There are (at least to me) some very obvious things out of which the government should keep its proboscis. You may agree or disagree about gun control, health care, education, any number of entitlement programs that keep indolent assholes on the dole, make local and state entities beholden to the Feds, etc.
But I can’t imagine you guys would disagree on the following utter ridiculosity!
I think the US Olympic team uniforms are just butt ugly. They make our athletes look like rejects from a private school. But do we really need Harry Reid out there screeching about them being made in China and demanding they be burnt? And worse yet, suggesting that all the athletes wear unitards? (read: tights) While I agree that our uniforms should have been manufactured here – just on damn principle – the Olympic Committee is a private entity, and it is free to do whatever the bloody hell it wants. And don’t you have a budget to pass or something, Harry?
Why the bleeding, oozing, stinking fuck was Congress involved in this whole baseball steroid mess? Why did they waste time with Roger Clemens? Once again, I ask – didn’t they have a budget to pass or something? What, did they already solve the nation’s problems? So soon?
Someone want to tell me why Orrin Hatch and Max Baucus stuck their collective dicks into the BCS? College football is a game, douchebags. Don’t you have better things to do?
Why the bleeding hell did they get involved in the NFL “Bounty” issue? Why? Luckily, they “magnanimously” backed off, claiming “Because of that willingness to address the issue, and due to the reforms the league is announcing after meeting with me today, I will withhold Congressional hearings on this matter and continue to work with the league and its players to ensure the league’s rules are sufficient and that nothing like these bounty programs ever happens again.” BAD,NFL! You’d better straighten up or Dick Durbin will spank your collective asses! Because they’re Congress, and they’re your fat momma, who inserts herself into your business, despite the fact that you’re a grownup and do not require her meddling.
Oh and boxing? Really? Have we solved every outstanding issue in this country? Are we now so free of responsibilities and aching for something to do that we need to get involved in fuggin’ BOXING, Congress?
Internet regulation! I don’t like piracy any more than you do, but Holy Toenail Fungus in a Sweater! Does Congress really need to get involved?
Internet gambling! What the hell is Congress doing trying to save us from ourselves?
Spending money on this shit. This list is amazing. Among the 30 douchebaggy things that your government is spending money on is $175,587 “to determine if cocaine makes Japanese quail engage in sexually risky behavior,” $200,000 on “a tattoo removal program” in Mission Hills, California, 2.6 million dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly, $1.8 million was spent on a “museum of neon signs” in Las Vegas, Nevada, and my favorite: $800,000 in “stimulus funds” to study the impact of a “genital-washing program” on men in South Africa
Marriage. Why the hell should it matter to the federal government whether two guys (or girls) want to form a union? What gives the federal government the authority to tell individuals what to do with their lives or whether they can spend their lives together “legally?” Do us all a favor and stay the fuck out of private matters, assholes.
And pass a bloody budget already!





Jul 13, 2012 @ 23:04:46
Nicki, don’t spit up your adult beverage, but we actually agree about the gay marriage issue.
Sort of.
I’d vote and urge my representatives to join me in passing a constitutional amendment that forbids the States from licensing marriage. It’s none of the governments’ business who marries. And they should also get their fingers out of probate and who can be with someone near death too. If I want my dog in the room when they pull the plug, I don’t want some hospital bureaucrat saying, “The law requires only legal family members – and the Pug isn’t related by blood or marriage.” My last breath would be spent on a four-letter aria sung to the tune of a Wagnerian sturm und drang.
Holy matrimony in my faith is a theological covenant as well as societal bond. But my beliefs shouldn’t be the standard for everyone else who wants to live with someone else. And government has no role here…except to steal money from people.
I won’t bless the nuptials of a same-sex couple – and I defy the government to force me to do so. I disagree with homosexual behavior and think these unions are crazy. BUT…I won’t stand and stop them either. And neither should government.
-Jim+
Jul 16, 2012 @ 08:29:31
Jim, actually there’s no “sort of” about it. You and I are in complete agreement when it comes to this issue. You know my thoughts on religion, and I may disagree with many of its tenets, but no government should have its dick in a covenant between two (or more) people. Period.
If the Catholic faith wants to forbid said unions, then the churches shouldn’t be forced to perform them.
It’s a church. It should have nothing to do with government one way or another.
But if a gay couple wants to marry/be together forever/etc., and they find a church willing to perform the ceremony, more power to them!
It’s just not the government’s business in any way, shape or form. Or at least it shouldn’t be.
Jul 14, 2012 @ 08:10:44
Sorry Ms Nicki… one word answer to this one..votes
Jul 14, 2012 @ 21:20:29
There’s not enough time between now and November to print a complete list of the “stuff” the feds should not be doing. I found out today that the National Endowment for the Arts has doled out $25K of the taxpayers money to give a local group to install “environmental art” along a local hiking trail. So what is “environmental art” and why are they taking money by force of law to hand out to install it?
I bet we could cut non-defense governmental programs and employees by ten percent a year for the next presidential term and we (anybody not on the dole) wouldn’t miss a thing.
Jul 15, 2012 @ 09:33:30
Well, that’s why I focused on the utterly ridiculous. Otherwise, I’d be here all day writing a list.
Jul 15, 2012 @ 09:34:22
Oh, and by the way… The Senate Democrats are introducing a bill to force all subsequent Olympic uniforms to be made in America. Because apparently, they’ve solved all problems already.
Jul 24, 2012 @ 23:01:13
I don’t know about the rest of you reading this …. but I am appalled and sickened by the mere fact that while my country (not to mention my children and my grandchildren’s country) is going to shit – that so many people seem so focused on the presidency. You know, for the first time since I’ve been 18 (and I’m 52 by the way), I may not vote. I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE to pick the best of the worst. It just sickens my stomach. This “farce” has gone on long enough. Does the American public not realize the importance of Congress and the power that those 535 VOTED individuals can do (and have done)?? Do they not know the swing power that these 2 and 6 year term individuals (that they probably don’t even know the names of) have??? The same people that play this game every day: …. I need your vote on this – - so if you sway my way on this, I’ll swing my way on that …. SAD. But it happens EVERY DAY !! Even when they know that it is wrong??? Please tell me that our future generation is NOT that stupid. I’m scared ….. I’m not too proud to admit it either. I really am scared. I fear for my children’s generation and I fear even more for my grandchildrens’s generation because if we let this happen – in just the few years that it took to turn this one time mightly nation to turn to shit ….. trust me ….. it won’t take near that to bury it !!!! And guess what, the people of THIS nation arn’t the only ones watching.
By the way Nicki … thank you for your service. First off, that should have been how I started this brief. I for one ….. GREATLY appreciate it !!!!!
Darla
Jul 24, 2012 @ 23:14:36
Darla, that is precisely why I’ll be voting for Gary Johnson this year. I refuse to vote for the least suck.
And thank you for your kind comment.