Thursday, May 11, 2006

Ever wonder what's on a Congressman's to-do list?

Given everything that's going on in the world and this country you'd think some heady stuff would be on tap in a Congressional office.

So what so you think Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick (R-Pa) puts high enough up on America's danger list as to introduce a separate bill?

Funding the War on Islamofascism? Nope.

Securing our borders and enforcing our existing immigration laws? Doesn't seem so.

Fighting corruption and earmarks? Not a chance.

No, Fitzpatrick is seeking to spend our money to create a federal law to oversee access to MySpace, Facebook, and other social websites. (Fortunately for these sites it'll probably be like our border laws and totally ignored by Washington.)

Finished laughing? Good, because he's serious.

"As the father of six children, I hear about these Web sites on a daily basis," Fitzpatrick said. "However, the majority of these networking sites lack proper controls to protect their younger users. Also, many parents lack the resources to protect their children from online predators. My legislation seeks to change that." [emphasis added]


He's right you know...it's far too much to expect that a parent would actually care enough about their child to parent.

Just as it appears that it's far too much to expect a Republican to act like a Republican.

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