Congress Wasting Time & Money

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Look at the BullShit that Congress is wasting our money on.

You dare question the basic function of the US Congress?

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Superstition, Bigotry, Hate and the desire to see others continue to suffer because they cannot understand separation of church and state

So many of the issues swirling in and out of debate in congress are purely serving as a base to point fingers in the upcoming election, pure and simple. Except, in the last serveral years, I've noticed that more of the hot button issues like gay marriage and proposals of a religious nature swamp the news and voter opinion polls so heavily that they successfully push all of the genuine issues from the media. In the last presidential election, I heard more argument and debate involving gay marriage than anything involving the war or the constitution. The more congress debates emotional issues that the public has a tough time ignoring, the more people simply accept the changes taking place in basic law and world policy. Talk of the Iraq war, The PATRIOT Act, geneva convention violations, wiretapping issues, etc, are repeatedly pushed from the spotlight until people begin to shrug and say things like, "the government was probably already doing it, anyway", "this bit of bad is probably part of a bigger picture we don't see and goals we cannot comprehend", and "these small changes in policy don't affect me or my family, directly."

Everytime a truly threatening, major issue comes up, some local lawmaker proposes some bullshit law that "defines/protects American values" (marriage), tackles an old issue that has been a problem for many years (illegal immigration), or puts some other petty shit that is blatantly unconstitutional (flag desecration law). The hotly emotional issue is thrust into the spotlight and possibly to the supreme court while smaller changes are descretely made and the public turns their heads from massive global issues. They're boiling a frog, here.

Really, don't you think the public has become unusually comfortable in recent years with a war that will never end, CIA/NSA domestic spying, and a government and military above the law? Don't let any of those issues distract you from the huge percentage of the population that is threatening the tiny minority of christians in this country with their efforts to "ban" prayer from public schools.