The end times are upon us. I find myself in agreement with not just Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
Its not just me. Right Wing News John Hawkins not exactly a cheerleader for bipartisan consensus is publicly standing with Warren, Pelosi, and their liberal allies in the House and Senate. As have conservative Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), Townhall.coms Amy Otto, and Tea Party Patriots, among many others.
And Im not only opposed to the omnibus bill that squeaked through the House and may fail in the Senate. Im flat-out agreeing with the principles upon which Pelosi and Warren are making their stand specifically, their opposition to what Hawkins called the GOPs sop to the banks on derivatives along with their sleazy attempt to change campaign finance rules to benefit incumbents.
Its infuriating. In its first significant legislative effort since winning the Senate in a landslide last month, the Beltways GOP leadership has chosen to secure a special campaign-finance reform loophole for the election arms of both parties. Furthermore, it worked with the Democratic establishment to put taxpayers on the hook for risky investments by bankers.
And we havent even gotten to the fact that the bill offers only a few small improvements to the federal budget while still spending far too much. Likewise, the few mediocre at best pro-life efforts are offset by Republican support for slightly expanding the federal funding of abortion and continued funding for population control efforts.
This latest debacle is just more evidence that the wool is always going to be pulled over the heads of conservatives. Enough is enough, especially since the media has clearly decided that shutdowns are cool when Democrats do them.
On Friday, Noah warned the GOP leadership that to dismiss this ire from conservatives as a mere fit of pique among conservatives
would be a foolish approach to this development.
Hes right. Our country is in serious trouble, and none of the allegedly reasonable voices in Washington are doing much about it. As such, Im proud to add my (small) voice to the growing cascade of conservatives and liberals that have decided its time to take the power back from both parties.
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/12/13/elizabeth-warren-and-nancy-pelosi-are-right/While I find the idea of siding with Nancy Pelosi personally abhorrent, I will side with Senator Warren and ignore the troll who is an apologist for the NSA. I don't like a lot of Warren's more socialist-leaning ideas about taxing the rich just because they're rich, but I wholly respect her crusade to shine light on the crony-capitalism in DC that is crippling this country politically and economically.
The two-party system is the death of democracy. There is no choice here, but a large apparatus geared towards making it appear so. The more choices voters have, the less power the parties have, so naturally the democrats and republicans have ensured that third parties can't get on the ballot or get into debates. With a stranglehold on power, each party bestows favors and riches to their lobbying groups. It doesn't matter which party you belong to, each party has insiders who reap the rewards for rigging the system in their favor.