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« Questions for Paul Graham - Simplicity and beauty in art, science and programming || Back to Blog | Tab catalog for Firefox » November 09, 2006
The Democrats are (smartly) committed to a 100 hours of introducing legislation that defines them as a party, little things such as raising the minimum wage from Debtors Prison level to full Squalor. But after six years of watching the worst president in our lifetime strut his time upon the stage, don't you think the Democrats are entitled to a little fun? In those first 100 hours, what legislation could the Democrats pass just for the pure hell of it? Require Bush to deliver the State of the Union topless so we can all see how amazingly buff he's gotten on our watch? Hold hearings, complete with subpoened witnesses, charts and graphs, to determine which is worse, war or blow jobs? Trade in all presidential limousines for Priuses (Prii?)? Replace the opening prayer at Congress with a Moment of Gloating? It's been a long six years... [Tags: doep puzzle politics] Posted
by D. Weinberger at November 9, 2006 11:46 AM
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A very well crafted puzzle that. One that evidently has us all quite stumped.
Quite an achievement.
:-}
Posted by: Crosbie Fitch | November 10, 2006 05:07 AM
I think there's more to this than meets the eye. While at first blush it might seem unlikely that the Democrats and points Left could muster great reserves of morally outraged partisan intransigence a la Ken Starr, actually when you think about it the W years have provided a fair bit of material. The trouble is, for a moral reaction against Bush & co to take hold would require a bit more righteous self-confidence than the Dems have shown this last decade.
Posted by: Phil | November 10, 2006 06:31 AM