And We're Back!

My buddy Scratch says he reads these rantings and so here we go again. I watched Newt Gingerich (with whom I profoundly disagree) give the most amazing speech on his position of running for president I've yet seen. No criticism just ideas. He also said something interesting. He said that when legislation gets started everything changes. The special interest groups line up and that is why the health care bill was 2700 pages. Nobody knew what was in it. The special interest groups did not want anyone to know what was in it. 

He also said the media focused on a congressman's weird tweets while the budget crisis was deepening. (Talking about Anthony Weiner I guess). Amazing! He said that the debates are a sham. We all know that but folks get so caught up in cheering for "our side" that they lose the capacity to think. There are no debates. The news media wants to be an integral part of the broadcast. Newt said he wanted "Lincoln Douglas style debates".
If our house is on fire we do not ask the political affiliation of the fireman operating the ladder truck. We are not interested in his skin color or how he voted or if he believes in God.

So, Root for your team if you must but pick up the trash in front of your house and don't be part of the great unwashed. 

The Rev.