This is a transcript of Joe Vecchio's daily "Cup O' Joe Report" podcast, availaible via "screaming audio" here and posted with the permission of the author.It's frustrating for me and for others on the left as we watch the slow and torturous decline of the United States, hoping against hope that we can somehow slow it or even reverse it, because unlike our counterparts on the right, we actually believe in the things this country is supposed to stand for. We believe in individual rights and freedoms, we believe in equality under the law and that the law, not any single person or small group of people, is where the ultimate authority lies. We don't believe in big government or small government, we believe only in the idea that the government has an important and necessary role to play in our every day lives, and that it exists in balance with free enterprise and a free press. When government is run by people who also believe that, it works well for everyone.
The Bush administration, the Republican leadership, and their financial backers don't see it that way, of course. Where we liberals try to build systems that counter the darker side of our nature, and that we hope will serve our children and grandchildren as well as they serve us, they want to build systems that encourage that darker side, and aren't concerned with the long-term consequences of their actions. It's no coincidence that every time that the conservatives take the reins of power, they manage to screw up so badly. Every problem this country has faced in the last five years could have been dealt with by a competent government that understands what its role is. Instead we have a government run by people who hate the very idea of government. I think the results speak for themselves.
Click Here To Listen To The PodcastCup O' Joe - Blog Of The Working Man's Thinking Man!The Cup O' Joe Report podcast is available free of charge to any radio show who wishes to use it. The views expressed by Joe Vecchio are entirely his own and do not necessarily reflect the viewpoint of any organization he belongs to.Listen to the Cup O' Joe Report on these radio shows:
Head On Radio with Bob KincaidAll Things ReconsideredFourth Estate RadioBig Phil's Love ParadeJoe Vecchio is a proud member of the
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