Sunday, May 02, 2010

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?

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