THE SICKNESS IN POLITICS AND THE PRESS

WHO’S SICKER, THE PRESS OR THE POLITICIANS?    (CHANGE TITLE???)

Posted by Wiley
August 18, 2015

TheSometimes we need to just sit down, take a load off, and contemplate the things happening around us that offer both great hope for the future along with great fear.  We are generally pleased with the many ways in which advances in science and technology have improved our lives with nearly instantaneous broadcasting of the news, along with greater access to data and information through computers and the internet.  We marvel at four-year-olds  managing complex electronic games on an i-Pod. Even a trip to another planet (Mars is being mentioned) may not be so far off.  When I was growing up we did not have a television, or telephone, or an inside toilet

And yet, there are those today who (for a variety of reasons) seek to slow down the rush to tomorrow.  There is indeed a number of both short range and long range problems associated with the internet in regard to privacy and security -- especially the difficult task of preventing computer savvy individuals from "Hacking" into systems deemed secure, and stealing data, or documentation -- including Government secrets.

We must press on...into the darkness with our fear.  We can do this if we believe that there is still a better day to come.. Recognizing that in my small world, things have changed far beyond any thing a young Black man born in Alabama nearly 80 years ago could have expected..  Of course, there are things to worry bout such as the current dysfunctional condition of the U. S. Congress.  Another is the growth of suicide bombings in the Middle East. Add to these nuclear weapons and Climate Change.   No one knows how or when these conditions will end. Where there is life, there is hope for the future.

Today one of the main objectives of many politicians and pundits in the press is to create conflict between the Government and the people of this country -- especially political conflict.   Do not buy the political crap that things will get better if you let Cable News piss on the Government! 

          

MYOPIC DISRESPECT

There's Something About Today's Politics

Posted by Wiley, March 12, 2015

If you thought the last Congress was a "do nothing" Congress, you ain't seen nothing yet.  The savage attack on the President comes via a letter to the Government of Iran,  signed by 47 Republican Party (GOP) members in the U. S., Senate stating that the U. S. President can't be trusted to live up to any agreement on the Iranian nuclear program (if one is reached)!  The level of disrespect shown by the letter is astounding!  The letter is a partisan attempt by the Republicans to scuttle efforts by the United States and five other countries to agree on a plan that prevents Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.   It explicitly implies that the Congress or a future president of the United States may overturn an Executive Agreement signed by the President. While the removal of current Congressional sanctions against Iran would require approval by the Senate, the President can negotiate Executive Agreements with other nations under his inherent powers.  

A European negotiator said the six power group - the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China - was generally unified but voiced concern that the Obama administration was under pressure due to concerns the Republican-led Congress might wreck any agreement.  Clearly, this letter disparages the office of the presidency and demonstrates the dysfunctional state of political discourse in the Congress.  Now there is a letter from 367 members of the House of Representatives (piling on?) telling the President in essence that any Iranian nuclear agreement must "foreclose any pathway to a bomb" before they will lift sanctions against Tehran.   Any pathway....like a "gift" from North Korea?  When does the bombing begin?  The fact is those signing the letter simply want to kill the deal, and if that harms the Presidency, so be it!  There is something different about today's politics and the Republicans our way or the highway agenda that includes:

• ·          First, repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA); the consequences be  damned                    
• ·      Second, deny/minimize any accomplishments by the Obama Administration
• ·      Third, deny there is a need to fund plans to combat Climate Change
• ·      Fourth,  do not compromise with the President and the Democrats

Perhaps if they spell the word ..."R-E-S-P-E-C-T"... a few times, they will be able to show some for the Office (just a little bit)!

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