This month of January 2010 has been brutally cold in the Northeast USA. Winter has come to the region a bit earlier than I expected but what was more chilling to me were two political events that promise to reshape American politics in ways not seen in years.
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First, my fellow Massachusetts citizens have stunned the world when their majority decided to pick an obscure Republican politician to replace the late Ted Kennedy in the US Senate. The decision was stunning in a million ways. First, the Democrats now are no longer in control in the Senate. This means whatever little ability they had to set the agenda and move forward with meaningful reforms is basically dead now courtesy of the Massachusetts citizens. Secondly, the man they picked made no secret of his intentions to kill any initiatives that would grant the American people some safety nets in the areas of healthcare, finance, consumer rights, education, job protection, etc. What is equally stunning, the voters who always endorsed the democratic and human values defended by the Kennedys, are the very same that decided to set their country back 20 years behind. If this is not schizophrenia, what is? Read the rest of this entry »
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