Act of War
So, we lost. Maybe not big, but big enough. The Republicans have both houses of Congress, or will when the 114th Congress is sworn in on January 4. The Commonwealth sent McConnell back, as well as the entire slate of Representatives (including John Yarmuth, thank fuck for that small victory).
Those who crow, wrongly, that "governs best governs least" will get their wish for the next two years. The Republicans have a chance to repair the damage they've done to the nation and their own party and reputation, but they won't. There will be two years of show, of odious bills and legislative chicanery, of cries to impeach the President, and nothing will get done.
My great hope remains that at some point, the Republican Party's non-crazy wing will call the bluff of the People of Tea and their allied bagmen and frauds. Let them leave. Let them start their own museum, with ... well, probably not hookers and blackjack for these paragons of morality, but with whatever it is they do. Let the Republican Party slide back towards their center-right home, so that we can back to being what passes for liberal in this nation.
I'd also like either a 2015 Focus ST or Mustang convertible (V6 or EcoBoost-4), while I'm asking.
The semester's over in a month. I have my spring classes lined up; just have to wait for a hold to be lifted to register. Should have that out of the way in a couple of days. Eight hours of SPHIS courses, a mass communications course, and an ethics course - GPA boosters, in the case of the latter two.
Those who crow, wrongly, that "governs best governs least" will get their wish for the next two years. The Republicans have a chance to repair the damage they've done to the nation and their own party and reputation, but they won't. There will be two years of show, of odious bills and legislative chicanery, of cries to impeach the President, and nothing will get done.
My great hope remains that at some point, the Republican Party's non-crazy wing will call the bluff of the People of Tea and their allied bagmen and frauds. Let them leave. Let them start their own museum, with ... well, probably not hookers and blackjack for these paragons of morality, but with whatever it is they do. Let the Republican Party slide back towards their center-right home, so that we can back to being what passes for liberal in this nation.
I'd also like either a 2015 Focus ST or Mustang convertible (V6 or EcoBoost-4), while I'm asking.
The semester's over in a month. I have my spring classes lined up; just have to wait for a hold to be lifted to register. Should have that out of the way in a couple of days. Eight hours of SPHIS courses, a mass communications course, and an ethics course - GPA boosters, in the case of the latter two.