Neo-Con or Neo-Fascist?

The most amazing thing happened yesterday. All the Republicans voted in a block against the latest stimulus package put forth by the Obama administration. That wasn’t the amazing thing though; it was that the die was cast before they even saw the plan in its entirety. House Republican leader John Boener was telling his fellow Republicans that they were going to vote “No” no matter what the bill said. They are trying to play to their base for the 2010 election cycle instead of trying to put the brakes on the economic downhill slide they helped to create. For the last eight years Boener & Co. have been unabashed cheerleaders for every spending program Bush and the Republican leadership proposed, now he and his fellow house members want us to believe that they are fiscal conservatives who are watching out for all of us. The same bunch who happily welched on their 1994 “Contract On America” when they figured we weren’t looking are now hoping we’ll forget the real origins of the current financial disaster. Remember all the things they promised they would do? Like 12-year term limits on members of the US Congress, the creation jobs and raising worker wages, and require a balanced budget. Here’s a more complete list:

The Fiscal Responsibility Act
The Taking Back Our Streets Act
The Personal Responsibility Act
The American Dream Restoration Act
The National Security Restoration Act
The "Common Sense" Legal Reform Act
The Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act
The Citizen Legislature Act

The Contract had promised 10 bills to implement major reform of the Federal Government. When the 104th Congress assembled in January 1995, the Republican majority sought to implement the Contract. During the first hundred days of the 104th Congress, the Republicans promised to” bring to the floor the ten bills, each to be given a full and open debate, each to be given a clear and fair vote, and each to be immediately available for public inspection". Most of the bills died in the Republican dominated Senate. In fact a November 13, 2000 article by Edward H. Crane, president of the libertarian Cato Institute, stated, "... the combined budgets of the 95 major programs that the Contract with America promised to eliminate have increased by 13%." Now they are apparently taking their marching orders from an out of the mainstream, doctor shopping, Viagra popping radio talk show host to whom they must genuflect or be drummed out of the Neocon Corps. Either there is an extreme disconnect between the Republican view of the country and actual reality, or they are once again putting personal gain ahead of their responsibility to the country. While these kinds of loyalty tests are standard for Republicans, one must wonder who are they loyal to, the country or the party? They seem to have forgotten their much touted campaign talking point of Country First. I believe that the Republicans, as the 21st century Reichsinnenminiserium are working hand in hand with Rush, leading their Reichsinnenminiserium fur Propaganda und Volksaufklarung, in trying to rewrite history as fast as they can, while both keep taking their orders from Karl Rove. All of this deference to Limbaugh is just The Puppet Master quashing all independent thought while keeping everybody moving in lockstep. This is just business as usual for the Neo-Cons as they try to keep grabbing for everything they can get without regard for the consequences.

They aren’t concerned about our future; they are concerned we might catch on.