A Letter to Congress

January 9, 2012

Dear Congress:

          I'm writing to express my disappointment in you and in the rest of the government of the United States of America. Not only have you failed to fulfill most of your campaign promises, you have also let partisan bickering interfere with your decision making. It used to be that this country's major political parties could at least agree to disagree. It used to be there were statesmen in our nation's capital--men and women willing to compromise for the sake of the greater good. Nowadays you'd rather point accusatory fingers at each other and put the blame on the President than admit to caring solely about yourselves and special interests than about your constituents. I'm sure you know that Americans tend to be sensible people and that we understand that practical solutions to healthcare and immigration reform are few and far between. However, Congress' inability to work together to propose anything even remotely practical leaves most of us disgusted and angry! Instead of spending millions of dollars on getting yourselves reelected, how about you earn the high salaries we pay you? How about you try to win back the respect you've so totally lost? You weren't sent to Washington to commit adultery, to play the role of pork-barrel politician, to earmark extra funds for self-aggrandizing schemes or to fly around the world for personal reasons, all at taxpayer expense. Another Christmas has passed and we're no closer to peace in the United States, let alone everywhere else! And the gap between the poorest among us and the most wealthy among us is wider than ever. There continue to be gender and racial inequities in all aspects of our daily lives, but Congress is especially notorious for being a network of white male millionaires who have completely lost touch with what passes for reality for the majority of Americans! We're willing to forgive a few youthful indiscretions, but outright stupidity will no longer be tolerated. I hope you can get your collective act together before we ask the nation's zoos to replace you with chimpanzees. At least when chimps fling poo they're a lot more fun to watch!