Reason number 2,483,394,487 why politicians suck

[brendala]

Rep. John Conyers is upset that some pesky American voters are demanding that he read bills before he signs them. Apparently, he thinks that reading is, like, totally way too hard. I have to wonder if he makes a habit of signing stuff without reading it. Because I'm tempted to approach him with a notarized contract promising to give me his salary for the next 10 years. ~_^

I would have loved to pull this crap in high school...
Teacher: "Why didn't you read the book before writing your book report?"
Me: "But Teach! That book was, like, 600 pages long! You can't expect me to read it in two weeks AND write a book report! That's totally unfair! Besides, do I really need to read the book to write a report about it?"

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[virus-x.livejournal.com]

You think that's bad?

I'm from the bastard's state.

And on top of that, somehow, he got my e-mail address, and now I'm on his office's mailing list.

If he doesn't like to read things, I'd love to present him a telephone book sized lump of crap, with a single page inserted stating that he gets an uncontestable 75% pay cut.

I wonder how he'd like them apples.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

You're from his state? Damn. :(
I can top that; Barbara Boxer (aka Senator Ma'am) is my state's rep (and has been for about 100 years now).


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If he doesn't like to read things, I'd love to present him a telephone book sized lump of crap, with a single page inserted stating that he gets an uncontestable 75% pay cut.

I wonder how he'd like them apples.
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LOL. It would be AWESOME if a Republican or a Blue Dog Democrat with a wicked sense of humor slipped a page like that in. Conyers could use a hard lesson in common sense that most of us learn as soon as we have the ability to sign our own names.

[ayarane.livejournal.com]

I would have loved to pull this crap in high school...
Teacher: "Why didn't you read the book before writing your book report?"
Me: "But Teach! That book was, like, 600 pages long! You can't expect me to read it in two weeks AND write a book report! That's totally unfair! Besides, do I really need to read the book to write a report about it?"

Of course not, now we just look it up on Wikipedia. :P

I'd have pulled something like that anyway, but for different reasons. Damned English classes and their inclination towards overanalyzing the crap out of literature KILLED much of my motivation to read for years. >_>;

[brendala.livejournal.com]

True. One of my most vivid memories of sophomore English was a class assignment to read a short, 4-line poem about a child carrying eggs in his little red wagon. The teacher asked us to analyze the poem and I said, "Its a cute poem about a kid and his toy wagon". She then proceeded to go on and on about how the poem was a commentary on society, government, etc.

IT WAS A 4-LINE F***ING POEM ABOUT A KID CARRYING EGGS IN A WAGON!!

I tend to over-analyze stuff from time to time. But sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, y'know?

[ayarane.livejournal.com]

OMG. If only EHS hadn't axed* Mr. Creel after first semester of sophomore year. None of that excessive commentary BS. He made studying Lord of the Flies a not-chore (the best part was how he proved that the author was talking out of his ass regarding Piggy's glasses; it would have technically been impossible to use them to start fires with because based on his eyesight, Piggy most likely wore concave-based glasses and those can't be used to ignite things).

And he presented this study about how people who read comic books are more likely to have bigger vocabularies than people who only read normal books. You weren't supposed to be able to bring in comic books/manga for daily silent reading, but Mr. Creel was all "comic books, hell yeah :D" and such.

The little time he was able to dwell on poetry? Well... when he touched on Edgar Allen Poe, he brought in the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode that had the Bart the Raven skit.

Bart the Raven.

EPIC WIN. XD

* officially, he quit and went to teach at Chaffey. At least, that's what the administration spun. But all signs point to him getting axed because of some things that were considered no-nos... such as showing the newer version of the Lord of the Flies movie in class (the color version from the 90's that teachers avoided because of language). Boo.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I bet the Chaffey thing is true because its almost impossible to fire a teacher because of tenure and unions and whatnot. I read a recent LA Times article about hundreds of teachers who are suspended with pay even though they're accused of things like sexual misconduct with students! So I doubt Mr. Creel was fired for something as minor as showing an R-rated movie to teenagers (especially if he sent home permission slips before showing it to his class).

BTW, I read Lord of the Flies in Miss Red Wagon's class. So I had far less fun with it than you did. :P

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

This is nothing new, apparently. I remember Reader's Digest running an article quite a few years ago on how most bills are not read thoroughly at all before being signed (or rejected). This is how a lot of the 'pork' is added to a bill since those who write it up know the bill is most likely not to be read, thus they can sneak in a lot of pet projects and taxes to line their own pockets. Just one of the many great things screwing up this country even more..

Great analogy about the book report though! I've always been that annoying kid in class that gladly read the books required, then many more on top of that! O:)

[virus-x.livejournal.com]

This is precisely why they'd start thinking about what legal procedures they could start to get rid of me, because if I got into the House or Senate, I'd do precisely those kinds of things, and blog about them (naming-names, too).