baaah

when the house republicans let the CHIPS fall where they may 127,000 kids were the victims and heirs of this state's naked disregard for insuring their healthcare...

and, too, the great light in the governor's office had already been blown out with his promise of veto--
but then the gov sits in the dark most days so who would have noticed?

and 'turns out it was only the house democrats that saved this fragile democracy for another election cycle, by chubbing as long as it took to kill the voter ID bill, which would have disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of elderly and poor citizens of this state...nothing amazes me more than the casual disdain shown by senate and house republicans for "the least of these," with a few exceptions [senator carona, thank you!], and the obsequious genuflection in the direction of anything well-monied...

the insurance industry comes to mind...with remarkable care, republicans of both houses carved out exceptions for this group such that the insurance agency has not been held accountable for lo these 14 years...my, my, how time flies...and now the guv is going to call a special session so that they can have 2 more? how does that occur without some gawdamighty 'tender' handling of that industry for election purposes...truly a miracle of modern political science...like turning water into rare, million dollar vintage wine...

it is so discouraging, and yet such a relief, that they have sine died. hip hip, bah.