Intentions

Friday 28 December 2012 - Filed under Uncategorized

Not intending hard enough is the meaning of “ineffective” to those who value only intentions.

As 2012 comes to a close, the 112th Congress is set to go down in American history as the most unproductive session since the 1940s.

According to a Huffington Post review of all the bills that hit President Barack Obama’s desk this session, Obama has signed 219 bills passed by the 112th Congress into law. With less than a week to go in the year, there are currently another 20 bills pending presidential action. In comparison, the last Congress passed 383 bills, while the one before it passed 460.

Quantifying the effectiveness of Congress by the number of bills it passes without regard to the actual results of said bills is depraved. Congress just passed a renewal of FISA without a single change despite very vocal opposition to the warrantless wiretapping provision which denies the American people any semblance of oversight on government spy programs. To the perverse minds that think the sheer number of bills passed is what defines the effectiveness of congress, this bill is a win. Fuck them.

2012-12-28  »  madlibertarianguy