Nancy Pelosi Has Passed Her Bill, Now Let Some Hapless Assistant United States Attorney Enforce It.

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You are an idiot.

The difference between your elected representative and me is that I'm honest enough to tell you what I think of you.  You should thank me for my candor.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and working together to set crude prices, but the White House threatened to veto the measure.

The bill would subject OPEC oil producers, including Saudi Arabia, Iran and Venezuela, to the same antitrust laws that U.S. companies must follow.

The measure passed in a 324-84 vote, a big enough margin to override a presidential veto.

They might as well pass a law against rain at the next Congressional Pages' Combined Picnic and Molestation outing for all the effect this bill will have on oil prices.

Via Matthew Gross

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3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. Ken  •  May 21, 2008 @11:44 am

    But … but….combined with the gas tax holiday, won't this make gas cheap again, so I can drive my SUV around to my heart's content?

    What makes these Supply and Demand characters think they are above the United States Congress? "Laws of Economics," my ass. That's creative class talk.

    While we're at it, can I have a law letting me sue Apple because I'd prefer if the iTouch were priced at about twenty bucks?

  2. Andrew  •  May 21, 2008 @12:16 pm

    I'm not going to put my lot in with economists.

  3. RobF  •  May 22, 2008 @1:17 pm

    I can never keep track of these things. Is there a web site where I can sign up for my share of the class action settlement? I heard we're each getting $5 Exxon giftcards.