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I don't think the point is that the lobbyists and politicians will find ways around any half-ass reform - we all know they will.
What I walk away from this post thinking is how it's not the lobbyists or politicians that this "bubble" bursting will hurt. Like Larry pointed out - it will be the people who work in these restaurants or the janitor or secretary at that lobbying firm. They'll be out of work in what could become a depressed local economy. I could care less about some lobbyist losing his six-figure salary - he's already obviously got connections and will find another connected job - but people like I mentioned above won't have that same luxury.
Posted at January 20, 2006 10:01 PM in response to Crash of the Titans
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I don't think there was any doubt that Libby would be indicted... even if Rove isn't this will open the inner workings of the White House up like never before. This could just be the beginning...
Posted at October 27, 2005 7:42 PM in response to Early Word on Indictments
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I believe that Texas has partisan judicial elections so his political affiliation may well have something to do with his ability to KEEP his job if the trial does not go as his base voters expect.
Ahhh, there's the twist. Doing your job and Keeping your job are 2 different things. Hope this judge will worry about the doing instead of the keeping.Posted at October 21, 2005 1:23 PM in response to Delay's Court Appearance
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Terrific job of finding a way to make our elected officials take a stand. It is a tribute to you that you found a way to make it happen and there are lots of us out here that appreciate that fact. If the Repubs are going to screw the little guys they will have to stand up and say so.
Posted at October 20, 2005 4:14 PM in response to Fighting the Gulf Coast Wage Cut
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In fact, the hysterical behavior of the 10 Commandments groupies with Judge Moore’s monument had was weirdly remniscent of the Israelites worshipping the Golden Calf while Moses was on Mt Sinai.
Great analogy. As a Christian I believe in following the 10 commandments but don't feel the need to mount them at the courthouse. They are not the law of our land (although they certainly coincide with many of our laws). If we post the rules of Christianity as part of a state-sponsored exhibit, do we not open the door to exhibiting other religious rules or sayings? Would we, in the fervor to push our beliefs on non-believers, then set a precedent that would allow satanic or other "religions" to follow suit? Seperation of state and church is there for a reason.
I'll say it again - I feel like the fanatics have hijacked my religion. This is not how Jesus told us to be. I shudder to think how He would have been treated were he here today.Posted at October 14, 2005 10:28 AM in response to Let's Talk Ten Commandments
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Someone needs to alert Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen that he is a nitwit and moron for trying to advance White House supplied talking points that no real crime occurred.
As a regular reader of Richard Cohen, I have disagreed before but this is the first time I felt the need to email him and tell him almost exactly the above.
His logic that "everyone does it" doesn't work as an excuse for my kids, let alone in a matter this serious.Posted at October 13, 2005 8:08 PM in response to Why Patrick Fitzgerald Gets It
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If people had a faith based view of the world there would be no need for governmental programs advocating it. And our government feels it needs to be the one to promote it, their efforts will be unsuccessful...Their efforts are in support of the religion of politics and not about the teachings of the Bible...
I would have to agree Libertine. While there are excellent faith-based programs that work, government should not be advocating them to replace it's responsibility. We have a seperation between church and state that is there for a reason. Christianity has always been about free will and if your government forces you to choose it (because you are poor and need help), then we have lost the real meaning and teachings that go with being a Christian.Posted at October 11, 2005 3:21 PM in response to Who's Failing on Poverty?
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Ahhhh...the big contradiction (hypocrisy if you care to use that word) of the rightwing. Claiming to live by a christian religious morality, and trying to impose it on the rest of us, while supporting doing away with the policies that would reduce poverty and misery. Which party is really the "moral" one again?
That is one (of many) of my biggest complaints with the Right. The have high-jacked my religion. As a liberal-leaning Christian Democrat - yes we are out here - it disgusts me how the right holds up Jesus name but then refuse to follow his values. His friends weren't the upper crust of society - quite the opposite. But they choose to forget about the people God told them to care for - so we have the problems with poverty that we are seeing now. Faith-based doesn't work if the people with money don't practice their Faith.Posted at October 11, 2005 1:51 PM in response to Who's Failing on Poverty?
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I would ask this:
Mr. Brown - when you stated that the government had no knowledge of the evacuee's conditions in the civic center and/or SuperDome, did you have personal knowledge of the situation through news reports or other means?
Posted at September 25, 2005 10:20 AM in response to Brownie
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And we're surprised by this why? The only reason the poor are getting any attention is Hurrican Katrina and unfortunately the attention won't last. The Repubs will say whatever is necessary to get those poll numbers back up and try to make themselves look "caring," but when it comes time to put the money where the mouth is, this is the type of thing that happens.
Posted at September 19, 2005 6:19 AM in response to Medicaid Cuts to Continue Despite Hurricane Katrina
