‘Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time ---‘
That’s the sort of thing she would have written before the rise of advertising.
The correlation is perfectly clear. Advertising up, lyric poetry down. There are only so many people capable of putting words together that stir and move and sing. When it became possible to earn a very good living in advertising by exercising this capability, lyric poetry was left to untalented screwballs who had to shriek for attention and compete by eccentricity.
As every proud Liberal who voted for you damn well knows, if you're really, heart-attack-serious about real health care reform, among other problems you will have to deal with are the seven Blue Dog members of your own Party who are trying to sink your flagship program with a thousand tiny icebergs.
And as someone who very much wants to see you succeed, let me be clear that when I say "deal with" I mean "break a foot off in their ass".
Because while the Congress somehow managed to blast through the most radical subversion of American legal rights and democratic traditions in living memory -- the 342-page USA Patriot Act -- a scant 45 days after September 11, 2001 with virtually no review or debate because they were bulldozed into believing every, stinking paragraph of it was "urgent"...when it comes to a subject the nation has been ruminating over for more than 60 years --
Health reform under President Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) was inspired by former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Truman supported a national health insurance program and made his stance clear during his presidency; in 1945, he addressed the nation and recommended an establishment of universal health insurance program, federal funding to propel medical education and the construction of hospitals, as well as increased monetary aid for maternal and child health services.
Truman's adamant support for health care reform, established early in his presidential term, continued to be expressed throughout his time in office. In his 1947 State of the Union, Truman stated "[o]f all our national resources, none is of more basic value than the health of our people." In his 1948 address, he said "[t]he greatest gap in our social security structure is the lack of adequate provision for the Nation's health.". ...
for some reason the Blue Dogs in your own party need just a liiiiiittle more time to ponder it. Just a little more time to hem and haw. Just a little more time to stall it to death playing this game (From "The Lion in Winter"):
Henry: You know me well enough to know I can't be stopped.
Eleanor: I don't have to stop you. I have only to delay you. Every enemy you have has friends in Rome. We'll cost you time.
And as every single Liberal knows from years of bitter experience, the only way you are ever going to budge these fuckers off the dime is to stand on their political necks
until they pop.
Fortunately, I believe you've got a guy tailor-made
for the job.
So either cry "Rahm-bo!" and let slip the Dogs of War already, or quit asking the Liberals who spent their precious time and money getting you elected to take you seriously on any other issue again.
