Caught in the Zipper

Caught In the Zipper, a blog Post by Vince Leibowitz, discusses how Republicans in the Texas Legislature are either oblivious or just do not care about the people they are affecting while trying to create a so-called balanced budget. Leibowitz uses many metaphors and analogies to depict his view of the republicans in charge. He describes them as “dumb drunk freshman standing off the porch of the frat house urinating on those more vulnerable and less fortunate than themselves (as usual).” This blog was quite interesting because of the analogy of the Legislature acting like a drunk freshman boy that gets his genitals caught in his zipper while trying to urinate off a frat house balcony. He uses this analogy to get the readers to understand what the Republicans in office are really doing, urinating on evertone that depends on government services. Leibowitz’s audience is anyone who will read it, especially if they are a Republican in the Texas Legislature.

Leibowitz is a credible source because he was a journalist in 2000 that covered Texas politics. He worked full-time in the political arena building his company, Free State Communications, in 2003 that consulted for district, county, and city-level candidates throughout East Texas. And he worked as an investigator in 2004 for a criminal defense attorney in East Texas. So if it comes to Leibowitz finding accurate information, he will.

I mostly agreed with his argument that the government has succeeded in making everyone’s lives worse, except for the large corporations and constituents that donate to their campaigns and their own. They are depleting any and every budget to create a quick fix, rather than doing it the right way and closing the tax loopholes for their donors. Leibowitz says that when they have completed and implemented their new budget, the grand prize will be, “dumber kids. Sick kids who won't get the medical care they need. Teachers out of work. Old folks who will not have a nursing home to go to when they can no longer care for themselves. Fifty students in a kindergarten class. Pregnant women who won't get the prenatal care they need.” I completely agree with that statement. It’s like the government is saying, we are here to help. Now sacrifice everything you have, including your children’s intelligence, so we can make our budget plan work and show that the Texas economy is not in jeopardy because the wealthy still have their wealth.

I really liked the way Leibowitz stated his opinions. It made politics fun to read about.