Categorize the comment on the basis of obscenity. If the comment is obscene output Yes, otherwise output No.

I agree with the writer's assessment of the sad state of current affairs.

Politics is a bloodsport.

Alaska Governor Bill Walker won with the support of the general population. He promoted a fiscal plan that fairly spread the pain of the fiscal crisis.  He wrote it in pencil. He solicited input.  He marched it around the state.  He got broad public support.  The cornerstone of his plan is fairness.  I know this first hand; I spoke to him about it myself.

Then, the Body, which created the fiscal mess, comes back with SB128- putting the fiscal burden on every man, woman, and CHILD in the state. PFD reform is not a good stand alone answer. The public will not abide a PFD raid; perceived or real!

To make matters worse, the Governor applauds the enemy when he needs to go right back for support to his strongest constituency, the general public and demand a better fiscal plan.

This constitutes a sad political strategy to shift the blame from the GOP, to the governor.

Paybacks are a bitch
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Bill, again, you make good points, it's just that, damn, I'd much rather be grateful for what I've got than blaming people who have less for their poor choices. If it were just poor choices, and not some luck of geography, resources, and history, then we'd end up sneering at all the countries in the world except, possibly, maybe who, China? Japan? UK, Germany, and who else? "The poor are poor because of choices they made" is a tough world view. I hope for your sake that karma is just a myth. 

So I wasn't going to respond, since most of what you say is hard to argue, but that last part, I can't resist ... let's see, why would any government resist such a wall? How strange of Mexico to object, right? Proves their bad intentions. And with how successful walls have been everywhere else (China, Berlin, for example), how odd that Mexicans should have doubts.
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Hang 'em high.

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