In CT, they have been using tax payer dollars to illegally fund rich people's pockets in the scam known as Adrian's Landing. First proposed in 1995, this billion dollar boondoggle was supposed to be a center for new museums, shopping, a convention center and even the Patriots. The football team was never going to happen according to many insiders I knew at the time as this was just a bargaining chip for Robert Kraft to stay in MA like he always intended. The rest of the projects, including my proposed movie studio at the old Jai Lai building and Dee Snyder's heavy metal museum both got blackmailed by John Rowland's administration for four million dollars to even discuss the matter. This heavy handed corruption caused many of us not only to abandon the projects, but to leave the state as well. I will remind readers that Rowland went to jail over this kind of bullshit, but only for a year and a day as the sentencing judge was appointed by Rowland and a personal friend. No cronyism there as I roll my eyes.
Since ground was broken in 2001, a convention center and a science museum have been built. That's it. A billion dollars later and that's all the people in CT have to show for it. Now mind you as the voters in CT finally got rid of Jody Rell, or Rowland in a dress, some businesses have started to began to develop Front Street in Hartford suggesting that the massive corruption that plagued the state for more than a decade may be finally over but I wouldn't hold my breath either.
But this level of corruption is also alive and well everywhere, especially within the Federal government and Obama is no stranger to this either. The whole Solardyne fiasco was a company doomed to fail from the getgo. You can't manufacture a product for six dollars and sell it for three and expect to remain open. Yet Obama gave them $500 million which immediately disappeared into the void as the company went bankrupt months later, a fact even the most casual business savvy individual would have guessed. Many warned the project was ill-advised but our President and his team went with it anyway? Why?
Now comes news that the Obama administration was warned six months ago that the website was not going to be ready in time, due in part to Republican shenanigans, in part due to rank incompetence by Health and Human Services, in part due to a corporation that had no business building the site in the first place, in part because no single company was building the site and lastly in part because Obama was apparently wishing for it to work rather than making sure it did. This is NOT acceptable and the president deserves part of the blame here.
On top of all that, we hear that the website may be vulnerable to hackers to such an extent that Consumer Reports has advised avoiding the site altogether. Way to go CGI Federal for yet another fuck up that should have been easily avoided. I guarantee these douchebags hired the cheapest labor they could and look what they got in return: a failed website that a three year old on a Kindle can hack into. Wonderful.
And that's not all. It came out today that 40% of the technology needed to run Obama's health care marketplace, the one that will give out subsidies for those that need it, will not be ready by the end of year. Shocker. Henry Chao, deputy chief info officer for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services testified in front of Congress yesterday that if the site is not up and ready in time, it could cause havoc as billions in dollars in subsidized money will not go to the people who need it and, ultimately, into the insurance companies pockets. This health care plan has not cut costs here in MA which continue to skyrocket upward. My plan went up $50 a month recently. That is not chump change. Until we start tackling that issue, everything else is moot.
The plan to fix this has been understaffed, weeks behind schedule and has been stuffed with red tape, in part due to Republican desire to kill this project by any means possible. When I call Republicans terrorists, I am not joking. What they are doing is undermining the survival of this country and should be treated accordingly.
Speaking of douchebag Republicans, Trey Radel (R-FL) was arrested for cocaine possession recently for which he got the usual slap on the wrist. Had he been black and arrested in Orlando, that sentence would have been much harsher. But the real issue is the fact that this asshole Tea Party fuckhead recently voted to have all food stamp recipients drug tested which would cost the taxpayers millions in funds. Meanwhile, he's snorting coke off his desk and laughing at the rest of us. When do we get to drug test everyone in the government, especially Congress? His term which began in 2012 has been derailed many times with corruption charges, failure to report income and now drug possession. What idiot voted for this schmuck?
Lastly, I have to speak about PETA. As an animal lover (I like pets more than people for the most part) and someone who has been a part of rescuing animals for decades now, I am absolutely disgusted with PETA like never before. I have never cared for the organization that seemed to care more about people wearing leather or furs than the ethical treatment of animals. But now a new story has arisen that makes me want to burn their fucking buildings to the ground. Word of warning to anyone still pimping for these douchebags, if you come to my door looking for money, you've got five seconds to get off my porch before I get my gun.
Turns out, these assholes are killing puppies and kittens almost as soon as they get in the door. Here's a link to the story but be warned, the content is graphic.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-j-winograd/peta-kills-puppies-kittens_b_2979220.html
A recent study found that almost 100% of the animals brought into their "shelter" die. How is that protection versus anything? Want to know where your money is going in donations? Apparently most of it is going to walk in freezers, animal pick up for dead bodies, and cremation. I seriously don't think that is what people have in mind when they donate to your cause. Even worse, PETA has threatened lawsuits over releasing this info for which I say, I double dog dare you to sue me. First off, I have no money. What I do have is solid proof you are butchering animals and all that will come out in trial should you be dumb enough to try to stop me. Go ahead, make my day.
They are also doing a "kill on sight" rule for any pit bull or even a pit bull looking dog because, well I don't know as I have many, many friends with pit bulls and they are awesome dogs and not the mad creatures the press makes them out as. Any dog can be dangerous or friendly depending on how it is raised.
This is also why I never give to any charity that I don't personally know. I have donated some of my hard earned money over the years to various dog or cat friendly groups, like the no kill animal shelter in Hopkinton, MA or greyhound rescue groups that are run by people I know. Most charities only give a small percentage of their earnings to those that need it and pocket the rest. PETA appears to be using their money to kill as many pets as possible. I hope they all fucking die.
And this includes Bill Maher, I guy I used to really like until this story came out. He's on the board on directors for PETA and I guess this isn't a problem for him. I am going to try to contact him and find out what is what, but chances are, that will go nowhere fast. For someone who professes a love for animals, he certainly is backing a Holocaust level of douchebaggery when almost 100% of the animals this group takes in gets killed in 24 hours.
People should avoid giving to this organization at all costs. If their $35 million dollars in donations dry up, maybe things will changes. But people are sheep, the media doesn't do their job and the government doesn't care. Welcome to Amerika.
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