Lost Republic
"Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it."
~ Woodrow Wilson

Idiots in Congress

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): 500,000,000 Americans a month lose their jobs unless we pass another corrupt, disgusting economic stimulus bill to transfer money from the average American to the politically connected businesses and individuals.

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Pete Stark (D-CA): The Federal Government can do most anything in this country

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3 charges filed against Rep. Waters California Democrat Maxine Waters faces a House trial this fall on three charges of ethical wrongdoing, setting the stage for a second election-season public airing of ethics problems for a longtime Democratic lawmaker.

The charges focus on whether Waters broke the rules in requesting federal help for a bank where her husband owned stock and had served on the board of directors. She denied the charges Monday. (Read more from news.yahoo.com)

When I saw this story covered on CNN by Wolf Blitzer, the caption on bottom of the screen read “are black Congressmen being singled out?” or something like that, which seems like a desperate attempt at distracting from the issue of corruption.

One Response to “Idiots in Congress”

  1. Rob

    Your last sentence prompted me to look into the Black Caucus briefly, just to find out why it exists. I found that Rep. Stark tried to join the black caucus back in ’75. He was denied.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus


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