A Lesson in Civics

Remember Civics? The most boring class where you learned about bicameral legislature, how a bill becomes law (before that cartoon came around and explained it), the ele...ctoral...coll...how many justices does it take to screw in a light bulb, or something like that...

Yeah, that Civics.

Well, some more fun facts for you. These are very important to your understanding of government:

1. Barak Obama is the second black president of the United States, Bill Clinton being the first, of course.
2. The President of the United States has a hidden cache of money that he can use to give to lazy people or people who can't speak or write properly. It's official name is: "He Stash."
3. A government bill is too complex to be understood by people, and legislators. It should be written by trusted personages of great wisdom (we'll call them lobbyists to use a familiar term) who will then tell the people - and legislators - whether the bill will be a good law or a bad law, and in a special ceremony will hold the text of the bill to the forehead of the legislator so that the wisdom of these trusted personages will pass to the understanding of the legislator so honored.
4. Actually passing the bill into law is like bashing open a pinata. You're not allowed to see what's inside until the thing's rent asunder and the goodies are on the ground. It has to be good, though, right?

Right?

Obama Picks and Chooses His Ideas of "Fairness"

President Obama doesn't like Arizona's new law addressing illegal immigration.

The president said it was the state that was "misguided" and that the Arizona measure would "undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans." (Obama quoted in Fox News)

Obama said he instructed the Justice Department to "examine the civil rights and other implications" of the new law. Justice officials said they were considering their options, and it wasn't clear Friday what they might do. Regardless, the law seemed certain to be challenged in court by opponents.

I don't understand his "fairness." Fairness to whom? Invoking fairness implies that there is a set of rules involved, either written or customary - like laws or manners, for instance. Who gets the unfair treatment, the property owners and residents near the border whose property rights (and most recently, lives) are put in jeopardy, or the illegal immigrant who acts as if he is "safe" once he crosses the border.

Does fairness mean our laws don't matter because a bunch of loudmouth protesters march in the streets to proclaim the "rights" of those illegal immigrants? These protesters are not concerned with real fairness; they just want something free and easily. But I'm straying from my point.

Since the president is so concerned with fairness maybe he can tell us how it's "fair" for the government to tell me to buy a government-approved product just because I exist. Of course, I'm speaking of health insurance. What if I don't want to buy it...oh, that's right, I'll have to pay a fine, perhaps even go to jail! Just because I wake up in the morning I have to have this government product. By what rules is the government playing to call this fairness? That's right, the health care bill; you know, that same bill that allows (or will allow) a government agency to inspect your light fixtures when you sell your home.

And to make sure you comply with all this fairness, Obama has hired 17,000 IRS agents.