Reciting the Constitution on Reality TV?

Headline, Friday, January 7, 2011:

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers Take A Break to Recite the Constitution. Historic Event Took An Hour and a Half.

Never mind that they apparently 'cherry picked' the parts they liked and left out the inconvenient part about African slaves being only three-fifths a person. How's that for strict devotion to the Constitution as it's written, not as it's 'interpreted' by an 'activist'?

Someone I know and love recently opined something along the line of, "Stupid President [Obama]. He should get off television and stop making it so boring." This comment came from a household that seems addicted to 'Big Brother'. Yep, sooo much less boring than the President. (Not!)

I have to admit, I don't hang on every word President Obama says. Still, I think he's right to bring his message to TV viewers, even though I don't spend much time watching him. (I get my news from printed newspapers.) I simply change the channel. But I never knowingly change it to 'Big Brother', which I might have watched for all of 25 seconds in my entire life. (Stupid TV remote! Can't flip through the channels fast enough to avoid the latest misadventures of some cute, young narcissist!)

So, my question for the 'pols' who want to engage in public theatrics under the guise of reaffirming our devotion to the Constitution: Why not insist that every so-called reality TV program include a recitation from the Constitution before moving on to their entertaining antics?

That might be a lot more effective than Congressional theatrics. It would certainly reach more of our citizenry, which seems largely uninterested in those boring messages from our President.

Now, now, let's not have any of that "He's not my President" nonsense. (Bush was my President whether I voted for him or not.)

(Revised Jan. 9, 2011 to practice what I preach: don't use name calling to advance an argument.)

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