War of 1813
No there wasn’t some new battle 201 years ago. The war is happening now or at least hopefully there is a war, but one can never be sure about the Republicans. As Congress is trying to pass a transportation bill many legislators like to seize the opportunity (or “crisis”) to do bad things that we end up paying for (or amendments that have nothing to do with the original intent of the bill or to stick on things that they hope no one will notice). Under consideration is the Democrat “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act.” Boy doesn’t that sound nice and with the bunch in Washington one must, however, be cognizant of the the use of the word “progress” since the Progressives are little more than Socialists. This is a highway construction funding bill (funny, but I initially typed “bull” by mistake), but the elected officials in Washington have decided that this HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION BILL needs the following: