Defining The Nuclear Option For Liberals.

This might be one of the most difficult blogs I've posted because it's about American History and the erosion of liberty. If you happen to be a liberal stop now. You won't understand one thing that's about to be written. But if you want to try here we go. I harken back to something that was said my first year of teaching in 1968 by a 9th grader, Augie Blake: "Why study history? There ain't no future in it".
There was a vote taken in the United States Senate yesterday to eliminate what's called 'The Nuclear Option'. First, I'm don't how the Senate came up with that phrase because the process was established by our Founding Fathers and I don't think that word was in their vocabulary. Regardless, what it basically says is that when the President nominates a person for a position in the government and the minority party thinks that person is not worthy they can filibuster(talk incessantly) about why they are against that person. Also, it would take a 60% vote of the Senate to seek approval. As of yesterday Harry Reid decided to put a vote up in the Senate that said this approval would only take a 50% vote and since the Dems hold the majority in the Senate they can pass laws without discussion. It is apparent that what the Reid folks want is to fill executive positions and the federal courts with Saul Alinsky type radicals. One big concern of the 'Pubs is that this would cover the naming of Supreme Court nominees but Sen. Reid said this would not happen. If you believe that then you are zombie brain dead. In 2005 the Dumbs were afraid the Republicans were going to enforce the nuclear option and got on the floor of the Senate to rail against their arrogance. At the time Republicans were in the majority. Joe Biden, Harry Reid and, yes, Barack Obama were almost ballistic in their speeches about how this would destroy the purpose of the Constitution and it's impact on the people. Remember Augie Blake? If you are a Liberal you don't because I mentioned him at the beginning of this post and by now you've already forgotten him and what he said. History lesson, please, MJ Hawkeye. In 1936 that great socialist, Franklin Deficit Roosevelt, decided he needed laws passed for his benefit. He decided there should be not nine justices on the Supreme Court but fifteen. When a judge turned seventy he wanted them to have forced retirement and then he could replace them with his own guys. This was referred to as 'Court Packing'. Even the Democrats of the Thirties saw this for what it was; the United States brand of the Soviet Politboro and denounced it as evil.
What happened yesterday, the Nuclear Option vote, is a bad thing in the short run especially if Obama wants to nominate a communist, like himself, for the Supreme Court. In the long run I like the vote. People, even wussy senators on the Right can be pushed only so far. This power grab is going to come back and bite the Dumbs in the butt. Hopefully, in the election of 2014.