Not Happy...

The president isn't happy with the proposed funding bill coming from Congress.

Good.

Republicans don't think they got enough of the things they wanted.

Good.

Democrats are pretty sure they got screwed as well.

Good.

Good. This is supposed to be a compromise bill. Nobody is supposed to be totally happy. That's what compromise is. What is the thing you need to make this palatable for you? What is the thing you are willing to give up? What is the thing you are willing to allow from them? What is the thing you absolutely aren't? Compromise. Work toward an agreement where nobody is totally happy but everyone is okay with it.

Right now Mitch McConnell is setting up a vote in the Senate on the Green New Deal. Which isn't really a set of legislation goals, just a road map for "What if we..." He's doing it because the things on the list are pretty out there for a lot of people. Big steps. Moon shots. And he wants the Republicans to have bludgeons to hit the Democrats with in the next election cycle if they vote for it, or infighting in the Democratic Party if they don't. It's ridiculous.

And it's just like the people who don't want to ever compromise on things. What should be happening is that people should be looking at the list of things on Green New Deal and taking what looks promising and developing those ideas. And looking at things that seem out of reach and exploring if they are out of reach or if they are just new and unfamiliar. And allowing that things that aren't going to work, ever, aren't going to work, ever. But some of them will.

If you try to climb the mountain and you don't make it to the top you've still elevated your view.

But we don't allow for this anymore. I've written about it before. We are just too concerned with sticking it to the other side to take that step back and look to see that we are all supposed to be on the same side. We are all supposed to want to make things better. We might have different ideas on how to get there, but better should be the goal.

So we should have bipartisan agreements that nobody is completely happy about.

We should have big dream plans that will never be passed but can be mined for good ideas and expanded on.

We should be able to admit when what we are working on isn't working and be able to change.

We should be working together to make it better.

Whatever that it is.

For me I'll keep talking about what I think is important. Science. Respect. Love. And I'll keep railing against things I don't think are helpful. Lies. Bullying. Lies. Did I mention lies?

Don't dismiss things because they are different. Don't ignore things just because the other side came up with them. Don't put up with the constant lying. Correct things that are wrong. Admit when you are. Move forward. Make it better.

And in the end if you aren't completely happy with the results but you find something you can live with?

Good.