April 26, 2005

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Are the inmates running the asylum?

    By Jack Grant

A lot of bad bills are introduced with each session of Congress, but is the situation now getting out of control?

Read about the so-called "Academic Freedom Bill of Rights" at Point Progression and decide yourself.

Do our members of Congress even bother to think at all about the repercussions of the bills they propose if they became law?

Posted by Jack Grant at 23:50 on 26 April 2005
Comments

No, bro - they don't. Hyper-partisanship and all that rot, don't you know.

I understand where you're coming from, Jack, and I have a lot of respect for your recent pleas for reason. I just don't think today's political environment is conducive for it.

If either side caves in to mere reason, and doesn't toe the party line, there is a very real risk of losing some part of that side's base, and last year's election results show pretty graphically that that would be disastrous for them. Fuck, what a run on sentence.

Anyhow, I have no clue how to fix it, I just call's 'em like I sees 'em.

- Donnie

Posted by: Donnie at April 27, 2005 04:42 AM

That's a ridiculous and outrageous bill (introduced in the state of Florida, not U.S. Congress).

Posted by: The Commissar at April 27, 2005 05:52 AM



























































































































































































































































































































































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