Arkady's Thoughts

After Ben Nelson sold his principles down the river I posed a theoretical question on FaceBook of whether or not the entire Senate is broken. In a clip below, MS NBC, spends two minutes discussing special interest payoffs, sweetheart deals and special breaks for privileged groups.  I have no idea what is more stunning, the fact that MSNBC is actually reporting this or that our Senators are brazen enough to pull this off.  After the 17th Amendment some 80 years ago the policies and responsibilities of Senators dramatically changed.  Because Senators are now elected by the people they no longer have a responsibility to the country, but to the forces that elect them.  This in turn prompts Senators to ensure that they get re-elected or in the worst case slap their name on a piece of federally funded property thereby establishing their prominence for ages to come.    Has this gotten completely out of control?  ObamaCare in it's current version is ext...

Steve Crowder's new video shows a chilling tale of a once prosperous and mighty city brought down to it's knees.  What is particularly interesting about Detroit is the general misconception about it's demise and if you were to ask the average American or perhaps even yourself - why is Detroit hurting - the typical answer would probably be:  struggling car companies.  While an explanation to something as complicated as to what can destroy an entire city is never one sided and often requires careful examination, there is a great deal of information to suggest that the struggling car companies may just be a small component of Detroit's fiscal and social ruin.  Crowder does a great job of tackling some of the key aspects of Detroit's failure and he pulls no punches on what he believes is the only and obvious culprit, government.  Not just any government, but liberal dominated government and the myriad of problems associated with leftist agendas including powerful ...