"Dear Congressman:"

Dear Congressman Schrader:
So, the "reform" ball is back in your court. Notwithstanding the Machiavellian deals with Senators Landrieu, Kerry, Nelson, and Dodd; ignoring the Constitution-shredding mandates, penalties, and tradeoffs, passing over the sheer Faustian intent of the bill before you now, suffice it to say that passage of this twisted parody of the legislative process will begin the death knell of many careers in Washington, D.C.

The triumphal march will become a funereal cortege; the sounding of trumpets will become the blaring of sirens; the victory lap will become a race to find shelter from the coming catabolism.

Americans have shrugged off greater chains than this; Americans have overcome fiercer enemies than this; Americans have conquered greater threats to our God-given individual freedom than this; we SHALL overcome this insidious, odious, malevolent treachery: by hook or by crook, we shall overcome.

Pray do not stand in the doorway, Sir.