This item really needs more attention: it would appear that the Congressional GOP has announced that a major education/health spending bill, literally zero procurements, because of Republican partisan viciousness.
Check it out here: http://www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/bal-te.squabble08nov08,0,2192923.story
Part of this awful Republican attack is an attack on an entire political party. It is about as mean-spirited, vindictive, and partisan as it gets.
This is an attack is also an attack not just on a political party, but on all the people who live in lands represented on the party.
This Republican attack is an attack on me and you. It is an attack on our state governments. It is an attack on our local governments. It is an attack on our regional economies. It is an attack on our culture.
The cynicism knows no bounds: the emperor proclaims an unfunded "No Child Left Behind" proclamation which is really a stealth attack on the public school system, and then the Republicans in the Congress won't even share A SINGLE DOLLAR of the GREATLY DIMINISHED EDUCATION AND HEALTH SPENDING UNDER BUSH with anyone who is not living in a red state.
Really, it's just too reprehensible.
And it needs circulation. This maneouver in the Congress needs to be heralded from the tops of the tallest buildings in the country. It is just gone too far.