One more in the “Why I love Stirling” series….
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Dancing On a Volcano | The Agonist
The Democratic representatives in Congress have not heeded sane and sound advice from either their financial or progressive wings. Both look antagonistic, but in fact are making the same point.
The financial wing has said repeatedly that present interest rate and spending policies are not sustainable. That which can’t go on, won’t.
The progressive wing has said repeatedly that inflationary pressures on the working class, and this includes the vast bulk of the middle class, are unsustainably high. That which can’t go on, won’t.
The policy prescriptions that came out of this simple dual message are rather simple: end the war, pass universal single payor health coverage. The first will remove massive inflationary pressures on the economy, the second will control one of the most rampant costs afflicting the vasy range of Americans and reducing productivity and misallocating investment. The two represent, together, a shifting of the national effort away from making holes in walls in Iraq with bullets, and towards increasing American productivity.
Instead the Democratic Party listened to its pork wing. The pork wing saw how the Republicans were borrowing and squandering, and wanted to get in on the action. Lead by Rahm Immanuel and Steny Hoyer, with a big assist from Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, they bent the party on a self-destructive course of becoming That Other Republican Party. The Democratic Primary Electorate is also bent on this same self-destructive course, as it prepares to crown Her Royal Clintoness as its nominee, and condemn the Democratic Party to electing a President who has promised to do everything wrong: not fix the health care system, continue pouring blood and money down the hole of Iraq, and pump more pork spending into the economy. In this case, since Hillary is to be the nominee baring an act of God or a madman, I am hoping that she is lying from end to end and will break every single one of her Bush-lite promises.
In otherwords the difference between the Democratic Congress and basket of rats, is that the rats can be seen getting off of the sinking ship.
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If Hillary Clinton becomes the Democratic nominee, it will be unfortunate. I’m not voting for a warmonger, regardless of party label.
Unfortunate, indeed. I’m hoping for Obama or Edwards. But I have little hope that this country is really ready for real change just yet. The next four years will not be pretty for us at all.
Those of us who see what’s ahead and the rough road we will all have to ride out together are really hoping for someone who can unite us again instead of furthering the divisiveness. Hillary would just lead to more of the Republican bashing and blame game. The Republicans divide the people and reap the spoils, instead of giving us a path we can all walk together.
And the sheeple are too dumb to wake up and see what’s happening to them, thinking their McMansions will save them in their retirement. Hah. Wake up, little sheeple – party’s over…
Divide and conquer is the oldest game in the world.