Yes, Chicken Little…..
This time, the sky really is falling Shutdown 2013 is really not a budget negotiation. IT IS NOT. You do not pass and repeal laws in the United States of America through budget negotiations. Then what is this, really? What are the buffoons and shucksters in Congress at a stalemate over? Well, this time, it’s about nothing short of our democratic system of self-governance, which hangs in the balance: that would be Majority Rule by the people, through their elected representatives, as envisioned by the Founding Fathers and borne out in our Constitution. The terms being thrown around – “economic…
Tick-Tock, Ding-a-Lings
As the clock runs off on the castor oil countdown aka sequestration, we find the White House, GOP leadership and the Washington press corps serving up a marvelous tableau of the entire manufactured chocolate mess; they can’t even agree on the date and time when the cuts actually occur. So then, in order to bring order to the tolling of democracy’s death, whenever that truly is, a brief frolic in the shallow end of the pool is indicated. You May Ask Yourself, Well, How Did I Get Here? While it’s a safe bet the POTUS has uttered David Byrne’s question…
The State Of Our Union In 1:12
For the simplest of points to be made, this has taken all day to say, mostly because of the varied expletives that needed replacing. So here it is. Last night, during the President’s first State of the Union speech of his second term, there came a moment toward the end where he acknowledged a 102 year old Florida woman – Desiline Victor – who, on Election Day 2012, stood in line at her precinct for over three hours (she was first told it could take up to six, yet she insisted). All for the “privilege” to vote. The President asked…
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