Yellow Dog/Bleeding Heart

I now present to you an analogy to illustrate how idiotic the current political debate is and the selfish attitudes I'm seeing expressed in our country today: Let's say you're trapped in a burning building with flames leaping closer an closer. Meanwhile, the fire department has arrived on the scene, but the firefighters are doing nothing because: Some of them think it is an electrical fire and Some of them think it is a gas fire so There are two very different approaches to how to put it out and No one can agree on which one. Finally the Chief issues orders based upon the best available information and the resources immediately at hand, but instead of rushing to rescue you the firefighters merely stay put and begin to debate the validity of the Chief's decision. Whoa! Who's that rolling up his sleeves to join in the firefighter's debate? (Sorry, I couldn't resist!) While you remain trapped and are now choking the firefighters have moved on to a debate about:...

Let's say I get bored (or drunk, or crazy, or lonely) tonight and decide I want to get married. All I have to do is go down to a bar (or wherever) and find some willing guy and tomorrow we can get legally married. The law will sanction our frivolous loveless marriage; society will recognise it; and come next April we'll be filing our 2008 federal income taxes together. But let's say we get really really drunk after the ceremony and my new idiot husband walks in front of a bus. In the hospital they'll ask, "Who is the next of kin?!" and I'll have every right to step up and assert my claim and control over what medical procedures he receives. Let's say he dies. Do I shout out Bingo? I mean, I've just inherited his estate. And then, a few weeks later when I discover that the awkward elbow-y sex we hurriedly had to consummate the relationship has left me with child, I need only to fill out the proper forms to ensure that said child receive the ...