Friday, October 28, 2005
I’m secretly happy have to see this White House squirming. Pundits say it’s typical of a second term president; but I would like to think people – even of his own party – are sick of his running this country like a fraternity. (I’m surprised he didn’t nominate his stock broker to head the Federal Reserve.) I’m still waiting for the White House to begin wearing water buffalo hats and start referring to Bush as “The Grand Pubah.”
The smart ones knew what they were getting themselves into and got out during the first term, but the ones staring at the Bush presidency like deer in headlights are beginning to get hit. Farewell: advisors to Cheney, FEMA chiefs, and Justice nominees. (The American people have given him the chances the didn’t deserve – and now we’ve learned.)
The Iraq war notwithstanding, are any of these things THAT big of a deal? Probably not. This is certainly not the first time a Supreme Court nominee was rejected; this whole thing with Libby is no Watergate; and Katrina, well, let’s just say the local and state governments should have had the good sense to keep their 20-foot-below-sealevel-city safe from storms.
It’s all politics. And the Democrats are just as dirty and crooked as the Republicans – all of them are a bunch of winy, power-hungry pigs. Their only distinction is their constituents: unions and minorities on the one hand, businesses and Jesus freaks on the other. And they’re all in Washington, for Gods sake: a spade’s a spade.
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On a less jaded note, I see La Cenerentola tonight with Max and his mother. I know what you’re thinking: “Didn’t you see that in Chciago?”. Yea but the Chicago production had a great tenor singing prince charming; the Met’s production casts Olga Borodina, a famous mezzo that’s been reigning supreme in the Bel Canto rep. I’ve got to compare and contrast –that’s one of the fun things about this art.
The smart ones knew what they were getting themselves into and got out during the first term, but the ones staring at the Bush presidency like deer in headlights are beginning to get hit. Farewell: advisors to Cheney, FEMA chiefs, and Justice nominees. (The American people have given him the chances the didn’t deserve – and now we’ve learned.)
The Iraq war notwithstanding, are any of these things THAT big of a deal? Probably not. This is certainly not the first time a Supreme Court nominee was rejected; this whole thing with Libby is no Watergate; and Katrina, well, let’s just say the local and state governments should have had the good sense to keep their 20-foot-below-sealevel-city safe from storms.
It’s all politics. And the Democrats are just as dirty and crooked as the Republicans – all of them are a bunch of winy, power-hungry pigs. Their only distinction is their constituents: unions and minorities on the one hand, businesses and Jesus freaks on the other. And they’re all in Washington, for Gods sake: a spade’s a spade.
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On a less jaded note, I see La Cenerentola tonight with Max and his mother. I know what you’re thinking: “Didn’t you see that in Chciago?”. Yea but the Chicago production had a great tenor singing prince charming; the Met’s production casts Olga Borodina, a famous mezzo that’s been reigning supreme in the Bel Canto rep. I’ve got to compare and contrast –that’s one of the fun things about this art.
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