10/08/07
You compromise, we lose
First I heard it on the local news the day the state government shutdown. Then I heard it from my political science professor. Now, thanks to Republican Michigander pointing it out, I'm reading it from Chris Ward in his Free Press editorial about the grand compromise.
Gotta love the title of that editorial: Compromise avoided state crisis.
Is that a joke? Avoided a crisis? This is a crisis. That idiot's compromise wasn't a fix for Michigan. New taxes on an economy screaming "Uncle!" is not the sort of compromise anyone but those with a certain viewpoint could want. And that's the thing. All this talk about bipartisanship and compromise and getting along, getting together, kumbyya nonsense is not the stuff change and betterment are made of.
No, Rodney, we can't all just get along - every single one of us has a differing opinion. We can alter small things in order to form consensus, but shooting yourself in the foot instead of in the head is not a rational compromise. How can you vote for something you think is bad policy? That makes no damned sense.
Right Michigan links to this article Crain's Detroit Business. Moral of the story: Expenditures will continue to out pace revenues - even as Rep. Ward congratulates himself on selling out. Then what? Punish business more for the state's lack of responsibility? Punish Michigan more as long as our fearless leaders in Lansing can pat themselves on the back for coming up with asinine compromises?
It's sort of like the Christian Coalition gang refusing to vote for a Giuliani - which would be a rational compromise given the alternative and given what Giuliani has been saying. While Giuliani himself may not be in the gang or even agree with the gang, he's committed himself to forming the means to the end the gang does agree with - namely, SCOTUS justices. Also, given what's happened recently with Limbaugh, Medved, and O'Reilly, voting against the Republican candidate would be voting for a huge impediment on the gang getting their message out. What do you think the Fairness Doctrine would do to, say, Catholic radio - nevermind mainstream commercial radio?
See, I'm all for compromise and getting along, getting together, singing ridiculous songs around the campfire - when it makes sense to do so. But compromising shouldn't mean getting the opposite of what you want.
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Gotta love the title of that editorial: Compromise avoided state crisis.
Is that a joke? Avoided a crisis? This is a crisis. That idiot's compromise wasn't a fix for Michigan. New taxes on an economy screaming "Uncle!" is not the sort of compromise anyone but those with a certain viewpoint could want. And that's the thing. All this talk about bipartisanship and compromise and getting along, getting together, kumbyya nonsense is not the stuff change and betterment are made of.
No, Rodney, we can't all just get along - every single one of us has a differing opinion. We can alter small things in order to form consensus, but shooting yourself in the foot instead of in the head is not a rational compromise. How can you vote for something you think is bad policy? That makes no damned sense.
Right Michigan links to this article Crain's Detroit Business. Moral of the story: Expenditures will continue to out pace revenues - even as Rep. Ward congratulates himself on selling out. Then what? Punish business more for the state's lack of responsibility? Punish Michigan more as long as our fearless leaders in Lansing can pat themselves on the back for coming up with asinine compromises?
It's sort of like the Christian Coalition gang refusing to vote for a Giuliani - which would be a rational compromise given the alternative and given what Giuliani has been saying. While Giuliani himself may not be in the gang or even agree with the gang, he's committed himself to forming the means to the end the gang does agree with - namely, SCOTUS justices. Also, given what's happened recently with Limbaugh, Medved, and O'Reilly, voting against the Republican candidate would be voting for a huge impediment on the gang getting their message out. What do you think the Fairness Doctrine would do to, say, Catholic radio - nevermind mainstream commercial radio?
See, I'm all for compromise and getting along, getting together, singing ridiculous songs around the campfire - when it makes sense to do so. But compromising shouldn't mean getting the opposite of what you want.
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