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Page 14 January 25, 2018 EL SEGUNDO HERALD
Politically Speaking
One Man’s Opinion Another Man’s Opinion
Congress to
Demonstrate Ineffectiveness
By Cristian Vasquez
The government shutdown is a childish battle
of egos between politicians too stubborn and
comfortable in their positions to actually get
work done. Regardless of who one decides to
blame for the second shutdown in less than
four years, there is something particularly
disgusting about this year’s dysfunction. The
fact that military personnel is not getting paid
for their work is unacceptable, to say the
least, and proves what a despicable human
being Sen. Mitch McConnell has become.
Yes, McConnell is a scoundrel who this
past week demonstrated to lack even the
slightest shred of human decency. In the chaos
of this unnecessary government shutdown,
which hopefully has ended by the time this
prints, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri)
proposed a bill that would guarantee pay for
military troops despite the shutdown. The
bill was very similar to the one approved
during the 2013 government shutdown and
would ensure pay, as well as death benefits,
to the men and women serving the country
around the world. However, McConnell in
his infinite hypocrisy killed the bill. Word for
word, the Senator said, “We passed similar
legislation back in 2013 and my hope is that
we can pass funding for the entire government
before this becomes necessary. I am
going to object for tonight.”
The thing was, this bill was necessary at
the time and the senator blocking the bill was
nothing more than a move for political leverage.
He was not only part of reason for the
shutdown, but then became the main culprit
as to why military personnel experienced
an interruption in salary and benefits. The
Kentucky senator, who is part of the party
and conservative ideology that attacks Colin
Kaepernick for the latter’s silent protest
against police brutality, and which claims
that kneeling during the national anthem is
disrespectful to the troops, just gave the entire
military a two-finger salute. McConnell just
told the families of those who serve that it
is more important to win a staring contest
against his political foes than to protect those
who sacrifice to protect us.
The Kentucky senator did not have to block
the bill, yet he did for political leverage. There
are plenty of issues that a politician can be
attacked for, and for a variety of reasons.
However, when the GOP has been beating
the patriotism drum since Sept. 11 and has
used every opportunity to praise and thank
our military personnel, it is disgusting that
its leader blocks a bill that would ensure
the salaries of the same people they parade
around during campaign season. It would
be nice to see Kentucky voters rebuke this
shameful and hypocritical behavior and kick
McConnell out of office -- because if an NFL
player kneeling bothers, then the senator must
be held to that same standard.
Regardless of what happens, McConnell
showed his vile nature. He cares more about
his political gain, as do many in Washington,
than anything else. Instead of the troops being
denied their checks, Congress should go
without a salary. Maybe only then, they can
take their sweet time. •
Democrats Shut Down the Government,
While Kowtowing to Illegals
By Duane Plank
Wonderful weekend, celebrating the first
year of the Trump presidency. A lot going on,
or not going on, as the obstructionist Dems in
the Senate weaponized their votes, shutting
down the government Friday night as they
continue to place the “rights” of the illegal
DACA-ers above the rights and paychecks of
the military men and women protecting our
sacred shores -- or the federal employees who
faced a Monday morning furlough.
Can’t say I noticed any of the effects of
the governmental shutdown last weekend. I
hadn’t planned on visiting a national park, or
the Statue of Liberty, anyway.
No, the establishments that I favor in my off
hours, many that open at 6 a.m. and close the
next day at 2 in the morning, were apparently
not affected by the government shutdown.
Protests galore last weekend, as the Dems
and their acolytes rallied to support women. I
will go on the record here. I support women!
But great. Rally around, march around. And
you and your brethren protest…whom, what?
Trump? Men? Or maybe another Hollywood
liberal, so help me, James Franco, who took
advantage of a gal half his age who was trying
to “sleep” to stardom in Hollywood? Many of
the leftist privileged Hollywood-ers addressed
the protesting throngs, adding their shrill and
pointless comments to the mix.
That is not to expunge the misdeeds of the
male – and occasionally female -- miscreants
who have been allowed to run rampant in
places like the liberal bastion, cover-up-forall,
Hollywood.
Ticked off a bit here. Paid to buy the Trump
book, Fire and Fury, and also added the Hillary
book, What Happened? Ordered the books
on Amazon, which apparently is on a straight
path to owning the world. They are omnipresent.
I sometimes despise them, by the way. As
you all know, Amazon, Facebook, Google and
You Tube apparently run the world. And, kind
readers, how much time do you waste each day
on those websites, not to mention staring at
your phone like a zombie, not living your life?
Anyway, it is five days after ordering the
tomes and I haven’t seen the books yet, but
have seen countless emails from Amazon,
mentioning delays in delivery.
Currently watching the libs on CNN, as
Nancy Pelosi and the others who are still getting
paid with a government shutdown rail on
incoherently about the shutdown… and as CNN
cheers on the resistors, possibly marching like
lemmings off a political cliff as we set sights
on the critical November mid-term elections
when the party in power typically takes a hit
with voters exercising their power to “throw
the bums out.”
So as Cali turns more into a place where
no one except the entrenched rich, or illegal
immigrants, should desire to live -- a sanctuary
state -- my nephew Nolan, godson to me, said he
wants to get out of Cali after the leftist AG
shockingly called for fining firms if they violate a
state law (not a federal law) that protects illegals.
Love a state that protects illegals, eh? I wonder
what the cost of a neat little two-bedroom,
two-bath bungalow nestled in a picturesque
portion of Western Canada is? Oh, Canada! •
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