Many Democrats expressed extreme displeasure over the hurried nature of the process. Rep. Bobby Scott said, “I think it is appropriate to comment on the process by which the bill is coming to us. This is not the bill that was reported and deliberated on in the Committee on the Judiciary. It came to us late on the floor. No one has really had an opportunity to look at the bill to see what is in it since we have been out of our offices.”

Rep. John Conyers, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, declared, “we are now debating at this hour of night, with only two copies of the bill that we are being asked to vote on available to Members on this side of the aisle.”

I think it is just absolutely unacceptable for these representatives to vote on legislation they haven't even had time to read!  I'm going to post another three hundred instances regurgitating all the talking points of  Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck in a local news blogging forum, and make everyone choke it down as I don't intelligently consider what anyone else posts.  I'm going to go marching on like the good christian soldier I am, and spread that love of the almighty while spouting my political views without consideration of the first amendment, which obviously separates church from state.

Those first two paragraphs, for you republicans that wouldn't even read this post if it weren't for some clever trickery by the author, were all about the largest legislation restricting civil liberties this country has ever seen, it was introduced on October 23, 2001 and put to the floor the same day it was introduced.  The public hadn't seen it, and most of congress had not read it when it was passed on October 24, 2001, it is known as the PATRIOT act.

There wasn't ONE PEEP from you "defenders of the constitution" on the right, because your George W. Bush made it abundantly clear how necessary it was to trade your liberty for safety.  Since that stimulus bill, I've heard your rumblings so loud it's obvious I'm not politically deaf, and I could have heard a pin drop while the PATRIOT act was passed.

That's alright, I'll listen to you now, as you whine about having to change lightbulbs or whatever, for legislation that hasn't even passed yet.  Yeah, right.  How about saving the energy now and sparing me your posts?  Start saving now, because just like when you guys had the control--they have the control now.  The pendulum has swung back in the other direction, but that's not even what I'm mad about.

I've contacted representatives about my causes, which I listed in another blog post on here, what have you done other than littering this forum with your messages?  Did you call the congressional switchboard because some AM radio talking head told you?  You can't even make up your own points, show me your own injustices, talk to me about something that effects YOU in your everyday life...  I know you didn't call.

I don't even care about pollution of the earth, mother nature is a big girl she can take care of herself, but I am tired of the same posts every day... just because there are colorful graphs it doesn't hold my attention as long as "Goodnight Moon."

Enough ranting on my part, flame me if you want, but remember -- I got my own information.  I did contact representatives.  I didn't follow the party lines blindly.

Enjoy.