There are jokes, and then there's the U.S. House

The talk after the State of the Union Address was almost completely down party lines, or in other words, business as usual. But a couple things really seem to stand out, and none of it was good for the GOP. But then the House went and did nothing, topping it all.

First, it was the fact that while 31 guests were there to highlight gun violence and the need for gun control. How many came as guests of the GOP? Absolutely none. They were all guests of Democrats, and their poster person was Gabby Giffords. Who was the GOP poster person? None other than Ted Nugent, who was in the chamber as a guest of a Texas GOP Representative. This one-time rock star has said that he wants President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and both female senators from California to suck on the business end of his assault rifle. I'm not sure which is worse, the fact that he was there, or the fact that some GOP representative thinks it's acceptable to ask a person who's threatened the President's life to be there. Then there was the dueling GOP Tea Party responses, neither of which was actually a response. They were both written before the speech was given. But then, I find out that no matter how bad their rhetoric is, their actions, or lack of them, really take the cake. For while they were railing against the sequestration, which is due to take effect in 15 days, the House will take 10 days off. That's right, the House of Representatives aren't due back until less than a week before the action that the GOP says is all President Obama's fault can't even be discussed until late next week. Couldn't change your work schedule when you changed the due date on the sequestration? You complain about people getting $9 an hour as a wage, and you go on vacation right before a crisis you made is schedule to come up? Yes GOP, you made it! You happily signed the bill, which was the only way that President Obama could get you to raise the debt ceiling and not have the country default on its bills in 2011.      

There are many things about the way Washington runs that are ironic, some that are quite bizarre, and quite a few things that are funny. But for a true joke, all you have to do is look at how the House of Representatives does business. You'll laugh so hard it will actually make you cry.