{"id":76,"date":"2010-03-04T00:32:23","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T06:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2010-03-04T00:32:23","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T06:32:23","slug":"cawfee-tawk-i-rant-the-rant-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/04\/cawfee-tawk-i-rant-the-rant-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Cawfee Tawk. I Rant the Rant Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m going to start today with a web site\u2019s \u201cCivility Pledge.\u201d Towards the end I will circle back to my comments about the group site that created this pledge:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a member or guest of ***, I pledge to conduct myself in a way that is civil, honest, and respectful towards people with whom I disagree. I value people from different cultures, I value people with different ideas, and I value and cherish the democratic process\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The existence of the above pledge makes me absolutely sick. It thoroughly offends me that this pledge exists. Now, before every person I know grabs pitchfork and torch while trying to find out who scrambled my brains\u2026 allow me a clarification.<\/p>\n

The pledge sickens me. Not the sentiment. The pledge sickens me because frankly it should NEVER be necessary to codify this sentiment into a pledge in relation to the governance of the USA. Americans are a nation of people founded on the concept that ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL. You may remember \u201cLife, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Admittedly, from a Thelemic philosophy, everyone has the right to hate, lie, disrespect, and manipulate.<\/p>\n

The above pledge is from the new counter movement called the \u201cCoffee Party<\/a>.\u201d I\u2019ll talk specifically about the group later but first their raison d\u2019\u00eatre.<\/p>\n

The group formed as a result of one Facebook member ranting about the current obstructionism in the government. Friends ranted, someone made a joke about the Tea Party\u2026 and then there was a \u2018Coffee Party.\u2019<\/p>\n

I very specifically in a recent post<\/a> said that I was not interested in discussing politics. Well, it\u2019s been 24 hrs; I\u2019ve had a bad day; and I haven\u2019t come up with anything better from Formspring.<\/p>\n

\"Senator<\/a>

Sen. Jim Bunning<\/p><\/div>\n

The Bunn Ultimatum has come and gone. Bunning tried to suggest he\u2019d filibuster (without the support of his party) and the opposition positioned itself to make him actually stand up and filibuster. In response he offered a solution that undermined something else the opposition was working on and inevitably ran and hid.<\/p>\n

Current<\/em><\/strong> obstructionism. I have to highlight current because it\u2019s the same obstructionism that\u2019s been going on in our government on both sides for a very long time.<\/p>\n

Now another comment to make you again wonder if I have suffered an ‘alien brain scramble.’ \u201cI don\u2019t want to be a Democrat.\u201d (amaransezwha?) For what it\u2019s worth, \u201cI REALLY DO NOT WANT TO BE A REPUBLICAN.\u201d I did. For a while I really was up for \u2018fiscal conservatism\u2019 and \u2018Keeping government small and keeping the fed out of the state\u2019s business.\u2019 Which was great\u2026 until Trickle down economics didn\u2019t. Which was great\u2026 until the Fed marched into Florida to help with their 2000 election mechanics.<\/p>\n

The Coffee Party and I see eye to eye on one major topic. Finding a bipartisan solution is not the problem. Bipartisanism is the problem. Three houses to form checks and balances fail if the entire game becomes a race for one of two parties to take over all three houses. The concept that independents are asked which of the two parties that they will caucus for makes no sense to me.<\/p>\n

Hearing that tertiary candidates are not allowed in the current debate because they don\u2019t have the level of representation which is decided on by the parties that do makes no sense to me. Continually, I hear stories of tertiary candidates being taken forcibly from debates by police because they aren\u2019t allowed in.<\/p>\n

Our current government is a football game of \u201cWe Good, you Evil\u201d So much for civility towards \u2018the other party.\u2019<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to be a Democrat. I am currently watching the \u201cRachel Maddow<\/a>\u201d show on MSNBC. (And don\u2019t get me started on the concept of NBC plus Microsoft equals news.) Rachel Maddow is like watching Jon Stewart without the occasional laugh at his own side. The current rant is over the hypocrisy that the Republican representatives are doling out. And it doesn\u2019t take much effort to see it. Unfortunately, I cannot stomach the other side of the debate enough to watch a \u201cGlenn Beck<\/a>\u201d or a \u201cRush Limbaugh<\/a>\u201d give examples of the hypocrisy of the left because they are too busy playing the \u201cIncite to Riot\u201d card (See previous two links).<\/p>\n

So, on one side we have the Conservatives. These are the people who during the Bush Administration said, \u201cYou don\u2019t like the president? Suck it up or you\u2019re a treasonous traitor to the country.\u201d These are the same people who are painting pictures of Obama to look like Hitler ({en:Godwin’s_Law|Godwin} Points) and calling for \u201cRevolution.\u201d Of course they don\u2019t realise that the Pacific Northwest is defined as \u201cHippies that want their guns too.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Right is running on fear. Terrorize the masses into believing the Left is evil, destructive, villainous, and planning the downfall of Apple Pie and Mom. (Remember, Health Reform is socialism; but SOCIAL security isn\u2019t)<\/p>\n

The left. There\u2019s the dove. At least that’s the visual message they offer. We love everyone, we want to bridge the gaps, and we\u2019ll meet you half way in that {en:Zeno%27s_paradoxes|Zeno\u2019s paradox} kind of way. (What, halfway more? But if I keep cutting the distance in half; I\u2019ll never get to you.) The problem is that the left wants to play by the rules up until they are pushed to break the rules and then \u2026 well, they don\u2019t admit they\u2019ve changed their tone either.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s face it. From the moment that the Left lost 60 in the Senate; they knew Health reform Reconciliation was on the table. The fact that they still haven\u2019t \u201cSaid it\u201d is just an olive branch being held by a fist.<\/p>\n

Personally, I think the Democrats right now are far more dangerous than the Republicans. Not for what they want to do; but for how far they will be pushed and compromise before they decide that all bets are off. Let\u2019s look at historical examples of behaviour that is pushed over the edge: {en:Road_rage}, {en:John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt}, {en:Going_postal}.<\/p>\n

I will hand it to the Left for trying to hold out as far as they have. But I really think that before things go much further\u2026 it\u2019s going to become a figurative blood bath in Washington. Honestly, I have never felt as close to the history of the Civil War as I did in the run-up and aftermath of both the 2000 and the 2004 election.<\/p>\n

So we have the Bully and the Conscientious Objector. Pick your side. That\u2019s what Washington really wants. As long as they can keep this country torn down the philosophical center (no matter where the lines are) then their pundits will keep putting them back into office and they will maintain their 50\/50 split of only handling issues that most people are too apathetic or untrained to see.<\/p>\n

Let me comment about some of the changes I want in the US government:<\/p>\n

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  1. A bill must pertain to one topic.\n