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The Book of the Week is “100,000 First Bosses, My Unlikely Path as a 22-Year-Old Lawmaker” by Will Haskell, published in 2022.
This slim volume contained a personal account of an idealistic, fresh college graduate who made a difference in politics, by getting himself elected to the state senate of Connecticut. According to the book (which appeared to be credible although it lacked Notes, Sources, References, or Bibliography and an index), the author learned that only about $6 million would be the total annual costs to Connecticut taxpayers for providing a tuition-free, two-year degree to all community college students who wanted to earn one.
Read the book to learn of additional informational political gems, such as how, in connection with creative legislative bills: oil lobbyists came to cooperate with leading environmentalists; and both Republicans and Democrats voted yes together– as they liked to see taxes cut for businesses while college tuition was reduced for students, respectively; and learn about the proposal that triggered a “… ridiculous round of questioning [that] was a performance for the Second Amendment fan club in the back row of the hearing room” and much more about how young adults can make a difference through getting elected to political office, and what they have to do to get started.
ENDNOTE: It bears repeating that the reason voting is so important– even though most Americans feel as though their vote doesn’t count, or that it might be miscounted due to error or foul play– is that:
Democracy requires that a significant number of people show through voting that they believe in the democratic process. Otherwise, a very harmful leader (like Nixon) could be elected or reelected in a landslide (like in 1972) due to low voter turnout!
Anyway, along these lines, here’s a little ditty about what Donald Trump was thinking or saying to his allies on January 6, 2021.
GIMME SOME BLUFFING
sung to the tune of “Gimme Some Lovin” (the studio version, in stereo) with apologies to Steve Winwood and the Spencer Davis Group.
Hey!
Well, my vote count’s rising,
got my crew on the floor.
Four years I’ve been rockin’
and I’m getting four more.
Stop the steal, people, and don’t you dare leak.
Find me more votes, my VP is weak.
And I’m, so mad they rigged this.
So mad they rigged this.
Why won’t you gimme some bluffing,
gimme some bluffing,
gimme some bluffing,
what do you say?
Hey!
Well, I need to cause chaos,
everyone’s getting slammed.
I’ll take charge Tweeting,
dem-AH-racy be damned.
Been a hard year.
My machine is well-oiled.
I can’t relax.
My plot’s getting foiled.
And I’m, so mad they rigged this.
So mad they rigged this.
Why won’t you gimme some bluffing,
gimme some bluffing,
gimme some bluffing,
what do you say?
Hey!
Well, I feel so good,
the vote count’s gettin’ higher.
I won’t take it easy,
’cause the situation’s dire.
Better bluff and blame Cheney
’cause we’ve got so much to do.
We’ll make the states crazy
and then I’ll pardon you.
And I’m, so mad they rigged this.
So mad they rigged this.
Why won’t you gimme some bluffing,
what do you say?
Gimme some bluffing,
I’ll get my way.
woo woo
Gimme some bluffing,
gimme some bluffing,
what do you say?
Hey, hey,
woo woo
gimme some bluffing…