Ups & Downs
The news today is that the Senate has narrowly voted for drilling in the Alasks Anwr Reserve despite oil companies saying they do not wish to do so. And the naming of Paul Wolfowitz to head the World Bank, a man associated with this administration's most hostile view of world opinion. Our newly named ambassador to the UN is on public record as having trashed the body to which he will now represent us. The Senate may be poised to use the "nuclear option", which is doing away with the ability of the Democrats to filibuster the President's judicial appointments, a tactic the Republicans were never reluctant to use when they were in the minority.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
One day, likely sooner than, in their arrogant posturing, they now imagine, public opinion and political fortune will turn, and the Republicans will find themselves scrambling for ways to exercise some authority as members of the minority.
If Republican tactics and appointments look small and punitive, like a sharp stick in the eye, it is because they are.
Life has a way of seeking balance. It is good to remember when one is up, that what goes up must come down.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
One day, likely sooner than, in their arrogant posturing, they now imagine, public opinion and political fortune will turn, and the Republicans will find themselves scrambling for ways to exercise some authority as members of the minority.
If Republican tactics and appointments look small and punitive, like a sharp stick in the eye, it is because they are.
Life has a way of seeking balance. It is good to remember when one is up, that what goes up must come down.
posted by Blayney at 2:38 PM
1 Comments:
I have heard friends wonder why people in other parts of the world can hate Americans. The news you point to clearly shows what I believe to be the answer. We are arrogant.
Ambassador the UN, president of the World Bank and other "diplomats" appointed by our leaders are arrogant beyond belief. Our current leadership believes that American should rule the world, not be a part of a global community.
I was sitting in a church committee meeting last night and watched two very skilled wormen forge consensus where six people had been at loggerheads for months. I was struck that their diplomacy (on a small scale) is completely lacking in local, state, national and global politics. If we can't work together, we are stuck with an us versus them mentality - that forgets "we" entirely.
Approaching Holy Week, I can see in our current political environment, how it was that Christ ended up before Pilate.
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