D.C. rally: At least for one day, a modicum of 'sanity'
Colbert and Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear brings plenty of laughs and/or good fun, but could it have done more?
CLOWNS FOR SANITY: A diverse and light-hearted crowd revel in reasonableness on the National Mall, Oct. 30, 2010. (Photo: Chris Tittle) | Previous Post A unique fall vista: Wind energy in Appalachia | Next Post Midterm elections: Finding common ground |
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Publicity stunt. The long and short of this was face time for these stars. Same thing with Obummer. All camera and no show. The only real remedy for the insanity in Washington, D.C. is to fire them all and start with fresh meat. In short order they will understand we are tired of the lot of them and how they spend our tax dollars willy-nilly like a child in a candy store who has never earned that candy money.
Perhaps you're on to something there, John. If we didn't treat the rest of the world like our candy store, spending "willy-nilly" on military and defense, we might actually have some money left over for fruits and vegetables. Is that what you had in mind?
Certainly our political system should be responsive to the wishes of the people. But, my, do we have a short political memory... it's hard to accomplish much of consequence when the prevailing ideology shifts every two years and half of.... More
Chris, I'm not trying to capsulate our present problems into one administration. I believe this mound of troubles began far back - perhaps in the 20's. I think our Founding Fathers had it right, but things just compounded and rolled into one giant stink eventually - which is what we have to smell now. Trust me, I'm no fan of the GW admin, Clinton or any others. The only I can come close to is Reagan, but simply because he is the best out the lot of recents. We're way off track here. Actually,.... More
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Wow, how can you have so much fun with politics? Personally enjoy Tea. Where's you're sense of one river with flow?
Hey John, I appreciate your comments (even if I don't completely agree with them). But John Stewart would be proud that we can have a civil discussion about issues with don't necessarily agree on (personally, I wouldn't hold Reagan up as a model of enlightened governance) - that was the spirit of the rally and why so many people enjoyed it.
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