Glen C. Davis
This being a cautionary tale, the caution is this. If your dog is watching CSpan, cut the cable.
Some may not understand the politics involved in the recent Omnibus spending issue between Reid and the Republicans. I believe I might have found a way to explain the situation. My dog wanted to go out, this morning, while I was trying to work, and we had a conversation which I shall try to relate as an analogy to the Congress.
I preface by stating emphatically that I do not claim my dog has the power of speech. I relate his words through his actions because, as we know, actions speak louder than words.
Secondly, we are a unicameral house. That is, my household makes up its own Constitution in full compliance with the Constitution of the United States. I do not have to go to my neighbors house to ask their opinion. As far as I know, my neighbors have not watched the videos in Walmart of Janet Napolitano telling us to report our neighbors for “suspicious activity.” They keep their nose out of my business and I keep my nose out of theirs. Unless, of course, some major action happens where we must come together to defend against some intrusion. Therefore, some of this discussion applies to goings-on in the House of Representatives and some in the Senate. The Senate can filibuster, for example, while that practice is forbidden in the House.
Third, I am an Independent more aligned with the Libertarian preached philosophy of adherence to the Constitution of the United States. I will amplify the discussion with examples from the government in parenthesis.
So this morning at 6 a.m. my dog woke me. We went outside so that he could take care of some paperwork. We returned and he had his breakfast. He knows that he is not to bother me when I start on the computer in the morning, but after about an hour he did.
He put his paw on my leg and told me that he wanted to go outside and play in the snow.
I explained that I have to study and write and market my informative articles to people who are in need or want the information that I am relating. This is the manner in which I try to make money so that I can feed him.
{We must find a way to bilk taxpayers by making them feel we are giving them something they need or want so that our fact-finding missions to the Bahamas do not end.}
He reminds me that he has an Eighth Amendment protection against, “…cruel and unusual punishments…”
{Democrat Phil Hariss of Illinois: “I don’t worry about the Constitution on this, to be honest.” Democrat Alcee Hastings of Florida: “They ain’t no rules around here. We’re trying to accomplish something. And therefore (chuckle), when the deal goes down, uh, all this talk about. uh, rules we make ‘em up as we go along.}
I say that I will stay here until I am finished working and he will have to wait.
{Reid threatened to hold a vote on the Omnibus spending bill the day after Christmas keeping the Senate in Washington if he had to.}
My dog climbed on my lap and said that he intended to filibuster until I took him out. And I could not eject him if he made a mess on the floor of the house due to my inaction.
I am writing this article after we returned from our walk.
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