Concealed Bill Concealed in Bill

Concealed Bill, Concealed in Bill

Recently, the Senate passed their version of the so called “credit card overhaul” bill. If passed into law the bill would limit a practice called “universal default”, restrict the ability of those under 21 to get a card, prevent high "over limit" fees, and of course, allow concealed guns into national parks....



Wait, WHAT!? Which of these doesn't belong? The relationship between gun rights and credit cards escapes me. Despite my support of gun rights and my condemnation of restricting the rights of private companies, the methods used to get this gun legislation passed is ludicrous.


Disturbingly, the practice of tucking away unpopular (and unrelated) provisions in popular bills is nothing new. In the Iraq War Supplemental Funding Bill there was a provision to provide amnesty to illegal immigrant farm workers. In 2006 a bill was signed to help prevent terrorists from sneaking a nuclear, chemical or germ weapon into the United States in the shipping containers that enter the U.S. each year. The bill also included a provision to strengthen laws that forbid most online gambling. Yes, these little nuggets are scattered throughout any and every bill that goes through Congress.


The fact that our government unabashedly uses this technique for passing unpopular bills ought to be outrageous and shocking to us as citizens, and yet here we are. We sit back and and apathetically shrug it off saying "well there's nothing I can do about it". Wasn't our government founded on the basis that we SHOULD be able to do something about it? If the citizens can't stop the most OBVIOUS breeches in etiquette in goverment, it's got to make you wonder what's going on behind closed doors.


This is not a Republican issue. This is not a democratic issue. This is a GOVERNMENT issue. We're so busy pointing fingers at each other that we don't take the time to look up and see the the culprit is standing there in broad daylight laughing at us.


So, in conclusion, stop beind dip shits. Do something.

The Budget Battle Blog

It's the land of the free
And the home of the brave,
A land like no other, we ought surely save
From this budget that would follow us all to our graves

More greedy than grinches, more harmful than thneeds,
It’s one thing to which we just cannot concede.

It’s wompus! It’s cratchy! It just cant be true!
Why would Obama dare spring this on you!?

And on me and my children and cousins and friends,

All over our country, this problem transcends.

It’s time to do something to stand up and fight!
to discover a way to get out of this plight.

So my partner and I have come up with a game
to uncover the spending that we find insane,

We’ll search through the budget, we’ll scour each word
To uncover the spending that’s truly absurd,

"I'll beat you" I cried to this blogs other writer
"the ideas that I'll find will be worse than street fighter."

"No" cried my friend "that just cannot be true,
I'll find a more ridiculous item than you."

The contest is set; all the screws are in place,
Hope you’re ready, it's time! Let’s get on with the race!

Weak Sauce

Weak sauce.

Thats the best way to describe blogs that I read on the internet. I find myself wondering why I am not taking part in a hobby that requires no real talent or quotation of facts. Everyone knows that if something is posted on the interwebz that surely it is legitimate...and I want to be personally involved in this growing trend.

I have opinions, most of which are so deeply embedded in my mind that they have no hope of being changed. I share them with friends and family but I find it difficult to share them with a larger audience. This blog changes all that. I now will have the capability to berate you with my views and one sided arguments until you too think and see the world just as I do.

My views and opinions will cover many topics and issues, but mostly I will stick with politics since it gives me the most fodder.

Now you will have to excuse me so I can go take my daily suppliments and a big ole glass of prune juice.

Toodles
~Old Man

Prune Juice

It’s not sexy.

I don’t remember the last time I saw a chick in a bikini laying out with a nice tall glass of prune juice and it certainly can’t stand up against those frozen margaritas with the salted edges, a lime dangling off the side, and condensation slowly forming on the glass and sliding down the smooth hard stem. Purpley- brown in color and reputed as the drink of the elderly, prune juice isn’t winning any beauty contests, but damnit you and I both know it’s good for us.

In a culture obsessed with instant gratification and a ‘do what feels best right now’ mentality, it’s no wonder that prune juice is about as popular as cornrows on white people.

And so it is with our political system; flashy smiles and enthusiastic fist pounding have taken the place of personal responsibility and sound principals. The national debt is growing exponentially, while the value of our currency is plummeting. We spend weeks on end dwelling on the Swine...I mean H1N1 flu, and ignoring the fact that Tuberculosis and other flu strains kill thousands of people every year. We'll we've had enough. So get ready, because we old fashioned scamps have discovered the internet and with the power of prune's we'll be up bitching until at least 8PM.... except on Sundays when we'll be watching Americas funniest home videos. In conclusion, welcome to prune juice. Bitter never tasted so sweet.