[Pops]

Once again the revolution occurred without a shot, not the revolution I'd have preferred but a change none the less. This time it's a bigger sweep than in '94 and even though that time the dems had been in control for 40-something years it seems like it's an even bigger vote for the Devil You Don't Know over the one you do.

So what happens now?

I hear all the time that there is no difference in the parties, so will they just go skipping merrily down the isle to consensus?

Does this mean we'll address our economic problems in some better fashion?

And, on a side note, what does this mean for that sometimes mentioned problem of fossil fuels depletion?

[Newfie]

More waffling and inaction.

The wound is festering underneath.

My BOLD PREDICTION is that this will prime us for a reactionary third party Presidential run in '15.

[mos6507]

Greer wrote a blog post a while back that talked about the see-saw effect going on between the voters waffling between R and D, and how this isn't going to put the economy back together again. I think he was spot on.

The problem is that every time the pendulum swings to R, we'll reinstitute the "war on science" and gut environmental regulation and alternative energy R&D which will lock us into ever worse climate feedbacks and a harder peak oil crash.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'T')he problem is that every time the pendulum swings to R....

[Pops]

There are some conservative Peakers here but I'm thinking the average freshman 'pub rep is about as far from peak oil (Drill Baby) and AGW (DOA) as you can get.

If the main theme is to gut the socialist entitlements, won't that mean even more drag on the meager alt energy (except ethanol), conservation, transit initiatives?

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'G')reer wrote a blog post a while back that talked about the see-saw effect going on between the voters waffling between R and D, and how this isn't going to put the economy back together again. I think he was spot on.

The problem is that every time the pendulum swings to R, we'll reinstitute the "war on science" and gut environmental regulation and alternative energy R&D which will lock us into ever worse climate feedbacks and a harder peak oil crash.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '
')If the main theme is to gut the socialist entitlements, won't that mean even more drag on the meager alt energy (except ethanol), conservation, transit initiatives?

[Mesuge]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', ' ')My BOLD PREDICTION is that this will prime us for a reactionary third party Presidential run in '15.

[vision-master]

Another Revolution is all dissussed in length @ the 'It's time to read my ugly head' thread.....

[gollum]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'T')here are some conservative Peakers here but I'm thinking the average freshman 'pub rep is about as far from peak oil (Drill Baby) and AGW (DOA) as you can get.

If the main theme is to gut the socialist entitlements, won't that mean even more drag on the meager alt energy (except ethanol), conservation, transit initiatives?

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'O')nce again the revolution occurred without a shot, not the revolution I'd have preferred but a change none the less. This time it's a bigger sweep than in '94 and even though that time the dems had been in control for 40-something years it seems like it's an even bigger vote for the Devil You Don't Know over the one you do.

So what happens now?

I hear all the time that there is no difference in the parties, so will they just go skipping merrily down the isle to consensus?

Does this mean we'll address our economic problems in some better fashion?

[gollum]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', ' ')

The real political agenda of the people that financed the Tea Party can't be enacted democratically, but maybe they can get there by collapsing the system. For instance, Rand Paul could fillibuster raising the debt ceiling and cause a global currency crisis overnight. Remember to buy some extra toilet paper.

[gnm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', ' ')John Bolton is on Fox banging the war drums this morning. That is the one thing about the Skull&Bones wing of the GOP (I say that half in jest, but you know who I mean) that has remained constant - they want multiple wars. perpetual war, war for the sake of war, war to purify and unite the country, preemptive war. Fascism on a silver platter. Yep, that's what the Tea Party brought back into power, the obsessive GOP war hawks..

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', '
')Would you prefer to be robbed and beaten with the right fist, or the left fist?

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', 'T')his was financed by the same people that backed Bush, and just like 2000, the outcome was decided by the radical wing of the Supreme Court.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'T')here is no significant Left in the US, politically. Here's where people get very confused, thinking the Dems represent the Left. They do not. They represent the slightly less right.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', ' ')John Bolton is on Fox banging the war drums this morning. That is the one thing about the Skull&Bones wing of the GOP (I say that half in jest, but you know who I mean) that has remained constant - they want multiple wars. perpetual war, war for the sake of war, war to purify and unite the country, preemptive war. Fascism on a silver platter. Yep, that's what the Tea Party brought back into power, the obsessive GOP war hawks..

[Pops]

Oh yeah, Rove and Armey contributed mightily to Blunts Senate campaign in MO...

[gollum]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrestonSturges', ' ')John Bolton is on Fox banging the war drums this morning. That is the one thing about the Skull&Bones wing of the GOP (I say that half in jest, but you know who I mean) that has remained constant - they want multiple wars. perpetual war, war for the sake of war, war to purify and unite the country, preemptive war. Fascism on a silver platter. Yep, that's what the Tea Party brought back into power, the obsessive GOP war hawks..

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'T')here is no significant Left in the US, politically. Here's where people get very confused, thinking the Dems represent the Left. They do not. They represent the slightly less right.