The New Congress is Hard at Work

Congressman Bill Shuster (R - PA) - thought this was a good use of time in the United States House of Representatives to "honor" Dick Hoak. What did Dick Hoak do to deserve such a high honor? Did he help liberate Iraq? Was he a former President who died recently? Did he work on a panel to help fix Social Security?

No, he was a coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and all he did was resign! Hey Dick - congratulations on not working somewhere any more.

In addition to recognizing some guy who worked for the Steelers (Full Text: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r110:1:./temp/~r110VGJyLu), Congress also passed S. Res. 25, congratulating the University of Florida football team for winning the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship. And, S. Res. 26, commending the Appalachian State University football team for winning the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-AA Football Championship.

If you really want to get upset - take a look at the Congressional Record. Every day is littered with useless, non-governmental speeches and meaningless resolutions.

I really don't care if your local football team won a game. If a bomb didn't blow up at the game, or some of the players stem cells weren't used for some illegal testing - I DO NOT CARE and neither should you. Yippee, you got the local folks name into the congressional record. Congratulations - I am sure the tailback for Appalachian State University reads the Congressional Record every day.

Glad things are so slow down there that they have time to fool around with junk like this all day.