Political Fighting
CNN (and everyone) has an article on the political fights on the floor of the senate and congress yesterday. Have we really devolved to this? We can’t have different views. We couch bills with caustic language like “the bill to preserve unity, save freedom, love our troops, and not ever have a specific timetable for leaving Iraq” four months before an election. This is just insane. So anyone who votes against the bill hates our troops?
I mean we’ve always known that you are either with us or against us, but putting up a bill stating things like: “Whereas the United States and Coalition servicemembers and civilians and the members of the Iraqi security forces and those assisting them who have made the ultimate sacrifice or been wounded in Iraq have done so nobly, in the cause of freedom;” simply ignores the issues and gives a platform to say that those that oppose the bill are on record voting against freedom and the troops.
In case you don’t feel like reading the bill, it resolves 7 things, 3 congrats and honorings, one declaration to not set a date for leaving iraq, one commitment to staying in iraq until it is “free” whatever that means (and united, even though that will never happen), a call to the world to join in, and a declaration that we will prevail. Now there is a good use of congress’ time for you.
June 16th, 2006 at 09:00
If you want to see someone actually accomplish something
in a very short period of time, go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver
June 16th, 2006 at 14:16
Obviously no one is in favor of abandoning our intellect dignity. But Democrats have gone WAY too far to make sure the debates are intellectual and dignified that they end up just not participating. There are a lot of well-meaning, intellectual, dignified Democrats sitting on their unelected asses at home, and others still in Congress accomplishing squat as a disorganized minority party. Better we loosen up a bit and put a spear in the Republicans occasionally. Even lose a few battles here and there.