The Destruction of Full Faith and Credit

Those members of Congress, governors and state legislatures who were elected with the vast support of the "tea party" movement and/or are members of the "tea party" movement have never cared about governing.  Nor do they care about making President Obama a one term president, as is Senate Minority Leader's Mitch McConnell’s stated goal.  No, their only goal is to dismantle our government and replace it with one whose sole purpose is to benefit the wealthy, the privileged and corporations.

Yes, for years the ultra-right conservative movement, their theocratic fascist and corporate allies have been slowly moving us in that direction for at least three decades.  It wasn't until the election of 2010 that the damage was able to be done more quickly and widespread.  Ultra-conservative and theocratic fascist Republicans (UC/TF/R) took control of governorships and state legislatures across the nation, foisting upon their respective state's laws that make everything before them look like child's play.

In Arizona, the UC/TF/R dominated legislature approved and UC/TF/R Governor Brewer signed laws that give tax breaks and subsidies for corporations while kicking people off of the state's Medicaid rolls.  In Wisconsin the UC/TF/R dominated legislature and UC/TF/R Governor Walker rammed through elimination of the right of public employees to collectively bargain through their respective unions while also giving out tax breaks to corporations.

UC/TF/R Michigan Governor Snyder signed a law that gave him the authority to effectively dissolve local and county governments by declaring “economic” emergencies.  The law has been used for a “trustee” takeover of some of the poorest school districts with the intent to privatize some of the schools therein and to turn others into charter schools.

The path of joblessness, poverty and destruction across this nation left by the policies of the UC/TF/R is staggering.  Now they are on course to destroy the “full faith and credit” of the United States by demanding massive cuts in our social safety net in order for them to approve raising the non-Constitutionally imposed “debt ceiling”.  In other words, they refuse to pay the bills of the United States unless the poor, working poor and the middle class give up what past generations fought for.

The UC/TF/R wants our government to go into default.  By forcing our government into default on our debts and obligations they destroy a critical portion of our nation’s foundation: Our word.  By destroying our word, they can force not just reductions in the social safety net, but the complete dismantling of that net.  Once the net is destroyed, once the corporations have free reign, once only the wealthy and privilege have access to the newly reformed government, then and only then will the UC/TF/R be happy.

The Greatest Evil

Wisconsin Governor Walker is evil. His attempts to destroy the public sector unions in Wisconsin, his attempts to sell off public utilities in “no bid” deals, his attempts to consolidate power in regards to Medicaid and his apparent desire to send in the National Guard to break up those protesting against him, make him evil.

The Republicans in the Arizona Legislature are evil. This week they passed out of committee a bill to abolish the state’s Medicaid program, AHCCCS. They also passed out of committee bills to turn hospital employees into immigration officials, force children going to school that they are U.S. citizens, eliminate birthright citizenship and dissolve the Board of Regents.

Then we have Republicans across the nation proposing state laws that would allow anyone to legally assassinate someone involved in an abortion. Not to mention the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have voted to defund Planned Parenthood and are considering redefining rape.

Colonel Moammar Gadhafi has sent his air force against those rebelling against him as well as arming civilian government supporters. But then again, we have always known that Colonel Gadhafi is evil.

But none of these evils can hold a candle to the greatest evil of them all: