Showed Us Their Rear Ends

(to Todd Rundgren's "Can We Still Be Friends")

When they shut down
Place they abhor, they
Showed us their rear ends
Sweet tea egos
Stomped feet on floor and
Showed us their rear ends

They made country
Go blind
With the light
From their bright behinds
Thought it grand
Lovely shine
Then when it blew up
Press time

Won’t admit they
Made big mistakes when
Showed us their rear ends
Right whine with the
Sourest grapes, it
Showed us their rear ends

Moons a-full
Cheek to spare
Cracking words
With a puff of air
Here’s high five
For their work
Glutes not imbued
With clever.

(showed us their rear ends)
Will you please hide your nethers next time?
(showed us their rear ends)
Still each night they shine moon on and on and on

When they plot
Their next scheme
Hope to God
They wear slacks or jeans
History
Won’t be fond
Hope this is
Their seat swan song.

Reason

When a kidnapper takes someone away, holding a person hostage until demands are met, most people think the kidnapper is a criminal. The kidnapper might believe his cause is justified and his means reasonable, that his moral compass forced him to make someone suffer. And as the kidnapping is prolonged, the suffering is prolonged. The questions will start: Will the hostage be returned? Will authorities cave to the demands? Will the righteousness of one be justified in causing pain and suffering to the many?

Reasonable is an interesting word. It evokes a sense of cooperation and a handshake. To others it evokes weakness. Still others define reasonable as something defined by their hearts, and if the definition is not met by those around them, then the outside is unreasonable.

Welcome to the government. People who label themselves as reasonable are holding the country hostage. Why? They feel justified and righteous. They sense they are reasonable, yet everyone else is unreasonable.

Now, whether or not you like the Affordable Health Care Act, it doesn’t mean you’re any smarter than one person or another person. It means you have an opinion. It doesn’t mean you’re reasonable. It doesn’t mean you’re unreasonable.

Does your opinion justify hurting the many? We can certainly debate whether ‘Obamacare’ hurts many people or it doesn’t hurt a lot of people, but the debate would be a focus of opinions. Opinions are interpretations of facts. Interpretations are always based on where you get your facts and what lens you see those facts through. And opinions and debate are okay until your opinion leads to hurting the many.

It’s not an opinion that shutting down the government will hurt people. Closing down sections of the government WILL hurt people. It is not an opinion. It is a truth. I think this is something we can all agree on. But have we so much animus in our nation that our ‘reasonable’ opinions justify bringing our government to its knees?

I seem to hear a lot of “Screw everyone else…this is the way I want it to be.” I don’t hear much of anything else. It’s tiring and does no one any good.

So as the House of Representatives holds our country hostage because of opinions, because of self-righteousness, because in their hearts they are being ‘reasonable’, know that these representatives are playing a game of chicken. They are willing for you to suffer the consequences of their actions.

Thus is the beauty of being reasonable. You can take it to heart that no matter what the circumstances are, your definition of reason will justify your actions because someone else was being unreasonable.

Republican Sponsored Bill Expected to Pass Gas

(K. Letterman News Agency)

With a solid majority poised to advance a new agenda in the House, Republicans are expected to vote on their first priority of the new session tomorrow morning.

“This majority was blown into office on the winds of change so we could send a strong signal to Washington that it’s not business as usual,” said House Speaker John Boehner. “That’s why House Bill number 54, or ‘The Nanny Nanny Boo Boo, So There’ bill is a top priority.”

The Nanny Nanny Boo Boo, So There bill, though not expected to pass gas in the Senate, offers nothing of any importance to anything at all, and it offers no solutions to any problems facing any American citizen. Many Republicans feel the bill is symbolic.

"Here is an opportunity to show the American public we are not sitting on our hands,” said Gerry Hobble R-CA. “We just lift ourselves up, just a tiny bit, and express ourselves.”

Others defined the bill as an "ill wind" and found it "clouded in mystery." Despite the criticisms, the bill is destined for a vote.

“Few doubted that this bill would reach the house floor, and in truth, it never did,” said Robert Wiskell D-NH. “It kind of hovered."

"It really reeks of partisanship," Wiskell added.

Following the vote, the chamber is expected to adjourn, making the space available for crews from the Environmental Protection Agency.