Quick Note: A Tribute to our Baboon Congress

The new spending bill passed last night by the House and expected to pass today in the Senate, essentially eviscerates Dodd-Frank.  In a clause completely written by CitiGroup...

(Because we wouldn't want our elected congressmen to really do any work themselves would we? And besides, when it comes to choosing between the big money men and what's best for the little people back home, there's really no contest.)

...it re-instates big banks' right to make high-risk investments using taxpayer insured money.

(Because 2008 was so much fun, Congress thinks we should have the opportunity to experience it again in the future?)

In honor of Congress' total inability to learn from past mistakes, I give you:

 DESPOILING THE MYTH...

In truth, the "congress" name is a myth; a large group of baboons is actually called a "troop."  However, when a large group of Congressmen/women gather in the U.S. Capitol, well...