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Old 02-28-2008, 08:04 PM   #19 (permalink)
Hanxter
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let's put this in perspective...

con"grease" has no business in this whatsoever... they can't even clean up there own act...

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usa today 02/28/08

Anyone who's been called for jury duty knows that one of the first questions a judge asks prospective jurors is: Do you know the defendant? A "yes" answer is almost always disqualifying, which makes perfect sense.

After all, how can people objectively sit in judgment of someone they know? Even if they could, the public would rightfully question the verdict.

Somehow, though, Congress has never been able to grasp that common-sense concept. Instead, both the House and Senate have ethics committees composed of lawmakers who are supposed to investigate misconduct by their colleagues? Some of them powerful members who dole out road projects, committee assignments and other career-altering perks.

The best measure of the current system's absurdity is that the panels are slow to begin inquiries, are even slower to conclude them, and rarely recommend tough sanctions.

Not that they're lacking for things to do. In the past two years alone, two high-profile lawmakers, former representatives Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., and Bob Ney, R-Ohio, went to jail after long corruption investigations. Two others, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., and Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., are under indictment. Through it all, there's been barely a peep out of the House ethics panel.
now i ask you... anyone have the NFL Network... if you do you're paying a premium to watch top notch games when it should be open to all and in that alone the NFL should have their anti-trust exemption revoked... see that coming???

as for the clemens deal... had he fessed up like andy did, this would be a moot point and all would be forgotten... and forgiven...

but, because we have so much less to concern ourselves with, the House yesterday decided to tax the oil companies with an $18B levy to force alternative energy exploration...

EXCUSE ME???

who the hell do they think is gonna pay for that???

and who the hell gives a rat's ass about clemens anyway???

it's all a waste of our money... pure and simple, bereaucratic pig boil...

it's always been about the money... except in this case roger "the dodger" is trying to buy his way out of this one with autographed baseballs...

and the bi-partisan politics bit the righties in the ass...

gasoline... $4.00 a gallon by the middle of summer and steroids is the hot topic...

makes me wanna throw up
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