> This is hardly the place for a political argument, but I believe a pragmatic approach is entirely compatible with robust debate. Interestingly enough, your "

> This is hardly the place for a political argument, but I believe a pragmatic approach is entirely compatible with robust debate. Interestingly enough, your "pragmatic approach" involves chiding Repubs for not making proposals even though they actually did. Why are you blaming Repubs for your ignorance of their proposals? (I'm not saying that it's necessarily wrong to blame them - I'm asking why you are doing so.) btw - You do realize that the fellow with the pipe is a smug parasite, right? Snark, while "cool", isn't actually productive. It's a way to feel superior without actually doing anything that justifies the feeling.