Speed Reading

I could not help but notice the AP report regarding the latest fiction coming from the Capitol Building in Washington, D. C. – “Democratic leaders unveiled the bill with fanfare last week, a 1,990-page plan that sought to satisfy the concerns of both liberals and moderates while combining separate health bills passed by three different committees over the summer.”

I decided to do some checking and discovered that my copy of the NIV Bible is only 1,156 pages. My favorite NKJ large print is only 2,145 pages (155 pages longer). Of course that does not include the concordance and maps.

I’ve read the Bible a bit over the years, and I want to tell you that it is, in my “humble” opinion, much less difficult to understand than Congressional legislative language (you might be familiar with IRS legislative language, for example).

So now we are told (in this same AP story) that Congressional personnel  are going to spend an evening in the basement – well here, let me give you the quote – “Determined to avoid being accused of not reading their bill, House Democrats met late Monday to do just that, going over the legislation section by section in a room in the basement of the Capitol.”

I’ve been studying the Bible for over sixty (60) years, under the tutelage of the infinite Teacher (read Holy Spirit) and I am still unsure about some of it,  no doubt due to lack of time and effort (and, honestly, brain power)  expended on my part. Now I am supposed to believe that these people in Congress, some of whom are just plain stupid, are going to understand all the ramifications and implications of this legislation with a few hours in the basement. Give me a break!

We’re in trouble here, America. You might want to make a phone call or two.