Neither Good or Bad, But Thinking Makes It So (Part 2)

As I wrapped up my final moments at Georgetown University, I couldn't help but reflect on my time here like a bad blogging cliche. Looking back, I've done quite a bit but still not enough.

First off, I actually held a job with real responsibilities such as helping kill the House Dem's healthcare plan and character assassination (deserved assassination for lying about their organization's members) of other groups. I enjoyed my time working at NFIB. The people were really nice, especially the dynamic duo (NFIB equivalent of Abbot and Costello) that I worked for. The internship gave me a really nice insight into how are government works, specifically the House and Senate.

The House functions as follows: the majority essentially passes legislation that is so blatantly horrendous that one can only imagine how these people were ever put in charge of anything. In contrast, the minority whines and moans about how bad said legislation is and accuses the majority of kicking sand in its face while offering no ideas of its own. The Senate is a different beast entirely. At least, the Senate can move efficiently and pretend to be bipartisan better than the House. Anyway, the Dems have the summer to be raked over the coals by their constituents.

Anyway, I ended my internship the same way I started by watching a Congressional hearing and realizing that maybe we need a third party in this country (similar to how Chavez won the Venezuelan presidency). We all had a nice lunch at an Italian place near the Metro center and talked.

As much as I would love to delve into politics, this blog is about travel. Unless I'm referring to another country's politics in a historical or social context. I'm not interested in some loonies (from both sides arguing on this blog ( As if anyone besides family reads this.).)

All in all, I had a very good time here. If I can manage it, I might actually apply again next year for the ICPES program since that seems to be closer to my personal interests.

PS
By the way, I recommend playing the NFIB YEF game, Johnny Money. The game is very similar to Hot Dog Stand from nearly a decade ago.