Congress Still Corrupt and Useless

For those who thought Tom Delay's departure would really change anything in Congress, this past week was a strong cup of coffee. On Capitol Hill, politics and greed still trump the good of the nation, still trump the Constitution, still trump all.

While nothing that happened in Washington this past week was new or should have surprised anyone, we were nonetheless served clear notice, anew, that this is a democracy under siege.

In one week, Congress authorized one hundred and sixty two billion US taxpayer dollars to extend for another year the illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq, and rewrote federal law to specifically pardon criminal actions by the nation's largest telecommunications companies. No one really noticed that a retired US general bluntly accused the Bush administration of war crimes. He could just as easily have accused Congress of the same. They are just as guilty.

It's often said that there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans. False. The vast majority of honest public servants in Congress are Democrats. However, it would not be safe to say that the majority of Democrats are honest public servants. About half of the Democrats and a small handful of Republicans take seriously their sworn oaths. The rest would be arrested in any other walk of life.

http://www.truthout.org/article/congress-still-corrupt-and-useless

As one noted Republican said "The Bush* Administration got more than they could have dreamed they would". and that has been the story since Jan 20, 2001...

Seriously?

No..really...seriously?

Damn

snort

not a whit of sarcasm

much better than the sitting Dems then in Congress. But, without a doubt, money has corrupted the system. A simple acid test: are they taking special interest money? If they are, when a decision comes up that would benefit their donors and might harm the public, which way will they go?

I would have thought the GOP would start that talking point closer to the election.

What is Ralph doing today anyway?