Did I just imagine November 4th? I distinctly remember sitting in my friend Mike's living room with a bunch of people watching results come in.
We worked pretty damn hard since July to get Barack Obama elected. When Wolf finally announced that he had the electoral votes needed we jumped up and down and everyone hugged. I was stoked thinking about all the great legislation that we'd finally be able to pass and get signed into law with our new beefed up House and Senate majority. We might even get the 60 I thought.
First up, an economic stimulus plan full of spending on green energy, scientific research, public transportation infrastructure, and energy efficiency like weatherproofing homes and fixing up schools and federal buildings. But I just have to say WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!
Looking over the list of the latest cuts that are designed to garner enough "Moderate" Republican support I'm not seeing how the final product is going to be different from what Bush and the previous Congress could have cooked up. Who the FUCK WON IN NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!! Why is the goddamn Senate version 40% tax cuts and things like $3.5 billion for Federal Building Greening, $16 billion in School Construction, $1 billion for Energy Loan Guarantees, $65 million for Watershed Rehabilitation, $300 million for a fleet of Federal Hybrid Vehicles are cut? But oh yeah how about $50 billion for nuclear? BULLSHIT.
Obama should veto this shit and throw it back at Congress and tell them to send him a real bill without a single business tax cuts and spending on 100% clean energy. It should make our schools energy efficient palaces of learning and all of our Federal building zero-emission. It should fully reform our electric grid for the future of renewable energy in this country and connect all of our major city with clean efficent high-speed rail lines. The current bill is crap and it needs to be treated like crap. Throw it out and start over.