Why not have a party and everyone can just make nice? There will never be any substance to issues regarding the actions of congress and their pork. They create the laws, they thus have nothing to gain and everything to lose. There will be no sunlight to illuminate this matter.
It will require a constitutional amendment designed by people that demand to know and control what congress does.

Posted at April 17, 2008 3:54 PM in response to Dems, GOP Clash on Coconut Road Investigation

Jury tampering has always been a serious crime until now. Tampering with jurors that were apparently released via mistrial just prior to acquitting the defendant is quite serious as well. Bringing charges the government office that accounts for Wecht's expenses when they didn't send him a bill for said expenses is even more bizarre. That the US Attorney, (it's a joke son) says FBI agents used to talk to juries about such matters as "commonplace" is another serious crime, considering that isn't their job. They are supposed to be investigating crimes.....that their superiors have committed. now I understand.

Posted at April 14, 2008 5:23 PM in response to FBI Agents Contacted Wecht Jurors

The moment that old "stony" goes out and starts speaking for the president, you know he has caved in yet again to extortion. Mr. Hoyer, what is it that they have over you? What blackmail racket are they using to be able to force you into being their spokesperson?

Posted at April 1, 2008 1:51 PM in response to Hoyer: The Administration Wants to Talk

It was treason to install Mr. Mucous in the first place. Why does anyone expect anything of this piece of human garbage? He is a criminal and replaced a criminal, promising a group of idiots in the senate that he was going to uphold the law. No one is as ignorant as a senator that believed this traitor, and we can afford no ignorant bastards in our government again. No one in their right mind can believe any senator that voted for this person again, they are corrupt criminals for installing it. Our senate got down on their knees and installed a goon for the king when his last goon had to depart?
Stop dreaming this is a country any longer. We have a criminal thumbing his nose at the laws and congress will not act?

go figure.

Posted at March 27, 2008 2:03 PM in response to Mukasey to Tout DoJ Public Corruption Efforts

Why has the world suddenly become so opposed to the right of others to say what they will? People have opinions and we are getting to the point where we censor them first, and forget the right to free speech. No one needs apologize for someone else, that is the decision of the person having made the statement and no one else.
We are losing touch with the right to our opinions if we tell someone they can't have theirs. We must try to retain our right to disagree or we will lose it outright. That is what is happening today. I would prefer having a whole new group of opinions next year. No one has been correct this year, or acted in a lawful manner. Perhaps people with opinions and not afraid to express them is actually the solution to our problems? It will certainly become the most important thing in the world once there is a nominee. If you believe the GOP can afford to relinquish control.

Posted at March 13, 2008 9:18 PM in response to Crazy Like an Uncle

Oregon is OR. We understand that it is also a word, but it hasn't been a 3 character abbreviation since zip codes were announced in the 1960's. Sorry, but we feel that is important. We don't understand why the associated press (sorry for the sad attempt at humor using such as a reference as though legitimate) continues to use ORe as an abbreviation. We don't mind being different, but the miners took all the ore and left cyanide.
I have contacted a reporter in Southern Oregon that is on it.

Posted at March 13, 2008 6:21 PM in response to Today's Must Read

stealing from the mafia/gop and it has been going on since 2002?
that really doesn't pass the smell test.
deepthroat told Woodward to follow the money. He seemed to know that someone was collecting a slush fund for criminal activity.
or perhaps Woodie was deaf and it was "fool and his money".

Posted at March 13, 2008 5:58 PM in response to Today's Must Read

I am concerned that grown ups would try to regurgitate what they believed 18th century pioneers in democracy would be thinking about, and how it pertains to a subjective observation on religion today? Ben Franklin asking folks to pray? You make it sound as though he wasn't playing the tools sitting in front of him for what they were? Praying is a way to attempt to make someone else believe you have something to say, or that they should show proper reverence. He was trying to get a country started and he was working for agreement amongst diverse individuals. What do you think someone might say to a group of people still firmly engaged with the primitive society of their day? People that they tried to convince to leave the church behind. Convinced them that no church could be involved in freedom as they are contradictory in every respect.
I have to let you know, many of us can't understand why a child does not leave religion behind as a fantasy in their earliest years. We can however see the correlation of these children being told the same nonsense by adults that continue to act as though it is a part of reality. It is embarrassing to talk about religion with people. It indicates that the person abandoned the scientific method long since, and found it unacceptable, or more likely, could not understand it. If you try using it, you will prove to yourself that your religious meanderings are without merit, and without fact.
In the 18th century, in those little colonies on the eastern seaboard, they murdered witches suffering from ergot poisoning. The churches were the community and their hierarchy dictated policy. Go against them and you could be banished from your community, livelihood, family, colony. Our founders realized this and tried to make it impossible for such vermin to have a place in civilized society.
go back to school son. Find an education of merit and value to your fellow man. Use the scientific method so you won't embarrass yourselves among people that do. You appear to be quite lucid, yet are willing to imagine the mindset of someone living in another era, working on a task that had nothing to do with religion. In fact it was a group of people bound and determined not to let religion control them or their ancestors for another year, after centuries of depravity. It shares much with our current world. Millions of truly ignorant or perhaps even stupid people suffering from the disease of the teachings and actions of religion throughout history.

Posted at March 13, 2008 3:13 PM in response to What Did the Founders Believe About Church and State?

I am afraid this shows yet another congressperson out of touch with what the people of this country want. It is time for you to listen rather than come up with brilliant ideas on something as simple as this is.
We will accept no less than complete health care for all, for free. I am amazed that so few of you people will use your cognitive senses and stop attempting to talk over us. Please, shut up and listen to the people. I understand this is something you do only when looking for votes.

To all of our, and excuse the dirty word, "representatives" Get on board or you will be retired. If you think the sheep are going to continue their complacency, join them and see. I think we need to remove health care from congress. that they would do this for themselves and not us shows clearly that they not only do not represent us, that they place themselves well above us.
Perhaps soon you will find out what the ground floor of a 2 story outhouse is about.

Posted at August 9, 2007 7:58 AM in response to Universal Access To Affordable Health Care: Step Three - A Single Risk Pool

But Maggie; we don't have a choice, that is what I don't think you see. We have no collective group that is going to lobby against their handlers and largest contributors. Only via the power of state based initiatives can we get such a populist groundswell going that demands free health care, and if this is not enough to break the politicians ties to pharma and hmo owners, then we must make it an amendment to the constitution with 34 states overriding the federal government.
remember, we have no more federal government. Our representatives are 95% crooks and will take money to vote against health care reform, or vote in some compromise.

There is no alternative than to have this a thing done by the people. It is like the suffragette movement, or the prohibition. People again may have to take to the streets.

and with such motion, congress and the rest of the parasites will have to stop ignoring us. Bypass them. Fire them.

Posted at July 13, 2007 12:17 PM in response to Why We Can't Reform Healthcare One State At A Time