Congressional Waste of Time
John Kerry introduced a bipartisan bill to award Jackie Robinson the Congressional Medal of Honor and to designate a “day” to celebrate his accomplishments. I consider Jackie Robinson to be one of the bravest men who ever lived, I fully support both the Medal and the “day” in his honor, and I doubt that there was another man alive who could have succeeded as he did when breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947, but isn’t this a bit superfluous when the nation is 1) at war, and 2) facing massive fiscal and employment crises? Wouldn’t 1997, when baseball retired Robinson’s number, or the World Series, or hell, sometime while he was alive have been a better time to award Jackie the highest civilian honor? Is anyone out there going to introduce another obvious, feel-happy bill proclaiming “Love is Good?” Or are certain members of Congress just trying to attach their names to true American heroes, possibly to bolster their Presidential chances?