BUDGET DEFAULT DEBATE AND BESTIALITY

Janus was a two faced Roman God, one face looking to the future the other to the past. I have taken the liberty to using that two faced God to mean two ways of looking at the same data. In the face of 80 % opposition to bombing Syria, Congress members were shocked that the President of the Untied States would even consider doing so. I would agree with the 90% but because of his low-key success in handling foreign affairs, was willing to cut him some slack.

Turn the other face. The American people were shocked that Congress would vote against gun control legislations, vote for oil subsidies, and not vote for immigration reform. President Obama wanted gun control, he did not want oil subsidies to big oil companies, and he wanted immigration reform. A President who tends to “walk softly” wanted to have the “big stick” of a bombing threat when dealing with Syrian President al Assad but Congress was on the brink of refusing to allow him to use his good judgment.

As a person interested in evolutionary psychology, I see in all of this a manifestation of “innate Republican greed for power”. I have watched various animals try repeatedly to achieve some goal. Put some dog food just out of reach of your dog and watch; I don’t really recommend you try this because the dog will try so hard for so long to obtain the food that it ends up being cruel to the dog.

If Obama want something, Republicans will oppose it; no matter what it is. No matter how bad it is for the country. A way to judge individual Republican bestiality is to try to evaluate how much they are willing to hurt themselves to gain power. No matter how illogical or how bad the decisions they make will be for them, they will be persistent until they bleed what power they have; their most treasured access. Biologically ingrained persistence retained by Tea Party Republicans is now being manifest in the bestial environment of Washington D.C.; we should watch the up coming budget default debate with this in mind.  Will they show their Tea Party face of their American face; their bestial face or their altruistic face?  

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