Surely I cannot be the only American to notice that when the commodity is republican, the future is spilt milk.  Do these people really think out what they're going to do, or is this torture premeditated?

If you think back over the entire Bush administrations, try to think of the issues it concerned itself with that didn't end up being spilt milk.  I can't think of any that matter to me, because what they focused on was division, exploitation, discrimination, and hate.  Basically, the issues they care about are issues they know they can't do anything about.  As predicted, it's been a do nothing Congress - or two - or is it three?

While the republicans were concerning themselves with whether or not it's fair for blacks to get extra points to get into college like rich legacy students do, and while they were concerning themselves with whether or not Joe and Sam's relationship would harm national divorce rates the sanctity of marriage, and while they were running around worried about not leaving children behind - while Condoleezza and Bush were running around making eyes at Putin, believe it or not, there were issues they could have dealt with, that did matter.

The latest I've heard is that it looks like they're considering a tax increase on - guess who - to make up for the alternative minimum tax cut debacle they dreamed up to give to their rich republican friends.  They're considering messing with employee health savings plans.  They have to find the money somewhere.  Oops!  Spilt milk!

And why is it that they never have to find money to wage war, but they have to find it to fund social programs for the living...but I digress.

The imagery that runs through my mind regarding the difference between the parties is quite colorful.  Perhaps I've watched too many cartoons in my lifetime.  When republicans gain power, I envision the episode of 'Rocko's Modern Life,' when a massive vaccuum cleaner with the words 'Suck-O-Matic' emblazened on it, was sucking up everything valuable in its path, like Jr. did with the budget surplus left behind by the democrats.

Rocko's house is extremely filthy. Just as his vacuum cleaner dies, he is brainwashed by a home-shopping channel into buying a slick '50s-style vacuum cleaner called the Suck-O-Matic. The one he gets turns out to a tank-sized vehicle with a huge nozzle and numerous cleaning functions. The Suck-O-Matic works fine so far but when Rocko discovers it can control itself his property is put in danger. Heff and Rocko find the instruction manual for it but the manual gets sucked up. Just as the two along with Spunky are about to get sucked up, the vacuum chokes on an old potato chip. Heff removes the chip and the three get sucked up into the vacuum. The three are now forced to live inside the cleaner along with the rest of O-Town's residents with their own cleaners.

Tell me that's not funny and that it doesn't remind you of Dear Leader and his merry band of Spilt Milk Travelers!

What I envision when democrats have power is something much simpler:  The Street Sweeper from Fractured Fairy Tales.  (Yes, I'm showing my age.)

I thought it might be fun to start a node where everyone can join in and list some of the Spilt Milk Policy we've been afforded over the past six years by the GOP.  I'll start. 

Remember:  Republican Commodities, Spilt Milk Futures!   

My contribution is,

North Korea Tested a Nuclear Bomb? Oooh! Spilt Milk!