Imagine you are some guy who likes to go to a neighborhood bar every once in a while. You've been going there with your girlfriend for years. Its a pretty nice place, though a little on the grungy side. But your girlfriend likes it, and the beer is cheep. Anyway, one day the two of you are hanging out at the bar watching t.v. and drowning your sorrows. You hear some sort of commotion at the other end of the bar, and when you look over you see some new guy hassling a waitress. He's a snotty rich kid, one of those guys who thinks he's tougher than everyone else because no one has actually ever beaten the crap out of him. One of those guys who has always had everything handed to them and who is mean and spoiled as a result. You know the type. Anyway, he's berating the waitress about something and you think to yourself "what a prick," and then go back to watching t.v.
But then the guy comes over....
The guy comes over, looks at you out of the corner of his eye, and with a snotty little grin proceeds to reach over and squeeze one of your girlfriend's breasts. Right there in public. Right there in front of you. And suddenly the whole bar goes quiet. Everyone is watching you. The punk looks you square in the eye and says: "Whatcha gonna do about it?"
Your girlfriend looks at you, as if to say "Yeah, what are you gonna do about it?"
From CNN:
Cheney said the administration is committed to moving ahead with its plan to send more troops to Baghdad, even if Congress passes a resolution in opposition.
"It won't stop us," he said. "And it would be, I think, detrimental from the standpoint of the troops."
There you have it. The creeps in the White House don't give a flying fuck what Congress has to say. They just walked over, looked Congress in the eye, and molested the Constitution. They just said: Screw you, Congress, whatcha gonna do about it?
Well, what are you going to do about it? All those nonbinding resolutions? They don't mean shit. You now have two options.
- Pass a binding resolution declaring the escalation illegal in some way. Then, when they do escalate, we'll have a constitutional crisis to deal with. In other words, take that rich kid outside and see what happens.
- Do something else. In other words, when the rich kid comes over and molests your girlfriend, smile, make an excuse, and keep watching t.v. Ignore all the people in the bar laughing at you. Ignore the hurt look on your girlfriend's face. Ignore that feeling in your gut. Keep watching t.v., and drinking bad beer, and let the rich kid sneer at you for being a wuss.
So... whatcha gonna do?