What's worse is that the current situation doesn't feel like well- reasoned debate over the costs, benefits and drawbacks of any plan. It feels, to this admittedly far-less-informed-than-he-should-be writer, that it's a case of "Well, we don't LIKE you, NNNNNYEAH!~" on the part of the Republican Party and a bit of "well, we COULD HAVE ramrodded this through, but we don't want to abuse our filibuster-proof majority" on the part of Democrats.
Of course, I still remember that great old Popeye/Olive Oyl cartoon where she dreamed she was the first female president: She was addressing Congress and the parties were represented by Elephants and Donkeys in Business suits. Every point she made in her speech, one party said in unison "We accept it!" immediately followed by the other saying "We reject it!"
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
Of course, I still remember that great old Popeye/Olive Oyl cartoon where she dreamed she was the first female president: She was addressing Congress and the parties were represented by Elephants and Donkeys in Business suits. Every point she made in her speech, one party said in unison "We accept it!" immediately followed by the other saying "We reject it!"
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll