Today’s edition of This Modern World reminded me of how I felt when I returned from a ten-day trip away from the good old U.S. of A.
I checked the blog when I got home and found that N.J. Barnes had put up a post about how the Democratic congress caved into the Republicans’ name calling and fear mongering tactics and PASSED a bill that authorized the President to continue with his warrantless wiretaps of American citizens for the next six months.
For some crazy reason I thought we had voted for change last November. I thought with an opposition party in charge of Congress we might begin to see some real checks and balances on the overreaching and illegal actions of the Executive Branch.
Must have been daydreaming…
Instead what I find is the same old unimpressive bunch of weak-kneed Democrats who just can’t stand up and fight for what is right: civil liberties, open government, accountability, and an end to this disastrous war.
You know how this comic will end.
But wouldn’t it be nice if instead of what you know will happen in the last four panels the Democrat says something like “If you think it’s such a good idea to jump off the cliff, then go ahead and jump. I’ll watch and see how that works out for you. Go on now, show me how brave you are. Jump!”
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