Blogcritics Comments on I'm Confused About...Politicians

Comment by Mark Schannon

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:37:24 EST

Fascinating article, and I love the proposed legislation at the end. You should do an article just on that! Thanks. In Jamesons Veritas

Comment by Maurice

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:33:34 EST

Nobody explains these things better than Walter E. Williams. Here is a link.

Comment by Mark Schannon

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 12:51:54 EST

I can't disagree with your despair, but, with all due respect, you missed my point. Individually, these folks aren't bad people. It's only when they get together as Congress or The Administration that weird things happen. Maybe it's something in the water or air. Maybe the buildings have "sick building syndrome." Maybe this is the real plot by al-Qida to destroy us. That's why I'm confused... In Jamesons Veritas

Comment by Ebony Ghost

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:52:50 EST

You hit the nail on the head when you said it's our fault. We the people allow it and we get what we deserve. Much of what they do is downright criminal and the people just scoff it off as politics as usual. Nobody wants to recognize that money crossing state and district lines for the purpose of influencing elections is election tampering. What part of "lobbying" doesn't involve the offering and taking of bribes? (The absolute best ROI of a "campaign contribution" is one that makes it illegal for anyone to choose not to purchase your product) If every Democrat and every Republican lost every election for the next 12 years, the entire planet would be a better place to live. But that's not going to happen. Under the "lesser of" guise, everyone will line up and do everything they can to ensure that evil pervails. For some reason, the people insist on returning that lying pack of thieves to the halls of power every chance they get. Once there, the first thing they do is take an oath to uphold the Constitution. The second thing they do is toss the oath AND the Constitution out the nearest window. It's only going to get worse. The tendency to micromanage the personal decisions of people in a "free" country has them running out of stuff to legislate. Next on the horizon, laws affecting citizens of other countries within their own boarders. If any of my friends read this they may not recognize the name, but they will know the phrase... poor us.