[fabsroman]

I just saw that youtube video. Is that Democrat Congresswoman the smartest woman in the room? Good Lord, what a moron.

What really bugs me is why Congress is wasting all this time and energy on drug use in pro sports and on interviewing the executives of the oil companies, yet they waited until December 26, 2007 to pass a patch to the AMT tax, and it was only good for the 2007 tax year. Mind you, because they passed the patch so late, it caused havoc with the IRS's computer system and forms, so some taxpayers couldn't submit their tax returns until mid February even if they were do a refund. If they submitted their returns before mid February, the return would be returned.

Now, if they don't pass the patch again for 2008, a lot of middle income taxpayers will be subject to the AMT. Without the patch, my wife and I would have paid $1,500 more in taxes.

As far as the pro sports and steroid usage is concerned, I would simply revoke their anti-trust exemption until they came up with a satisfactory plan to test and punish for this stuff, and they implemented said plan. That problem would be solved rather quickly.

As far as oil is concerned, they shouldn't even talk about nationalizing it. Look at the utility companies. Wait until people get their electric bills for this summer. How about the brownouts in California? Yep, all we need is to have the federal government handle something else. They haven't even come up with a fix for social security yet. Ah, but that isn't scheduled to go under until 2042, so who really cares except for the fact that I will have barely started to collect on it when it goes bust.

Oh yeah, now I remember why these politicians are grilling the oil companies. They want the time on TV. That is a free ad campaign.