It appears the 112th Congress is being criticized for being the “least productive” in modern history, as measured by the number of bills, measures, and resolutions passed.  Given that neither they nor anybody else seems to have read the monstrosities that they do pass, their lack of productivity may be the best thing they have going.

I suggest that a very noble and worthwhile endeavor for Congress would be to go through the mess of laws already in the United States Code, and work to remove all of the accumulated sediment.  In the software world, we call all that stuff feature creep or code bloat.  Our underlying design, the United States Constitution, is short, sweet, and to the point.  It wasn’t written by politicians but by people who had risked their lives and fortunes to establish this country, and it remains arguably the most significant and unique political document in existence.

There is agreement across the political spectrum that our Government has egregiously abused its authority.  Those who are sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution have in effect abdicated their responsibility to it, but lack the backbone or integrity to either make amends or resign.  That leaves it to those of us who love America to reacquaint the country with the Constitution and to reintroduce it into our collective consciousness.  I, for one, will die before I give up my country.