The obvious poem of the day...

[elfs]

In honor of the political protests going on in Washington D.C., complete with John Boehner not knowing his Declaration of Independence from his Constitution to the United States of America (didn't he watch History Rock like the rest of us?) and the protestors arrested for littering outside Nancy Pelosi's office, this seems the perfect poem to honor Representative Michelle Bachmann's (R-Minnesota) assault on Congress:

Remember, remember, the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot ;
I know of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.

Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes,
'Twas his intent.
To blow up the King and the Parliament.
Three score barrels of powder below.
Poor old England to overthrow.
By God's providence he was catch'd,
With a dark lantern and burning match.

Have I mentioned how much I miss Helen Chenowith? There was a fabulous sex scandal to go with all that insane posturing.

Comments

[doodlesthegreat.livejournal.com]

I watched Boner(not misspelled) quote the wrong damned document and laughed my ass off. But there's a large number of people in that crowd who I'd stick on FBI watch lists until Obama leaves office in 2016.*

*Yeah, I think he'll make it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_candide_/]

Yyyyyyyeah. When I heard what that one Congresscritter said — that the healthcare bill was the biggest threat to liberty he's seen — I screamed at the radio, "ARE YOU FSCKING BLIND?!?!?! WHAT ABOUT THE GANG-RAPING OF The Constitution OVER THE PAST DECADE?!?!?!? WHAT ABOUT THE SUSPENSION OF HABEAS-CORPUS?!?!?!"

And this is what's in Congress: braindead demagogue-morons who neither know what's in The Constitution nor would uphold it if they did.

[(Anonymous)]

What, you're taking what politicians say at face value? :)

I don't for a minute believe they actually think the healthcare bill represents a "threat to liberty." They're just spouting rhetoric for their usual fearmongering.

The older I get and the more of the democratic process I see, the more I'm convinced that there is way, way too much direct involvement of the voters in government. We need some, of course, as a check against tyranny, but when you have congressmen and -women stalling important legislation because they're in perpetual campaign mode, and freakin' referenda on what legal rights certain classes of people should enjoy, something is definitely wrong.

Number 127

[http://users.livejournal.com/_candide_/]

*sigh* I suppose you're right. The Rot runs much deeper: it' the voters who don't know anymore what The Constitution is for, much less what it says. And many don't even support the Bill of Rights, when asked about its safeguards without cluing them in that this is in The Constitution.