Herbert: Send in the Clowns

[RamboLiberal]

The U.S. is going through a transitional period at least as important as the early post-World War II years. New worlds in energy, technology, the economy and global interdependence are either upon us or coming fast.

Yet much of the nation’s top leadership is either wasting its time on complete nonsense or trying with great determination to push us back to the era of top hat and tails.

Among other things, Republicans are trying to figure out what to do about Larry Craig, the loony senator from Idaho who got caught in a public toilet behaving as if he thought the promised land was just one stall away.

Democrats, unable to do anything about George W. Bush’s policy of eternal war in Iraq, found themselves reduced to fulminating in official Congressional proceedings about the latest wackiness from Rush Limbaugh.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/06/opinion/06herbert.html?hp

[WCGreen]

1. I do think we are on the stage to be great again...

We should be leading the world in renewable energy...

We should be leading the world in medical advancements...

We should be leading the world in rooting out injustice committed on a personal level and act the like the Christians Christ wanted us to be...

We should be looking forward to a new century by recommitting to social justice...

But Herbert is right...

We are wallowing in a funk so bad we need a Cher like slap across the face...

SANP OUT OF IT!!!!

[Didereaux]

2. You want a clown? heres a clown....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12461951@N03/


...another



shall I go on? no it would require posting the pictures of 51% of America

[Didereaux]

3. and here is what you can do with them...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12461951@N03/

[Karenina]

5. Cool tool offered by NYT

Tips
To find reference information about the words used in this article, double-click on any word, phrase or name. A new window will open with a dictionary definition or encyclopedia entry.

EXCELLENT!!! Accomplished in the privacy of your monitor!!!

[johan helge]

4. Excellent column

The Democrats should more often call a spade a spade, as Herbert does.

[Karenina]

6. This reference reveals a balk

"Democrats, unable to do anything about George W. Bush’s policy of eternal war in Iraq, found themselves reduced to fulminating in official Congressional proceedings about the latest wackiness from Rush Limbaugh."

DEMOCRATS, who welcomed MoveOn's filling of their coffers VOTED TO CONDEMN THEM FOR "FREE SPEECH!" Rush gets off, as per usual. Ewwwww.
What I just typed... :freak: