For every conservative who is irritated that illegal immigration has never really been addressed...

For every liberal who can't understand why the big oil companies and their unbelievable profits haven't been reigned in, or forced to accelerate development of new refineries or energy alternatives...

For every family wondering how their house ended up being worth less than the cost of the amount of money they had to borrow to purchase it...

For every American, there should be one raging question today...

No, it's not whether baseball star Roger Clemens had HGH shot into his rear end, or if his former trainer is lying. Instead, the question should be, "What possible use do we have for a blowhard Congress that ducks every critical issue that impacts all our economic and personal well-being in favor of putting on silly shows designed to create television ratings for its own members?"

I know, I know: We don't want kids copying their heroes by using steroids.

We also don't want them copying a lot of other things that the famous and the not-so-famous are doing in their lives.

But is this really the only useful thing that Congress can take authoritative action on?

The chickens on Capitol Hill ran away from fixing the immigration issue last year because it became too hot of a political potato. They gave the FairTax short shrift, never really delving into a policy change that could potentially save us from our antiquated and unfair tax system.

When the roof fell in from a housing boom that we all knew would go bust and trigger an anemic economy, Congress's answer was not to fix the system, but to hand out $600 stipends to Americans that will come -- here's the real shocker -- close to election time. Then their effect will disappear from the economy in the blink of an eye. Continued...