Something better comes along...

Parker decided that he was going to the high school prom. He asked Mary to go with him but Mary already had other plans and turned him down.

'No worries,' thought Parker. 'There are more fish in the sea.'

So then Parker asked Betty the beauty queen to the prom... and she said yes!

Perfect! Parker rented a tuxedo and a limo and charged both on his parent's credit card without batting an eye. He was committed to taking Betty to the prom.

But then Parker found out that Tina, a COLLEGE student and a cheerleader at an upper-crust university, had just broken up with the Captain of the college football team... only weeks before a big on campus party which falls on the same date as the high school prom.

Chances are Tina wouldn't want to go to a high school prom... but Parker could certainly see himself going to a big college party instead.

Parker found himself in quite a pickle. Yes, he was the one who asked Betty to the prom, but when he did he didn't know that 'something better' would come along. Namely a college student named Tina and the chance to go to a college party instead of a high school prom.

After much debate, Parker decided that someone else could take Betty to the prom and he'd pursue Tina instead. He was certain Betty would understand.

Oh... the rented limo and tux?

Sorry, no refunds.

Run For Congress?

Since my senior year in high school, Robert 'Bud' Cramer has represented the 5th district of Alabama in Congress. Just recently he announced he would NOT seek re-election so now there is a lot of talk of other 'career politicians' wanting to make a bid to fill his seat.

Maybe I should throw my hat in the ring as well?

One might wonder what qualifications I have. That's a fair question. The answer is that I am MORE THAN QUALIFIED since I well exceed the three requirements.

1) You have to be at least 25. Check!
2) You have to live in the state you represent. I'm 2-for-2 so far...
3) You have to be a U.S. citizen. Looks like I'm batting a thousand!

So if elected to the House of Representatives, what would I do?

In no particular order...

1) This country's tax system is beyond broken. It doesn't need tweaking and it doesn't need fixing. It needs to be abolished and replaced with the FairTax.

2) I would introduce legistation to repeal the 17th amendment. Back in the day, senators were elected by your state legislatures. The 17th amendment did away with that and now you vote directly for your senators.

3) I would vote NO on every bill that I couldn't read from beginning to end in less than 10 minutes.

4) I would vote NO on every bill that had a provision in it that wasn't specifically enumerated as a function of the federal government.

5) Every bill must show where in the Constitution it is a function of the federal government. Otherwise, the 10th amendment applies and it gets a 'no' vote.

6) I would introduce the 'Equal Treatment Bill' which would state that what the federal government does for one citizen it must do for ALL citizens. Likewise, what it doesn't do for one citizen it must not do for any citizen.

Those are six things just off the top of my head... but I think it's a good start...