Friday Fish Wrap: July 31, 2009

It’s been a week of dreams deferred and dreams answered. I’m just grateful that I’ve got a great crop of heirloom tomatos coming along as it takes the sting out of the dreams deferred … healthcare reform denied until at least September when Congress reconvenes.

Here’s the bottom line. They’d better damn well get it done by years’ end, or it won’t get done at all.

I have my doubts, because I believe the summer recess from that ‘special needs’ school known as Congress, will give the finge wingnuts and the Blue Dogs time to truly sink the whole idea. The fringe, having run out of plausible arguements entirely, are now claiming that HR 3200 is mandating euthanasia for old people ( that’s why AARP is supporting it, of course) and abortions. The Blue Dogs, having long forgotten the huge blank check for two unnecessary wars, keeps nattering on about “it’ll cost too much!”

It could drive one to drink. If I weren’t already there.

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