Sorry Delaware, for all the mess created for public schools by fellow Houstonians which has the local blogsphere on fire over so called school reform and charter schools and the like.
Barely starting their majority rule in this new Congress, the Republicans, not satisfied with a visionless, utterly barren domestic policy are now usurping the Constitutional powers of the Executive branch in foreign affairs/policy.
As their first initiative in 2015, the RNC has banned all remnants of the Enlightenment and declared the USA a collection of feudal fiefs. Let's review the similarities of the middle ages to our contemporary America.
With the release of the long awaited report on the use of torture during the Bush/Cheney reign of terror following 9-11, public statements by current elected federal officials and many serving with Bush/Cheney, the United States of America appears to have exempted itself from all domestic and international law prohibiting torture.
Reports from such sources as Pepe Escobar, Asian Times, tell us that the new Caliph is raking in $2million a day from their stolen refineries in Syria and Iraq. The bucks are being generated still on an oil black market run mostly from our ally Turkey.
A couple of commentaries appeared in the media this week from two divergent factions in the party, both in agreement. Governor Terry McAuliffe and Howard Dean both went public with rather extensive statements that the DNC needs rebuilding. We must have messaging on our accomplishments and what we stand for.
McAuliffe spoke quite critically of the failure of our National Party to address the challenges of our struggling middle class and the need for major economic reforms. This from a guy who I always viewed as a brilliant fund raiser but shallow thinker. He did leave our party in great financial shape. Maybe I was wrong about the shallowness.
I think he really understands the failed leadership of our Party here in a time of our most desperate need for economic reform. He also spoke of our President's brilliant record on so many fronts which were ignored by the DNC's non-existent messaging program.
Adding insult to injury, the clueless but very well insured Democratic leader Chuck Schumer came this week with absurd commentary that it was a huge mistake for Congressional Democrats to undertake healthcare reform in Obama's first term. In a clearly uncoordinated messaging effort of his own without collaboration with the White House or DNC, he said we should have focused on the economy and not done the Affordable Care Act. Is our Federal Government a one trick pony, incapable of multi-tasking?
Welcome. Come out of the shadows now, thanks to a courageous President Obama. I'm sorry this has taken so long but there are a few nativists here who have made the process of legalizing your residency difficult. Let's forgive and ignore them.
Hey DNC and State Party Chairs: Look at our reality. We've got the Presidency for two more years; the Repugnant party has both houses and the Supreme Court. What's more, they've got 68 out of 98 partisan state legislatures and 31 governorships. We, the party "of the people" came up just a bit short but your reaction seems just a bit muted given these dire circumstances.
For years Republicans have held China's resistance to a carbon reduction treaty as a reason to oppose President Obama's efforts to address the climate crisis here. So, he cuts an amazing deal with China and what are Republicans doing? Opposing it. This is nothing short of treason.