You know that mama and I read a lot. Right now, however, the most important subject of our perusals of many newspapers is the United States of America as hostage to fiscal terrorists, anarchists and downright lawbreakers called…you guessed it: The House of Representatives.
(Whoever they are!! But all I know is that mama and papa are really upset with them and feel that their policies and arguments are undermining our country and might possibly be the cause of worldwide chaos if they do not stop impeding the raising of our country’s debt ceiling.)
Mama read me this about the Constitution of the United States: “They (the Tea Party, the Republican party, and so on) are proposing a blatant violation of the 14th Amendment, which states that ‘the validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law’ is sacrosanct and ‘shall not be questioned.” This she read from the IHT, October 9, 2013, Obama vs The Highwaymen, by Sean Wilenz.
Now some of this always goes a little above my tiny head, but I do listen carefully to these things and I suggest that if you want more info on this, please do go to the article in today’s IHT online and read it for yourself.
Mama just wanted me to put this in today because it is so very important for our country and for the rest of the world that the United States not default and that the debt ceiling be raised. If I remember correctly these guys tried to do this LAST year and then backed down with a few compromises and gave the government one more year of grace. Oh, boy, thanks a lot. They are not in a position LEGALLY to impede the decisions of the President of the United States of America.
But, hey, out there—even a kitty knows when a LAW is broken!! There are laws about what you can do with animals and how they are to be treated and a law is a law, especially when it pertains to the government of the United States and is IN THE CONSTITUTION.
I never got too involved in politics as a young kitty, but now that I have learned to read, I care about how mama and papa feel about what is happening to our president and how he has been essentially taken hostage by the Republican right, but that doesn’t mean he can’t fight back. He’s the president, for goodness sake!!
What I don’t understand is why the president doesn’t just say “no, no” to these turkeys, the way mama says “no, no” to me when I’m being difficult and breaking the rules.
Maybe he doesn’t want to be in the company of such illustrious figures as Lincoln, FDR and Andrew Jackson…but maybe he hasn’t thought of that.
I’m glad someone did. Thank you, Sean Wilentz.
Extra kibble for you!!
Sean Wilentz – I think he has such a nice face, so intelligent! I’m sure he likes kitties…
