You can't make this stuff up

The economy is in a death spiral. Crime is on the rise. And infrastructure is falling apart. So, how is our government prioritizing its time?

If you’re a member of the Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International law Subcommittee of Congress, you spent the day listening to Stephen Colbert testify about farm work, based on spending almost an entire day doing it. Yes, that’s the guy from Comedy Central.

Among the insights he shared was that most soil is at ground level, so the work is very, very hard. He urged Americans to stop eating fruit and vegetables. And, he went on and on at the same intellectual level.

Was there not a single person on Capitol Hill who perceived this as a farce and waste of time? House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) did ask Colbert to leave. Ah, an island of sanity in Washington.

But, Colbert pointed out that he had been invited to testify by Subcommittee Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-CA). Oh, okay then. Proceed. Say what? Anyone satisfied by that justification shouldn’t be chairing a block party committee much less one of the congressional variety.

Forget eschewing the fruits and vegetables. Do away with the nuts in Congress. You just can’t make up stuff like this.