There's Always A Solution, If You Look Hard Enough.

Have you ever heard of the Naval Support Facility Thurmont? Here's a clue; it's located in Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland. Now do you recognize it? What if I were to call it Camp David? Would that help? Yes? Good. What's that? Some of you still don't know? Not to worry. It's been the Presidential Summer Residence since Franklin Roosevelt put his claim on it. But of the last five presidents, none use it very much. Oh, they might invite a visiting head of state to join them at the Camp for some private time, but not so much. The thing is, it's supposed to be very, very nice. But if it isn't getting used all that much, it's costing us a bundle to keep it up when we're not really using it. How about this? We keep having crisis after crisis unfold in congress. They just can't seem to come to a consensus on very much at all. Often it happens just before a congressional recess. There are two reasons for this. First there are a lot of congressional recesses, and second, neither political party wants to do anything that might be construed to be a win for the other side. It doesn't seem to matter if it might be a win for the American people, so long as it doesn't help the other side. So here's my suggestion for these kinds of problems. Whenever one of these impasses comes up, all the leadership from both parties from both houses must be loaded onto old school buses and transported to Camp David, where they must remain until an agreement is reached. If an agreement still can't be reached, the Air Force would bring a flying boxcar to the closest airstrip where the leaders would board the plane for the trip to Guantanamo Bay where they can also be held incommunicado until a agreement is reached. Then, if congress still can't get the bill to pass, all those voting against the bill could follow the same ritual as the leadership. Now, you might say that this would slow down the process of running the government. Not so. The president can run things during congressional recesses, he (or she) can run it during times of congressional segregation and interrogation, including water boarding.