You mean they aren’t?

Good point. You see, unlike the Democrats trying to get shit done, all the Republicans did was whine about how gays and liberals were destroying the country.

Well, forgive us for not giving the GOP something less onerous to copy.

Don’t believe it. They’re just trying to make you feel better.

“it’s the time being granted by the Masters of the Congress to actually see what it’s saying. God forbid anyone should actually READ the law that nationalizes one-sixth of the economy”

That’s a silly point imo.

1. Members of the House and Senate have had plenty of time to read their respective bill. All the time these clowns spend whimpering ‘mommy, teacher made me read a book and its soooooo long’ would be laughable if so many people who’d snicker at their kids for such a line didn’t swallow this one hook, line, and sinker. But as I note below these lying clowns weren’t going to read it anyway. They know how they will vote already and they won’t waste their time.

2. The very premise implies a naive belief that our representatives read any bill at all. With very few exceptions – they subsocntact their homework to their aides. With the exception of those sitting on committees where bills come up for negotation and discussion, by the time a bill reaches the House or Senate floor – these clowns will vote on ideology and not content. At best they’ll get a summary from their legislative assistants. At worst they’ll get a visit from an assortment of lobbyists and swallow those descriptions of the context.

What is really saddening when you are up here and watching this up close is how absolutely pedestrian our elected officials are. People with first-rate minds, people who actually study the issues rather than simply make sound-byte sized pontifications about them are few and far between.

Why do I get the feeling that the people complaining about the length of the bill also used to whine to their school teachers about the length of Lord of the Flies as well?

#2. Republicans controlled the House for 7 years (and the Senate for 5.5) and yet *only* have 5 out of 10? The statistics say they should have written at least 65% of the bills.

PS: Who wants to be that Democratics are WELL represented in spots #11-25? Otherwise, why stop at 10?

Happy Thanksgiving to You and Yours!

Aw, and you were doin’ so well up to there. Too bad.

And it isn’t just the length, it’s the time being granted by the Masters of the Congress to actually see what it’s saying. God forbid anyone should actually READ the law that nationalizes one-sixth of the economy…

Apple pie = 0
Right to Life = 0
Chimps on unicycles = 0
Ten Commandments = 0
Marge Simpson = 0
“Whoa, dude” = 0

Pages = 2074

etc. etc.

The downside of a searchable on-line document.

Words in the Senate healthcare bill:
(including the various forms of each, e.g. plural)

Pages = 2074
Shall or Shall Not = 3607
Provide = 1910
May or May Not = 1047
Secretary = 2500
Penalty = 163
Sanction = 8
Oversight = 39
Study = 150
Report = 789
Require = 1025
Authority = 115
Culture = 40
Allow = 162
Cost = 562
Fund = 563
Fee = 234
Tax = 183
“Internal Revenue…” = 104
Enforce = 47
Government = 117
Qualify = 482
Apply = 1741
Monitor = 55
Rule = 310
Certify = 177
Law = 283
Authorize = 408
Reasonable = 61

Compare to:

Freedom = 2
Free = 15
Liberty = 0
Choice = 40
Choose = 4
Own = 11
Constitution = 0
Federalism = 0

Bonus, and let me be the first: IOKIYAR