Auntie Charo's Soapbox

When there's a disaster(and there doesn't have to be bloodshed, a budget is bleeding enough especially when one has to figure in increments and one uses in the increased costs of drivers licenses and the cost of license tags and business licenses and government services) one at the helm usually stays home to lead the troop...the shepherd leading the flock. The shephers never leaves the large flock to entertain but a few, so many thousand miles away when so many here are in a crisis mode.
The idea and the photo op are wonderful and make for beautiful memories, spouses of these soldiers are in rapture(it's a Christian word) of this man that will travel the distance to hand out Father's day presents and betelnut to the troop....but what happens to those who wonder about the budget, the fact that there's an increment and a CFO that's speaking Greek and that can't answer a question in English to Eddie Calvo when he asks how much money the government owes the vendors as well as other payables. The only thing that the man could do the whole time he was at the non-round-round table the other day was talk about the 'moving forward' thing he was putting together plan that put every question on 'hold', never answering any question
but going back to the 'moving forward' promise'. I can't believe that Senator Calvo stood for the spin and didn't stick to the question until he got the dollars and cents answers. Maybe the party(republicrat thingy) got to him and he didn't want to push hard...whatever it was, the senator kinda lost a few points that day. He's got the momentum going, he can't back down now. This is the time to make everyone accountable for the money that we don't have. We can't go spending what we don't have. He's a business man. He can't spend lapsed funds from 2004 at Pepsi to buy syrup or hire delivery people....let alone give increments....likewise, this isn't the time this government shouldn't be allowed to give increments because its barely able to pay its power bills. We used to be just stupid people. We've graduated, now, there's no word that describes us! But........it must be okay, no one seems to mind......next, we'll be increasing power and water bills and we'll call Patti and Ray and shout and rant but we won't do a damn thing about it......we'll probably re-elect the entire bunch of clowns to the next circus because we're the most pathetic bunch of people this side of Saipan!
What will we let them get away with tomorrow?