So, Dr. Macarthur sent me this link from Washington Monthly titled “Time For Us To Go.” In light of the Rep. Mark Foley scandal, amongst other things, even die-hard conservatives are saying that it’s time to give up congress and get some more liberals in there. It is interesting to hear their perspectives, especially pointing out the benefits of having some checks and balances between the White House and Capitol Hill. There’s also quite a bit of historical perspective, comparing Republicans of today with those of yesterday.
Either way, here are some of the blurbs…they’re worth a skim. At the very least, the conservative voices writing these articles are “fiscal” or “economic conservatives,” i.e. ones I can respect…so they aren’t messing with the “church and state” border very much.
Let’s quit while we’re behind
By Christopher Buckley
Bring on Pelosi
By Bruce Bartlett
And we thought Clinton had no self-control
By Joe Scarborough
Give divided government a chance
By William A. Niskanen
Restrain this White House
By Bruce Fein
Ideologie has taken over
By Jeffrey Hart
The show must not go on
By Richard A. Viguerie
P.S. If you don’t vote in November, I may have to hunt you down…
100,000 places. I mean. I just…
how?
For the record, that “100,000” reference is due to the new world record set by an Asian guy for the number of digits of Pi that he memorized… I think he held the previous record at 60,000 or something…but heck…who really memorizes Pi to anything past 3 or 4 decimal places?!