Pleeeease

Oh please. This guy is too much. Rep. Barton wants to be the head of the House Energy and Commerce Panel. He says he wants to be General Patton and shoot down the Obama Administration. Seriously?? He has to make some primitive 10th grade slideshow about how rugged and daring he is? Is this how they do it in the GOP? Bang on their chests to earn a chairman's role?

If you recall, he was the guy that apologized to BP because we were being too hard on them. Uh huh, you wreck the coastline of several states but don't come down hard on them. Sheesh.

In other news, a Christian woman is sentenced to death... for something she said. Yeah, it's Pakistan but you'd think we were dealing with the Middle ages here. Perhaps we are. This is what we deal with in this section of the world. A backwards, unlearned crowd that still behave like witch trials are every day news. Where science is barely knowing washing your hands is a good thing. Can we ever 'win' with these people and show them what a democracy is? They are barely more than feudal. It's like going back in time and trying to convince the South that slavery is bad. They wouldn't get it.

Honestly, we're better off throwing billions of dollars at these countries with the caveat that they promise to just build modern schools. Perhaps in a generation we can talk to these people again. Give them some pride but also give them some smarts.

We simply need more time.