The Islamists want to roll the world back to the seventh century. Fortunately, the Congressional Democrats only want to revert back to 1993. It’s bad enough, though:
After decades of Democrat control of the House of Representatives, gross abuses to the legislative process and several high-profile scandals contributed to an overwhelming Republican House Congressional landslide victory in 1994. Reforms to the House Rules as part of the Contract with America were designed to open up to public scrutiny what had become under this decades-long Democrat majority a dangerously secretive House legislative process. The Republican reform of the way the House did business included opening committee meetings to the public and media, making Congress actually subject to federal law, term limits for committee chairmen ending decades-long committee fiefdoms, truth in budgeting, elimination of the committee proxy vote, authorization of a House audit, specific requirements for blanket rules waivers, and guarantees to the then-Democrat minority party to offer amendments to pieces of legislation.
Pelosi’s proposed repeal of decades-long House accountability reforms exposes a tyrannical Democrat leadership poised to assemble legislation in secret, then goose-step it through Congress by the elimination of debate and amendment procedures as part of America’s governing legislative process.
I was always grimly amused when I heard Democrats fulminating about how power-hungry Bush and the Republicans were. But this is what fascists do. Even “liberal” ones. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
I wonder how (or even if) the media will cover this?
If they cover it, it will be with approval, since this helps get rid of Republican obstructionism and “gridlock” and other such impediments to the New Millenium.
Here’s a prediction: fans of liberty are going to be counting on Obama to be the bulwark against the coming of the new fascism emanating from Congress. And he may well deliver.
This is, I think, roughly how Rome turned from Republic to Empire. Hail Obama!
I just hope they don’t turn it back to 1935. In any case, we’ll see what happens in 2010 when they run for reelection.
> I just hope they don’t turn it back to 1935. In any case, we’ll see what happens in 2010 when they run for reelection.
The American public kept re-electing FDR and a Democrat congress throughout the 30s and early 40s.
2010 will be a walk in the park for Dems. They’ll still be running against Bush.
They are never going to give up control…ever. For appearance a RINO here and there will be tolerated. With this election and a trillion of your dollars the game is over.
I’m being an optimist.