Well, well, well. I know, I’m not a very good blogger if I only blog semi-annually. But this election certainly deserves some comment from your resident Christian-Socialist. If my complete and utter lack of frequency weren’t enough to destroy any credibility among my trickle of readers, I’d like to add that I was heavily in favor of prop 19 (decriminalizing Marijuana in California). Pot is less harmful than alcohol, and I lack so many vices (except for video games) that I’d love to have a chance to toke it up, if it were only legal (Romans 13:1)As you know, I believe that the essence of Christ: Selflessness, directly contradicts the essence of Capitalism: Self-Interest. Thus, I believe that the Tea Party Agenda is ultimately flawed: De-Regulation enables Capitalism and thus galvanizes the richest 5% of Americans to continuously f___ (screw) the middle class.
But, the original Tea Party was all about taxation without representation. In theory, the original Tea Partiers would have been ok with a tax if they had an MP in Parliament representing them. Since we are now a free democracy, they deserve their representation and they got it. They ran, got legitimate support from a grass roots insurgency, and won the majority in Congress. I will say in plain English that the Tea Party is deluded in thinking that smaller government is the solution to the problem that it caused, but I admit their victory is substantial and I applaud them for it. My prayer is that the deluded public will figure out that they were bamboozled before re-election time for Obama.
Indeed, these next two years will be fraught for the Dems. I want to say here that the carnal part of me wants the dems to return the favor to the Republicans. I want the Minority Party to block every legislation the Republicans would try to pass: to embarrass them into a party that accomplishes nothing with Obama’s vetoing pen. BUT, my true wish is for Dems to take the high road. (It burns me up inside that this is NOT good politics, and that they won’t get the same outcome the Republicans did this year), but I do want the Dems to compromise, do the work that politicians do, and pass effective Jobs, Immigration, and (hopefully) climate change bills (yeah I know I’m dreaming on that last one). So this is my olive branch, you guys were stubborn, fillabustering curmudgeons, but for the sake of the American People, I think we ought to be loosey goosey flip floppers…. sigh.
The ray of sunlight here is that Fiorina will not win tonight and Harry Reid’s frail body arose from the grave (I could kiss that wrinkly face). I’m thankful that at least Californians and Nevadans are sane enough to see that some of the aspirations of the Republican Party, like cutting from Education before reversing tax cuts for the super rich, is nothing less than criminal (Matthew 19:14). The moderates in the U.S. still have a voice (be it a voice drowned out by the shouts of the belligerent). There is a remnant of sanity in 2010.
My lightening reactions:
Brown>Whitman: Did anyone ever doubt it?
Boxer>Fiorina: Whew, crisis averted (chaos averted, at least Whitman is competent!)
Chiang>that other guy: HELL YES, GO CHINA! Err, and, yes, he did tell the governator to go shove it during last years budget fiasco.
Cooley?Harris: wait, what? Did Cooley stick his foot in his mouth? Crossing my fingers for Harris
Newsom>Maldonado: Don’t ever call me a Pinko again, I voted for Maldonado. Any Republican who will cross party lines to get stuff done is an ally to me. Newsom will be Governor (if not President) some day so he doesn’t need my vote yet.
No on 19: 2012 babies, it’s happening
No on 21: C’mon guys, it’s just $18 dollars to keep State Parks from closing! Go visit a Park gosh dammit!!
No on 23: California remains the leader in Green Tech and stemming Climate Change. “Every time an oil company fails, an angel gets its wings!”
No on 24: I own a business and I voted yes on this. Looking after widows and orphans takes money.
“Today Nevada chose hope over fear.”
-Harry Reid
