..leave it to cleaver
Posted on 11/19/2009 5:11:21 AM PST by Puppage
Sure, the economy sucks. Unemployment is at least 10.2% and, yes, if you include part-time workers who would rather have full-time jobs it may be over 17%. The government is showering our cash on Wall Street and burning through piles of our children and grandchildren’s money “saving” phantom jobs in Congressional Districts that don’t exist.
Oh yeah, and Congress is planning for a government take-over of our health care system, legislating higher energy prices and raising taxes. Sheesh, no wonder we’re feeling blue.
Well, not to worry, three-term Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) has found a solution: Stop Complaining So Much. Rep. Cleaver is currently circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter, seeking co-sponsors for House Concurrent Resolution 155, designating the day before Thanksgiving as the official “Complaint Free Wednesday.”
You see, as the Congressman explains:
From time to time, we all experience anxiety, frustration, stress, and regret. And often, we respond to these feelings with a criticism or a complaint. Regrettably, complaining keeps people stuck on current problems, inhibiting them from thinking constructively to find solutions. Research has also shown that complaining can be harmful to one’s emotional and physical health; relationships; and can limit professional career success.
We will set aside the question of whether Rep. Cleaver has discovered the risk of too much complaining only because his party’s legislative proposals are tanking in the polls. We do think it is interesting that he believes we should focus on “solutions” and “look forward”, subtle prods to enact new laws and programs.
We are torn on the larger question of whether Congress should even be wasting any time on such silliness as “official” days for this or that. On the one hand, it is surely a waste of taxpayer money and a decidedly unserious response to our challenges. On the other, though, every moment spent on things like this is a moment that isn’t spent re-regulating huge swaths of the economy.
We do know one thing, though: The Age of Pericles this ain’t.
Sounds funny doesn’t it.
Congress passing a Special Day. Keep your mouth SHUT if you don’t like what’s going on day.
LOL
..leave it to cleaver
Awwww... do we have to stop complaining?
Free Republic would dry up and blow away... ;0)
What’s really frightening about this is the governments tendency to incrementally implement these kind of ideas. The ‘bama people are already working on using force to silence their critics, and one can easily imagine a world where complaining about the government is seen as un-American and, eventually, is criminalized.
What a rotten kid June and Ward raised! Any chance of the voters in this moron’s district taking this STOOPID remark to the polls and vote him out???......(yeah, I thought so).
Thank You, that is EXACTLY the way I took this idea.
I'd like to propose the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November as "Throw All the Bastards Out Tuesday".
Old Navy saying:
“A bitchin’ sailor is a happy sailor.”
If Congressman Cleaver wants to play the “don’t worry be happy” game he should seek employment at a candy store (I know, congress acts like they are a candy store).
Phil Gramm calls Americans a bunch of whiners and has to resign from the McCain campaign. But I doubt this guy will catch much in the way of recriminations from his own party. That’s the main difference between the GOP and the Dems - we take out our trash. The Dems let them keep their committee chairmanships.
Issues one can Complain about on “Complaint Free Wednesday.”:
1) GW Bush’s policies
2) White Racism
3) Anything about Sarah Palin
4) Right Wing Talk Radio
5) Homophobes
6) unequal distribution of wealth
7) Uncle Toms
8) Christian Conservatives
9) Lack of slavery reparations
Guess Cleaver did take something away from the Tea Parties, didn’t he. We complain too much.
LSAggie (posting on hubby’s account)
Let them eat cake and if they do not have cake;let them eat
bread!
Oooh a happy-think law - double-plus good!
This guy represents Harry Truman’s district. I guess that we have went from “The Buck Stops Here” to “Take It Like a Man”.
Yeah, we should stop complaining. It isn’t like there is a serious problem...you know...like the Congress being controlled by Republicans and the economy continuously growing!
This from the mouth of a Congressman. Were he a Republican he’d have his.... Aw, what’s the use?
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