Random Musings
- The "stimulus' bill was so urgent that the final vote was held in the middle of the night and Congress had no time to read the complete and final product, yet Obama lets it sit on his desk for three days?
- The Republicans were right to oppose the dreadful "stimulus" bill, but House Leader, John Boehner, was wrong to direct his caucus to vote against it before Obama met with them.
- Arlen Specter is toast. Unfortunately for the Republicans in Pennsylvania, they have a very weak bench.
- Why has Charlie Rangel been allowed to maintain his Ways and Means Committee chairmanship while he is under investigation by the Ethics committee for numerous serious infractions? Apparently, the shelf-life on Nancy Pelosi's pledge to "drain the swamp" has expired.
- Are the Democrats politically suicidal enough to support the Fairness Doctrine? I doubt it.
- It's remarkable that the largest government spending program in history does little to nothing to address the issue, housing, that virtually all believe to be the root of the economic downturn.
- Bet the farm that we will see another "stimulus" of similar size before the dust settles. Just hope it's not as ill-conceived.
- It's a shame the general populace doesn't recognize that the uncertainty caused by government's misguided and convoluted words and actions is what's preventing the economy from recovering. The real solution, private sector re-engagement, will not happen until the road ahead is more clearly defined and the government gets out of the way.
- As I've posted numerous times, the auto industry will be back for more money (which looks imminent) and not get on the path to recovery until a pre-packaged Chapter 11 is negotiated. Unfortunately, this administration apparently believes in a government first approach.
- By now, shouldn't Illinois have forfeited its right to a second U.S. Senator?
- In recent times the two worst congressional leaders have been Tom DeLay for the House Republicans and Harry Reid for the Senate Democrats. Strictly speaking, DeLay was effective in the short run, but ultimately damaging to the party because of his hyper-partisanship. Reid is simply inept beyond comprehension.
- "If stupidity got us into this mess, why can't it get us out?" —Will Rogers
- "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." —Plato
Plato did not know how right he was. Our own willingness not to participate in the government process has lead to a level of incompetence that should shame us all. We have no one to blame but ourselves.
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