On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:48 AM, CeJ <jann...@gmail.com> wrote: > The turning over of the House of Reps to the Republicans demonstrates > clearly one thing (to me at least): > That American voters, as diverse as they are, tend to prefer the > incoherence of the Republicans to the incoherence of the Democrats.
CB: For now. And definitely for the last thirty years. The Republicans and the rightwing have been dominant for thirty years. They have been made dominant by the majority of US voters. It's scary. Sort of low grade fever fascism. > > The incoherence of the Republicans is the idea that they stand for > 'fiscal responsibility' while they plan to spend even more of the > federal budgets on the military, intelligence and 'national > security'--indeed the Republicans announced that the day of the > election. > > The incoherence of the Democrats is that they would talk about the > need to reduce military spending while going along with the budgets > the national security bureaucracy asks for year after year--and then > adding to them with an expanded 'mission' in Afghanistan. > > The incoherence of the Republicans is that they would of course > consult with key allies in major foreign policy decisions but announce > to their supporters in the US that no one but Americans influenced > foreign policy. > > The incoherence of the Democrats is that they would make a big deal > about consulting key allies, go ahead and act more or less > unilaterally, and then give speeches about how the US has a > responsibility to consult key allies and pretend that the US obeys by > international laws. > > The incoherence of the Republicans is signing on to crap 'health care > coverage' patterned after the state of Mass. (the success of a > Republican governor there) while saying that America and Americans > have the best health care in the world and don't need major reform. > > The incoherence of the Democrats is saying it's tragic that up to 80 > million Americans don't have access to health insurance and even > health care (because they lack insurance) and then going on to sign > onto crap coverage patterned after the Republican crap plan piloted in > the stae of Mass. > > I could go on, but I think the point is: The Republicans are much > better at selling the imperialist fantasy vision of America at the > center of the world, America right or wrong, America the chosen people > with a godly mission to make the rest of the world more like > America--not because Americans want that but the rest of the world > wants it and needs it. > > It's hard to make much of mid-term elections when so few people > actually vote in them. It's the presidential elections where you see > so much of the fantasy machine cranked up to a level beyond human > capacity to absorb it (the last best hope of mankind rests on one > man's shoulders, ladies and gentlement I give you Prophet and Messiah, > the next President of the US). The religion of America really is > America (which is an ideology as circular as it is incoherent), and > until something comes along to shatter that, I'm afraid the world's > only superpower can't enjoy OECD levels of anything, while it drags > its key OECD allies and satellites down with it. > > The Republican H of R won't be able to turn back the clock and revert > America back to the mortgage securities and commodities speculation > bubbles of 2000-2008. The question is where will it and a mostly > willing Democratic Senate and WH take the US in dealing with the bad > economy and the unviable fiscal situation? > > CJ > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
