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Whittling Away with Dick Brooks - Political Changes

Written By The Mountain Eagle on 5/27/24 | 5/27/24

Watching the news tonight was interesting.  It was all about the government shutting down because they can’t come to an agreement on anything.  It was interesting that it was on the news since they don’t seem to have accomplished much in the past decade or so.  I guess they had to announce it on television or else nobody would have noticed.  One of the women that they interviewed commented on the fact that they were acting like children.  I beg to differ with her, she left out the “badly behaved” that should have preceded the word children.  My students learned or already knew about compromise.  You don’t get to be the line leader every time but if you’re patient you’ll get your turn.  They understood the premise that you have to give to get and that working together gets things done.

Congress has a 10% rating when it comes to their job performance, at least that is what it was before this latest debacle, Heaven only knows what it is now.  Do they have minus ratings?  I wish Will Rogers was still around, he would be having such a good time commenting on the present political situation.  I must not have been paying attention again.  Can someone tell me when all the Moderates moved out of Washington?  There used to be a lot of them there.  There were Moderate Democrats, Moderate Republicans, Moderate Liberals, Moderate Conservatives.  They all had one thing in common, the idea that “all things in moderation” was a pretty good plan.  They argued and tried to get their way but through the negation process they would reach a compromise.  Nobody getting all they wanted but everyone getting something and the Nation moved forward.  What happened to the Moderates?  They are still there but you can’t hear them any more because of the noise being made by the radicals on both sides.  The radicals are so loud, rude and abrasive that they seem to have cowed the majority of the Moderates.  They have bullied, threatened, pushed and shoved their way to the front of the line.  No compromise, take no prisoners, damn the torpedoes-full steam ahead, if I can’t have my way-I’m taking my ball and going home seems to be the pervasive attitude in Washington.  I think the only solution other than throwing the whole bunch out, even the Moderates because they’re letting the bullies push them around without speaking up, is to form a SWAT team and send it to Congress.  I would suggest including Mrs. Smith, my third grade teacher who wheeled the fastest knuckle rapping bird’s eye maple ruler in the school,  Mother Ursula, a devoted nun who could carry fifty pound sacks of potatoes under each arm,  Mr. Washburn, my high school History teacher who could hit you with an eraser from any spot in the room and Mrs. Beggs who wore a large ring which she used in a very effective upper cut to the ribs.  These were folks that taught me the art of compromise, the rules of politeness and how to work together.  We’ll put the SWAT team in a room near where Congress meets and if the Sergeant at Arms detects any lack of cooperation, rudeness, or bully like behavior, he can send the offender to the room for a review lesson in behavior she or she should have learned in Elementary school.

Thought for the week—I don’t make jokes, I just watch the government and report the facts.   –Will Rogers

Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well.

Whittle12124@yahoo.com          



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