Sunday, August 24, 2008

Do Nothing Democrats -- Except....

As Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats felt there was no reason not to go on vacation, with the economy in such bad shape (according to them) and with gas close to $4.00 a gallon. The working men and women of America can wait, as far as the leader of the Democratic Congress is concerned. With Nancy and company relaxing from their many accomplishments they assured us when they took control of Congress from the Evil, Greedy, Republicans, it would be a good time to list those many accomplishments.
So here’s the list:
1. Increase the minimum wage.
2. …
3. …
4. …
The reason 2, 3, and 4 are blank is that there is no 2, 3, and 4 to list.
With nothing else to list as an accomplishment, let’s examine the single accomplishment of the Democratic Congress. Raising the minimum wage was the right thing to do. It had been a long time since the last increase of 1996-1997. So, even the Old NCO gives Nancy and crew kudos for this. But wait, not everyone benefited from the wage increase. It’s notable to point out that Nancy and the Democrats exempted the working people of American Samoa. The Old NCO wonders why a US territory, where 75 percent of the islands “working men and women” are employed at two packing plants would be exempt from getting a raise. Well, it seems one of those two plants is owned by Star-Kist Tuna, and they were a major opponent to the minimum wage hike. Star-Kist is owned by Del Monte Corporation, which is headquartered in guess whose representative district – you got it, Nancy Pelosi’s.
So even the one single accomplishment of the do nothing democratic congress is marred by hypocrisy. Liberals – gotta love em.

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