Sausage Being Made

The cliche is that you wouldn't want to watch either sausage or law being made. It isn't a pretty process, but in a representative republic the process with all of its ugliness should be open to public scrutiny.

But, now we've got this:

Resolving the Two Non-Bills Behind Closed Doors

The US Senate has moved two "conceptual" bills out of committees. They are two entirely different concepts and neither of them is bipartisan in the slightest. They may or may not include a public healthcare option. They may or may not insure about 15 million of the currently uninsured 35 or maybe 46 million uninsured. They may or may not be funded by fictitious savings. They WILL raise taxes incredibly on anyone who currently has healthcare coverage, including the naive unions that supported the Messiah's election.

How will these two concepts become an actual legislative proposal? Funny you should ask. The stitching together will take place in a closed room without public observation of the process and hence no opportunity to weigh in with what "we-the-people" would actually prefer.

But, as they say in the Ginzu commercial, "wait, there's more!"

There are three conceptual proposals in the House of Representatives. These rag-tag bundles of legislative offal are going into a similar closed door packing plant where again the democracy will not be heard. Could this be an attempt to provide maximum cover for these bottom suckers seeking re-election next year? Support the Speaker now and deny your butt off next summer on the campaign trail.

Finally, the two non-democracy, un-representative bills will be merged in a conference committee, where behind closed doors the sausage links will be finally joined. Where do we get a chance to participate in the political process?

More importantly, what are we going to be doing when we are being force-fed this product which we recognize as filled with very unappetizing components? I don't want to partake of this meal. I don't want a bite, a taste, or even a sniff. I plan to boycott the butcher and stay away from the table.

It's a shame. I've always loved sausage in the past.