....from the Economist
41 Senators can block any bill in Congress. If they happened to come from the smallest states, they would represent about 10% of the US population.
According to this article three things have come together to cause deadlock:
1. Cloture rule in Senate
2. Loss of Kennedy seat in Massachussets
3. Bitter partisanship and a willingness by Republicans to gain political advantage by saying "no" to everything
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About Me
- paul
- I try to be compassionate, ethical, generous, hard working, and engaged in making the world a bit better each day. Sometimes I'm grouchy, forgetful, messy.
LPD Rated
L = Left, as in my politics
P = Personal, as in some posts
D = Derivative, as in incorporating neat things from others
P = Personal, as in some posts
D = Derivative, as in incorporating neat things from others
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Paul and Benny Aboard, Tilghman Creek
Goldie
Here's what gets me into the "zone. " Ain't she pretty?
Roumanian street accordionesse in Amsterdam
Beautiful Music: Roumamian Street Musician in Amsterdam
Ways in Which the World Divides
- People who prefer cake dough knishes and those who prefer flaky dough
- those who hang their toilet paper with the loose end over the top vrs those who like it coming out from underneath
- ...by favorite season. I prefer fall
- Progressives who still have hope for Obama and those who don't
- People who write with a pen or pencil or people who write on a keyboard. Unfortunately I'm one of the latter, it's the piano thing
- People who think unions have improved america and those who think they are a curse.
- People who prefer the Reuben (corned beef and sourkraut) to those who prefer the Rachel (pastrami and cole slaw.)
- Students who learn best by reading, and those who learn by listening to lectures
- People who think bagels are ok with blueberry or cinnamon filling, and those who think they should not be sweet
- People who love to cook with pressure cooker and those who are afraid of the things
- Foods that love to be overcooked (pot roast; brisket) and those that don't (fish; brussels sprouts)
- Adults who like it when it snows, and those who fret about it
- people who like flavored coffee and those who don't
- SUV drivers and the rest.....
- "daddy" vs anything else
- Food processed latkes (smooth) or grated (chunky)
- Some people like snakes, some hate 'em
- People who like flavored coffees and those who do not (is there a correlation with people who like lite beer?)
- middle aged men who can go the night without a trip to the bathroom
- People who can stand to drink lite beer and those who can't
- people who like dark vs milk chocolate
- elastic band vs rubber band
- pop vs. soda
- lean or fatty pastrami
- pastrami or corned beef
- people who sing in tune and those......
- people who sit in the front row, and those sit in the back
- People who like to learn languages and those who do not
- People who think the 60's were great, and those who do not
- People who remember dreams and those who do not
- Sailors vs motor boaters
- Crunchy vs smooth peanut butter lovers
- People who like or don't like long car trips
- People who think honey is healthy and sugar is not
- People who pay their credit card debt in full each month, and those who don't
- Meat vs vegetable eaters
- Math confident vs math phobic
- Fans of football and fans of futball
- People who enjoy running
- People who eat cilantro
- Tomayto vs tomahto
- People who put their coats on their chair backs at a theater
- People willing to go first in a buffet
- Morning vs night people
- People who eat sour cream vs apple sauce on latkes
Bests
- furry slippers in the morning in the winter
- Energetic music in the morning
- First big snow of winter
- Music with 5,7,9, or 11 beats, especially if they alternate from measure to measure
- Funky diners....
- An evening doing nothing but listening to music.....as in tonight!
- learned tastes: brussels sprouts, halvah, celery soda (tonic,) shav
- Making latkes with my mother's recipe
- Listening to my music on shuffle in the car and then going to whatever cd strikes my fancy....often one I forgot I had
- First crisp day of fall
- Nina Simone
- First coffee in the morning
- Moment when you shut off the motor on a sailboat
Worsts
- Running out of hot water for a shower
- Television in the morning
- Pianists making the sweeping bent wrist motion off the keys
- Empirical Political Science
- French fries that aren't brown on the outside
- Moment while taking a bath when your warm back touches the freezing tub back
Things I've changed my mind about
- When I was a kid I always lusted after the variety of nasty looking pocket knives in see through cases in hardware stores. My parents would only let me own a homey boyscout knife. Now that I can buy my own, I'm not very interested in all those nasty looking knives in the case.
- Facebook....I like it
- Till I got goldie, I thought you couldn't have enough accordions. Now I need only one!
- Eat less meat. No I'm not anywhere near a vegetarian yet!
- Ronald Reagan....a little....give him credit for nuclear disarmament
- Opera..... now I like it, sometimes
- Country music.....now I like it
- Importance of genetics vs environment on childrens' personalities
- Counseling. There was a time when I thought it was hooey.
- Obama. I didn't care for him at first. Maybe I'll change my mind again and revert.
- Pacifism...I'm getting convinced
- Swing music....I used to equate it with bubble gum pop (music)
- New Jersey....I'm liking it better
- Lettuce (I don't like it much)
- Spinach (I like it)
- Lima beans: used to hate 'em
- Accordion Music
Things I haven't changed my mind about
- flickr....I still don't like it
- My mother's recipes....can't be beat
- Ronald Reagan...mostly....convinced the American people it was in their interest to go for all kinds of right wing stuff, like trickle down, deregulations, etc.
- Still love grilled cheese sandwiches
- snow, still love it
- Jewish women....
- Gorbachov:: visionary soviet reformer
- Pianists who make that rising sweeping motion off the keys
- Karl Marx: brilliant philosopher
- Regions of the country I like and don't like. I'll leave you to guess.
- The power of nature to bring out the best in us
- Marriage....I keep trying
- Euro pop....still too soft edged for me
- The 1960's...as in I'm still proud to be a child of...
- Richard Nixon
- Lobster...I like the taste, but can't stand the process
- Big bodies of salt water....I need them in my life
- Tongue (to eat...I don't care for it)
- Halvah (I like)
- Swimming pools (I don't like)
Becker Raves
- Sound of ice cracking when you pour in liquid of room temperature
- the way milk poured into coffee disappears to the bottom and then appears and spreads through the top.
- 88 Iranian professors protest violent tactics by govt., saying "violent attacks on defenseless students is not a sign of strength."
- West Virginia figure of speech....the car needs washed; the house needs cleaned
- Droste's hot chocolate
- Facebook as a way to keep track of casual friends...normally I'd just lose them
- Obama's ability to inspire....will that survive his waffling?
- Roz and Ann Payne organized a 350 vigil in Morgantown to support significant climate change in Copenhagen
- All the internet action working for comperhensive health care reform.
- I love writing this blog....way above my expectations. (Does that count?)
Becker RANTS!!
- Pre recorded and synthesized bass lines with a band. Dead Dead Dead
- Male rant number 1..... It seems to me if I am talking to a woman at an event and another woman comes over, she frequently bursts right in and starts a new conversation. Seems that a little more politeness would be to hang around, listen and find a way to fit into the conversation. As with the one below, I believe there is a little gender action going here.
- Male rant number 2: Another possible gender/civility occurrence... I don't care for the interaction when a woman friend comes over to me at an event, and before saying, "Hello, how are you?" Says, "where is your wife?"
- Opening a new cd package, especially the ones with the code taping the halves together on the side....especially when you're eager to hear new music!
- People who can't drive in snow (isn't that crotchety of me?)
- Uganda passes death penalty for gays law following visit by three US fundamentalists speaking on dangers of "gay"
- ...when people turn perfectly nice nouns into verbs. I call this verbizing. ... as in bureaucratize, transition
- People talking on cell phones at check out or in restaurant
- Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley,, and JP Morgan Chase hand out $29.7 billion in bonuses in 09. That's a record.. Wreck the economy and then receive socialism for the rich. That's a pretty good deal!
- Blue Dog Dems willingness to sacrifice all Health care for narrow issues!
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