Shorter Congressional Action: "Sequestration is Bad If It Affects Us (and the Rich)!"

Your Congress at Work: Lifting to ease the sequestration cuts that directly affect them:

Sequestration became a reality to the broad public in airports across the country this week, and on Friday both Congress and the White House caved in to pressure from tens of thousands of airline passengers angered by flight delays.

The lawmakers and the Obama administration, creators of the across-the-board funding cuts, found a path around their own creation, approving legislation to end the daily furloughs of 1,500 air traffic controllers that caused long delays at several major airports.

The House voted 361 to 41 Friday in favor of a bill that had won unanimous support in the Senate, and White House press secretary Jay Carney said President Obama would sign it.

Most of those asswipes travel to their home bases by airliner, so any delays affect them directly.

Lots of hypocrisy here, for there's little outrage at Congress doing the bidding of the airline industry, but oh, let gun owners burn up the lines to oppose a bill and the outrage of the gun control crowd is tangible.

And then there are the other effects of the sequester, which Congress is in no hurry to fix, such as cuts to Head Start, the social safety net for Indians or the national parks. Because neither the rich nor congressmen tend to hang out in national parks ("what, mix with people?") or use social services for poor kids. But oh, let the sequester land on the convenience of Congressmen and they're stumbling over sacks of cash from lobbyists in order to fix the problem.

Assholes.

And if Obama had any balls, he'd veto the bill. Which he doesn't and he won't.