Dear Congress:
I have a message from the TEA Party Dogs. WE ARE OVER IT! Our humans are sick and tired of your refusal to STOP spending and the blame game you insist on playing with each other. Our humans can't seem to stop worrying about the state of this country long enough to play fetch with us anymore. They have stopped allowing us to lay our heads on their laps while they scratch us behind the ears, because they are too busy wringing their hands together while trying to figure out how to make ends meet. Some of us have even heard them talking about sending us away because they can't afford our food anymore. We don't blame our humans. They are merely reacting to your idiotic refusal to stop spending and the fear of higher taxes. They are reacting to your constant refusal to accept responsibility and insisting that it is their fault! The TEA Party Dogs will not allow you to keep doing this to our humans!
So here is the deal. Everytime one of you behaves in a way that clearly indicates you don't give a flip about the American people, a member of the TEA Party Dogs will come to Washington and bite you on the rear. Hopefully, it will only take you once to learn your lesson. We are fully prepared to do it as often as necessary until you do, though! And just for the record, you guys don't taste very good so this is NOT something we would enjoy doing. We just want you to understand how serious we are! It's time to grow up Washington and do the right thing!
Sincerely,
Shasta
TEA Party Dog
Conversations Between A Dog And Her Human
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
I Want More
"Candi, I've decided you need to raise your debt ceiling," I said this morning while watching morning talk shows with my favorite human.
"What? Shasta, why would I need to raise my debt ceiling?"
I calmly explained to her, in a voice you'd use to explain something to a child, that I felt she needed a house on the beach in the Caribbean, a house in the Canadian Rockies, a new house here, and that I need an airconditioned two-story dog house at each location. We can't have all of that if she doesn't raise her "debt ceiling".
"Oh, I see," she said. "Shasta, let me get this straight. You aren't content with what we have, so I'm supposed to increase my debt in able for us to have things you WANT above and beyond what you NEED."
"Yes."
"Shasta, I can barely afford to pay back the debt we have now. If I were to increase my debt, it would eventually reach the point where I couldn't afford to pay it back. Do you understand what that means? There would be no more money available for your "diet doggie food", there would be no more money to put gas in the car to take you to the dog park so you can play with your friends, and there would be no more money to pay for you to go to the vet," she replied.
Now, at this point I'm becoming a little aggravated that she doesn't see it my way. I try to be patient. She is just a human after all. AND, she's a conservative woman without a man to explain it to her! "Listen," I said, "If the government can keep borrowing money to pay their bills, you can too."
Candi looked at me for a moment with utter confusion on her face. Then it finally dawned on her...I was kidding. Dogs don't care about what you have and don't have. We don't care if we get the "cheap" food versus the "designer" food. We just want our needs met. It's time Congress take the attitude of us dogs and get serious about what we NEED versus what we WANT. Americans NEED jobs, not handouts! Americans NEED to feel safe at night when they go to bed, they don't want to worry about a terrorist blowing up their home! Americans NEED to know that the money they paid into Social Security will be there when they need it. But what Americans NEED most is to KNOW their elected officials have their best interests in mind.
For too long, we have allowed the "honorable" men and women in D.C. to put what they WANT before the NEEDS of the American people. Let's continue to send the message that we DEMAND they start spending less, borrowing less and STOP putting themselves above the American People!
"What? Shasta, why would I need to raise my debt ceiling?"
I calmly explained to her, in a voice you'd use to explain something to a child, that I felt she needed a house on the beach in the Caribbean, a house in the Canadian Rockies, a new house here, and that I need an airconditioned two-story dog house at each location. We can't have all of that if she doesn't raise her "debt ceiling".
"Oh, I see," she said. "Shasta, let me get this straight. You aren't content with what we have, so I'm supposed to increase my debt in able for us to have things you WANT above and beyond what you NEED."
"Yes."
"Shasta, I can barely afford to pay back the debt we have now. If I were to increase my debt, it would eventually reach the point where I couldn't afford to pay it back. Do you understand what that means? There would be no more money available for your "diet doggie food", there would be no more money to put gas in the car to take you to the dog park so you can play with your friends, and there would be no more money to pay for you to go to the vet," she replied.
Now, at this point I'm becoming a little aggravated that she doesn't see it my way. I try to be patient. She is just a human after all. AND, she's a conservative woman without a man to explain it to her! "Listen," I said, "If the government can keep borrowing money to pay their bills, you can too."
Candi looked at me for a moment with utter confusion on her face. Then it finally dawned on her...I was kidding. Dogs don't care about what you have and don't have. We don't care if we get the "cheap" food versus the "designer" food. We just want our needs met. It's time Congress take the attitude of us dogs and get serious about what we NEED versus what we WANT. Americans NEED jobs, not handouts! Americans NEED to feel safe at night when they go to bed, they don't want to worry about a terrorist blowing up their home! Americans NEED to know that the money they paid into Social Security will be there when they need it. But what Americans NEED most is to KNOW their elected officials have their best interests in mind.
For too long, we have allowed the "honorable" men and women in D.C. to put what they WANT before the NEEDS of the American people. Let's continue to send the message that we DEMAND they start spending less, borrowing less and STOP putting themselves above the American People!
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