Five Things More Important than Pork Lung or Swine Flu or Whatever the Hell it’s Called

1. The Environment: A provision to allow oil drilling within three miles of our coast flew through the Florida House of Representatives. The Senate killed the bill, for now, but did *your* Representative vote for it? Find out now.

2. Country Music No Longer Sucks: You heard it here first. Phil Vassar wrote a song called Bobbi With an *i* about a good ‘ole country boy who likes to wear dresses and no one calls for him to be sodomized or thrown from the back of a Ford truck.

3. Women’s Issues: Two bills going through Congress will help reduce the need for abortions in this country: The Prevention First Act and The Pregnant Women Support Act. Folks with a lot to gain from the culture wars will try to convince you that these acts are in competition for the same funds. Reject their arguments. We need them both.

4. Gun Violence: In most states anyone can walk into a gun show and buy guns — like AK-47s — from unlicensed sellers without a Brady criminal background check. Last week Senator Frank Lautenberg introduced a bill, S. 843, to close the gun show loophole. Are your Senators on board? If not, shoot them an email today and and urge them to cosponsor S. 843.

5. Baseball Bullshit: Lutz Little League is about to come to an end. And then I will be free to talk. And post.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Tags: gun show loophole, Lutz Little League, off-shore oil drilling, Phil Vassar, S. 843, The Pregnant Women Support Act, The Prevention First Act