With Smear Scandal, France Near Paralysis. The Chirac wing of the political class will stop at nothing to protect their position and privlidge. They think nothing of smacking down some upstart immigrant who would be Prime Minister. Let's hope Sarkozy finds the ones responsible and puts them behind bars. Sarkozy's election as PM would be the one thing that would make me reconsider my ban on all things French. We need him, but France needs him more.
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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