I used to read all these stories about how George Jones, one of my favorite country singers, had gone on the wagon and was finally turning his life around. There would be a new story every year or so, always by a different reporter who hadn't read the other stories (no Internet back then to make research easy) and hadn't realized that George kept falling off the wagon told that turning-his-life-around story every time he got back on -- "for good this time!"
Old George came to mind when I read this story about another "new direction" courtesty of the Democratic Party, which sounds an awful lot like all the other new directions:
If they retake control of Congress, Democrats will act quickly to increase the minimum wage, lower prescription drug costs and slash interest rates on student loans, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Saturday.
The ideas are part of the Democrats' new domestic agenda, named "New Direction for America," which the party rolled out during the past week. Pelosi, D-California, promoted the plan in the Saturday radio address.
If Democrats came out with something like, "Government is much too big, and we will try to find ways for you to take more control of your lives," THAT would be different. Come to think of it, it would be pretty refreshing coming from Republicans, too.
By the way, is Nancy Pelosi proof that the Peter Principle, which says people are promoted to their level of incompetence, works in politcis, too?
