I have many conflicting thoughts on this judicial compromise though my first thought is that, thank God the centrists prevailed.
My reservations however are that this is the proverbial foot in the door where the corporate evangelical right wing, absent busting down the door, thrives. For instance, my teacher girlfriend and I (as well as many others) see No Child Left Behind as a ‘foot in the door’ type piece of legislation whereby our friends are looking to undermine and get out of the public school business entirely. One can easily see this with the Social Security ‘debate’.
We can see this strategy employed in many areas though however. Insofar as corporations are concerned one can see this manifesting itself with the ‘Healthy Forests’ initiative and many other pieces of environmental legislation. It is easily seen with the domestic evangelical pandering that goes on as well – a chipping away that drives the door further open. One might also see the chipping away at Clinton and his persona and actions in light of this as well (industry wanted a war that they finally got with Bush, who remarkably compared to Clinton is Teflon).
So they jam their foot in the door and then use their ever-loudening, ever-growing (PBS here they come) media megaphone to send their message out.
So in the end I guess it a little sad that Democrat’s allowed this foot in the door compromise. I think it does show some gumption on their part to do so and save our country from the possible hurt and pain that this might have caused, but unfortunately it does nothing to show, beyond all the marketing hype and destructive politics, what this right-wing corporate evangelical machine is really about. Too many people’s eyes shall be closed or glazed over that much longer.
My reservations however are that this is the proverbial foot in the door where the corporate evangelical right wing, absent busting down the door, thrives. For instance, my teacher girlfriend and I (as well as many others) see No Child Left Behind as a ‘foot in the door’ type piece of legislation whereby our friends are looking to undermine and get out of the public school business entirely. One can easily see this with the Social Security ‘debate’.
We can see this strategy employed in many areas though however. Insofar as corporations are concerned one can see this manifesting itself with the ‘Healthy Forests’ initiative and many other pieces of environmental legislation. It is easily seen with the domestic evangelical pandering that goes on as well – a chipping away that drives the door further open. One might also see the chipping away at Clinton and his persona and actions in light of this as well (industry wanted a war that they finally got with Bush, who remarkably compared to Clinton is Teflon).
So they jam their foot in the door and then use their ever-loudening, ever-growing (PBS here they come) media megaphone to send their message out.
So in the end I guess it a little sad that Democrat’s allowed this foot in the door compromise. I think it does show some gumption on their part to do so and save our country from the possible hurt and pain that this might have caused, but unfortunately it does nothing to show, beyond all the marketing hype and destructive politics, what this right-wing corporate evangelical machine is really about. Too many people’s eyes shall be closed or glazed over that much longer.
