Lawmakers with too much time on their hands

When the House Energy and Commerce Committee spends a few hours pondering the Whizzinator, a fake penis that can provide a flow of clean urine "again and again, anytime, anywhere you need it," I think they might have their priorities out of whack.

The money quote from this article comes from Rep. Ed Whitfield, a Kentucky Republican.

"These companies seek through deception to make a buck by violating our trust and compromising our security."

Not that George Bush, his cronies and the Congressional Republicans would ever lead us into a war with lies and deception. Or heaven forbid compromise our national security by spending boatloads of money on a pointless war with a country that posed no threat, making it virtually impossible for us to go after the real bad guys due to record deficits. And I'm sure they would never turn many of our young people away from military service due to their lies and the resulting mistrust. And don't even get me started on Haliburton.

If Rep. Ed Whitfield is concerned about "violating our trust and compromising our security," he need not look to folks trying to pass their drug tests, he just needs to look around the room, and down the street to the White House.