As mentioned often before, I’ve no particular political bent, but write much about politico’s because they continually appear in the news and have so much influence on all of our lives. I do, however, tend to favor Republican thinking where the economy’s concerned because more of them have an understanding of how it really works.
I also find that Democrats seem to function in a world they desire to live in, even though it doesn’t exist. And while facing documented facts, results and data proving their theories are incorrect, they nonetheless keep repeating the same mistakes. Exactly as described by Einstein, who believed “insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
In trying to figure out how politicians in particular could be so functionally inefficient and ill informed regarding reality, I’ve lately started to look up their bio’s for background information. Because although I’m well aware that the incumbent has no experience whatsoever that could possibly prepare him for the job he now holds, and evidently hasn’t learned much more while in office, I also wonder about many others. For example, just last week discovering that this Schultz woman in Florida has no practical experience either, but still makes important decisions without compunction, greatly harming her state and constituents.
I bring this subject up today because many Republicans correctly feel that the surviving Boston bomber should be held as an enemy combatant, giving law enforcement and government an opportunity to question him without his being able to employ Miranda rights, thereby remaining silent and immediately engaging a lawyer.
Now, although this seems logical to me, whereas there seems to be enough information available to at least not rush into some kind of knee-jerk reaction before determining how to proceed, this democrat senator, Carl Milton Levin, began spouting yesterday that he hadn’t seen enough evidence indicating that the two perps in Boston didn’t act alone and therefore thinks they're entitled to Miranda protection.
So, once again, I sat in wonder as to how a supposedly intelligent person, a senator no less, could immediately decide that a potential terrorist should be afforded legal protection, giving away the chance to reverse that decision once it’s made, while knowing absolutely nothing about what actually happened or how many others might be involved. And that’s when I decided to look Levin up.
According to Wikipedia, “Born June 28, 1934, [he’s] an American politician who serves as the senior United States Senator from Michigan, serving since 1979. He is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, and is a member of the Democratic Party.”
It continues “Born in Detroit, Michigan, Levin is the graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School. He worked as the General Counsel of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission from 1964 to 1967, and as a special assistant attorney general for the Michigan Attorney General's Office. Levin was elected to the Detroit City Council in 1968, serving from 1969 to 1977, and was president of the City Council from 1973 to 1977.”
So, here’s another lifelong politician with no training, background or experience providing him with the knowledge required to formulate an intelligent decision on the aspects of terrorism this suspect might be involved in. And before even taking the time to make an informed decision, this senator decided it’s okay with him if the suspect lawyers up, shutting off any hope of learning the real truth from him.
As for me, I don’t know what the answer is, but there’s a major flaw in our system when simply because enough folks voted for a moron, the rest of the nation faces the perils that incompetence creates. And, who knows, we might even see the day when a know-nothing, uneducable zealot gained enough power to sink our economy, destroy our foreign policy, force unemployment through the roof while destroying the greatest health care system in the world and depleting our military capability at the same time.
But I think I’m probably overreacting because what I just wrote couldn’t possibly happen here, could it?
That’s it for today folks.
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