Reply #5: I agree completely! [View All]

[galloglas]

Be Free,

When you stated "As it was, it came as somewhat of a shock to see that 30 different coalition members had mulled it over before asking any of DU what we thought., the word "mulled" jumped out at me.


Some of these "coalition members" may put much less time and thought into the ER matters than do we here at DU (Maybe for good reasons. Possibly because they have other irons in the fire).

It makes one wonder how so many were assembled, in order to gather the necessary input, so that a unified cohesive plan could be forwarded to Congress. And, further, how long they "mulled over" their discussions.

Alternatively, maybe, the whole idea is from a "smaller segment" of the total "coalition membership". Perhaps some "coalition members" were only called upon to (even, rather quickly) "mull over" whether, or not, they would sign onto a plan that may have already been completed when it was proposed to them? Signing onto a "fait accompli", as it were.

You also said, Had they had not only the courtesy but the foresight to run it by all of us first, there wouldn't have been such a disuniting discussion, eh?

And I suspect you are right.

You know that old adage about "Too many cooks spoil the broth"? The corollary might easily be that, "Too few cooks spoil the broth".

Which brings up the question of just how many cooks were actually involved. And when, and where, was the cooking done?