{"id":1302,"date":"2014-11-09T08:16:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T13:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2014-11-09T08:16:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T13:16:35","slug":"charles-hugh-smith-if-you-really-think-it-matters-which-party-controls-the-senate-answer-these-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=1302","title":{"rendered":"charles hugh smith-If You Really Think It Matters Which Party Controls the Senate, Answer These Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

charles hugh smith-If You Really Think It Matters Which Party Controls the Senate, Answer These Questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please don’t claim anything changes if one party or the other is in the majority. Anyone clinging to that fantasy is delusional.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

If you really think it matters which political party controls the U.S. Senate, please answer these questions.<\/b>\u00a0Don’t worry, they’re not that difficult:<\/p>\n

1. Will U.S. foreign policy in the Mideast change from being an incoherent pastiche of endless war and Imperial meddling?<\/b>\u00a0Please answer with a straight face. We all know the answer is that it doesn’t matter who controls the Senate, Presidency or House of Representatives, nothing will change.<\/p>\n

<\/span>2. Will basic civil liberties be returned to the citizenry?<\/b>\u00a0You know, like the cops are no longer allowed to steal your cash when they stop you for a broken tail light and claim the cash was going to be used for a drug deal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Or some limits on domestic spying by Central State agencies. You know, basic civil liberties as defined by the Bill of Rights and the U.S. constitution.<\/p>\n

Don’t make me laugh–you know darned well that it doesn’t matter who controls the Senate, Presidency or House of Representatives, nothing will change.<\/p>\n

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