The temperature's rising in Washington DC this week while the rest of the country deals with a colder-than-usual January. The hot air that is blowing into town are the new members of the Senate and the House of Representatives = "Congress" - most bred from the pungent watery bags of The Tea Party, while many fellow GOPer's would prefer to slip into the chambers from a side door so as not to be photographed with their new colleagues lest they find themselves tea-stained forever.
After a very expensive (reportedly $50,000 for a full party "package" - or a mere $2,500 just to show up and see LeAnn Rimes sing) Republican Freshmen Celebratory Event tonight that was filled with so many thoughtful representatives of "the people" who declare that their goal is "to cut spending", tomorrow will be their version of a coup d'etat when the GOP's Mr. Orange Tears takes the oath of Speaker of the House. I doubt that the deficit will go down under their quasi-rule: for at least the next two years, half of government spending might be used on Kleenex purchases if the new Speaker plans to speak a lot, and weep a lot, as is his tendency.
Thank God the USA Senate will finally have a testosterone-based leader following two years of the wimpy estrogen-based soon-to-be non-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who dared to tremble in public - once - while speaking about the 1978 assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and SF-based gay activist Harvey Milk, in a reference to hate-baiting rhetoric aimed at President Obama. Whoa, what a wuss she was and how so many blogged and flogged her for showing such emotion! (Of course I jest.)
As the new House marches from the bathroom to the Den this year, their main concern on Day 1 is to begin making lots of noise over repealing the Healthcare bill President Obama signed into law last year to provide coverage for everyone - if they choose to participate. Repealing a law/bill/idea that has been debated in Washington for well over 60 years and finally made it to paper with pen under a Democratic administration, just has to be THE most important task to tackle to stop the fiscal rupture of our society, right? Excuse me, but what about those oh-so-elusive JOBS everyone chatters about on-and-on when the TV lights hit their smirky faces? Any ideas on how to stimulate that part of the economic platform? You know, such as providing specific direction for what will put Americans back to work for more than a few months at a time? Is that on the agenda? Is that a priority? Doesn't look like it, does it?
The only sane advice I can provide to those who follow politics is to stock up on popcorn - it's going to be akin to a reality TV version we may call "All About EEEK."
To paraphrase Bette Davis' famous line: Buckle your seats, it's going to be a bumpy ride. (Something like that.)
After a very expensive (reportedly $50,000 for a full party "package" - or a mere $2,500 just to show up and see LeAnn Rimes sing) Republican Freshmen Celebratory Event tonight that was filled with so many thoughtful representatives of "the people" who declare that their goal is "to cut spending", tomorrow will be their version of a coup d'etat when the GOP's Mr. Orange Tears takes the oath of Speaker of the House. I doubt that the deficit will go down under their quasi-rule: for at least the next two years, half of government spending might be used on Kleenex purchases if the new Speaker plans to speak a lot, and weep a lot, as is his tendency.
Thank God the USA Senate will finally have a testosterone-based leader following two years of the wimpy estrogen-based soon-to-be non-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who dared to tremble in public - once - while speaking about the 1978 assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and SF-based gay activist Harvey Milk, in a reference to hate-baiting rhetoric aimed at President Obama. Whoa, what a wuss she was and how so many blogged and flogged her for showing such emotion! (Of course I jest.)
As the new House marches from the bathroom to the Den this year, their main concern on Day 1 is to begin making lots of noise over repealing the Healthcare bill President Obama signed into law last year to provide coverage for everyone - if they choose to participate. Repealing a law/bill/idea that has been debated in Washington for well over 60 years and finally made it to paper with pen under a Democratic administration, just has to be THE most important task to tackle to stop the fiscal rupture of our society, right? Excuse me, but what about those oh-so-elusive JOBS everyone chatters about on-and-on when the TV lights hit their smirky faces? Any ideas on how to stimulate that part of the economic platform? You know, such as providing specific direction for what will put Americans back to work for more than a few months at a time? Is that on the agenda? Is that a priority? Doesn't look like it, does it?
The only sane advice I can provide to those who follow politics is to stock up on popcorn - it's going to be akin to a reality TV version we may call "All About EEEK."
To paraphrase Bette Davis' famous line: Buckle your seats, it's going to be a bumpy ride. (Something like that.)
Bravo!
ReplyDeleteThe "package" you mention is for 8 people,
ReplyDeleteAs usual, Blogger finally released these Comments or I would have "commented" at "the time." 8 People? Huh? What? (Chortles.)
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