I am referring to a recent segment on The Daily Show where the failure in the House of Representatives of a bill to provide health care to 9/11 first responders was discussed. In the segment, Mr. Stewart lamented that the bill failed because it could not get the 2/3 majority it needed to pass whereas a bill to exempt guns from bankruptcy claims easily cleared that threshold.
So, remember how the credit card reform bill passed in May 2009 with an amendment that allowed guns into National Parks? If you have any sense at all, you thought "WTF? That is stupid!" It turns out, you were wrong! That is the future. So, for example, the Climate Change Bill that cannot pass even in it's watered down state in the Senate? I say we amend it with NRA supported legislation and then all the assholes and pussies in congress will vote for it!
The problem, one would think, is that we could only use to this strategy for so long until we run out of pro-gun legislation that we use to get actual meaningful progress done for our country. I have two thoughts on that:
1) Remember, we're talking the NRA! They will always think of more instances where guns are the answer.
2) Who am I to say the everyone having a gun is a bad thing? It's good enough for Basil Marceaux.Com and he makes more sense than most elected Republicans.
By the way, this brings to mind another quote from Paul O'Neill on Sunday's Fareed Zakaria GPS. O'Neill was addressing the partisan gridlock in Washington when he said this:
You know, in a perverse way, it may be a blessing because if they could agree on something, it would probably be negative to the people.
Dare I say, when it comes to guns, Paul O'Neill is on target.
Sorry...I shouldn't have said that.
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