With the world going to a place beyond hell in a handbasket, it appears that our Senate has decided to spend an entire week discussing the benefits of marriage.

"Four committees are expected to hold hearings over the next two weeks, beginning Wednesday with a Health subcommittee's discussion on 'Healthy Marriage: What is it and why should we promote it?'"

No word on how many of those Senators were ever discovered diddling an intern. It also looks like everyone's favorite creepy bigot, Rick Santorum is involved. Quelle surprise.

Hey, has anyone found those WMD's yet?

Somewhere in me there's an essay to be written about how I think the problem isn't necessarily that there's not enough emphasis in marriage in our society, but too much, but I'll save that for another time (think about it- you hear so much about how you should get married that most people wind up getting married just because they're supposed to. Maybe the rate of divorce isn't because people aren't taking marriage seriously but because they wound up marrying the wrong person). I do, however, want to say this: If congress really thinks it's that important for people to get married, maybe they should do what Government does best and help us single people out.

Like, say, if you find yourself over 30 and still single, the Government will:

-Make joining internet dating sites a tax-write off
-Create a Government-run matchmaking service.
-Subsidizing costs incurred of being single and looking.

For example, it'll work kind of like Unemployment. Every month us single folks get a check for a couple hundred bucks that we will then use to help defray the costs of things like drinks, clothes, and money for dates. After all, being single is kind of expensive- drinking all the misery away gets kind of pricey. Oh, and another thing the money could help with is having to constantly buy gifts for baby birthday parties when you're only one person and everyone else at the party is bringing one present but on two people's salaries.

Damnit, I think I'm going start a campaign. Singles of the World, unite!