Tuesday, April 19, 2005

DC Follies

A congressman just came to our law school to give a speech about the Patriot Act and it's amending act, the SAFE Act.

When the congressmen opened the floor up for questions some wacky townie got a hold of the mike and asked, "How can you explain the contradiction between passing the SAFE Act and supporting the School of the Americas in Ft. Benning Georgia, which is funded by the Department of Defense to overthrow foreign governments?"

The congressman replied, "I'm not sure what you're talking about".

"You've never heard of the school of the Americas?" quizzed the townie.

"No," said the congressman.

At this point, I leaned over to the guy next to me and said, "Hmm. No national presence. Must be fourth tier."