ANTHONY WEINER, A-ROD, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND OTHER THINGS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL.

It has not been a good week for anyone in the title. Weiner got his weiner in a bunch AGAIN after being caught sexting yet another young woman, A-Rod is facing a Lance Armstrong walk of shame, and the GOP seems determined to never get the vote of anyone ever with an IQ over 90. This is not good for all of the above.

Let's start with "poor" Anthony Weiner. As a politician, he wasn't bad actually. He was a champion for the middle class and fought hard for a single payer program which is what we should have done instead of the Jekyll and Hyde Obamacare bill. The single payer plan has been reintroduced this year where it has received less press than Obama's bathroom habits. How likely is this bill to pass? Slim to none which is too bad because it would actually work at saving costs. Insurance companies will lose billions and lay off thousands of people but that is progress. In the long run, the economy will improve. Short term loses, long term gains are what is needed right now. This crisis won't be solved overnight no matter how many episodes of CSI say differently. But Weiner was on the right side of a lot of bills. So why do I not like him still?

He is supposed to be a real dick. He gets angry easily and had one of the highest turnovers of interns in the entire Congress due to his frequent outbursts. One person I know who worked for him briefly called him "the demon." He's also kind of hypocrite calling on the UN to pay $18,000 of unpaid parking tickets while having over $2000 of his own. And then there is the whole "likes to take pictures of his wang and email it across the Internet" thing. Eeeewwwww! The fact he is still doing it says much about his character. I am hoping the democrats take the high road for once and not vote for this idiot. Republicans seem preprogrammed to vote R regardless of the candidate, and the crazier that person is the more likely that person is to win. Let us not ride down the road where both sides have nutters for spokespeople.

Then there is A-Rod. I hate the Yankees. As I am from the New England area it is my genetic makeup to do so. And of all the Yankees, I hate A-Rod most. On the flip side I think Derek Jeter is awesome just so you see that I don't hate everyone on the team, just the douchbags. I always thought A-Rod was overrated. Now if the new steroids scandal that threatens not only his Hall of Fame status but his career as well is true, he's screwed. Lance Armstrong should be the lesson here. Don't take steroids. It's cheating, it's dangerous, and in the long run, counterproductive. Once again, short term gains, long term consequences. This idea seems lost on people anymore.

It certainly isn't working for the Republicans who seem to be suffering from some sort of short term amnesia where things that have happened in the recent past are erased from memory. That is the only explanation for the 38th and 39th vote to repeal Obamacare, mind you with no plan to replace it. Even Fox news is groaning over the whole debacle. It really is a laughingstock at this point. Obamacare needs to be fixed, not thrown out. And until you assholes have a plan of your own, single payer cough cough, stop taking an ax to the only thing holding it all together. By the way, single payer will release businesses from providing insurance saving them billions in dollars which should be right down your alley. Are you guys that deep in the pockets of the insurance companies, the only businesses that stand to lose?

Still think the GOP isn't heading down the drain? Check out this nugget: the Republicans plan to shut the government down over Obamacare come fall. When funding votes come up for Obamacare, some Republicans are threatening a government shut down to stop it from being implemented. Yeah because that worked so well back in 1995 when they tried it last time. It resulted in the GOP suffering massive losses in the 1996 election which took years to rebuild. Is that really what you want?

In the House, 64 lunatics have signed on to do just that when the bill comes up for a vote later this year, all from one party. Guess which? Mike Lee (R-UT) has said he feels confident he has the necessary votes to filibuster any such bill, throwing the government into a shutdown. Also signed on are powerful congressmen Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn (Texas),  Sen. John Thune (SD), and Marco "The Thirsty" Rubio (FL). Enter the most unlikely voice of reason: John McCain.

“Some of my Republican colleagues are already saying we won’t raise the debt limit unless there’s repeal of ObamaCare. I’d love to repeal ObamaCare, but I promise you that’s not going to happen on the debt limit,” McCain told Medved, according to The Washington Post.

“So some would like to set up another one of these shutdown-the-government threats. And most Americans are really tired of those kinds of shenanigans here in Washington,” he said.

Democrats are secretly thrilled as the GOP shoots themselves in the foot for the zillionith time. If they shut the government down, they will be blamed, especially as the most data shows the insurance costs will slow under Obamacare by as much as 50% in some places. Can we see if this thing works before we start trying to drown it in the bathtub. The Republicans hate change so much they are willing to let this country die as a result. They are no better than the idiot faith based religions that say prayer instead of doctors is all that is needed. Right now we need a lot more than just prayer. And the Republicans are down on the knees hoping to God that all will be right with the world. It's the rest of us that are going to have to do something about it.