All this talk about nuclear options and whatnot have got me thinking. The quasi-rational Main Street Republicans (you know, the ones dear old dad would have voted for up until Reagan) like Hagel should be called:
Control Rod Republicans
And they are about to be slammed into the core of the wackadoo reactionary Republicans who are about to go "critical" on judicial nominees. Frist. Brownback. Santorum.
Time to "scram" the Senate. Hagel. Voinovich. Snowe.
Enrico Fermi coined the term "scram" in a most mundane sort of way:
"Insert the control rod into the pile, unlatch the winch lock and reinsert the vertical cadmium back into the pile as quickly as possible. If I yell the word `scram,' the axeman will swiftly cut the rope and let the heavy weight rapidly pull the poison cadmium rod into the pile by gravity until it falls into position. If all this fails to shut down the reaction, I will make the dump-the-bucket-signal and all three buckets will be poured into the pile and we will all exit the facility. Are there any questions before we proceed?"
One hand at the back slowly raised from the assembled group. Enrico Fermi was asked by the burly logger, "Sir, just what does `scram' mean?"
Fermi's reply to the assembled group was, "Safety Cut Rope Axe Man."
Safety Cut Rope Axe Man, indeed. These few stalwart Republicans are the last line of defense for preventing the nuclear options from being triggered. Who is the "axeman" in the Senate? Reid? Hagel?