There *are* laws against politicians like that, hence why they've been charged with violating laws. I wish they were more vigorously pursued though and earlier on. It seems to take years, if not longer, between when a pretty full fledged scandal hits and when things actually wind their way through Congress.
I still wish that there had been a proper investigation of Murtha. I have the feeling that that could have uncovered a rather nasty, deep morass of kickbacks between Congress and the major defense contractors. Judah On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > From the title, I thought this was going to be about one of these integrity > challenged congressmen: > > Charles Rangel > Maxine Waters > Eddie Bernice Johnson > Sanford Bishop > Christopher Dodd > > J > > - > > No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in > session. - Mark Twain > > The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and > provisions should be made to prevent its ascendancy. - Thomas Jefferson > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327665 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
