bad things come in 2's today
the us is losing to slovenia 0-2 at halftime, so wouldn't it be nice if one could at least relax a bit with ones morning paper?
travesties are coming in 2's this morning, and i'm going to offer these two tidbits as eloquent proof that our party political system is so far broken and gone that there is no salvaging it.
first, from the left hand side of the partisan political aisle, we have what would otherwise be the most powerful man in the world accepting part-time attention to the deepwater horizon crisis from his chosen crisis chief. (i would not lie about this--read about it here).
next, from the right hand side of the partisan political aisle, we have the guy next in line to assume the house energy and commerce committee chairmanship apologizing to the chairman of british petroleum that his firm might be held financially accountable for the colossal mess they have created. (i would not lie about this one, either--read up on it here).
so one is our president, the other is soon to become one of the most powerful legislators in issues related to oil drilling. one is just fine without having any full-time person in charge of mitigating this disaster, while the other is already issuing apologies for the possibility there might be any accountability for fouling the entire gulf of mexico.
you tell me, if you are either a D or an R, if you can in ANY way condone or explain this sort of nonsense. i'll tell you, if you are either a D or an R, that YOU are the ultimate source of this problem. your party politics prop up nonsense like this, and ensure the perpetrators remain beyond accountability.
and that is WRONG
travesties are coming in 2's this morning, and i'm going to offer these two tidbits as eloquent proof that our party political system is so far broken and gone that there is no salvaging it.
first, from the left hand side of the partisan political aisle, we have what would otherwise be the most powerful man in the world accepting part-time attention to the deepwater horizon crisis from his chosen crisis chief. (i would not lie about this--read about it here).
next, from the right hand side of the partisan political aisle, we have the guy next in line to assume the house energy and commerce committee chairmanship apologizing to the chairman of british petroleum that his firm might be held financially accountable for the colossal mess they have created. (i would not lie about this one, either--read up on it here).
so one is our president, the other is soon to become one of the most powerful legislators in issues related to oil drilling. one is just fine without having any full-time person in charge of mitigating this disaster, while the other is already issuing apologies for the possibility there might be any accountability for fouling the entire gulf of mexico.
you tell me, if you are either a D or an R, if you can in ANY way condone or explain this sort of nonsense. i'll tell you, if you are either a D or an R, that YOU are the ultimate source of this problem. your party politics prop up nonsense like this, and ensure the perpetrators remain beyond accountability.
and that is WRONG
posted by kad barma at 10:58 AM
1 Comments:
While I agree the comments from Rep Joe Barton of Texas was really bad politics, and he apologized for his apology, but there is a grain of truth to the idea that the President was guilty of Jawboning, which seems to be a legitimate technique for the late LBJ and for politicians from Chicago. But, the rest of us should find it distasteful.
I am all for BP doing its duty and then some, but the President bullying BP is not getting the larger job done.
As for Navy Secretary Ray Mabus "inheriting an amorphous second job as the Obama administration's leader of long-term environmental and economic planning" I think the more scary thing is the term amorphous. It is scary because, firstly, the Czar can be much more effective if he has a defined mission and secondly the idea that anyone would be given an open ended portfolio in government is antithetical to democracy.
There is good news. He didn't put Vice President Joe Biden in charge.
Regards — Cliff
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