I just read a news article that convinced me that I am not smart enough to understand what the heck Congress is doing. I don’t feel too badly about my admission of Not Smartness because I am also convinced that most members of Congress are not smart enough to know what most members of Congress are doing either.
Here is the News Article that caused my most recent consternation. If you do read it, I caution you that Confusion Will Result...
Seven Dems vote for GOP amendment, forcing Democratic scramble (msn.com)
If You Took the Time to Read This Foolishness, did you understand what you read?
If You Did Not Take the Time to Read This Foolishness, that may be Time Well Not Spent.
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An alternative course of action would be to FaGetAboutAllOfTheAbove and read my very old Blog Posting about Congressional Smarts (first published in January 2010). I guarantee it is a lot more fun than the News Article above...
Too Many Members Of Congress
Can’t Handle Numbers
Lots of numbers are being thrown around our 9% Approval Rating Congress these days. I watched in amazement recently on CSPAN as one of our elected "leaders" said the following …
"My
good friend from the other side of the aisle has just voiced strong opposition
to my proposal to spend $10 Billion to convert all states that are using Paper
Ballots to Electronic Voting Machines and to convert all states who are using
Electronic Voting Machines to Paper Ballots. I continue to be amazed at the
short sightedness of the Opposition Party and their ongoing inability to handle
basic arithmetic with regard to a mere $10 Billion price tag."
"I
am sure that the folks back home have no problem with spending $10 Billion for
such a worthy project. They understand that 10 is not a big number. 11 is
bigger than 10 and so is 12. If I were asking for 18, that ought to give pause
to the taxpayers as to how their money is being spent but 10 is only 10.
It is hardly more than 9."
"Beam
me up Lord. I can no longer stand being around these penny-pinchers who are not
smarter than a 5th grader."
Ok,
I admit I made up all of the above … or did I?
Would
I kid u?
Smartfella
