Whoops! Looks like Congress pulled a Homer!

I haven’t been following it all that closely, but I’m at least aware of ACORN, the community association group that ran afoul of some for allegedly being too eager to sign up new (Democratic) voters. I know, yawn, right?

Except some U.S. politicians took so much exception to these do-gooders that they decided no taxpayer dollars should go to fund those nefarious activities.

So they wrote a law. Except, of course, you can’t pass a law that’s specifically designed to attack just one person or one organization, so they broadened the law, and it passed handily. Because, as it’s written, it sounds pretty noble: if your organization has filed any fraudulent forms with the government, then the government won’t give you any money ever again.

Sounds like it should take care of those lazy ACORNites who just filled in endless sheaves of “Mickey Mouse” voter registration cards, right?

Well, it also happens to de-fund the entire military-industrial complex.

Yes, you read that right: the 10 largest American defense contractors have all been convicted (recently) of fraud, and will no longer be eligible to bid on government contractors.

So … think they’ll ever enforce it?