by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
I missed Trump's State of the Union speech on Wednesday night in order to catch a zombie movie on Netflix, but I did hear a few reports on his pompous narrative. One thing that most reports seemed to emphasize was that he had a singular lack on ideas and goals for the future. Apparently Donald has decided that since he has won the wars in the Middle East (and he hasn't), he can now turn his attention to defeating AIDS, keeping abortion on the political front burner, and building a wall along our southern border.
Big yawn.
Trump also took a shot at House members who are preparing to investigate his administration on multiple fronts:
Donald Trump was suddenly facing the new reality of no longer presiding over a one-party government. Congress, a co-equal branch of government, was emerging from hibernation.
The new Congress, however, seems poised to do more than just investigate and get even for the Republican outrages perpetrated on America during the first two years of the Trump administration. The new Congress is also gearing up to be a well-spring of new ideas and dynamic leadership, things sorely lacking in the current political climate.
One of the more exciting initiatives to be promoted in the new Congress is the Green New Deal, a set of ideas being jointly presented by Alexandria Octavio-Cortez in the House and Ed Markley in the Senate. At present that plan is a non-binding initiative that calls for changes to U.S. energy policy and usage that will result in the county being quickly weened off of fossil fuels and to be carbon-neutral by the year 2030 - just eleven years down the road. The plan addresses development of non-fossil fuels energy (things like wind and solar), making existing buildings more energy efficient, and developing a quality national rail system that will reduce air traffic. It also looks at agricultural practices, manufacturing, and other issues affecting the general health and welfare of Americans such as quality health care for all and fair wages.
Trump and the right-wing press roar about "socialism" in response to these bold initiatives, apparently unaware that Joe McCarthy is dead and that America has moved on.
But labels are just affectations - it's results that count. If working to save mankind from the ravages of an out-of-control natural environment (one brought about by the long-term greed and gluttony of humans) - and treating all human beings humanely and with dignity is socialism, well, bring it on!
We are at a point in our history when things must change, and hopefully this Congress can be the agent of that change. The time for peaceful solutions is running out.
Citizen Journalist
I missed Trump's State of the Union speech on Wednesday night in order to catch a zombie movie on Netflix, but I did hear a few reports on his pompous narrative. One thing that most reports seemed to emphasize was that he had a singular lack on ideas and goals for the future. Apparently Donald has decided that since he has won the wars in the Middle East (and he hasn't), he can now turn his attention to defeating AIDS, keeping abortion on the political front burner, and building a wall along our southern border.
Big yawn.
Trump also took a shot at House members who are preparing to investigate his administration on multiple fronts:
"If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation."But his warning had little impact. Within hours of the speech, House members were preparing to re-institute the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and Trump business ties to Russia, an investigation that was curtailed by the Republicans who were in control of the last Congress - and a Congressional committee was also laying the groundwork to review Trump's tax returns.
Donald Trump was suddenly facing the new reality of no longer presiding over a one-party government. Congress, a co-equal branch of government, was emerging from hibernation.
The new Congress, however, seems poised to do more than just investigate and get even for the Republican outrages perpetrated on America during the first two years of the Trump administration. The new Congress is also gearing up to be a well-spring of new ideas and dynamic leadership, things sorely lacking in the current political climate.
One of the more exciting initiatives to be promoted in the new Congress is the Green New Deal, a set of ideas being jointly presented by Alexandria Octavio-Cortez in the House and Ed Markley in the Senate. At present that plan is a non-binding initiative that calls for changes to U.S. energy policy and usage that will result in the county being quickly weened off of fossil fuels and to be carbon-neutral by the year 2030 - just eleven years down the road. The plan addresses development of non-fossil fuels energy (things like wind and solar), making existing buildings more energy efficient, and developing a quality national rail system that will reduce air traffic. It also looks at agricultural practices, manufacturing, and other issues affecting the general health and welfare of Americans such as quality health care for all and fair wages.
Trump and the right-wing press roar about "socialism" in response to these bold initiatives, apparently unaware that Joe McCarthy is dead and that America has moved on.
But labels are just affectations - it's results that count. If working to save mankind from the ravages of an out-of-control natural environment (one brought about by the long-term greed and gluttony of humans) - and treating all human beings humanely and with dignity is socialism, well, bring it on!
We are at a point in our history when things must change, and hopefully this Congress can be the agent of that change. The time for peaceful solutions is running out.
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