OFF THE WIRE
So I have some great news folks! The Republicans and the Democrats in
Congress and the White House FINALLY came together and agreed on
something. This is HUGE. These guys disagree on EVERYTHING! Getting them
to see eye-to-eye is like getting the Jews and the Palestinians to do a
trust fall together. Or getting Eskimos and polar bears to play Jenga.
I'm referring to the bill H.R. 347
that was signed by President Obama the other day, passed unanimously in
the Senate, and 388-3 in the House. That's nearly EVERY SINGLE
lawmaker. The last time they agreed that closely on something, it was a
bill raising monthly Congressional pay to include a box of Ding Dongs,
two erotic cakes featuring Bonanza star Pernell Roberts, and a gentle yet inquisitive prostate exam every Tuesday.
What did this magical universally-loved bill say? Well some are
calling it the anti-Occupy law and it allows the government to bring
charges against Americans involved in many kinds of political protest at
any location the secret service, quote, "is or will be temporarily
visiting." So basically if the government wants to shut down a protest,
they just send a secret service officer down there to scratch his balls,
and then they can start putting people in jail for a year or more.
This is all lovely except for that bitchy bothersome document, the
Constitution. I believe somewhere in the back it says, "Congress shall
make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech . . . or the right of
the people peaceably to assemble." Aw shit! That musta sucked when
Congress found that out! To get that close to passing it and then shot
down? It musta been like getting hired to rub baby oil on the
contestants of Miss Universe before the bathing suit portion of the
competition and then losing your hands in a freak exploding cell phone
accident! So when Congress heard about that first amendment they musta
been like, "God damnit! That really f**ks up all our plans. That f**king
line in the Constitution says not to do EXACTLY what we just did."
That's what they must've said, right? ... They didn't just pass it
anyway ... Right?
But the bill doesn't stop there. I mean, when you have the entirety
of Congress with the exception of Ron Paul agreeing on something, why
not swing for the fences? The bill also says it could be a federal crime
to protest near an event of, quote, "national significance." Well,
that's not vague at all. So you could be convicted of a federal crime
and locked away for a year or more for the following things:
1) Marching outside the Democratic or Republican National Conventions
2) Yelling "C**k-face corporate whore" outside a barber shop where Mitt Romney is getting his ear hair trimmed.
3) Marching in front of the entrance of the New York Stock Exchange
4) Sprinkling magic homosexual glitter on Rick Santorum, or even
anyone near Rick Santorum, or even just making fun of his stupid sweater
vest!
5) Going to the gates of the White House and demanding the President read the Constitution. ...You know, if he gets a chance.
Well, Congress gets to stomp on the Bill of Rights, I want to do it
too. I want to bring back cruel and unusual punishment, and then we
could demand that every man or woman who voted for the Anti-Protest Law
or signed it from the Oval Office be tied up in the town square naked
for a week while everyone gets to throw fire ants and bumble bees at
their naughty parts. Deal??
