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

[Robert Naiman]

Congress exists whether you pay attention to it or not. It will not stop
existing because you ignore it.

Congress acts, and its actions have consequences, whether you pay attention
or not, and whether you contribute to efforts to affect these actions, or
leave others to carry on without you.

It may be tempting to seek solace by ignoring Congress. One may then find
relief from disappointment. But this sense of well-being is like that
enjoyed by the person with frostbite who feels warm, as the body reduces
blood flow to the extremities. You feel warm. You stop moving, because
moving is painful - it restores circulation and sensation to your painful
extremities. So you stop moving, and feel better. Then you die. At last, you
are at peace.

On 4/20/07, n.dahlheim at mchsi.com <n.dahlheim at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> National politics is most definitely the dead leading the
> dead.  Considering their fealty to large corporate
> and financial interests, Congress cannot be counted upon at all to
> consider the opinions of ordinary
> citizens too seriously.  Trying to change Congress and paying too much
> attention to them in the hope of
> them actually enacting substantive changes will only leave a person
> disappointed.  Something else must
> clearly be done.
>
>
> > 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!
> >
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