A NON BINDING RESOLUTION IS THE POLITICALLY CORRECT DISCRIPTION OF A CONGRESSIONAL LAXATIVE.
2/7/07
I never thought I would agree with anything John McCain or Joe Lieberman ever said, or ever will say. Lately I referred to them, in a recent article, as the” Buttocks of the Senate.” Since the Democratic proposal for a non binding resolution against the Iraq War, I have reconsidered my position on certain statements I’ve made. John McCain and Joe Lieberman have stated publicly that a non binding resolution against the Iraq War was intellectually insulting . I happen to agree with them on this issue. To waste precious congressional time pushing for a non binding resolution is not only hypocritical, but also a cowardly indictment of the war and the Bush administration’s policies. If the Democrats in Congress want to stop the war they must stop the funding of the war. If the Democrats are so upset with George W. Bush then they should push for his impeachment. If the Democrats are so righteous in their indictments against the war and the Bush dictatorship; then why did they unanimously vote away their own powers? Why are they continually allowing the erosion of the constitutional powers of Congress, and the freedoms of the American people?
It staggers the imagination to think of how impotent this Congress is . Under the new leadership of Nancy Pelosi every trace of testosterone has been replaced by estrogen in the House of Representatives and the Senate , with the exception of Russ Feingold and Chris Dodd. Dodd and Feingold have proposed a bill to cut off all funding for the Iraq War. It seems that they have escaped the neutering knife for the time being. Dodd aligning with Feingold makes good political sense for Dodd’s presidential ambitions. He’s getting some attention at least by appealing to the more aggressive, liberal segment of the American voting public. I feel that I am a part of that aggressive liberal segment. I am a Connecticut resident and have never been impressed with Dodd’s record as senator . However courage and conviction, regardless of someone’s political affiliations are honorable virtues. In the fight for America’s liberal leadership, few elected officials have shown either courage or conviction in their characters. Opportunism better describes the character trait of most politicians with presidential ambitions.
I confess that I am a cynic. I have come to the self -realization of that fact. It would be virtually impossible for any talk show host and political essayist to be anything but a cynic; when they observe and research politics and news on a daily basis. A journalist or reporter, if affiliated with a major news network or paper, is censored and strictly guided as to their directions of reporting. As witnessed countless times much of the mainstream news is extremely selective and censored and in the case of The New York Times, completely fabricated. Everything stated by the mainstream media must be treated by listeners, readers and viewers, with extreme skepticism. (WARNING: This paragraph may be irrelevant to the article but I felt I had to keep it in.)
The conspiratorial element in any congressional, non binding resolution is apparent. The Democrats do not have a solution to the Iraq War, nor do the Republicans. They instead have devised an illusion of distraction. That illusion of concern and action is created to push forward an impotent protest of the War and the Bush administration. The Democratic non binding resolution, (illusion), is simply a non committal attempt to convince the American voters; that the Democrats are doing something to alleviate congressional constipation. They have failed dismally if they think the American public is believing their idiotic rhetoric. McCain and Lieberman have contributed greatly to the global pollution of idiotic, political, rhetoric during their careers, but recently they have accurately identified the Democratic scheme of a non binding resolution. As the official “Buttocks of the Senate” McCain and Lieberman have dutifully carried out their awarded tasks. Their many years of experience in the Senate have made them naturally sensitive, to any artificial stimulation of a senatorial bowel movement.
L.A. STEEL
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