This is Just Lovely

* In her first Senate column, Deb Fischer made it clear she'll weigh in on Environmental Protection Agency rules and regulations as a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and work to "reduce burdensome regulations" on small businesses as a member of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee.


I have a feeling that Fisher was referencing agribusiness in particular here.  AKA the freedom of agribusiness to treat crops with whatever chemicals that they think could maybe produce results they like and the freedom to crowd food animals into industrial-level shit & virus factories where they can be fattened and slaughtered in mass.  The smell of the Nebraska countryside in summer is something best not thought about when you take your next meal. 

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You surely agree dear reader that those who abuse their romantic partners are the lowest of the low.  This is a commonly held opinion and I do not claim to be exceptionally brave or egalitarian for having it.  Having said that it seems that the Unicameral for this deep red state is resorting to downright esoteric means of kowtowing to the gun lobby while showing off their Real American tribal feathers.  Sure there's more visceral pleasure in 'Goodbye Earl/Thelma & Louise' revenge fantasies but wouldn't a better solution be one that leads to less death and dismemberment instead of more?  How about expanding the safety net to something that actually helps people; so that those who find themselves in poisonous relationships will be more easily able to leave them?