Michigan’s Shame
February 5, 2009 – 7:50 pmNo, it’s not the 0-16 Lions or the 10.6% unemployment rate. It is SEN Debbie Stabenow. With America losing two wars, unemployment rising fast, financial markets in chaos, and our country on the verge of printing a trillion dollars in funny money (or borrowing it from the Saudis and Chinese), SEN Stabenow has decided that holding hearings on talk radio is a better use of her time than reading the 600 page porn novel known as the ‘stimulus package.’
I called her office. I told the staffer who answered, politely, that I thought she ought to read the bill and leave talk radio alone. Free speech, I reminded her, is our right. I told her that I don’t like Hannity, so I turn him off. If they don’t like him, they should do likelwise. No one, I told her, wants to hold hearings about stuff like Christian-baiting in the media, Robert Mapplethorpe’s tax-funded dirty pictures, etc., so why talk radio? Read the 600-page wish list masquerading as a bill, Senator!
Madonna. Dennis Rodman. Michael Moore. Kwame Kilpatrick, “Dr.” Jack Kevorkian, Unabomber. Timothy McVeigh. Bill Ayers. From the goofy to the tasteless to the terrorist fringe, Michigan is too often in the news for the wrong reason. having SEN Stabenow propose hearings on talk radio is another. Shame on you, Senator. I know that you’re smarter than this. Let’s legislate, and leave the grandstanding for later.
3 Responses to “Michigan’s Shame”
Which 2 wars are we “losing” exactly? 1 justified and 1 unjustified intervention. 1 a clear win and 1 still incomplete. Not being smart in doing the Iraq thing doesn’t make it a loss so I don’t think “losing” is the most accurate portrayal.
By Nik on Feb 6, 2009
We’re losing in Afghanistan. That is undeniable. We’re only staying afloat in Iraq because of the surge, which is unsustainable, given our current military infrastructure. Military suicides topped combat deaths this month. Our military is worn out. Iraq is on life support; Afghanistan is a slow-mo disaster, with each Predator strike recruiting the survivors for the Taliban and Al Queda. When, not if, they get Pakistan, we’ll be cut off, like Xenopohon, and we’ll have less opportunity than he did to cut our way out. Hollow empires fall when reality catches up with their reputations. Think Adrianople. Think Manzikert. I don’t want to live to see it, but it’s staring us in the face.
Arnaud De Bourchgrave is ultra-conservative; here he is on the subject:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/05/discordant-wavelengths/
By ssgconway on Feb 6, 2009
We aren’t “losing” in Afghanistan by any measure. Have we “won”, no. Losing? Hardly. I also think DeBorchgrave’s “mission impossible” statement is unsupported. Can we “win” is a question worth debating. Even MORE important is the “should we” pursue such a win. To what benefit 70 billion of imitation treasure per year? So you bring legitimate questions to the table. Losing? Nope.
Iraq is a win, no matter how you slice it. Shouldn’t have happened but a win nonetheless.
By Nik on Feb 9, 2009