I've been having trouble blogging of late largely b/c I don't feel like I have much to say. When it comes to current events and/or politics, there are so many who say so much more and so much better. I've thought about keeping it more to local news but that's about as exciting as reading an insurance form. Beyond that I'm left with daily observations and anecdotes which are tough to do well. I'll give that a try and see how it goes. I hope I don't lose my reader w/ this change.
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project . Thank God they're going after this guy. He's been so brazen with his porkbarreling and the whiff of corruption around him has been ripe enough to smell from here. I'd rather have a 100% democrat run Congress if they were ethical. Term limits. One term for Senate, two for the House, one for the President. Some fear that would increase the power of lobbyists. Simple, ban any former members from being lobbyists and limit lobbyists to terms as well. (I'm not sure how that would work. Just a thought.) The other answer is transparency. No earmarks without a floor vote. No spending of any kind without a floor vote. All spending committees (intelligence aside) open to the public and recorded and available on the web.
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