The challenge is picking just one per day.

I’m sure there’s an idiot in here somewhere…

Honestly, it’s just easier to nominate them all, and then exclude the few who aren’t idiots.  Specifically, this post is for all the members of Congress who have refused to support the bill requiring 72 hours between a final copy of legislation being available and the beginning of voting for it.

We elected these folks to represent us.  If they aren’t taking the time to read and understand the laws they are creating, exactly who is?  Any legislation that is important enough for the Congress to undertake is important enough to take the time to understand.

Let your representatives know that you’d like them to do their jobs and actually represent you.

My first thought was wonderment at how some unknown crank got their stuff published at the Huffington Post.  Then I checked the byline, only to realize it was posted by Bill Maher.  Finally, I wondered if it was satire, but realized that given where it is posted, it’s most likely not.  If it is, bravo, and masterfully done. You have cleverly pointed out the pitfalls that accompany the collectivization of responsibility, and how easily that can lead to meddling in all aspects of a person’s life.  Please let me know and I will nominate myself as replacement idiot of the day.

Maher seems to have jumped the gun.  He is already planning the next steps towards what he feels should be more government (or perhaps a less sinister “public” in his mind) intrusion into the personal lives of all U.S. citizens in the name of reducing the universal expenses associated with health care utopia.  I suppose in his mind it’s OK to replace “You’re broke, so go away” with “You’re fat, so shut up and go away.”

Let me suggest a new rule of my own: You can’t complain about my health if you support health care reform.  Fix the system as you please, but don’t assume that giving away health coverage gives you any say in the things that determine a person’s level of health.

Mr. Jacobson of the CSPI wins the award for today because of his determination that he can decide better than the public he claims to represent what they would like to eat and drink.  Maybe that is true, given that he knows which science is in the public interest, and has no issues installing a blatant agenda into his science.

We all need food, but no one needs soda. Soda is basically liquid candy, providing empty excess calories without needed nutrients. – Mr. Jacobson (@Huffington Post)

Tea parties seem to be all the rage this season, but my guess is that the thing which will finally awaken the full fury of the American people will be when some overzealous politician decides we are ready to pay a  penny per ounce for soda, juice, and other drinks with sugar.  Maybe it won’t happen until Mr. Jacobson comes after the rest of our “candy.”  Then again, perhaps my confidence is misplaced, and we will all be happy to sit by and follow the directions of some third party “consumer advocacy group” to tell us all the things that we don’t need in order to live.  I cannot wait to see what happens when he explains to the nation that nobody needs a reclining chair and a big screen TV.

Welcome to the new Idiot of the Day blog.  The hope is that with a blog, updates will be easier and more organized, and that should allow for more posts and possibly more authors.  This blog is dedicated to pointing out idiocy in all its forms.  Please remember that all posts represent the opinions of the authors, as there is currently no test to determine if a person is an idiot.