"Congress shall pass no law" is how some of the first 10 amendments to our constitution begin. This is our Bill of Rights.
There is an unwritten bill of rights for members of Congress, apparently. It is that they can pass all kinds of laws, while remaining completely exempt for life from these laws' impacts. Nepotism laws-those are for the little people. The same applies to all other laws skirting ethics in business and society. Everyone else must suffer the consequences of the laws, but members of Congress do not. Hence the totally unsurprising revelation that members will hear of things to come and immediately take action to profit from it, by buying or selling with their inside information. That is so illegal for all of the rest of us, but not for them.
What a corrupt, self-serving bunch of people!
It is why this page has the name that it does.
They need to leave office sooner rather then later, and they need to be cut off from pension benefits that get better the longer they 'serve'.
I think they have things good enough as it is. They totally stack the deck in their favor.
The rest of us can just eat cake.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
What is Up with Celebrating a Murder?
Osama Bin Laden, the baddest of the bad, is dead. Navy Seals went in and eliminated him and grabbed a bunch of material to study.
And in many places in this country there was jubilation in the streets, as if we had won a championship or a war had ended.
Neither is the case here. We sent in a hit squad and they performed their duty as our brave president ordered them to do. See http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/05/osama-bin-laden-dead.html for an explanation of that.
The thing is, for me, we do not celebrate something such as this. As well, this war is not over and eliminating the head of the beast may spawn others, as in hydra-headed al Qaeda.
There should be solemn consideration that a human being has died, even if a monster.
There should be prayers for peace in the world, since this will stir that famous Arab street into action.
And I prefer if we do not act as if we have the same behaviors here on our streets.
And in many places in this country there was jubilation in the streets, as if we had won a championship or a war had ended.
Neither is the case here. We sent in a hit squad and they performed their duty as our brave president ordered them to do. See http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/05/osama-bin-laden-dead.html for an explanation of that.
The thing is, for me, we do not celebrate something such as this. As well, this war is not over and eliminating the head of the beast may spawn others, as in hydra-headed al Qaeda.
There should be solemn consideration that a human being has died, even if a monster.
There should be prayers for peace in the world, since this will stir that famous Arab street into action.
And I prefer if we do not act as if we have the same behaviors here on our streets.
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