If we could have done away with the chortling in the background, Krystal Ball would have been right on.
I no longer feel badly for John Boehner. He is going to have to step up to the plate and force the votes that need to happen to raise the debt ceiling and it must happen tomorrow. He must not allow the thugs in Congress to bring the country down on its economic knees. I feel as though those tea party republicans are enemy combatants attempting to destroy our nation. They must be treated as such.
If Boehner loves his country more than his speakership , then he must do what is right, ignore the Hastert rule (which is suspiciously undemocratic in the first place) and bring two important votes to the floor. We have run out of time.
If Boehner does not, the President must draw from the various amendments to place an emergency measure in place and by-pass the normal channels. The bills must be paid.
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Lots of folks are moaning and groaning about the national parks and monuments being closed, in particular, the ones on the Mall. I am friends with some of those people and I am related to some of them. I think everyone is thinking locally and not looking at the big national picture. All over the nation, little towns exist because of the national parks. Springdale, Utah springs to mind, right outside of Zion National Park. The entire town is there for tourists. Moab, Utah is another town that exists for Arches National Park. Packwood, Washington caters to those visiting Mt. Rainier from the south of the mountain. No one would go to Packwood unless they had to get to Mt. Rainier.
