Thanks to Jon Stewart, some of the dying/hurting First Responders and their families finally gain more than deserved assistance. We think of all the various issues before Congress this one affected us the most. We know we’ll cherish remembering who made it happen and promise not to forget who turned their backs until the very last, living down to their soul’s smallest measure.
The START Treaty? Dear Readers, you predicted he would get it – oh wait. Almost two thirds of us are surprised. Nicely done.
We just remember ‘The Perfect Storm’. Clooney’s battered fishing boat seeks to flee hurricane-driven, towering waves. The boat, breaking but not quite broken, suddenly emerges from man-killing weather to sunshine and tranquility. The crew celebrate. Only then does Clooney begin to realize they didn’t cut through the weather after all. They were in the eye. And it was all there waiting again on the other side.
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We wonder if this surprises Bush since he was rumored to confused by the confessional splits in Iraq even after he invaded. Just amazing if that was true. Of course many of the war hawks knew this would happen and they cynically looked fw’d to it so more pretexts for war down the road to gin up the base.
http://m.ajc.com/news/nation-world/iraqi-churches-cancel-christmas-785326.html
Dr Leo Strauss says
The Boy King still repeats today something that David Stockman and others have all renounced — that tax cuts (including his package) are stimulative and sound social policy. Agree with those who say congressional Democrats deserve more credit, as do a few fringe Republicans spooked by what the next Congress will bring.
Entertaining to see the Republican circular firing squad in the Senate, especially McCain’s petulance and Coburn’s spitefulness.
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We are very pleased by Obama’s lame duck agenda. It’s always the dumber pundits who seem to think lame duck means you should not do anything. Just to rebuke that anti constitutional view is good in itself. We are pleased to see so many unhappy GOPers on TV. They all look so unhappy. Lindsey Graham, Kyle, DeMint = et al. = All unhappy in different ways, as Tolstoy would have predicted,