Well friends, it is just one of those days. Every little thing is getting under my skin, and the thin veneer of rationality I cling to has been ripped asunder. In fact, that last sentence is just about all the fancy prose I can muster this evening, so I will get to the point of this post. What follows is a list of items, habits, events, and people that are sure to raise my ire. Some of them may be familiar to you, some of you may even be guilty of these sins (I know I am).
Posts filed under General Opinion
Conservatives And Original Thinking
The problem, of course, is that it isn’t 1993 anymore; politics isn’t about problem-solving anymore, it is about winning. To make matters worse, it appears that conservatives have abandoned any pretense of creativity or reason in their approach to leadership. Reminiscent of Henry Ford’s position on customer choice (you can have the Model-T in any color you want, as long as its black), conservatives are willing to use any means to solve national problems, as long as the solution is a tax cut.
On Ensigns, Vitters, and Weiners
…and Craigs, Foleys, Clintons, Harts, Spitzers, Lees, and long walks on the Appalachian Trail. I have endeavored over these last two years, to steer well clear of the tawdry “affairs” of state, but the world has finally caught up with the Rational Middle. I am selling out friends, and am told by reliable sources that sex is just the ticket for generating web volume. I am so excited, at the prospect of in depth reporting on Anthony’s Weiner, that I might change the “donation” key (upper left corner of the blog) to a “subscription” key. After all, why discuss the silly little working class issues like jobs, education, healthcare, and security? Why write at length about boring (and math-intensive…ugh) economics and fiscal calamities, when we can have a good, vigorous discourse on sex?
Handicapping The GOP
In modern American politics, the race for the President starts very early indeed. President Obama shuffled his deck of advisors and kicked off his campaign in the spring, and the Republican field is well ordered here in the early days of summer. With less than 17 months to go, the horses are already in their stalls. Handicapping the GOP horse-race is a difficult process, in large part because many conservatives are more likely to apply the alternate meaning of the verb, to handicap. With less than a year until the first primaries, not a single GOP candidate stands out as a likely conservative champion. This column takes a brief look at the field, the race, and the odds.
Do Conservatives Believe In Ameri-Can’t?
Some 150 years ago, a Republican president intoned that “the government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the Earth.” One decade into the 21st Century, conservatives have spent so much effort convincing the people they are no longer connected to their government, they seem to believe that we the people can no longer accomplish great things. Is this the truth? Do conservatives really believe America can’t accomplish tasks, simple or grand, without outsourcing them to tax-credited multi-nationals? Do conservatives believe in Ameri-can’t?
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