[Peace-discuss] Why do people believe in Congress?

[Karen Medina]

As ugly as politics are, war is uglier. 

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>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:47:16 +0000
>From: n.dahlheim at mchsi.com  
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Why do people believe in Congress?  
>To: Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
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>Why do people believe that reaching Congress will make even the slightest difference at all?  Congress 
>is totally corrupt.  Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic leadership basically said impeachment was off the 
>table once they entered the halls of power after the overwhelming mandate the population essentially 
>gave them to pursue impeachment.  What more evidence does one need that the Democrats are totally 
>worthless?  The intoxication of the money and power in Washington easily overrides rational 
>judgements made in the name of the common good.  Washington is a place where agribusiness (who 
>will do nothing about all of the honeybees dying), oil, finance, defense, pharamceuticals, et. al decide 
>everything.  They lobby heavily with the help of massive P.R. to politicians who are nothing more than 
>egotistical, greedy dolts happy to stand before the T.V. camera and give stupid news interviews.  The 
>Democrats are bought, sold, and controlled just like their Republican predecessors.  They just throw 
>little bones before the helpless infantile masses.  Oh, we'll raise the minimum wage from $5 to $6 an 
>hour.  Yeah!!!!!!   Spare me the stench of the manure from that repugnant capital city!
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