A Cogent Quote
The NY Times’ Quote of the Day illustrates how broken our legislative process has become:
"Coal and nuclear count their lobbying budgets in the tens of millions. We count ours in the tens of thousands."
RHONE RESCH, president of the Solar Energy Industries Association
Where there is money, there is corruption. Our government no longer cares about steering the ship of state, nor is it concerned about helping it’s people. It gives no thought to securing a future of any kind, let alone a visionary future like the kind we dreamed during the space race.
The concern of our government, comprised of millionaires and elitists, is to further the padding of their wallets. Our congressmen (and women) are slaved to their own greed, puppets of corporate interests and are sold to the highest bidder. They are commodities in a futures market of votes as volatile as any exchange market on Wall Street. They have lost their way.
And people wonder why so few Americans bother to vote…
July 18th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Nicely said.
And it feels like something I just said on another site, where they were questioning the preservation of Bush’s legacy.
I wonder if it is not going to be exactly what he wanted it to be?!
He has neutered the Congress, willfully destabilized the Middle-East, arrogantly challenged and encouraged al Queda, and wantonly abused power as he created new ones for the Executive Branch.
Bottom line, he has undermined everything that made this Democracy something to be proud of. His legacy is the destruction and remodeling of America; and I think it is something he is indeed proud of.
July 18th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Thanks for the comment, Gary…
You may indeed be right. Sociopaths; every one.