http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/112th_United_States_Congress
So here we are day one, 2013. Back sometime last year we were made aware of a looming "fiscal cliff". Congress, with their usual show of bravery, and willingness to address pressing issues, opted to put off making a decision until after the election season. This is so any pain that was inflicted by a tax increase, or program cut, would happen after the selfish, greedy leeches had assured themselves another term.
To be clear, I'm calling out both parties on this. Both Democrats and Republicans voted to put off making the decision. In a speech on the last day of 2012, even the President called out all members of Congress, of every party, for failing to reach a consensus of any sort. He praised the Republicans for giving ground, but stopped short of calling out his own party for failing to. The message was there though, neither side is doing their job. Mark your calendar, I agree with a sitting President whole-heartedly on something.
So here we are on the First day of 2013. The automatic cuts, and automatic tax increases have technically taken affect. Now Congress is scrambling to pass some sort of compromise so that we aren't impacted much. A job that is many months old, many years overdue, and frankly should never have been allowed to happen to this country.
So as a service to you, I have included a link above to the Wikipedia page with the names of every member of both houses. They all need to go. None of them have done their jobs. So the next opportunity you have, vote the lazy bums out. Try voting for a dentist, or a plumber, or maybe even an engineer. We have given the rich and the lawyers, and even the rich lawyers their chance, and where are we.
Coins make better decisions when flipped, from a statistical standpoint, because they land on their edge so rarely. Congress fails to decide something every time it is presented with a choice.
I know many of you were waiting for a post about the proposed "Assault Weapons Ban". I might still write one. For now though lets go back to 1994. Prior to certain politicians defining what an "Assault Weapon" was, there was no such thing. The same rifle, with one stock option was not an "assault weapon", and with another stock option, was. No mechanical parts changed. The rifle functioned the same either way.
Those same people, wholly ignorant of firearms, save for how scared an armed, law abiding populace makes them, (food for thought) have waited in the wings for an opportunity to make another attempt at removing this right. Guys, when you lose half your base (Southern Democrats), I don't want to hear how the Republicans biased the public against you.
You are doing it to yourselves.
Just like we are, by allowing any member of Congress who was sitting in 2012 to be elected another term.
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Keep it clean and well thought out.