By the way nothing will get done without a Speaker of the House anyway
Seems pretty obvious to many that this was planned by Iran. I hope I am wrong, but I think this is going to lead to US involvement. I don’t have any pat or knee jerk answers at this time. Like all of us I am staying glued to events.
There is a Speaker of the House pro tempore.
Lame. We can solve that in minutes, even days. It is not stopping Biden and Harris from responding, and we can now get a war-focused Speaker. Is that still Jordan? Maybe Trump?
There is a Speaker of the House, just not a permanent one. The house can function today as it did three weeks ago. That is..it can barely function.
I haven’t seen any person suggest that the US get involved beyond giving them arms support and intelligence.
False. The US House continues to operate as normal under the Speaker Pro Tem. They don’t need to elect a Speaker until the new Congress in Jan 2025 is they don’t want to. A new Congress elects a Speaker in Jan to set the rules and swear in the members. Once that is done, a Speaker Pro Tem assumes the role of Speaker until a new Speaker is elected even if that takes months
“The Eastern world, it is explodin’
Violence flarin’, bullets loadin’
You’re old enough to kill but not for votin’
You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re totin’?
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin’
But you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
How you don’t believe
We’re on the eve of destruction
Don’t you understand what I’m trying to say
Can’t you feel the fears I’m feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there’s no runnin’ away
There’ll be no one to save with the world in a grave
Take a look around you boy, it’s bound to scare you, boy
And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
How you don’t believe
We’re on the eve of destruction
Yeah, my blood’s so mad, feels like coagulatin’
I’m sittin’ here just contemplatin’
I can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation
Handful of senators don’t pass legislation
And marches alone can’t bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin’
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’
And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
How you don’t believe
We’re on the eve of destruction
And think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
Ah, you may leave here for four days in space
But when you return, it’s the same old place
The poundin’ of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don’t leave a trace
Hate your next door neighbor but don’t forget to say grace
And you tell me
Over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction
No no, you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction”
Barry McGuire, “Eve of Destruction”
Pretty apt words, I think, for what is going on in the world today
I don’t buy that. No one gives a ceap about the SOTH.
“Whh hoo”, says Hamas, “Kevin McCarthy is gone, let’s kill Jews”.
No.