{"id":4422,"date":"2011-04-05T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T19:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2011-04-05T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T19:02:00","slug":"first-a-rant-and-then-some-chum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=4422","title":{"rendered":"First, A Rant… and then some Chum"},"content":{"rendered":"

An opening lunchtime rant. As I was walking down to get my lunch, they had the president’s news conference on the TV in the cafeteria. He was answering a question about the economy, which got me to thinking about Paul Rand’s horrendous budget proposal<\/a>, and how the talks in Washington are getting nowhere<\/a>. This is just like what happened in Sacramento that led to my thoughts of running for office<\/a>. I just wish the President had grabbed everyone by the shorties and said: “Look: Neither of us was elected by 100% of a single party. That means, to represent our constituants, our views cannot be 100% of one party. Just as the majority cannot run roughshod over the minority (a mistake the Democrats made after the 2008 election), the minority cannot hold the majority hostage. It doesn’t serve the party, it doesn’t serve the country, nor does it serve the people. Being elected by a mix of parties means you must find a compromise position—a position that no one likes but that they can live with. You are not doing your jobs if you don’t understand that”.<\/p>\n

But he won’t say that. No will any other politician. Sigh.<\/p>\n

Now, on to some related observations:<\/p>\n