Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Showing them how it's done
While the unspeakably hypersatanic all-consuming all-destroying mass-murdering genocidal monstroids in DC continue their 23-year-long scorched-earth war of occupation on what's left of America, some state governments are showing that normal competent action is still possible. The Wash state legislature is experimenting with a unique nonpartisan coalition:
The Senate voted 25-23 to adopt new rules that will see each party chair six committees, but the Republican-controlled majority will chair the most powerful committees, including the budget, education and healthcare. Democrats have agreed to co-chair three committees - Sen. Brian Hatfield (D-Raymond) on the Agriculture, Water and Rural Economic Development Committee, Sen. Steve Hobbs (D-Lake Stevens) on the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee, and Sen. Tracey Eide (D-Federal Way) on the Transportation Committee. Earlier, members of the coalition rejected a power-sharing counter proposal that would have seen a co-chair from each party on all committees. Tom, the coalition’s choice for majority leader, called for a tone of cooperation and collaboration. “We have a lot of pressing issues in front of us and it is going to take all of us working together side by side.”But some of the legislators still prefer insanity:
Sen. Karen Keiser (D-Federal Way) said it was a sad day for the Senate and called it “politics of the other Washington.” “The voter’s choice apparently doesn’t matter here today,” she said.Perfectly Orwellian, perfectly fucking idiotic, perfectly murderous. Comrade Keiser has it exactly backwards. Coalition government is the EXACT FUCKING OPPOSITE of the "other Washington", and coalition government is at least an attempt to give the voters what they want. Remains to be seen if it will work as planned, but it's holding together pretty well at this point. ¶ 3:56 AM
