Oliver Twist is depicted here by George Cruikshank in the first published in 1838, “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens. Oliver bravely asks for “more, please” as his fellow orphans look on.
The win in the Senate for the Climate, Health and Tax Legislation is landmark and what we need and want. Why no Republican support?
In the same moments CPAC 2022 is on. In an opening moment, the announcer declares “We are domestic terrorists” as the Big Lie continues as does the denial that Jan6 was anything much.
Democrats are not playing but conducting serious politics and making discernible headway on the economy and climate. Republicans are wondering, is it a toupee or not a toupee and watching tearfully as an actor pretends to be jailed. Oh, poor lonely misunderstood Jan6 insurrectionist waiting for trial.
A minority party continues to defy serious dialogue on any issue. Any. Legislation is being pushed further and further into a ditch concerning women’s health issues for one. No dialogue, instead a tightening of the narrow laws. I’d say they are disingenuous but the dictionary given to them for that word and others, has been eaten.
Democracy can carry on without them. We see that today as it’s become clear that we can and must continue to live and thrive without them. Unfortunately, there are plenty of forces not so visible that are behind the R’s. Big money, foreign influence that mean us no good stirring the emotions and planning a different American existence from the one we have spent a hundred years building. If you've seen the shanty towns of Brazil… like that but not as comfortable and in the climate of Wisconsin. Literacy will become uncommon again and disease will be taking our children as it did as little as 1900 when childhood mortality was 30% with influenza, TB and enteritis as the causes. We see something around less than 2% deaths now. Childhood is survivable when once it was not. They know what they are doing. It will take some time but we see how far we’ve fallen in a few years.
Draconian laws surrounding fertility and women’s health. Attacks on insulin which supports so many and is the daily sustenance of the sickest patients. The GOP is campaigning, if thats what’s happening, on the promise of elimination of Social Security and Medicare. Too depressing to go on because that is enough.
If they win it will be because we didn’t understand. Their mission is to do what they are doing. Degrade, dismantle. The mission of Democrats is typified by todays bill: A better future for Americans.
Vote.