Demographics:
T-Party Membership: White, evangelical Christian, poorly educated …
America: 2010 may well be the first year in which most babies born or not white, the majority of people are not evangelical Christians, college enrollments are, in the words of New York Times'Charles Blow columnist , "through the rough" …
The times have changed, while some 20 percent of America is nostalgic for something that never was.
The Cost of Health Care:
Yesterday President Obama announced a new START treaty with Russia that could reduce the number of nuclear weapons deployed by both countries, but the treaty will have to get through a U. S. Senate with a 67-vote approval, and the "party of NO" stands poised to cut off everyone's nose to spite everyone's face. Are there eight Republicans left with the backbone to rise above the pettiness of the lust for power to move the world a step away from a nuclear holocaust?
(See The Washington Post story.)
T-Party Membership: White, evangelical Christian, poorly educated …
America: 2010 may well be the first year in which most babies born or not white, the majority of people are not evangelical Christians, college enrollments are, in the words of New York Times'Charles Blow columnist , "through the rough" …
The times have changed, while some 20 percent of America is nostalgic for something that never was.
The Cost of Health Care:
Yesterday President Obama announced a new START treaty with Russia that could reduce the number of nuclear weapons deployed by both countries, but the treaty will have to get through a U. S. Senate with a 67-vote approval, and the "party of NO" stands poised to cut off everyone's nose to spite everyone's face. Are there eight Republicans left with the backbone to rise above the pettiness of the lust for power to move the world a step away from a nuclear holocaust?
(See The Washington Post story.)
Labels: Politics
posted by Jim | 2:31 PM
1 Comments:
"There will be no cooperation for the rest of the year."--John McCain on the Health Care bill.
Why don't they just secede from the union? When it's their boy who benefits from the intricacies of electoral government, it means he's got a mandate (George W.). When they don't get their way in congress, it means the Democrats are holding America hostage--so in turn, they have to hold America hostage.
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