The week
started with our return from Cuba. We learned a lot in a short 7 days. Read
those posts if you have time, starting
here.
Mr. Obama’s 5th State of the Union speech comes on
Tuesday. It will be accompanied by more Washington theater than usual with
three responses
by Republicans, Tea Partiers, and Rand Paul representing, well, Rand Paul.
Use this
quote by former Rep. Mo Udall (D-AZ), about the difference between the words “caucus”
and “cactus” to write your homily for this week:
the pricks are on the outside
Last
Monday, we celebrated the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Here is what Clay
Bennett thinks about how we have managed the King legacy:
America’s voting
process is broken and neither party wants to address the true underlying issues.
A state desiring a picture ID must be willing to do whatever is necessary to
provide every voter with the required ID, including deploying mobile units to
provide them.
Reverend
King’s dream was equal opportunity. He never suggested redistribution from the
successful; he advocated for everyone to have the opportunity to be successful.
He encouraged people to prepare for and utilize opportunities.
Dr. King’s
dream was of an America providing a hand up and not a handout is far from a reality
and Congress is not helping. We still have fewer jobs today than we had at
the start of the Great Recession in 2008. Where have all the jobs gone?
Decide for
yourself whether any the following are part of the caucus coalition:
Governor
Christie lays low for now:
Mr. Obama reports that NSA is no different than Obamacare:
The Sochi Olympics are threaten by local terrorists:
Syrian negotiations won’t produce peace:
I agree (mostly) re voter ID. That is, if states were honest about the purpose of voter ID, they could easily do what state have done when the issue was driver’s licenses. When state moved to higher standards of proof, they did so over a period of years, and at each contact point (each license and registration renewal) they would remind the driver about the future change.
They even have weekend and evening hours.
We know the reason for voter ID laws and it is not about voter fraud.