{"id":21686,"date":"2023-01-07T13:30:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T18:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=21686"},"modified":"2023-01-07T13:30:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T18:30:10","slug":"guest-contributor-tomd-07jan2023-republican-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/07\/guest-contributor-tomd-07jan2023-republican-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Contributor &#8211; TomD &#8211; 07JAN2023 &#8211; Republican House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tomd77\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow ugc\">Tom | Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/category\/guest-contributors\/guest-contributor-tomd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TomD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s over now but I think the whole circus has actually been a net positive. The worst thing that could have happened yet another round of Democratic Lite policies from the House. We\u2019ve seen a number of those and just look at where they got us.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe, just maybe this will lead not just to a veto of the egregious Dim policies but also a showcase of policies desperately needed by the country even if not enacted for now.<\/p>\n<p>Also, someone has to look hard at Biden to determine if he is, as I suspect, wholly owned by the Chinese Communist Party. And the Dims simply won\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n<p>The Dims have long concluded that the Constitution, freedom, financial sanity, rational policies, the betterment of the nation all be damned, that the true brass ring is raw power achieved by any means. Anything that hinders their ultimate achievement of that goal is a plus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom | Flickr TomD It\u2019s over now but I think the whole circus has actually been a net positive. 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