The Price Is Right

Knee-jerk reactions, or just jerks. The haste with which our lawmakers race headlong into bad decisions is staggering. They tumbled all over themselves giving Bush the authority to take us to war, and they threw money at wall street like it was a ticker tape parade. It's not quite the same level, but the lack of clear thinking about seating Senate-appointee Roland Burris is the same. There's no legal reason not to seat the man. He was named by a sitting governor who's been accused but not convicted of anything, and whatever anyone thinks of Blag-whateverhisnameis it's a separate issue entirely. These people in Washington scare the crap out of me.