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I haven't blogged in a while and I have no lame excuse, just haven't had any motivation to complain. If anyone has been following the whole debt crisis with our national government or even the Scranton City Council, there is quite enough reason to complain. I can probably go on all day about the budget crisis, but I lack the patience to try and differentiate between the right and the wrong. As usual, the Republicans are right AND the Democrats are right, but that doesn't surprise anyone. My one comment on that situation is that Barack Obama needs to leave his bluffing and betting to online poker and not use it when it comes to working with the Republicans. They are irrational, there is a good chance they'll call his bluff eventually and I refuse to retire at 85 years old. In Scranton, our City Council never seizes to amaze me. I had the pleasure of attending a meeting for a college class a few years ago. I knew what I was going to experience, but the classmates who joined me weren't prepared. They weren't lucky enough to be born in this beautiful city like myself. This was going back to the days of Ray Lyman, when he would get underneath Judy Gatteli's skin so easily, which would cause her to lose her professional front and revert to her natural rude demeanor. Recently, our council took part in an argument with the University of Scranton over zoning issues which led to a laundry list of issues. Just a few weeks ago, one of our Councilman proposed the idea for legislation on attire in public. Don't take a sip of anything until after you read what the attire being regulated is. Ready?....You sure?...Banning saggy pants. Being completely facetious, I am going to support this idea for as long as I can. There are a few positive aspects to banning saggy pants. One, you can also ban what they call "muffin top", which is caused when overweight people wear tight pants. Also, they may be able to ban keeping the sticker on flat brimmed baseball caps, or even ban flat brimmed baseball caps, but to keep from racial profiling (this legislation sounds like it is though, I know) they will have to also ban expensive suits. Maybe even those hawaiin shirts people wear when they travel. This legislation shouldn't even be considered. Its embarassing, plain and simple. The idea behind banning it is because the trend originated in jails, where I assume belts (right behind cigarretes and the opposite sex) aren't easy to attain, and it is somehow linked to theft. If any recent news was correct, I believe there were just two commissioners who went to jail for corruption and other related crimes. I didn't see baggy pants, just raging confidence nearing cockiness in a suit. Does that mean wearing suits should be banned, especially on confused politicians who waste time proposing these lame ideas? To sum up the idea of irrational Republicans, I will finish this blog with a quote from a recent popular movie "The Hangover". With the budget crisis and lack of jobs in this economy, as Alan would say "Pants?! How can anyone think of pants at a time like this?"