In addition to its listing in the VFPR's list of favorite films, Animal House was used today as an apt metaphor in a Wall Street Journal Article commenting on the inability of the US Congress to achieve closure on a long list of issues that seem to have fallen prey to internal squabbling.
The use of humor to make a political point is tricky business as many Op Ed cartoonists demonstrate regularly. There is a stinging reality attached when we realize that real issues are at stake. In a recent POST, I commented on the low ratings currently being enjoyed by the congress. The bad marks are more understandable when we note the list of important issues that the Congress just can't seem to resolve.
The Dems have been in charge for almost a year and the results are substantially less than sterling. Perhaps if the members spent more time working on important issues over which they actually have some control instead of second guessing the State and Defense Departments, we might have seen more progress.
In the meantime, get that checkbook ready for tax time when the sneaky stealth AMT takes another bite out of your income. Resolving the AMT is one of the many items that the Congress didn't quite get around to fixing this year.
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