2 January 2013 A dose of public scorn

Cassi Creek:  With two days left in their terms of office the House of Representatives finally did something.  The Senate bill providing for tax cuts, unemployment insurance, and several other items was brought to the floor of the House and passed by a bi-partisan vote. 

          The question now becomes whether or not the new House will have enough teavangelist members to continue in the “obstruct everything Obama and/or the Democrats propose” mode that they have had in effect for the last two years.  Further, will a new House majority of teavangelists and old-line GOP decide to replace the Current Speaker?  Little Eric Cantor, exemplar of self-absorption, personal greed, and ruthless ambition, would certainly like to stand next to Caesar and slip the dagger into his back.  Boehner, garbed as Caesar is advised to keep his back to the wall whenever Little Eric approaches. 

          I honestly expected the House to abdicate its collective seats in a juvenile-like fit of pique and bullying behavior.  I can’t help but wonder what booby traps and time bombs the teavangelists left behind them to impede any progress.  We will, likely, be cleaning up the mess left to us by the current GOP/teavangelist House members.  If I were one of them, I’d not show my face in any area hit by hurricane Sandy.  They still haven’t approved federal assistance for those poor folks.  OTOH, they may have provided just enough neglect and lack of concern for the storm victims that they will be expose for the poltroons that they are.  One can hope.  It is certain that the next house will have to work at being so incompetent and so useless.  The public should be prepared to take them to task at every opportunity. 

          Tonight we will forage for leftovers.  We had the annual Prime Rib roast yesterday.  This year we used the 200 °F starting point.  The well-seasoned roast went into the oven until the internal temperature reached 120°F.  Then it was removed from the heat and tented with foil for about one hour.  When we were ready to eat, the roast went back into the oven at 500°F to sear the outer surface and caramelize the remaining fat on the roast.  While the flavor was great, I think I prefer the sear first method high, fast and then low slower. 

          We have a choice of pork or beef tonight as we reach the end of our buy the special protein on sale shopping for another month. 

          Today was supposed to be partly cloudy and drier.  Instead, it presented with drizzle, fog, snow flurries, and I have yet to see any blue sky today.