peace the f*** out
The Democrats now have control of the House. Still waiting to hear on the Senate.
I haven't been pleased with what Republicans did with the place, but what exactly do Democrats plan to bring to the table? I'm afraid their only recommendations sound like bad slogans.
"Democrats: The Other Party" -- Kinda like how pork is the other white meat?
"The Democratic Party: We're Not Republicans" -- Could this be any more simplistic?
Change is good for rattling up the power-mongers (and in a decade the shoe will be on the other foot, party majority-wise), but the Democratic Party's inability to come up with anything resembling a unified front or a plan makes them unconvincing leaders. However, I'm glad the sycophant Republicans' stranglehold has been broken and hope that the Democrats will use this opportunity to step up to the plate and show they can use good judgment in leadership (until they too fall again into the trap of hording power and start letting their special interests run amok).
What would be even better was if we had more than two political parties to choose from. Apologies to the Greens and Libertarians, I promise to seriously consider you guys next time...unfortunately, the first half of this decade was not so good for Independent voters (or maybe just this voter in particular), but perhaps late in the second half you'll get a chance to shine.
Our government could be much, much worse but it's disappointing when it could be much better in a lot of areas, considering we're the wealthiest nation on the planet. Why do people keep thinking that allowing free-market free-for-alls would be the best way to go for practically everything? Applying that model to education, health care, and the environment only works up to a certain point in the plan, then you have to take into account that they don't and can't function like factories. And don't get me started on basic human rights as an issue. That one doesn't even have to be elaborated upon. :-P
I haven't been pleased with what Republicans did with the place, but what exactly do Democrats plan to bring to the table? I'm afraid their only recommendations sound like bad slogans.
"Democrats: The Other Party" -- Kinda like how pork is the other white meat?
"The Democratic Party: We're Not Republicans" -- Could this be any more simplistic?
Change is good for rattling up the power-mongers (and in a decade the shoe will be on the other foot, party majority-wise), but the Democratic Party's inability to come up with anything resembling a unified front or a plan makes them unconvincing leaders. However, I'm glad the sycophant Republicans' stranglehold has been broken and hope that the Democrats will use this opportunity to step up to the plate and show they can use good judgment in leadership (until they too fall again into the trap of hording power and start letting their special interests run amok).
What would be even better was if we had more than two political parties to choose from. Apologies to the Greens and Libertarians, I promise to seriously consider you guys next time...unfortunately, the first half of this decade was not so good for Independent voters (or maybe just this voter in particular), but perhaps late in the second half you'll get a chance to shine.
Our government could be much, much worse but it's disappointing when it could be much better in a lot of areas, considering we're the wealthiest nation on the planet. Why do people keep thinking that allowing free-market free-for-alls would be the best way to go for practically everything? Applying that model to education, health care, and the environment only works up to a certain point in the plan, then you have to take into account that they don't and can't function like factories. And don't get me started on basic human rights as an issue. That one doesn't even have to be elaborated upon. :-P