Your Car Can't Run on Congress' Hot Air!

Here is a great column by Mark Steyn, which a good friend had alerted me to. I was very impressed by Mark's writing abilities, let alone his brilliant way of helping to explain Conservatism. In a comment I wrote on Digg.com this morning, I said, "His brilliance reminds me a lot of the late William F. Buckley, Jr. Only Mark seems to be easier to understand... or, I've gotten smarter...." You would just have to read the first couple of paragraphs, and you will stick to reading the entire article:

I was watching the Big Oil execs testifying before Congress. That was my first mistake. If memory serves, there was lesbian mud wrestling over on Channel 137, and on the whole that's less rigged. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz knew the routine: "I can't say that there is evidence that you are manipulating the price, but I believe that you probably are. So prove to me that you are not." Had I been in the hapless oil man's expensive shoes, I'd have answered, "Hey, you first. I can't say that there is evidence that you're sleeping with barnyard animals, but I believe that you probably are. So prove to me that you are not. Whatever happened to the presumption of innocence and prima facie evidence, lady? Do I have to file a U.N. complaint in Geneva that the House of Representatives is in breach of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?" ~ Mark Steyn, "Your Car Can't Run on Congress' Hot Air!"

Believe me, this will be like a book you can't put down, only much shorter. read more digg story