The Dumbest Thing I Read Today

Enjoy.

Comments

[TheGreenMiles]

The pace of creation of new corporate front groups to attack the Obama administration's agenda is just dizzying. (The old ones become worthless after about a year or so when they have to disclose their funding sources -- by then, even the laziest of reporters have to admit they're shams.)

[cvllelaw]

Alex Cortes -- UVA's contribution to the radical right. Staffer of failed 5th District candidate Laurence Verga. Defender (when he was a columnist with the Cavalier Daily, as an undergrad at UVA) of the "not gay" addition to "The Good Old Song" (see http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/cdp-news-local/2010/jan/17/verga_staffer_regrets_anti-gay_remarks-ar-84872/ )...

[Notbubby]

I wonder if Alex also worked at the VQR while he was at UVA. His writing quality is right up there with VQR's standards.

Maybe Alex got tired of being bullied by the "not gay" editor, and moved on to a new rag.

[Brian W. Schoeneman]

That was pretty dumb.

[LeeHinAlexandria]

Who really cares more about the environment? Consider this comparison over at Gateway Pundit - http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/08/a-tale-of-two-rallies-on-the-mall-clean-conservatives-vs-filthy-libs-video/

[change]

No matter the “dumbness” of the article, I agree that legislators would be well served to read the laws they pass for the rest of us to abide by, even if they wish to exclude themselves (and their staff who writes them) from the consequences of their actions.

[frankoanderson]

There was no need to print out the 2,000 pages; they could have just read it online: http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf

[Brian W. Schoeneman]

Frank is right. Nobody off the Hill under 50 bothers with printed copies of legislation anymore. It's THOMAS or a pre-release print.

[Mr. Jefferson]

Lee Hernly has a good point.

[Sam]

change,

Actually, the health bill forces members of Congress and their staffs into the national exchange that most people can choose to join. Quite the opposite of excluding themselves. Only senior committee staff was excluded from that provision.

Nonetheless, the whole length of bill argument against everything is absurd. When dealing with a complicated topic, trying to use a simple, short bill would be extremely dangerous. The bills are as long as they need to be to get it right.

As for whether Congresspeople should actually read the bills, I have to agree with about 98% of the people out there that yes, they should, and if the bill's really long, too bad, it's your job, read it, even if you expect to vote no.

[change]

Sam,
Assuming you are correct, does this mean that “senior” staff not only screwed the American people with the bill but they screwed their bosses also???

These are the guys that write the bills and we can’t even vote them out. Talk about arrogance and job security.