tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post1981709034806458670..comments2024-03-26T12:44:30.308-07:00Comments on Blue Heron Blast: Obanocchio and other topicsBlue Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-66166542595881053832013-04-14T11:18:48.530-07:002013-04-14T11:18:48.530-07:00Dear Blast,
I am in the general classification o...Dear Blast, <br /><br />I am in the general classification of a 'liberal commie martyr' and I like Bill Clinton's intellect and political prowess, yet he brought us bank deregulation, Consolidation of the media to further control the message to the masses, trade agreements that decimated the working middle class, and the art of oral sex not being a 'real sexual act'. The latter is a minor thing but the point is that he was lying about it. The Clintons tried to bring universal healthcare to this country but failed mainly due to their own party. The alternative, Republican, Heritage foundation plan is what we have now. It is painful but apparently necessary a start to the process that is so convoluted in this country. The Democrats are the ones that stopped the Clintons and the ones who changed the Obama health plan in the Senate finance committee. The reality is that the government we have is simply a reflection of who we are as a society. I state the obvious. If we want something different we must create the opportunity for that to happen. We cannot depend on the aspirations of a president. A constitutional amendment to have taxpayer financed elections and new regulations restricting collusion between lobbyist and government staffers, regulators etc. will change the whole 'Shebang'. You know, government by the people, for the people etc.. Focusing on the Black man in the white house is important to point out in order to illustrate the discrepancies between promises and actual policy. Yet it is also a lesson in futility as we must go beyond the focus on one man to reveal the cancer behind it all. Politics is like sports, an opiate for the masses to get 'their/yer ya yas out'. And,,,God bless the Irishmen!!!They are so good at politics. Respectfully, your humble servant.Richard Carpenternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-6497805495715410972013-04-14T08:06:43.947-07:002013-04-14T08:06:43.947-07:00I myself have tried to look beyond parties and foc...I myself have tried to look beyond parties and focus on issues that are important to me. <br /><br />O has been pretty much a failure on many of these, especially on the environmental front. The caving on mountaintop coal removal was the first.<br /><br />I see the eventual Keystone XL cave as the last straw, one that will sever his connection with a wide portion of his base and relegate him to the dustbin of big talking politicians who achieve very little.Blue Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-46713846643815647182013-04-14T07:00:01.842-07:002013-04-14T07:00:01.842-07:00I fear you are right about politics Señor Ken. Th...I fear you are right about politics Señor Ken. There is a detachment from reality that permeates the whole shebang. The only thing that seems consistent is the "rubber band theory of reality". There is the chance that we will all "muddle through" the current problems simply because the deadlocks in government force a kind of "default moderation" on all sides. God protects babies, drunks, Irishmen and now, hopefully, the USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-90511299125366693952013-04-13T18:23:29.756-07:002013-04-13T18:23:29.756-07:00Politics is becoming the art of lying thru your te...Politics is becoming the art of lying thru your teeth to get you and your party elected on the safe assumption that most of the electorate will be too stupid and ignorant to notice. The important thing is to make them feel good during the lying campaign.<br />KenKen Sealshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813240773920337414noreply@blogger.com