"Stupid is as Stupid Does"
Forrest Gump Film Poster Forrest Gump, "Stupid is as stupid does."

After a month of absolute chaos in our nation, could someone explain to me what the Tea Party accomplished that was positive? They wanted to end Affordable Care Act/Obamacare by shutting down the government, and they failed. That stupid stunt cost our economy 24 billion dollars.

The Congress will not rescind healthcare reform, and the President would not sign it even if Congress voted to repeal healthcare. It is the law of the nation. Both the Senate and the House passed Obamacare, the President signed it, the Supreme Court upheld it, and Obama was reelected in part due to Obamacare.

Is there a part of the way our government should function that I have missed? Here is a simple sentence to show how legislation works: Congress passes a bill, the president signs it, and often the Supreme Court will look into its constitutionality. This has been the modes operandi of our government for 237-years.

I have traveled all over the world during my adult life. One time in Egypt, a taxi driver and I were talking. He said that Egyptians love Americans but often question our government's actions. I nodded agreement and told him that many Americans feel the same way. Then I told him about a saying that we often use. "Stupid is as stupid does." There in the parking lot near the pyramids and the Sphinx, I explained who Forrest Gump was and mentioned that Forrest said that often in a movie. I am not certain that my cabbie understood my explanation decades ago, but I have understood it for years.

The Tea Party threatened the very basis of our economy, because they did not like Obamacare. Finally, enough members of Congress said that enough was enough. Nonetheless, we will be repeating that stupidity again in the early part of 2014. "Stupid is as stupid does."

I can think of only two things that will result from the Tea Party's stupidity and both are positive:

  1. Hillary Clinton will be our next president without a doubt. If the Tea Party and the birthers do not like our first black president, just wait a couple of years.
  2. The Tea Party is going to ruin what is left of the Republican Party. They are engaged in political fratricide among the GOP. "Stupid is as stupid does."
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Orwell and Kipling and the Battle of Burma thumbnail Orwell and Kipling and the Battle of Burma Or Why I Care 05/12/14
Advantages of Growing Old thumbnail Advantages of Growing Old ...You Will Not Be Here in the 22nd Century 05/05/14
Learning to Play Chess from a Master thumbnail Learning to Play Chess from a Master What Jack and Owen Will Learn from Me. 05/02/14
One of the Advantages of Being Right-Brain thumbnail One of the Advantages of Being Right-Brain: Finding Another Prison. 04/24/14
The Sins of the Father in America thumbnail The Sins of the Father in America... What We Must Remember 04/07/14
Big Churches, Big Poverty, Big Problems thumbnail Big Churches, Big Poverty, Big Problems ...and even bigger questions. 03/10/14
The Two Czars thumbnail The Two Czars Parallels between Ukraine and Russia then and now 03/03/14
The Blessing and the Curse of the Internet thumbnail The Blessing and the Curse of the Internet ...Everyone Will Have a Saved Memory 02/20/14
The Value of Dreaming thumbnail The Value of Dreaming Instructions from My Cardiologist... 02/14/14
Rand Paul thumbnail Rand Paul Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire 12/29/13
Michele Bachmann thumbnail Michele Bachmann An Eschatological Expert 12/20/13
Charlie McCarthy...Then and Now thumbnail Charlie McCarthy...Then and Now Times Change and So Do the Dummies 12/15/13
Darrow and the Present thumbnail Darrow and the Present Remembering to Avoid Repetition 12/01/13
The Martians aren't Invading... thumbnail The Martians aren't Invading... But Stupid People are. 11/26/13
Congressional Stupid is Doers thumbnail Congressional Stupid is Doers You Decide the IQ of Some of These Candidates. 11/17/13
Cromwell's Dissolution of the Long Parliament... thumbnail Cromwell's Dissolution of the Long Parliament... Then and Now. 11/13/13
Obama's Place in History thumbnail Obama's Place in History Learning from Accomplishments 11/09/13
Ted Still Cannot Get It... thumbnail Ted Still Cannot Get It... Will He Ever Say, "I Do So Like Green Eggs and Ham?" 10/20/13
Semantic Shift thumbnail Semantic Shift ...Morphing the Meaning of Words 10/07/13
Roberts and the Rubicon thumbnail Roberts and the Rubicon Open Letter to Chief Justice Roberts 03/29/13
Learning the Truth from the Past... thumbnail Learning the Truth from the Past... Will Benefit the Future 03/15/13
Evolution Vs. Creationism thumbnail Evolution Vs. Creationism The Blessing of Problems - Learning 03/13/13
A Lesson About Life thumbnail A Lesson About Life What I Finally Learned When Turning 70 01/28/13
The Egyptians and the Republicans thumbnail The Egyptians and the Republicans ...A Learning from the Past 01/16/13
New Year's Resolution for the Opposite Sex thumbnail New Year's Resolution for the Opposite Sex Or Suggestions from a Very Feminist Male 01/01/13
Is it a Time to Chill or a Time to Get Busy... thumbnail Is it a Time to Chill or a Time to Get Busy... That is the Question? 12/31/12
The Three Grovers of My Life thumbnail The Three Grovers of My Life The Farmer, the Puppet, the Incarnate God 12/01/12
Bonhoeffer Crossing The Line thumbnail Bonhoeffer—Crossing the Line... Thank You: Dietrich, Bobby and Barack 11/20/12
Binders of BS thumbnail Binders of BS... Could Create Blessings from BS 11/11/12
It Was The Best Of Times thumbnail "It was The Best of Times..." Economic and Natural Disasters 11/04/12
Moonwalking over Women... thumbnail Moonwalking over Women... "Stupid is as Stupid Does" 11/01/12
Open Letter to the Chief Justice John Roberts... thumbnail Open Letter to the Chief Justice John Roberts... And Open Dinner Invitation 09/05/12
Clint Eastwood's Speech... thumbnail Clint Eastwood's Speech... And the Importance of Living Wills 09/03/12
Correcting Churchill... thumbnail Correcting Churchill... The Value of Viewing Life 08/28/12
The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree thumbnail The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree Newton...Yes-Romney...No 08/14/12
Ethics at Two Levels thumbnail Ethics at Two Levels And Neither Work Well for Romney 08/12/12
Campbell Has Gone Socratic thumbnail Campbell Has Gone Socratic An American Questioning 07/30/12
Political Predictions thumbnail Political Predictions Clinton vs. Santorum in 2016, and Clinton Wins 04/15/12
Come and Get Them thumbnail Come and Get Them Molon Labe Both Then and Now 09/25/11
Palin and History thumbnail Palin and History The Resurrection of Life via Revere's Ride 06/12/11
A Vision of a New America thumbnail A Vision of a New America Has Replaced Our "You are Fired" Attitude 05/05/11
So What are You Going to Do About It? thumbnail So What are You Going to Do About It? The Advantages of Dreaming 12/05/10
I'm Not Liberal Enough thumbnail I'm Not Liberal Enough And Neither is America Just Say No to the Just Say No Group 12/01/10
The Luddites are Back thumbnail The Luddites are Back The Things I Learned About National Healthcare--40-Years Ago 08/23/09
Speaking of Security.... thumbnail Speaking of Security... On Winning an All Expense Paid Trip to Obama's Inauguration 05/18/09
Bobby and Barack thumbnail Bobby and Barack Election of Barack Obama 09/28/08
Believing in a Dream...Again thumbnail Believing in a Dream...Again Maybe Chris Matthews of Hardball was Wrong This Election Cycle 12/11/07
Biko thumbnail Biko A Man Who Died for an Idea that Didn't Die 09/12/07
Donald Woods thumbnail Donald Woods A White Liberal Who Knew His Place... 08/05/06
Freedom of the Mind thumbnail Freedom of the Mind The Contributions of Stephen Biko 08/03/06
A Tribute to Nelson Mandela thumbnail A Tribute to Nelson Mandela Happy Birthday from All Your Admirers from Around the World 06/18/06
What's Wrong with Being a Liberal? thumbnail What's Wrong with Being a Liberal? A Defense of the Left-Wing 05/22/06
Where Do You Draw the Line? thumbnail Where Do You Draw the Line? Reflections of a Pointy-Headed Intellectual 01/08/06