Feeling John Kerry's pain...
Sep. 16th, 2004 12:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
capri0mniToday, I spent over ten hours trying to compose a letter to the editor on about the cost of prescription drugs, and why the Kerry-Edwards ticket gets my vote on this issue.
I want my letter to be truthful. I want to compare and contrast their proposed policies with Bush's record. I want to cite sources, so that if a skeptical newspaper reader wants to check the validity of my claims, s/he can.
But trying to find, online, what the various bills and resolutions actually say is like trying to find the proverbial needle in the proverbial haystack. And then, once you find the info? Oy! There is no exciting, snappy way to write a sentance comparing Senate bill S812 to Congressional HR-1853 (or whatever it is, the actual number slips my mind, right now). I'm writing the damned letter, and my eyes start to glaze over when I read the terminology I have to use...
I swear, we should come up with a new way of titling legislation -- like the way we name hurricanes ... or better yet, come up with a "legislation title generator" based on old-time Japanese movie monsters. Don't you think more people would take an active interest in politics if congressmen and senators held floor debates between Pharmazor and Cashzingra?
...Okay, yeah... it's late. I'm going to bed.
I want my letter to be truthful. I want to compare and contrast their proposed policies with Bush's record. I want to cite sources, so that if a skeptical newspaper reader wants to check the validity of my claims, s/he can.
But trying to find, online, what the various bills and resolutions actually say is like trying to find the proverbial needle in the proverbial haystack. And then, once you find the info? Oy! There is no exciting, snappy way to write a sentance comparing Senate bill S812 to Congressional HR-1853 (or whatever it is, the actual number slips my mind, right now). I'm writing the damned letter, and my eyes start to glaze over when I read the terminology I have to use...
I swear, we should come up with a new way of titling legislation -- like the way we name hurricanes ... or better yet, come up with a "legislation title generator" based on old-time Japanese movie monsters. Don't you think more people would take an active interest in politics if congressmen and senators held floor debates between Pharmazor and Cashzingra?
...Okay, yeah... it's late. I'm going to bed.
