Results tagged “Government” from All Things West Virginian

Let's see if I have this right.  Manchin at first could have appointed Bryd's successor but then the "rumble" was heard (I didn't hear it but those with better hearing than I presumably did) that the "people" by heck wanted to VOTE on Bryd's successor because by heck this is West Virginia, and by heck two years is way TOO LONG for an appointed person to serve and by heck the will of PEOPLE has to be followed.  So out comes McGraw's opinion that yes we must have an election.  So the Legislature says OK.  How much will this cost.  Not much.  Only about two to three million per special election.

Now, ten or was it twelve percent of the registered voters even showed up to vote !!

The PEOPLE has spoken.  Well, NINETY PERCENT of them didn't but what the heck, it only cost a couple of million.

Save us from ourselves and other things that go bump in the night!

 

The Democrats are going to pass the current version of health care through some shall we say non-traditional procedural methods.  That means there will be court challanges.  The "mess" will end up in front of the US Supreme Court where health care will be "gutted" or "saved" by a 5-4 vote.  Remember Bush vs. Gore?  What a mess.  All this uncertainty for political reasons alone.  Makes one want to vote against any incumbent no matter what the party affiliation.  Unbelivable really.

The actor Peter Graves just died.  In the 1960's he starred in "Mission Impossible."  Remember that?  Private contractors doing secret work for the government.  If they were caught or killed, the "secretary would disavow" any knowledge of their activites.  That was apparently cool considering the great ratings.  Now, flash forward.  We have Blackwater.  Boo, hiss, evil.

The whims of the populace are seldom anchored in any sense of reality, are they?