Elidor
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Thu Aug-11-05 10:03 PM
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I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and I'm sitting here on Capital Hill |
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Well, it's a long, long journey To the capital city. It's a long, long wait While I'm sitting in committee, But I know I'll be a law some day! At least I hope and pray that I will But today I am still just a bill.
Boy: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage. Bill: Well, I got this far. When I started I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed, so they called their local Congressman, and said, "You're right, there oughta be a law." Then he sat down and wrote me out and introduced me to Congress. And I became a bill, and I'll remain a bill until they decide to make me a law.
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Thu Aug-11-05 10:15 PM
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1. Gee, not the way I remember it... |
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Boy: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage.
Bill: Well, I got this far. When I started I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea. Some Corporation decided they wanted a law passed, so they donated to the reelection fund of a local Congressman, and he said, "You're right, there ought be a law, although my realization of this is totally unrelated, of course, to your generous donation." Then he sat down and wrote me out and slipped me in as a rider to another big bill, and sent me to Congress. And I became a part of a big omnibus bill, hidden between funding for a parking garage and a volleyball museum, and I'll remain a rider until they keep the voting going long enough to strong-arm and "persuade" enough Republicans to to make me a law.
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Elidor
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Thu Aug-11-05 11:13 PM
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2. LOL! Your version would be best performed by Frank Zappa. |
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As a child, I believed it really was as simple as that song. I think Tricky Dick was still in office when that cartoon came out. Talk about your cognitive dissonance.
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Thu Aug-11-05 11:29 PM
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3. It's SUPPOSED to be as simple as the song, but.... |
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reality is, of course, much different.
That's one of my favorite Schoolhouse Rock songs, though.
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Fri Aug-12-05 04:56 AM
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4. That's the way it is under today's administration |
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If you have the bucks, your bill gets passed.
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