I don't understand this foreign policy tactic by the Bush Administration; since Gen. Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, is to retire, the Joint Chiefs will nominate an admiral. An admiral!!! Someone to control a war in a desert, on the ground...is a naval commander!?!?
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08 June 2007
On Bipartisanship
Bipartisanship is dead. It is not on its proverbial deathbed, it is not slowly dying; it has already slowly died, and now it is dead. Quoting one of my favorite movies, The Wizard of Oz, "And she's not only merely dead, she's really, really, really dead." Yesterday, an immigration deal which no one could agree on, yet was still bipartisan, died in the Senate. And with it, as I write not in snark, nor in jest, nor in sardonism,(as is my general tone) but in anger.
Like many, I believe in the democratic system; that it was not only a way to get what is necessary on a local level, but also on a national level. However, I did not take into account the fact that there is one thing that separates all politicians: the uppercase letter in parentheses after your name.
Last night, the Democrats in control who wanted to change immigration worked with some Republicans, in a show of something we truly need: unity. An embodiment, a tenet, of the neo-Populist movement is to provide for an everlasting compromise between the two parties. However, today there is no such thing as a happy medium. Between a stingy executive branch, a legislative branch that is the most divided in history, and a judicial branch that shows malice and malfeasance towards the Constitution, we are in the most shambles. We need bipartisanship. But bipartisanship is dead.
You may be surprised that I say this, but we should look at a racial bigot: former Speaker Henry Clay. We should not look at him for his racial bigotry, but his nickname: "The Great Compromiser." With his many compromises, the House could actually get somewhere, even if the Democratic-Republican and New Republican parties were struggling to get together. And while some compromises were quite controversial in our eyes today(e.g. the Missouri Compromise), they show actually getting there. But bipartisanship is dead.
It doesn't matter that the President wanted this bill. I don't care which side wanted this bill. IT is just the fact that what killed this bill, along with dozens of other resolutions in this Congressional session, was partisanship. The Whips are stinging the backs of the Congress, and the line that they walk in lockstep in is threatening our society exponentially. Bipartisanship is dead, and this is the death certificate.
Like many, I believe in the democratic system; that it was not only a way to get what is necessary on a local level, but also on a national level. However, I did not take into account the fact that there is one thing that separates all politicians: the uppercase letter in parentheses after your name.
Last night, the Democrats in control who wanted to change immigration worked with some Republicans, in a show of something we truly need: unity. An embodiment, a tenet, of the neo-Populist movement is to provide for an everlasting compromise between the two parties. However, today there is no such thing as a happy medium. Between a stingy executive branch, a legislative branch that is the most divided in history, and a judicial branch that shows malice and malfeasance towards the Constitution, we are in the most shambles. We need bipartisanship. But bipartisanship is dead.
You may be surprised that I say this, but we should look at a racial bigot: former Speaker Henry Clay. We should not look at him for his racial bigotry, but his nickname: "The Great Compromiser." With his many compromises, the House could actually get somewhere, even if the Democratic-Republican and New Republican parties were struggling to get together. And while some compromises were quite controversial in our eyes today(e.g. the Missouri Compromise), they show actually getting there. But bipartisanship is dead.
It doesn't matter that the President wanted this bill. I don't care which side wanted this bill. IT is just the fact that what killed this bill, along with dozens of other resolutions in this Congressional session, was partisanship. The Whips are stinging the backs of the Congress, and the line that they walk in lockstep in is threatening our society exponentially. Bipartisanship is dead, and this is the death certificate.
05 June 2007
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