15 November 2006
My people are the shit
(if we don't pull a Gingrich)
...clean up Congress, breaking the link between lobbyists and legislation...
...implement the recommendations of the independent, bipartisan 9/11 Commission...
...raise the minimum wage...
...make health care more affordable for all Americans [and] promote stem cell research...
...cut interest rates for student loans in half...
...achieve energy independence by rolling back the multi-billion dollar subsidies for Big Oil
...fight any attempt to privatize Social Security...
Although: Why not join the rest of the sane world by following the global warming recommendations in the Stern report et al.? For that matter, why not pledge to stop ignoring your own science advisors and the NAS? Why not get the fuck out of Iraq? You can't un-drop an atomic bomb: we screwed that country and don't have a fraction of the resources required to un-screw it. Our presence is only destructive. Finally, why not eliminate all of those worthless security measures that the Republicans (and Democrats) shackled us with?
The Republicans have taught us the caustic and devisive meaninglessness of both "family values" and "staying the course." They have themselves undermined both phrases and continually revised them to their liking (at times making them their own antonyms).
Whatever happens, we can at least savor this short period of hope.
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