I am quickly becoming a very discouraged space cowboy. 

 

Ever increasing job losses while the rich have their wealth protected, promised reform not delivered on by politicians who really don't care that it won't be (Diane Feinstein: "I remain unmoved"), nothing being done for the other 98% of us, a President more concerned with bi-partisan comity than the audacity of hope, our troops dispersed all over the globe and still dying, GITMO remains open with no concrete plans to close it, a MSM which is supposed to be our watchdog on the corporate payroll, domestic spying continuing and even increasing, basically as far as I am concerned just a continuation of the last administration.  Nothing has changed and I am having serious doubts anything ever will.

 

But I am gonna head down to Atlantic City to hopefully have an enjoyable weekend partying with some friends.  Time to reflect and reassess whether all of what we are trying to do here is all in vain and a waste of time.  It seems the more things change the more they stay the same...and the sheep are still the sheep.

 

But seeing I will not be around for at least this weekend have a happy holiday weekend everyone!!!

So with the Al Franken finally being declared the winner in last year's Minnesota Senatorial election the Democrats are going to have their 60 seat super majority in the Senate.  They have a huge numerical advantage in the House and of course have the Executive Branch.

In short they can't make excuses anymore.  The American people voted for change.  On climate change, new energy policies, health care reform (universal health care in fact), a 180 degree change in foreign policy, ending the war in Iraq, stopping the torture of detainees in our custody, etc, etc, etc.  In fact between the 2006 midterm elections and 2008 the Democrats were given a mandate for change.  Are they going to listen to the people and have a nice long stay in power or remain beholden to the same corporate interests that they and the Republicans have been serving and be voted out post haste? 

The time for talk is over it is time to walk the walk.

All I keep on hearing out of democratic senators is we need '60 votes to pass this' and 'we need 60 votes to pass that'.  But I wonder what the story would be when Al Franken is finally seated?  What would be the claimed obstacle to passing health care and climate change reforms then?

I am sick of the 'it has to be bi-partisan to be passed' dodge coming from the Democrats in the US Senate.  These are very crucial times in terms of potential long needed reforms being enacted.  Why aren't Harry Reid and the Democrats pushing harder to get Franken seated?  First, and most importantly, the State of Minnesota is not being properly represented, but secondly, decisions that will affect the future of the American people for decades to come are being decided right now and the dems are ceding their strategic/numeric advantage by not having Franken there in the Senate.