tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post9063231874154023986..comments2024-03-27T13:25:58.065-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: Just how badly will we end up screwing ourselves?Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-68031902609798051952011-09-07T21:50:08.952-04:002011-09-07T21:50:08.952-04:00How exactly does the Republican party have any pow...How exactly does the Republican party have any power? Last time I looked, the Democrats controlled the Senate and Presidency. Prior to the 2010 elections, they had filibuster proof majorities in Congress along with the White House. Any thing they wanted to get done could have been done by now. There's a reason the elections of 2010 turned out the way they did. And there will be a re-occurrence in 2012. The landslide against the Democrats will be historic. Obama's failed policies have tainted an entire generation to associate failure and misery with Democrat goals. Keep up the nutjob rhetoric, I'll be laughing (perhaps hysterically while dressed as a clown) from 2012 forward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-80732948145306177972011-08-31T14:38:13.931-04:002011-08-31T14:38:13.931-04:00i don't understand why these buffoons keep arg...i don't understand why these buffoons keep arguing against funding things that matter for the general good. the interstate highway system, for example, cost a bundle of money and could only be accomplished with a coordinated national effort. we all depend on these highways, whether traveling ourselves or relying on goods thus transported. the system needs maintenance and repairs. <br /><br />(my book club just read <i>the big roads</i>, about the interstates.)<br /><br />public mass transit is hugely important, in and between cities. i've got it pretty good in the SF bay area, and there are great trains/transit systems on the east coast, but japan puts us all to shame. big up-front investment, but it works. <br /><br />i've read recently that some nutjobs are proposing deep cuts in federal operations like the national weather service, arguing that "there is an entire weather channel," and that individuals and corporate interests would be willing to pay for weather information. well, yes -- american people and corporations are willing to pay for that, and they do so via taxes. it would not be to anyone's benefit to set up a patchwork of private subscription weather organizations. also, the weather channel depends on the national weather service for data -- you know, the facts underlying weather reports? i don't know how deep the stupid can get.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com