Get Ready to Celebrate "Oh Crap Day" on Oct. 17

Why Oct. 17? Because that's the day when Bush's obscene Bankruptcy Bill will go into effect. (And you thought we forgot about it, didn't you? For shame.) Over at Huffington Post, Bob Cesca has an absolute must-read piece. He starts off primarily talking about a recent poll showing that most American who support the "Patriot Act" don't really know what's in it, and that the more they do know, the less they like it. (Insert large "Well, DUH" here.) Then he gets down to business with an analysis of the bankruptcy bill which would be laugh-out-loud funny if it weren't serious enough to make you cry.

The Bankruptcy Bill is going to foster a climate not unlike that scene from "Goodfellas". Planning to start up a small business with a $100,000 line of credit? Business doesn't go well? Fuck you, pay me. National Guardsman returning from Iraq? Can't pay the mortgage? Fuck you, pay me. Lose your insurance? Get in an accident? Medical bills pile up? Fuck you, pay me.

But it felt good to vote for George W. Bush in November because John Kerry seemed "too French" and gay people shouldn't get married. It was easy to support something called "The Patriot Act" or "Operation Iraqi Freedom" without knowing what it really meant.

Just as long as we don't have to think too hard.

I like Bob. He's willing to spread the blame around to the uneducated voters that put us in the situtation where we find ourselves now and not just kvetch about the people in power. Remember, we get the government we deserve. The nice thing about government, though, is that we always get another chance to fix what we messed up. At least until the mushroom clouds start showing up, and assuming we can get an honest count at the ballot box.