NYBri's blog

I'll let Nan Hayworth's Facebook entry concerning hurricane relief speak for itself:

"We all know the facts: Hurricane Irene, and other severe-weather events in the South and Midwest, have made it necessary to provide urgent funds that will ultimately reach several billion dollars, possibly 10 billion dollars or more, in the midst of the most massive deficit spending in our country’s peacetime history."

Peacetime? Really? If you want to look into "peacetime history," until the Iraq War II, we have never cut taxes during a time of war. THAT'S the violation or our history, Congresswoman.

Few things have been more unsettling about our political discourse recently than the worship of Stupid on the part of the Republican Party. I'm all for cogent debate about ideological differences, economic policy and it's effect on the job market, the role of government and regulation in our society, but the embrace of mind numbingly idiotic ideas to turn voter frustration into votes is a reflection of how little the Republicans care about the greater good and how much they care about themselves and their corporate sponsors. To my added dismay, Nan Hayworth is a card carrying member of that club.

Perhaps no other policy position exemplifies the embrace of rock brained dumb more than the "privatization of Social Security." (Okay, climate change denying comes close.)