Stop Wasting My Money, Speaker Pelosi.

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Monday July 30, 2007 · 6:18 PM PDT

2007/07/30 · 18:18

The House of Representatives and the Senate love to pass these nonbinding and ineffective "sense of the House" or "sense of the Senate" resolutions. Sometimes these proclamations have merit, and address a problem we all are concerned about. And sometimes they are so moronic or inane that you wonder how Congress can tie their shoes in the morning.

Booman:

The House of Representatives is really getting down to business today. They're condemning Japan ... for insufficient contrition about the use of comfort girls in their imperial era. They're condemning Canada for clubbing baby seals.

Now, these nonbinding proclamations and resolutions may have merit. But, really, with so much on its collective plate, what is the point?

Speaker Pelosi, with all due respect, stop wasting my money. I, and millions of other American citizens, pay your salary. Indeed, we elect you to be our representatives. We send you to Congress to get things done. We want you to debate the issues of the day and then pass bills addressing those issues. We want you to pass appropriations bills. We want you to hold this Administration accountable, on every issue, at every level. We want you to bring this war to a close. We want you to impeach Attorney General Gonzales, at the very least.

None of us want you to waste your, and our, time debating whether Japan has been sufficiently contrite enough over the sins of their past. How the hell does a toothless and meaningless resolution condemning an ally help me and other ordinary Americans?

Do your goddamn job, Madame Speaker. Stop acting like you are in a high school debating society, and use your authority as Speaker to ban these sorts of worthless resolutions from House practice. If members of the House wish to condemn Canada's clubbing of seals or Japan's lack of sufficient (in our eyes) contrition, they may do so in their press conferences and in special order speeches.

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