"I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory" - Kathleen Edwards
Alright, you wanted Canadian, you got it. And this is uber Canadian -- "you're the Great One, I'm Marty McSorley." (For the uninitiated, hockey great Wayne Gretzky and his muscle, Marty McSorley -- later infamous for hitting a player with his stick while a Boston Bruin and being arrested and convicted of assault.) McSorley and former all time great Paul Coffey make an appearance in the video.
I am strangely pleased with the current political environment despite the truly horrible nature of the Republican opposition -- and its utter madness. I feel like for the first time in the thirty year ascendancy of American conservatism that its true nature -- and program -- is being laid out starkly and unambiguously for all -- especially the casual voter -- to see. It is not a question of people having to read the fine points of the GOP platform or analyze closely subtle policy questions -- this is the party that wants to eliminate Medicare and Medicaid in order to finance tax cuts for the very wealthiest. It's the party that wants to eliminate collective bargaining rights so that budgets can be balanced on the backs of public employees. It's the party that wants to risk a possible default on America's financial obligations in order to leverage large cutbacks in public expenditures. It's the party that can't be bothered with any legislative efforts to alleviate unemployment, but will introduce dozens of bills aimed at curtailing and then ultimately eliminating women's reproductive rights. And on and on.
It's all out there to see -- and to oppose. Let's just draw a line in the sand and let the voters make the call. I feel pretty confident about the outcome.
(Interesting to see that Jan Brewer vetoed the birther bill in Arizona. One wonders if the business wing of the GOP isn't starting to get alarmed by the craziness and starting to push back on some of these Republican leaders. In the end they know that stuff like this -- and playing with the debt ceiling -- just isn't good for business.)
Sorry about the spam explosion overnight. We will try and get it cleaned up. Right now though I've got to run to a meeting. (Ah, looks like I got it all.)
Carry on.