Please, please, please. Please be our hero once again!

Excuse me, but wasn’t the whole economic crash rooted in the Clinton Administration. They were the ones that supported the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act, and Congress is currently doing a very good job of resisting all efforts to reinstate the law that kept us from having an economic breakdown for more than half a century. They don’t want to ruffle the feathers of the monied 1% who own 40% of the national wealth and take home 24% of the national income.

To me it was a simple matter of we had a choice between bad and worse and we chose bad. There’s no convincing me Mittens wouldn’t have been worse, sadly. Although I don’t like having to make such choices, no other candidates stood chance of actually winning the Presidency, so.

Wonder what happens when the progressive dems decide it’s time to start impeachment proceedings on Obummer for failing to enforce the laws of the land, for the use of drones (too much collateral damage in countries we have vested interests in), or for a number of other disgraceful things. Personally, I’d rather have Joe Biden (he should be much more compliant once he sees what happens to Obummer) or Bernie Sanders or Grayson or Elizabeth Warren. Can’t wait till the end of term; too much damage can be done till then.

I’m not so foolishly audacious as to say, “no one could have predicted” what would happen. George Orwell, and many other before and since, predicted it with humbling accuracy.

What’s scary is, you wouldn’t have needed to predict or read George Orwell or any other booksellers, because the principals wrote it all down in a major document. The Statement of Principles of the PNAC (Project for a New American Century) was written June 3, 1997. The American people have been allowing this to happen for way too long, either out of disbelief, apathy, whatever; we were not paying enough attention. Democracy, like marriage, requires work and communications. Too much of our communications are $. Great post, cocktailhag.

Only The Shadow knows… :~)

Any action plans to tell Reid how constituents feel about this Democratic abdication of responsibility and sell-out? Is there time to change minds yet?

Excellent post, bmaz, and of course, you are absolutely right. If the guilty go unpunished even tho caught, it undermines our whole justice system. Seems ironic that the damage is being done in cahoots with our own justice department.

Yesterday I saw on a friend’s facebook page that he was bemoaning the fact that “the Congress” took prayer out of the schools, and he thought they should admit that they were wrong and allow school prayer again. Then his sister agreed with him. My response went something like: Would y’all feel the same if the prayers were Jewish, or Hindu, or (Heaven Forbid!)Moslem? The first amendment to the Constitution says: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the pres; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Contrary to popular belief, we are not a Christian nation and never were meant to be. This country was founded on religious freedom; I have nothing against people following their faith or praying, but I do have a problem with folks trying to impose their form of prayer on others. I just think if they feel they want organized prayer in their children’s schools, they better be prepared to pay tuition for their children’s parochial education. Otherwise, learn to say your prayers silently, and keep your prayers between you and your God. We already have enough trouble making sure that citizens are free to assemble without the authorities pepper spraying their face and eyes, or hitting them with batons. We knew there were some problems when someone came up with the idea of “Free Speech Zones” a few years ago. Foolish me, I always thought this whole country was supposed to be a free speech zone. I’ll get off my soap box now. Just food for thought.