would continue to play let alone feel a loss because you can't even participate. But we are not dealing in rational. We are dealing in politics.

Next Tuesday a lot of Democrats are going to be crushed at the voting booths. I do think that they will be able to vote enough felons and dead people to hold on to the senate but just barely at that. A large part of this butt-kicking will be in part because a lot of Americans who happen to be Democrat and even some moderate Republicans found out the game was fixed. They thought because they were told Obama was a centrist that he would unite the country with his hope and change mantra. And then Nurse Ratched passed health care without a vote. And Arizona got sued over protecting themselves. And we took over GM and AIG. And we got tough with the "fat cats" from Wall Street who still got huge bonus checks this year. And the unions got more bailout money. And we passed a financial regulation bill and the bigwigs of Fannie and Freddie got huge bonus checks one week after asking for billions more of your money. We got a guy running the I.R.S. couldn't pay his own taxes. No harm no foul no penalty no interest. And then we took over student loans. And some banks. And some property. Does all this sound like conservative bitching? Please let me present President Ratched from the left side.

And then we were told Gitmo would be closed as soon as you took office. And then we were told you would close coal plants. And then we were told you would create one million green jobs. And then we were told you would pass a carbon tax. And you said unemployment would stay below 8% if we did what you asked. And you told us we would get to stay in the country with amnesty. You see Mr. Martini, Mr. McMurphy has been cheating you all along.

Don't worry my fellow lemmings. I know how you feel. I thought that I had voted for something else in 2004. The signs were all there if I cared to look hard enough but like all of you last election I was just happy to be playing. Deal us another hand Mr McMurphy, I really think I'm gonna win this time. You see it really doesn't matter which side of the insane asylum you root for either way the game is fixed. So this time we are going to kick out all the bums and start over with more Republicans. Deal me in McMurphy.......I'm feeling lucky.