I cannot believe that our so called government is sitting on their butts and allowing this to happen! Well, folks, there are elections coming up and we will be keeping track of who voted how and out you go! Have you no idea how disgusted the public is with your corruption? Enough already!

For those of you who are so angry at the Republicans in the House and Senate that you are going to replace them with Democrats, think back to 1994.  That’s when you were so mad at the Democrats in the House and Senate that you replaced them with Republicans.

Face it.  America’s voting record isn’t so hot.  The majority has been wrong for a very, very long time.

Break the habit.  Stop voting for red slavery and blue slavery.  Try voting for freedom for a change.

Yes Konnie, I’ve been writing, e-mailing and calling the offices of my Senators,for several months now.  Sen.Burns answers nearly every one with his canned response. Always with an excuse for why they have to do things the way they do. Rehberg answers maybe one in ten, following the same M.O as Burns. Baucus rarely answers. His office told me recently that signing on to impeach Bush “would not be appropriate.” My answer to that was B.S! Oh yeah, I am a Democrat.

Law enforcement and jail/fine punishment is a very simple and effective way to prevent and curtail corruption of government officials.
We have laws in place - bribery is criminal - what we don’t have is equal application of the law.
That is how George W Bush and his cronies break the law and get away scot free.
It’s called “influence peddeling” - bribes with influence and money paid by law breaking Lobbyists, to corrupt government officials.
We have Laws ! - what we don’t have is Justice and justice remains to be seen!
Solution; apply the Law and vote them out!
Jonathan

The logic of the article’s conclusion is defective.  Having pointed out this:

“The entire Congress lies stinking in open corruption, but they can’t let the media panic them. They’re actually proud of NOT cleaning it up.”

followed by this:

“But it is precisely the corruption of Congress by big money that allows the oil and insurance industries to get away with these fantastic rip-offs.”

the article concludes with the irrelevant:

“It’s our job to keep them under control until we can replace them. Time to get up off our butts and take some responsibility here. Let them hear from you.”

Let’s see, pride in being corrupted by big money is supposed to be controlled with a phone call? An e-mail? A letter?

Here’s how the article should have ended:

“Too bad those creeps you elected to Congress have so little sense of what they’re supposed to be about that they think it’s fine to sneer at ethics. But you overlooked the reason we have a government in the first place, which is to protect the rights (not wants) of the individual. It’s your job to elect candidates who understand what they are being hired to do and to fire those who fail to honor their oath of office. What were you thinking when you voted for this gang of criminals?”

That’s what I would have written. But that’s just me.

Actually it probably would have been better if Congress did nothing all in the way of reform because every bill it passes, especially one that is meant to correct some obnoxious governmental practice ends up being worse than the practice it “reformed.” No silk purses were ever made from sows’ ears, most of whom work inside the Belchway.

And you are surprised why?

Ever write to your so-called representative.
Unless your name corresponds to the donor list, you get one of those auto reply letters about what a good job they are doing, if that.

take to the streets?  Get real!  Can’t give up a days pay, or waste the gas to get there.  Today was primary day in my state.  The polls opened at 6, I got there at 7:30 - my ballot was #13.  Of course, it was raining.............

Its just about the money......and if you don’t have any - even collectively - you are just spitting in the wind.

I won’t surrender, I will still Vote in every election, write letters, and talk, and talk, and talk.............

Before the all too predictable current state of ethics reform, there were comments in the media to the effect that there was a ‘lack of will’ to enact reform.  Seeing as there are already a slew of ‘rules’ that congressmen are supposed to abide by, but that they rutinely bypass ("wave"), it seems that any more (or fewer, for that matter) rules will make little difference without any ‘will’ to follow them.  In other words, finding the will to reform *is* the reform.

#1 issue in America is this shoddy legislation for “reform” and here we are in a debate as to whether we should grant amnesty to immigrants because of their contributions to the economy?--the circular argument goes something like, a strong economy provides jobs for americans and illegal immigrants drive that economy by working in jobs that other americans allegedly don’t want...more trickle-down bullshit…