On 18 Sep 97 15:23, Pete Donahue wrote:
 PD> Many of our localk, and
 PD> state governments, and even congress
 PD> burns the midnight oil when the need
 PD> for it is there.
Ahem.  Usually the reason Congress and state legislatures burn the 
midnight oil is that they procrastinate and don't get done in a 
timely fashion what they *should* have done either before the 
respective legislative sessions or early in the sessions.  IMHO 
burning the midnight oil leaves legislators open to making gross 
mistakes which then have to be corrected later in special 
legislative sessions (at the state level, at least).
Mike Freeman; Internet: mikef@pacifier.com; Amateur Radio Callsign: K7UIJ
President, National Federation of the Blind of Washington
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