SOME SAD, SOME OUTRAGEOUS, SOME EVEN REPUGNANT – MOST INVOLVING REPUBLICANS AND ALSO REMARKABLE EVENTS.
The monumental gaffs, the outrageous statements, the audacity of the lies, the incredible persistence to deny and then the inconsistencies on issues…there was plenty of flip-flopping in 2011.
Around May we were all subjected to Mr. Weiner’s weenie
We finally witnessed the end of DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL
One of the most prominent activists in the military who workes to oppose DADT was Victor Fehrenbach
Regrettably there were many youngster suicides as a result of the bullying they were being subjected to because of their perceived or declared homosexuality.
Tyler clement was one of the saddest of the suicide cases.
It became apparent that Wisconsin citizens were not going to tolerate their Governor’s ultra right wing agenda.
And neither were Floridians who are giving their Governor the lowest rating in popularity of any of the 50 governors.
Japan suffered one mega-disaster, a three punch hit with an earthquake followed by a tsunami and a nuclear catastrophe.
An awful downturn in Wall Street saw a massive stock market crash
We had the Royal wedding, nice distraction, somewhat dreamy and a reminder of what the rest of us can't ever have. It's a nice fairy tale.
And there was the "ARAB SPRING" Egypt followed Tunisia getting rid of their dictators.
Our President was blackmailed on several occasions by Republicans who held the American people hostage to obtain their demands
Our President still managed to kill Osama Bin Laden all the while the birthers continued to question his birthplace.
In the meantime the longest war in American history is still a cloud over our heads
Afghanistan War
Unlike the Tea Party movement we saw the emergence of a genuine grass roots movement: Occupy Wall Street and perhaps two of the most iconic pictures of this struggle so far, one of an 84 yr old woman who had been pepper sprayed by police and the other one of a cop nonchalantly spraying students as if they were garden bugs.
Republicans continued to do what they do best: NOTHING by saying no to everything and actually sabotaging any efforts to bring back the economy and alleviate unemployment.
The horse race started and the horses were out of the gate with uncommon zeal, one by one they would have their 15 minutes of fame then fizzle and still leaving Mr. Romney with a mid twenties support among Republican primary voters who are desperate for a viable, electable candidate.
Mitt Romney had the audacity to affirm that “corporations are people, my friend”
I think that the icing on the cake and perhaps the most outrageous uttering made in 2011 came from Newt Gingrich who suggested to fire janitors and replace them with child labor.
These of course are not all of the worthy pictures or incidents of significance but I think you get the picture…if you pardon the pun.
The war in Iraq came to an end and we can all now breath and yet never forget that it was unnecessary and our government lied to get us into it. We spent obscene amounts from our treasury or borrowed and the most regrettable loss of 4500 of our brave military. We should be asking Republicans who are saying we should have stayed even longer: Was it worth it assholes?
Thanks for all the memories! :)
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