This is unbelievable.
So, let me first catch all of you up on recent news. Our buddies to south, you know, the United States? Well, it seems that their economy is not doing so great lately. Apparently, banks and investment conglomerates seem to be folding quicker than Starbucks these days. The reason why that’s not a good thing is because when a Starbucks closes it doesn’t cause people to have work until they’re 106 years old.
So again, this is like, a big deal.
All weekend while the stock market has been doing its best impression of a WWII Kamikaze pilot, congress was locked behind closed doors trying to make amendments to a proposed bill that would give Bush and The Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson extremely broad power and free reign to spend $700 BILLION of taxpayer money however they see fit to rescue an economy next to life support. It surprises me that congress would have trouble passing a bill like this, its like they have no confidence in their leader. Hmm.
Now with Republicans and Democrats alike both receiving a lot of heat from their constituents on this very unpopular bill, congress was unable to pass the legislation on Monday, which consequently sent the stock markets into yet another heavy dive. So all of you out there, even if you’re just tuning in probably realize that this is an extremely grave situation and reaching a resolution as soon as possible is of the utmost importance. You would expect those that hold the responsibility of passing ANY sort of legislation that could fix this should be working day and night to find a way to move forward and help the American people.
Right? Makes sense doesn’t it?
Nope. Way off. Idiots.
We forgot something waaaaay more important than people losing their retirement savings, jobs, and houses, you guessed it… Jewish New Year. Seriously. Congress is now out of session for two days and at the earliest will make their next vote on the most important bill in their country’s history on Thursday; that is of course unless Kwanzaa is radically early.
I can’t even imagine the grand leaps of logic these pompous bastards are taking to make it acceptable for them to take two days off when the entire country is losing their shirts and lives because of this disaster and depending on them to be working together towards an answer.
This is the most self-serving, irresponsible move I think I have ever seen in politics and something I don’t think I could have made up if I tried. Its just one more reason to tack onto my list why I think the United States needs to seriously re-evaluate her priorities. Because you know what congress, your god will always be there, but the way things are going your country might not.
Get back to work.
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