MA Senate Race vs. Haiti
It’s a whole new game!
Congress is once again more balanced. Well, at least it’s less-partisan. Senator-elect Scott Brown, running as a Republican in a MA special election to fill Teddy Kennedy’s vacant seat, was elected by We the People over the Democratic hopeful … nay, shoe-in … Marsha Coakley.
Coakley’s loss was a stunning embarrassment for the White House, altho’ Brown said it wasn’t about Prez O. It also signaled big political problems for the president’s party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide.
Brown’s victory was so sweeping (10% more votes than Coakley), he even won in the Cape Cod community where Sen. Edward Kennedy, the longtime liberal icon, ruled for decades.
Brown will finish Kennedy’s unexpired term, facing re-election in 2012. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pledged to seat Brown immediately, a hasty retreat from pre-election Democratic threats to delay his inauguration until after the health bill passed.
The election overshadowed the Haitian tragedy; at least for a day. Now in the 8th day after the massive earthquake, Haitians are now in recovery mode, having exhausted rescue efforts. I occasionally watch the nightly news to augment my internet information gathering. I continue to be amazed at the anger toward the USofA. BY OUR OWN PEOPLE! I would love to see balanced reporting … show some people who are not angry at us. I know that the major networks operating operatus thinks that bad news is the only news, but what irks me is that (I believe) most Americans get their knowledge base from the Networks and not from their own investigations. People shouldn’t let others think for them. And, the networks shouldn’t be shading their opinions by claiming that they are reporting the news. At least not all the news. It’s as if the reporters on the ground are being told to find all the worst scenarios (admittedly needed to give a total picture) and to ignore any good scenarios. This is just plain wrong. So, I rely on internet news sources and form my own conclusions. Pray for the people of Haiti and their volunteer attending workers.
In this day in history: 1945 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt inaugurated to 4th term as Prez of USofA; 1961 - John F. Kennedy inaugurated as Prez of USofA; 1969 - Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as Prez of USofA; 1981 - Iran hostages released within minutes of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as Prez of USofA;
On a positive note: It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it. No, really. Steve Bach, a Wisconsin farmer, has a machine on his farm to capture methane gas, a natural product of cow manure, and use it to power electric generators. That’s the good news. The bad news is that there is still solid waste to dispose of. No, wait … that’s more good news: the solid waste is fertilizer without the annoying smell of the methane. So, win-win, eh?
Blessings.