A brief recap of what our psychotic Congress has been up to this month…
I’m a little tipsy at the airport, about to fly back home to NYC (after a long, unexpected trip) and I just went through some key things that pissed me off about Congress this month, and I decided to write a quick little recap of what they have been up to. Ya know, so we’re all on the same page here about how psychotic they are…
In less than one month Congress has:
*Passed the National Defense Authorization Act, with a slight adjustment, the government now has the ability to arrest an American Citizen, on American soil (or in the World) and hold them in a prison, WITHOUT TRIAL….. INDEFINITELY, removing our constitutional right of Habeas Corpus.
*Passed a bill making pizza a vegetable, well, half a cup of tomato paste— which is ridiculous because not only are tomatoes FRUIT, tomato paste is filled with the toxic chemical BPA linked to cancer.
*Congress allowed a lobbyist for billionaires (Grover Norquist) to control the Super Committee by forcing them to sign a pledge agreeing to NOT raise taxes on the rich (even though they are paying RECORD LOW taxes— some millionaires and billionaires paying less than their secretaries), which caused their debt deal to fail.
*The House Energy and Commerce committee voted to allow corporations to poison our air/water with toxic chemicals known to cause cancer (arsenic, heavy metals, and industrial mining operations). Uhhhh, yeah, uhhhhh, yeah. I got nothing. Shit is so fucked up right now.
*And, annnnnnd, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (run by members of Congress) were busted trying to discredit one of the Commissioners, when in reality, they were trying to allow the nuclear industry to have less safety regulations, while Fukushima Japan is still dealing with their nuclear meltdown.
I’m sure I missed something. I didn’t write about SOPA because apparently that is still up in the air and so is the Keystone Pipeline. I’m about to hop on my flight. I have a LOT of writing to catch up on, but thanks for reading if you did.
OCCUPY THE FUCKING PLANET. LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE~~~~ ;)
#OWS #OccupyDC #MargaritasBeforeMyFlightWasAGreatIdea
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thalmelp said:
Dude. I read everything you write. And for Christmas, I want to give you the gift of support. You let me know when/where you need people…we need people. And I’ll be there. I can’t stand being out of the loop anymore, and not knowing who to get the facts from…help me,…
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