Uncle Jay Explains the News - July 2, 2007

SPECIAL JULY 4th WEEK EPISODE! Let's celebrate Independence Day by doing what Congress does 240 days a year: not show up for work!

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Congress
• Recess
• District
• Work
• Period
• Independence
• Day
• Vacation

[tcfarrell]

Finally: The fact that we insist on having privately funded campaigns means that each candidate has to raise millions of dollars every election cycle, and this is the kicker, we seem to prefer that they do it by calling thousands of individuals and begging for money. We don't want them to take public money, and we don't want them to take corporate money, so who's left? Just the independently wealthy, and those willing to spend weeks on the phone begging, and when would you have them do that?

[tcfarrell]

Second: Congressional work in Washington is passing laws. More time in Washington, and more "working," means that Congress is passing more laws. There are very few people I've ever met who think that what we really need are more laws. Do you think that we don't have enough laws?

Bonus: What about time to read bills and research the issue so they can make well informed votes? Is that the sort of thing which can only happen when they're in Washington, away from home and family?

[tcfarrell]

Three things (but I don't have enough space here, so I'll post them independently).

First: Am I to understand that what you'd really like, is for members of Congress to spend more time in Washington?  Every election cycle, I hear people moan and groan about how this or that Congressperson is "out of touch," and that they "don't understand the problems of real [insert your state here]ians. I'm wondering if you think that spending more time in Washington would fix that.

[bob46802]

congress got owned by uncle jay

[Makingthebullet]

Wow, you really have to appreciate how hard congress works, huh?

xD

[billobo]

Nice one, Uncle Jay. I watched this one as I only started watching you in 2009. Didn't know you had so many videos from 07 and 08 too.

[ridits]

lol this is awesome

[Phoenix4Changes]

purchase all new clothing, can't wear what someone has worn previously or they have... and all the choices with the current fashions, OH big time stress all the botox appointments, plastic surgery adjustments, etc... my goodness these things are stress. and do we take our own private jet or would that look bad to others? oh my i so feel

i have to stop cause just thinking of this is raising my blood pressure...

rough stuff they go thru

[Phoenix4Changes]

these poor folks work so hard, i feel 4 them so very much. the rest of us just u know live day 2 day and don't have 2 be concerned about our investments, etc... cause we don't have them... i am just waiting 4 local soup kitchen 2 open up around here then will be in 7th heaven in stead of hell.  i guess they are in hell, darn imagine the stress of trying to figure where to go on a holiday, which home, condo or island (perhaps) they may own or borrow, now that is stress, not to mention having to

[joshdamons]

yeah, that worked great for the Frend didn't it? You think the US is "world domineering" now, wait till you pull off something like that.