Repugnant Republicans

Did you hear about the latest dirty tricks from the Republicans in Washington?

It seems the American people were sick and tired of the Republican's best friends--Big Business, specifically the banking lobby--taking advantage of them on their credit cards and accounts so the Democrats were, finally, going to do something about it. That "something" was the new credit card legislation that's coming out of Washington this week.

Well, the Repubs realized this was going to happen with or without them so they figured "Okay, if this legislation is going to go through anyway, let's tag something on it with an amendment that our other friends will want."

So what did they do?

They added an amendment to this banking bill--that's WAY overdue, mind you, but that's another story--that allows concealed weapons in our National Parks.

Obviously, concealed weapons in our National Parks and wildlife areas has nothing whatever to do with banking legislation but with the Democrats being the soft-headed, spineless bunch they are, the Repubs knew they'd get this one gift for the NRA, even if they couldn't do anything for their good friends in the banking lobby, by killing it.

And the Democrats, true to form, are rolling over for it because they're so afraid of the gun lobby, the NRA and the gun-nuts.

It's just bloody shameful.

When was the last time ANYONE heard of any problems in the National Parks, for God's sake, that required they have a concealed weapon?

This is what the problem is with, again, the gun lobby, the NRA and the gun-nuts: they want all guns, all the time, everywhere and forever, amen.

And if yer agin' 'em?

You're unpatriotic.

You don't love your country.

You're a soft-hearted, weak-kneed, pointy-headed liberal.

So off they go again, the Republicans and the gun people. They win.

America loses.

That's why we call them Repuglicans.

Link to story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/us/politics/21cards.html?th&emc=th