tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post2889685990711779174..comments2023-07-20T10:37:28.692-04:00Comments on Grumpy Abe: Alas, Florida ended nothing of valueGrumpy Abehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01012210966022330986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post-22470626345143089472012-02-07T20:50:51.146-05:002012-02-07T20:50:51.146-05:00This whole "strung-out affair" summons m...This whole "strung-out affair" summons memories of the island-to-island campaign in the Pacific during WW2. In this case, however, most of the softening up of the beachheads has become an intramural spectacle within the Grand Old Party, as the combatants savage one another with negative ads and nasty repartees on televised debates. Fueled, of course, by barrels of money from Supreme Court-sanctioned "independent" committees, fat-cat barons of commerce, and other assorted plutocrats. The casualty count is sadly mounting for constructive proposals to rescue the economy, provide a humane resolution of the immigration issue, chart a practical path to reducing the debt load, meet the approaching threat of catastrophic global climate change, tame the high cost of military spending, expand health care to all the uninsured while slowing the rise in its uncontrolled costs, enact a coherent energy policy that promotes alternatives to fossil fuels, and create smart new methods to train and educate our young for skilled jobs and professions. When was the last time you heard anything but mindless and often inane slogans from any of those would-be presidents?David Hessnoreply@blogger.com