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Clearing the Browser Tabs – Lame Duck Sunday Edition

Jimmie | December 19, 2010 | Comments (0)

If you haven’t been paying attention to the Senate lately, you’ve missed something truly extraordinary. Harry Reid has attempted to jam through four major pieces of legislation before he finds himself with far less power in January, and he’s working on the fifth. I honestly don’t know that we’ve ever seen a lame duck session of Congress try to rush through so much in so short a time in my lifetime, at least. His irresponsibly is staggering. These pieces of legislation — the tax deal, the Omnibus Spending Bill, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal, the DREAM Act, and the START Treaty — all deal with issues that could have, and should have, been dealt with much earlier in the year. We Americans deserved the chance to examine the bills so that we could engage in an informed debate and express our wishes clearly and accurately to our elected officials. We did not get that. Instead, Reid and his Democratic allies played silly political games for months while these issues festered and now they’re rushing to do something, regardless of whether that something is good for the country or not, before they lose their power next month.

And now, links!

There are reasons people distrust lawyers and the race for RNC chair gives us a perfect example of one of them.
The Democrats are bound and determined to keep higher education wholly under their influence, even if they have to lie about for-profit universities.
Among the many reasons to dislike the Estate Tax is that’s it’s pluperfect hell for small business owners. It’s also deeply immoral and un-American, but the progressives need it like we need oxygen.
When Herman Cain wins over Allahpundit, you’d better believe he’s earned a good, long look.
At some point we need to consider Mexico a failed state and act accordingly.
It looks like the Clinton-era “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is headed for repeal in the lame duck session. I admit, I’m torn on the issue. I’m not at all certain that lifting the policy will help our armed services do their job, though I’m sympathetic to the plight of gay soldiers who currently serve. I am certain, however, that much of the opposition to the policy has nothing to do with the armed services’ main mission. It does not help that the most comprehensive study of our soldiers’ opinions of the policy was misreported as badly as it was.
This week’s “This Week in Blogs” is a darned good one.
Nothing is sacred to Michael Bay, not even the moon landing.