Enough Is Enough

I would like to report 518 members of Congress for waste, fraud, and abuse. All of them that voted for and the ones that voted against. Because if debating and voting on a “non-binding resolution” isn’t a waste of time and my hard earned money, I don’t know what is.

Sit down, folks. Somebody else got hold of the keyboard, and it isn’t the Saint.

I’ll hand it to Senator McCain. He chose not to return to Washington DC for the vote, and called the symbolic measure “meaningless.” My sentiments exactly.

What was the point of this whole exercise? To “send a message” to President Bush? I believe that message was sent in November, and Democrats are merely rubbing it in the president’s face with their posturing that achieves nothing other than stirring up the pot. It’s time to move on.

Republicans aren’t any better, whining because the Senate Majority Leader wouldn’t allow a vote on an alternative measure that vowed not to cut off funds to the troops. What would that accomplish? Again, nothing.

I’ve been hearing, “We support the troops, we just don’t support the war” for a long time and I am sick and tired of it. But no one has satisfactorily explained why it is so offensive. One person compared it to a coach telling his team, “I believe in you guys, I just don’t believe you can beat this team.”

Bull hockey. No coach is going to tell his team they can’t win. At least, not before the game, and not if he wants to remain the coach.

A better comparison would be: “We support students, we just don’t support what they’re learning.” (How many of you have ever said “What in the heck are they teaching kids these days?”)

In this case, the students are along for the ride, they have no choice but to learn what they are taught. The same is true of our soldiers, they are following orders. However, like a team with a good coach, they are carrying out their orders to the best of their ability, with as few or as many resources as they can get, because you never know what will happen. How many times has the underdog come out on top, even after facing overwhelming odds?

So, what are our students to do? The School Board has stated it doesn’t like what the students are learning. The Board tells the school superintendent they don’t like it. However, if the superintendent approves the education, the Board’s statement accomplishes nothing. Then the Board tells the superintendent that it won’t approve the budget unless the students all have an A average.

If you make some substitutions, you have Congress telling the President it won’t fund the war unless certain conditions are met. They still oppose the war, but as long as the troops are “properly” trained, equipped, and rested, they’ll approve the funds.

Meanwhile, our students and our soldiers are still left hanging.

The difference between the School Board and Congress is that Congress was paid to spend four days debating something utterly useless.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to use the precious time to come up with some viable alternatives instead of puffing out your chest and declaring over and over that you’re the winner?

To me, the only thing worse than a sore loser is a poor winner, and that is what the Democrats are right now. A sincere winner would be saying, “No one likes war. Let’s work together to resolve this situation, get our troops home, and stabilize the Middle East without jeopardizing our national security.”

[sigh] LawDog has his fantasy, why can’t I have mine?

Flo