Posted on 01/17/2018 2:47:28 PM PST by jazusamo
My favorite (non-family) picture!
Many times, over the past 9-years, I’ve wondered how obunghole would have gotten along with him...
17 nominees a “horde”? Nah ... maybe a passel but not a horde.
Right on. :-)
Politics is a scam and we’re suckers for playing .
Anarchism is a scam that people use to avoid doing the hard work of politics.
A plethora?
the Congress reclaims the oversight it is supposed to have under the Constitution. For example:
the power to impeach judges,
the power to create and abolish inferior courts,
the power of the purse,
the power to circumscribe the jurisdiction of the federal courts.
“It is the height of cynicism for Senators to be forcing a vote on these nominees at a time when millions of families are worrying about essential government services being cut off at the end of this week, and suffering in other ways as a result of Washington’s divisiveness and dysfunction.”
Oh, and about that “essential government services” crap: please note that only “NON-essential” employees and programs will be put on hold (as is ALWAYS the case with government shutdowns). Which begs the question: “If those people and services are NON-essential, then why are we paying for them in the first place?” Or, to put the question in a more modern context: “Why are we dumping all of that money down a shithole if this crap is non-essential?”
How dare he this is an Obama tactic
Bump!
This sentence must have constructed by hand via some kind of Mad-Lib, because nothing connects. Let me try: "It is the height of cynicism for [President Trump] to be [calling countries 'shitholes'] at a time when millions of families are worrying about [the regulatory future for self-driving cars]."
One to watch, for sure.
Winning!
Thanks for the reply.
I found it interesting that you mentioned anarchism and apathy. I didn’t mention and don’t advocate either. Quite the contrary. But I’ll be happy to address your comments.
First apathy. I disagree with sitting around doing nothing and think you’re largely right. Anti politics doesn’t mean disengaged. Most of the dilemmas we face right now are cultural or spiritual in nature. Politics is an expensive and ineffective tool. And pretty much useless when it comes to spiritual or cultural issues.
As for anarchism. Not an advocate. It’s a utopian philosophy. I’m fine and dandy with minimizing government in our lives, but the complete absence is not desirable. E.g. Somalia.
The thing I wanted to address though was your comment on the “hard work of politics.” Hard work is a good idea, but it should be effective and focused on a worthwhile objective. Conservatives have put huge amounts of time and treasure into politics over the last 40 years and what do we really have to show for it? Is the scope of government significantly less? Are children better educated? Are we freer? Have we even been able to end the practice of killing preborn kids? The answers are no, no, no, and NO. So why do we insist on throwing more treasure and “hard work” at a process that has delivered such poor outcomes?
The upshot is politics is an incredibly lousy tool for accomplishing much of value. I advocate engagement but effective engagement. Politics is not effective. I go further and call politics a scam; it promises a lot, demands huge amounts of time and treasure and rarely delivers on its promises.
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