Ok, I'm home from work now. I have been thinking about this all day. Red is complaining about a lot of us haveing a "they can just stuff it" attitude. Well this is why I think this topic is so heated...other than the fact that new legislation is so obviously unwise.

I think the attitude that Red is complaining about stems from the fact thatsome of us feel like we are treated like second class citizens by politicians and the news media. Or that is what it seems like anyway. It kind of reminds me of a true story that happened in 1994.

In this part of the country there was a congressman by the name of Jack Brooks. Jack Brooks was a Democrat, and he so securely held his House Seat in Washington most betting men would have bet he would die in office. If you look at a wide shot of the picture of LBJ taking the oath of office on the airplane after Kennedy was shot, you can see Jack Brooks in the background.

Well in the early 90's, the Clinton crowd came up with the Brady Bill. Ole Jack must have thought that his constituants were so stupid that even though they told him that hewould totaly lose their support if he voted for the Brady Bill ole Jack voted for it anyway. After all, there was no way he could lose, but this was the catch. The people (his constituants) were not stupid, and they had a memory. I'll never forget the moment that night in 1994he first realized he had lost. It was better than the first day of deer season for me.

Speaking of legislation.

C. Davis