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There Should Be A Law

Nancy Pelosi has become incontinent over the fact that the House Dems pushed through the 2010 defense bill by a vote of 281 to 146. Not because of the funds for our military and other such needed defense costs, but because of the hate crime legislation attached to it. Nancy said, “It’s an exciting day for us,” as everyone knows she has long advocated an expanded hate crimes bill which would include Gays.

The defense bill itself contains more expenditures than the president has recommended, for one, the alternate engine for the F-35 fighter aircraft.  At present, the original engine is built by Pratt & Whitney but a number of the legislators want to see an alternate engine built by General Electric and Rolls-Royce. There is no reason for this other than it would place many jobs in different states, than being produced solely by one company.

This bill also contains various restrictions on the president, that congress be given a minimum of 45 days before the closure of Guantanamo and after he has submitted a detailed report of
how the transfer would be made and other such additions. Several of those congressmen who voted against the defense bill have stated they wanted to vote for it until the hate crime attachment was made.

Here is a blurb taken from the Washington Times article concerning this: 

A hate crimes law has been on the books for decades, but under the expanded law the Justice Department could investigate crimes where someone was targeted because of his or her actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. The bill also makes it a crime to target someone in the military. (Hate crime laws may extend to gays-Washington Times, October 9, 2009)

There is little wonder we have such a vastly messed up bunch of laws. The above information is not written to particularly criticize the hate crimes law, although I think it very unwise and unnecessary. From the above description, it sounds like any other bill. We now have laws that protect anyone from being beat up, killed, refused employment, and anything else. This one only opens the door for limiting biblical teaching against sinful acts.

But the amount of “rider’ legislation that gets attached to important bills is outrageous. If this one thing was outlawed, billions of dollars could and would be saved annually. When a bill as vital as defense spending, homeland security, and such comes up for a vote, with enough attachments that costs nearly as much as the bill itself and is usually completely unknown to the American people, it becomes criminal.  Every unrelated bill should be separate. Congress ought to have the integrity and ethical standards to pass such a law.

Many presidents have asked for a “line item veto” which I have thought for a long time, should be granted. It could prove to be hazardous without strict details and provisions for restraint. But it could be that he was allowed such with congress free to try and pass the vetoed items separately.

President Obama promised to veto any bills coming to him, loaded with “pork”. He has completely failed to do so since taking office, even with our extreme deficit spending. He has also promised to veto any defense spending bill which called for excessive spending, which, he contends to be the exact problem with allowing the alternate engine to be built. It will be interesting to see if he is willing to back that up or not. But it is the congress who caues these dilemmas. Simply by seeing more government spending in their states or contributions to their campaign funds.

It would be the wisest choice a voter could make, to choose each candidate who has received the least contributions from special interests, be it pharmaceutics, unions, lawyers or General Electric. Strong reform is needed in congress. The ones who have been there longest seem to have found he most lucrative sources and have learned to slip their payback bills through on the backs of important legislation. Even though congress has the lowest popularity rating of all branches of government, they still prefer to have dollars in their campaign baskets than the respect of their constituents. How terribly sad.

Every member of both houses should be held to the strictest of adherence to morality and ethics. When they are found to have willfully rejected those virtues, they should lose their seat without mercy. There are plenty of good sound, ethical and moral men waiting for their jobs. It is our duty as voters to do our homework, research, and find who they are.

» left by Anonymous (2 years 201 days ago.)

AMEN. I really think that BEST government (and sadly maybe the only one which will be honorable) will be when the Lord Jesus comes back to rule and reign. MARANATHA!! Marijo

» left by Joel Hendon (2 years 201 days ago.)

Hi Marijo, thanks for the commnent. Sadly, I 'm afraid you are too right.

» left by Anonymous (91 days 7 hours ago.)

Smart thinking - a ceevlr way of looking at it.

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