Let’s start with some HEADLINES: AMISH TOWN CHARGED ELECTRIC UTILITY ACCESS FEE BILL FORCES JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES TO DONATE BLOOD MOSQUE TAXED TO FUND NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL CONGRESS DENIES TAX EXEMPTION TO SCIENTOLOGISTS LAW FORCES JEWISH DELI TO SERVE CHEESEBURGERS ON SATURDAYS REPUBLICANS DECLARE WAR ON BIRTH CONTROL Every single one of these headlines is [...]
Near the end of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” Harry Potter utters these words as the Centaurs drag the evil Dolores Umbridge into the dark forest to punish her for trespassing as she cries out, “Tell them I mean no harm.” As Congress goes on recess, this seems to be the message that Nancy Pelosi would like the Congressional Democrats to convey to their constituents. “Tell them we mean no harm.”
What do Nancy Pelosi and diapers have in common? They’re usually both full of crap! Usually, but not always. I can name one time that she has been truly honest, and I don’t think it was intentional.
As the year draws to a close, I am not defeated: I am RESOLVED. I am resolved to be even more outspoken, and more insistent. In “Macbeth,” Shakespeare wrote, “Screw Your Courage to the Sticking Place, and We’ll Not Fail.” And that’s what I mean to do.
