Sustainability and Politics: Norquist calls attacks from GOP congressman ‘disgusting’

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Norquist calls attacks from GOP congressman ‘disgusting’ | The Ticket - Yahoo! News

Norquist calls attacks from GOP congressman ‘disgusting’ | The Ticket - Yahoo! News

Wow, Norquist is an incredible right-wing tool.

"...Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, a group that has convinced all but six House Republicans to pledge never to raise taxes, has been sparring with with Wolf for some time...."

Really, never? That's good policy. And courageous GOP House members are so intimidated and impressed they've pledged that. What???

Here's a few good comments from after the article:

"The only pledge to which a U.S. Representative or Senator should be bound is to uphold the U.S. Constitution -- and by no means should they be making pledges to lobbyists!"

"norquist is a corporate welfare tax loop hole expert - a fake and a tool."

"Finally a Republican who is not afraid to stick up to Norquist! Norquist has put all of the non right wing Republicans against the wall when it comes to doing what is right for our country.....he has kept the Republicans to a "our way or no Way" mantra which will surely be the end of them!"

"The pledge congressmen should make is to their own constituents, period. It is only they who elected them and only they who can elect the new congressman to replace him. Vote your congressman out in 2012. They all deserve to see the wrath of the American voting public."

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I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.

What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.

Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?

Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.

Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)

Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.

But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)

Still we are finite on this ride.

It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.

For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.