Fan Forum - View Single Post - House apologizes for slavery and Jim Crow injustices

**sunnykerr** · 07-31-2008, 10:59 AM

I have no idea.

But the House wastes time ALL the time on stupid stuff. Just a quick Google search brought up this stuff:

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1. S.RES.440: A resolution recognizing soil as an essential natural resource, and soils professionals as playing a critical role in managing our Nation's soil resources.

2. S.RES.262: A resolution designating July 2007 as "National Watermelon Month".

3. H.RES.216: Congratulating the men's volleyball team of the University of California, Irvine, for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Volleyball National Championship.

4. S.RES.180: A resolution recognizing the 70th anniversary of the Idaho Potato Commission and designating May 2007 as "Idaho Potato Month".

5. H.RES.630: Congratulating the Warner Robins Little League Baseball Team from Warner Robins, Georgia, on winning the 2007 Little League World Series Championship.

6. H.RES.970: Expressing support for designation of June 30 as "National Corvette Day".

7. H.RES.1050: Recognizing Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as being home to the earliest known reference to the word "baseball" in the United States as well as being the birthplace of college baseball.

8. H.RES.89: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a day should be established as Dutch-American Friendship Day to celebrate the historic ties of the United States and the Netherlands.

9. H.RES.892: Expressing support for designation of a "National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day".

10. H.RES.483: Recognizing the 63rd Anniversary of Big Bend National Park, established on June 12, 1944.

Taxpayers for Common Sense

Resolutions "expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of motor sports."

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For just about every sports team in the nation that wins a championship, there's a congratulatory motion passed in Congress. In June (2003), our government even took the time to congratulate the University of Central Florida Varsity Cheerleading Team on "their historic victory as the 2003 Division 1-A College Cheerleading National Championship."

Congress "voted to recognize Dinah Washington as 'one of the most talented vocalists in American popular music history' and voted on a resolution "honoring the 50th anniversary of Marshmallow Peeps."

Stupid Congress Tricks

I mean, it goes on and on. But before I get fired from wasting my time looking up ways that Congress wastes your taxpayers' dollars... I'll just say this, at least a resolution to apologize for slavery and segregation as some ethical merits to it, you know?