Reality TV in monastery changes five lives forever. Finally a reality show with some actual value. As much as I bash the BBC they deserve a ton of credit for this one. The idea alone would never have been possible in the US. The creators would have simply edited such a show to make the monestary like a prison from the Middle Ages. I fervently hope they bring the series here, I'd love to see it.
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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