Posted by
Burorambo on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 3:37:23 PM
Twice now a limited group of players has sequestered itself behind closed doors to come with federal law, first with an immigration bill, and now with a national disaster plan. Both times, the work has been received with suspicion and paranoia. Someone is trying to pull a fast one.
Another explanation is that some people in Congress and at the White House are actually trying to get work done in spite of the fact that the nicely groomed and finely dressed men and women in the House and the Senate have become a mob in a virtual melee, ripping at each others clothing, pulling each others hair and smashing each others noses flat. The only thing saving their image as the world’s foremost governing body is that rotting cabbages and tomatoes are not permitted in the houses of Congress.
Unfortunately, trying to actually accomplish some work away from the noise and chaos of the riot won’t work. The rioters have to participate. And the extent of their participation is simply to rip the work to shreds along with the ragged sleeves of their opponents and return to skirmishes of the day.