Actually, this is a good thing; the less they are doing the less trouble they can cause.
"Health fight has other bills sidelined; Some lawmakers say urgent issues put off" by Alan Wirzbicki, Globe Correspondent | September 21, 2009
WASHINGTON - The pitched battle over a national health care plan is inflicting collateral damage on other legislation in Congress, with some lawmakers and advocates arguing that it has sidetracked action on other urgent priorities.....
The TERMINOLOGY is SO OFFENSIVE!!!!
I'm sorry, but COLLATERAL DAMAGE now means the DEAD CIVILIANS of AmeriKa's MASS-MURDERING WARS -- not some legislative slowdown on Looter Hill!!!!
Putting issues aside until next year would move debate to the middle of the campaign for the midterm congressional elections, Representative Jim Oberstar, Democrat of Minnesota, and chairman of the House Transportation Committee warned, which would make it more difficult to pass sweeping legislation or approve potentially controversial ideas like a gas tax increase, which some lawmakers say is necessary....
Oh, AM I EVER GLAD they CAN NOT CHEW GUM and walk at the same time.
Sarah Binder, a congressional analyst at the nonpartisan Brookings Institution in Washington. “It’s not that Congress can’t multitask. They probably can, but....’’
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Aaaah, I heard multitasking was overrated:
WASHINGTON - The researchers studied 262 college undergraduates....
It’s sort of a chicken-or-egg question....
Multitasking is already blamed for car crashes as several states restrict drivers’ use of cellphones. Lawyers or advertisers can try to use irrelevant information to distract and refocus people in a bid to influence their decisions....
You mean, LIKE an AmeriKan NEWSPAPER?!!!
The high media multitaskers couldn’t ignore the blue rectangles. “They couldn’t ignore stuff that doesn’t matter. They love stuff that doesn’t matter,’’ he said.
That is WHY I AM HERE POSTING ITEMS from the Boston Globe, readers!
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