Comments on: What’s In My Interest? http://mytimetowaste.com/whats-in-my-interest/ …And yours too, apparently. Beware sarcasm. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich Beckman http://mytimetowaste.com/whats-in-my-interest/#comment-96 Rich Beckman Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:41:25 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=185#comment-96 Governing the country from Washington is not at all analogous to trying to ride herd on congress to pass a particular bill. The former is done through the existing infrastructure of the various federal departments. The latter requires lots of face time with various representatives and senators. Since Miller was addressing legislators, it is reasonable to assume that the audience understood that Obama's absence from Washington would make passing health care less likely. Governing the country from Washington is not at all analogous to trying to ride herd on congress to pass a particular bill.

The former is done through the existing infrastructure of the various federal departments. The latter requires lots of face time with various representatives and senators.

Since Miller was addressing legislators, it is reasonable to assume that the audience understood that Obama’s absence from Washington would make passing health care less likely.

]]> By: Rick Jr. http://mytimetowaste.com/whats-in-my-interest/#comment-95 Rick Jr. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:38:02 +0000 http://mytimetowaste.com/?p=185#comment-95 If Washington can govern Hawaii from where it's at, I fail to see how Obama being elsewhere affects his ability to run things, especially given the current state of electronic connectedness of, well, just about everything. Also, I'm not sure what "racial slur" was used. I checked "gallivanting" to see if it had some sort of racism in its etymology, but it doesn't, so I'm left with "Gorilla Glue" and the possible association of a black man with a gorilla. If that's the case, then I guess it's <em>possible</em> it was used racially, but Gorilla Glue is the go-to glue for getting things to stick. I use it as a suggestion whenever something needs glued -- much like I would use duct tape if ever something is moving that shouldn't be. So perhaps Senator Miller was just thinking like me. Unless he had something racist in mind, in which case, he can duct tape his mouth shut. If Washington can govern Hawaii from where it’s at, I fail to see how Obama being elsewhere affects his ability to run things, especially given the current state of electronic connectedness of, well, just about everything.

Also, I’m not sure what “racial slur” was used. I checked “gallivanting” to see if it had some sort of racism in its etymology, but it doesn’t, so I’m left with “Gorilla Glue” and the possible association of a black man with a gorilla. If that’s the case, then I guess it’s possible it was used racially, but Gorilla Glue is the go-to glue for getting things to stick. I use it as a suggestion whenever something needs glued — much like I would use duct tape if ever something is moving that shouldn’t be.

So perhaps Senator Miller was just thinking like me.

Unless he had something racist in mind, in which case, he can duct tape his mouth shut.

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