Sunday, December 20, 2009
donkers
Yglesias:
"represents a return...of the idea"...."restores...lost tradition" - These are the words a of a bullshit artist with nothing substantive left to say. When people start talking about representation and restoration, reach for your gun. Or your wallet. Or both. Or pawn your gun to have something to put in your wallet.
But to repeat—despite flaws, I think this is an excellent piece of legislation. Among other things, it represents a return, after fifteen years, of the idea that congress should be trying to pass major legislation that tackles major national problems. And even beyond that, it restores an even longer-lost tradition of congress trying to pass major legislation on specifically progressive priorities.
"represents a return...of the idea"...."restores...lost tradition" - These are the words a of a bullshit artist with nothing substantive left to say. When people start talking about representation and restoration, reach for your gun. Or your wallet. Or both. Or pawn your gun to have something to put in your wallet.