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

[John W.]

At 11:06 AM 4/20/2007, Karen Medina wrote:

>As ugly as politics are, war is uglier.

National politics is the dead leading the dead.



>---- Original message ----
> >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
> >
> >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!