On 10-30-23, the Washington Post penned that: "House GOP demands IRS budget cuts to pay for Israel aid", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

"Using the IRS funding to offset the Israel aid might not actually save money: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office had estimated in 2022 that the $80 billion IRS expansion would cut the deficit by more than $100 billion, by improving collections and enforcement." (said the Post article)

 (To which I said) The House GOP is again showing its true colors. As if their quality of governance wasn't already in the crapper.

    On 10-27-23, the Washington Post penned an Opinion | "Mike Johnson’s conspiracy theories about ‘illegals’ mark a new GOP low", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

It's concerning that a faction of the Republican party lacks the capacity to deal with the inconvenient truth that they continue selecting admitted amoral characters to occupy positions of party leadership.

And they seem to ignore their continuing record of incompetent governance as a result of that action. And why a faction of their monied sources continue to provide funding support for that track record begs a question of investigative concern.

While unanswered investigative questions hide behind their harmony of avoiding transparency and accountability.

    On 10-21-23, the Washington Post penned the article: "Jan. 6 charge faced by Trump upheld on appeal for second time", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

The irony of all this remains. Those folk who believed the rhetorical rants of MEGA politicians who claimed the Democrats were the cause of this country's downward spin so you must take the democratic step of voting us the power of governance.

So, they first tried to support their MEGA mouthpiece by illegally effecting a mob approach to reversing the legal election results for the Executive Branch they couldn't abide. Then turning to their elected legislators who won a majority position in the People's House of legislation only to see those representatives of their faith turn into bitter playground bullies with more interest in their personal fame than the business of representing MEGA values. Like taking the principals of governance hostage for personal theater rather than acting like mature statesmen of the realm?

Well MEGA fans, how's your political alignment working so far? As a famous man said, "It's easier to fool people than convince them they've been fooled."

   On 10-20-23, the Enlightened Prisoner put his thoughts in writing: 

"How do you cure a nation seeped in attitudes of independence from the influence of Hollywood screen writers and actors whose job is to create opinionated minds for profitable results?

Kind of like those press conferences and political rallies that forsake any questions for what is said or claimed in order to create opinion.

Well, at least we still have the courtroom where cross-examinations of oath takers still exist and attempt at finding truth. And there's still the print media with its attempts at objective analysis that leaves opinion up to you."

    On 10-11-23, the Washington Post penned an article that, "Zelensky visits NATO headquarters for allied meeting to support Ukraine", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus: 

Russia and Hamas have in common that both attack civilian targets for the reason of creating chaos and harm to the moral of the military they have not the fortitude to face. This is a criminal act that demands much more response from the united world's governments than feeding a materials pipeline.

But of course, the leaders of those united countries are mostly dependent on the endorsement of those they govern to occupy the office, not totalitarian control which enjoys the capacity to eliminate those who don't endorse them.

And we, the non-combatants become the victims of a war we had no voice in creating. While those who manufacture weapons of war endure. Sad.

    On 10-9-23, the Washington Post penned the article: "Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Claudia Goldin for work on women in the workplace", and on the date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

Thanks to the Nobel Prize committee for their continuing recognition of advances and accomplishments by women in the cultural, societal and science fields of our world's community.

Now, if only the governing bodies of that world community would also begin to recognize those same successful contributions by women in politics instead of treating that entity with the continuing failures of male dominance...!?!?

    On 10-7-23, the Washington Post penned the article: "Largest ‘ghost guns’ parts maker agrees to stop selling in California", and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

From 1998 to late in 2021, gun purchases in this country totaled 411.6 million weapons being sold. Folks, that's approximately 20% more guns than our total population of the country!

That also equates to 46% of civilian guns in the world being owned by members of our country while the US population is only 4.25% of the world's population!

And Polymer80 is a small part of the problem. According to the US Agency that licenses gun dealerships, there are 3.36 more-gun dealerships in this country than there are McDonald food outlets.

While the National Rifle Association, founded on the principals of responsible gun ownership and safe use continue to shrug at the mention of our rising rates of deaths by firearms, and shudder at every legislative attempt to control the sale and use of weapons designed to kill humans, not hunt game.

   On 10-2-23, the Washington Post penned an Opinion by Jennifer Rubin that | Senate Democrats must enact rules changes. Comity is long gone, and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:

Anyone who saw the performance of Speaker McCarthy on Face The Nation last Sunday was treated to the most obnoxious display of childish behavior you can attribute to the current GOP political tactics. Yet, there was little or no media analysis that punishes what has become their norm. Talk loud, talk fast, and never let yourself be interrupted for an accountability of what you're saying.

If the question is raised later, continue deflecting with more examples of blame to disguise your need to justify those deflecting remarks. It's as if the GOP has refused to be held accountable for anything.

I see it and am damned tired of hearing it. And frankly I'm getting really upset with the way the GOP shows utter disrespect for the media's responsibility to question anyone in power.