>> Drunk Driving at BP
>>
>> By Dean Baker
>
>> The problem is that government has been controlled for far too long by
>> soft on crime conservatives. They are willing to look the other way
>> and give break after break to criminals, as long as they are the
>> white-collar types who belong to the best country clubs.
>>
>
> Whar a relief that it is no longer controlled by soft on crime
> conservatives.

FWIW, "has been" can be interpreted as being "was and continues to be"
rather than as "used to be."
-- 
Jim Devine
"All science would be superfluous if the form of appearance of things
directly coincided with their essence." -- KM
_______________________________________________
pen-l mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l

Reply via email to