November reign

While I haven't seen any polls that make me giddy for this November's elections, it sure doesn't seem like 2010 either.  I mean by this time in 2010 election cycle, everybody on the left was warning that the November results could be ugly--they were and then some.

The feeling this time around seems to be that we might lose some ground but nothing is looking as catastrophic as the 2010 midterms (yeah, yeah, yeah--famous final words, etc., etc.).  It certainly doesn't hurt that republicans seem to have adopted a strategy which calls for shooting themselves in the foot on a regular basis...

...like having Dick Cheney scatter his mug all over TV criticizing President Obama for his Iraq War policy, which would be like the Democrats trotting out James Buchanan, the man who fiddled while the country smoldered, to criticize Abraham Lincoln for his guidance of the Civil War.  Trotting out Cheney is like a cruise line featuring the Titanic on the front page of its sales brochure.

Not to be outdone by the man who wanted to be king, some republican Senators are calling for a government shutdown to block the President's new environmental regulations.  Because the last one worked so well.

My dear republicans, in the immortal words of President Obama, "Please proceed."

Peace,
emaycee

Trust us on this one...

Though, with the take over of the republican party by the idiots in the tea party movement, it's surprising to see the Detroit News support regulation of any sort, you still have to wonder if a brain scan for their editorial staff isn't needed after this piece.... A) "...even though damage from the massive oil spill appears to be far less than originally predicted...." Really? Isn't any oil spill of this nature (275 million gallons) bad, period? And tell it to the 100,000 people out of work while you're at it. Sounds like someone at the News has BP stock or else enjoys being a corporate troll. B) Taking stats from the American Petroleum Institute, opinions from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy (i.e., right wing think tank), and comments from the Associated Petroleum Industries of Michigan to support your case? Please don't mind that I take their words and stats with a grain of salt. These are industry support groups who have only one agenda--make more money. They don't give a rat's ass about Michigan or her citizens, and certainly do not have our, or any American's, best interests in mind. C) Threatening to take away jobs--fuck you, next idiot please! This tactic is getting just a bit tedious--it's like playing with a child, who, when he doesn't get everything he wants, threatens to take his toys and go home. You know what? Take your fucking toys and go home. We'd be much better off without such whining and childish business leaders. Besides, I'm sure there's some smart businessman out there somewhere (compared to the idiots in the oil industry of present) who's just prescient enough to figure out how to make the regulations work and make a lot of jobs, safe waters, and profit. Who'd you rather have in charge? Peace, emaycee