Only A Motion Away

Paul Simon once wrote about “a strange and mournful day.” Today, the brewing discontent within the country regarding its government and how it is being run brings it citizenry closer to the sad conclusion that talk alone will not alter the actions of their representatives. The headlines screamed today that “Livid Democrats demand AIG return bailout bonuses,” according to the Associated Press. The lead “Talking tougher by the hour, livid Democrats confronted beleaguered insurance giant AIG with an ultimatum Tuesday,” belies the ineptitude of those making the claim. A worthwhile demand perhaps, but as with every other entity the government touches their “black thumb” is really the result of their own double standards, unwillingness to stand accountable, and the corruption of their very soul.

The Democrats themselves as well as the administration’s naked incompetence is showing. The process is controlled entirely by one party. The strings of legislative power control are in Democrat hands. They command the purse strings, the budget, and have little check on them, yet in passing the bailout, of A.I.G., specifically they not only didn’t forget to address the issue, but they struck down efforts by Republican’s to thwart this very eventuality. Now Democrats scream like wailing fishwives, whose husband’s have stayed out past their bed times. The hypocrisy would be incredible, if it were not par for the mode of Democrat operations.

Before Obama was elected the Republican worry was, maybe he would be as good as his rhetoric. That unfounded fear has been put to bed. His compatriots in the Senate and House headed by Hysterical Harry and Nagging Nancy compound the light shining upon their routine insincerity. All this was accomplished in a matter of two short months. Harry and Nancy were well known quantities before this, but Obama now completes the “Three Amigos of Arrogance.” Does anybody in Washington think that the people are not watching?

Compounding the Carter-like malfeasance is the repeated aid from media outlets to prop up the notion that any effort is better than no effort. In the short term that may look fair, but over the long haul, the landscape changing decisions are being made under the nose of the sleeping giant population. At least that is how the mindset in the White House and Democrat halls of Congress seems to be interpreting the bubbling voter silence.

Unfortunately, the stupidity of the left is matched only by the ineptitude of the right. Had we been under these circumstances in the early 1990’s, Newt Gingrich could have parlayed his power to the Presidency, instead of merely the House of Representatives. The battle of stupidity rages in Washington despite the bleeding heart party’s ascent to power, and the cold hearted bastards’ ouster. The only folks, who are going to be hurt by the D.C. hijinks once again, will be the people.

Most of the public are up for changing they system from within, but given the uselessness and dismissal of the people’s point of view in the eyes of both parties, and barring the next unforeseen Newt, the turn toward violent dissention is as Paul Simon said, “only a moment away.”

Hot Talk and the “New” Washington

The battle of the titans which was either hatched or brewed from of none other places than the White House, more than simply demean the office of the President. It makes apparent the overly sensitive nature of the new brain trust in Washington. What did you expect? The new administration is filled with folks who are use to swimming in the Illinois political cesspool. The chief among the skin-challenged is the chief executive himself. It seems as if he has hung around the basketball court too long, and that every move has to prove something. This is a classic adolescent side effect of a man not sure of his own masculinity. It reeks of a street war mentality. How many folks could have imagined however, before the election of the “new tone” and “change” that candidate Obama promised, would amount to a head to head confrontation with a political talk show host?

Par for the course is it to exploit any daylight that these operatives see is their enemy’s weakness. It is their modus operandi. Seeking to position anyone who stands in their way as the ogre, the troll under the bridge or the boogey man that hides in your closet, the government has exacerbated a bad situation. This is not unusual, for these guys, but this is how they define change! It means tossing out old Washington style politics and installing Chicago style politics.

The result is instead of the welcome breath of fresh air a gigantic leap in reverse which has landed our policies and politics back in the 1930’s. The populous prefers the 1980’s or 1990’s frankly, to the decade of the depression. Who would Franklin Roosevelt have demonized? The only record we have to go on is his words, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Now there’s a change. The new group in D.C. is now the perpetrator of a “sky is falling” outlook and that around every corner lurks a crisis. When they are not finding one, they are creating one; hence, the distraction of the Limbaugh versus White House controversy.

If history is any guide, the scare tactics won’t work, and neither will a massive infusion of government into where it doesn’t belong; the marketplace and a wrestling match with talk-radio. In the latter case we all are a bit poorer, but that is going to be the likely result of the polices too.