As The System Of Checks And Balances Disintegrates, Congress Becomes A Messy Signing Statement

Posted on | March 8, 2010 | No Comments

by Smitty

The Purple Avenger over at AoS seems kinda shocked that, once Harry Reid pulls his finger out of the dike, a flood of Really Bad Ideas follows, as captured in the WSJ. In this particular case, it’s the Federal takeover of education. Got to make sure that the tender collegiate brains are programmed properly.
The stream of Congressional slurry is based upon:

Outright deceit,
Jacking the noise-to-signal ratio. (2,711 pages?, according to Hair of the Dog)
Making all the rules of order moot (HotD, Orrin Hatch ~4:40)

Overall, it’s too alarmist to view the 18th of March vote in the House as the pivotal day in US history. The sober truth is that there is no safety until a 112th Congress is sworn in.

Keep in mind that the Roman Senate too had a very long hang time, for all it was mostly a decoration after the Caesars . . .