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Here are four things that many individual members of Congress (new and otherwise) will work on, whether they should do so or not:
1) Placating the demands of the lobbyists, fundraisers, fixers and bag men who helped get them into office in the first place.
2) Finding ways to call the earmarks that they want to exist something other than "earmarks."
3) Using their station in society to avoid paying for just about everything that us mere mortals have to shell out our hard-earned money for, day to day.
4) Setting up publicly funded "fact finding" missions in nations that also just happen to offer outstanding golfing.
Other Congressional priorities will include deflecting blame for anything negative that happens, demonizing members of the opposing party, writing unconstitutional legislation, naming post offices after dead people and designating new "awareness" weeks.
That last one I heartily endorse. It is about damn time we got an "Adult Entertainment Entrepreneur Awareness Week." I can't wait for the logo creation contest!
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Q. Boyer
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