I'm certainly no fan of Gonzales, but this is pretty funny. But we can all play this game. What other amendments could we add to this resolution?

• The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of Speaker Pelosi to conduct negotiations with the enemy.
  
• The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of Congressman Murtha to plan troop redeployment strategy.
  
• The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of the Congress to micromanage a war, particularly without doing it in such a way as to give hope to the enemy.
  
• The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of the Congress to write legislation that will effectively secure the borders.
• The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of Congress to competently stipulate the optimal efficiency of clothes washers, or toilet tank size, or the correct national speed limit, or average fuel efficiency for automobiles.
  
• The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of the Congress to know what the single correct "minimum wage" should be to apply to all fifty states, both rural and city.
  
• The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of the Congress to even know what the content is of the legislation that it passes.
  

So easy, a caveman can do it! Errrr...unless the caveman is a Congressman...

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of the Congress to put the American people ahead of it's own petty political ambitions.

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of the Congress to maintain a code of ethics.

I suggest a different approach to make individual members of the House and Senate accountable.
Require all members to individually certify under penalty of perjury that they have read and analyzed every aspect of each bill that comes to the floor for a vote, that they know and understand the intent and objectives of the bill, and that they understand the consequences that will result from enactment of the bill.

Several advantages are apparent. Compliance will lengthen the process for enactment. Fewer bills will be passed during a term. Culpable members of Congress can be prosecuted for perjury whenever avoidable mistakes or unintended consequences that harm the public occur as a result of enactment.

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of the Congress to distinguish between excreta and a particular brand of shoe polish popular in the 1930's.

.unless the caveman is a Congressman...

Um... Hadn't really noticed a difference, up 'til now.

Paddy L: The excellent plan you outline sounds very like the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for CEOs, which Congress hurried into being in the wake of Enron and other corporate catastrophes. Why not just make Congress as a body and the individual Senators and Representatives comply with Sarbanes-Oxley? And all the other burdensome laws, regulations, and restraints that they inflict on American businesses and business owners every day? Now that would be some sweet justice!

Why not just make Congress as a body and the individual Senators and Representatives comply with Sarbanes-Oxley? And all the other burdensome laws, regulations, and restraints that they inflict on American businesses and business owners every day?

Didn't they already pass that law as part of the Contract with America in the nineties? Or was it just a House rule that they subsequently changed or ignored?

The Contract With America did have a provision to make Congress comply with the same laws as everyone else. IIRC, they were specifically looking at things like labor laws. I don't know if that rule (I'm reasonably sure it wasn't a law) is still in effect under the current leadership. It seems unlikely that it would make Congress comply with a law specifically regarding how corporations operate such as Sarbanes-Oxley. It sure would be a good idea, though.

I'd settle for a requirement that the Congress keep the U.S. budget according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), which even before Sarbanes-Oxley, every U.S. public company must comply with.

Jeff-

You're joking, right?

The Congress expresses no confidence that the Administration
knows what to do when a Hurricane of Category 5
as measured on the saffir-simpson scale strikes the
Contiental United States.

The Congress expresses no confidence in the Congress's ability to determine which works of art are worthy of funding.

I know it's a small line item, but the arrogance bugs me.

actually except for complaining about Mapplethorpe,
the congress doesn't determine what art is worth funding.
Usually the NEA and NEH do that, occasionally arts
commisions associated with GSA handle art budgets
for large federal projects. The statuary you find outside of
federal buildings is usually done by the local arts commission.

Could we define which enemy Pelosi would be negotiating with?

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of anonymous trolls to move out of their mothers' basements.

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of anonymous trolls to move out of their mothers' basements.

I second this motion.

The Congress expresses no confidence in the Congress's ability to make anonymous trolls understand the words of JFK when he said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; and when a hurricane is coming, get the @#$% out of the way!"

Methinks it's much simpler :

The Congress expresses no confidence in confidence.

But it could get weirder. Can you have confidence in a no confidence in confidence vote if the vote is in confidence to begin with?

My head is hurting........... ;-)

I would prefer to shorten a well known statement...

The Congress shall make no law.

It's not like Bush is bound by the law

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of Speaker Pelosi to conduct negotiations with the enemy.

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of George W. Bush to know who the enemy is.

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of Congressman Murtha to plan troop redeployment strategy.

The Congress expresses no confidence in the Republican plan to redeploy the troops to Arlington National Cemetery.

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of the Congress to micromanage a war

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of the Bush regime to manage itself, let alone a war...

particularly without doing it in such a way as to give hope to the enemy.

...particularly without creating, fundraising, and recruiting for the enemy.

My favorite:

The Congress hereby passes articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush and Richard Cheney for treason, war crimes, and other offenses against the people and Constitution of these United States, herein entitled.

The Congress hereby passes articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush and Richard Cheney for treason, war crimes, and other offenses against the people and Constitution of these United States, herein entitled.

Stupid, idiotic comments like that are the reason why no one here takes you seriously.

The Congress expresses no confidence in the ability of trolls, anonymous or otherwise, to move out of their mothers' basements.