We Steal, You Pay. You Gotta Problem with That?

So, Congress has abandoned all pretense of ethics. One would presume that the draft for the $700 billion bailout should have as "lean" as possible. But Noooo! Earmarks for liquor manufacturers, toy manufacturers, railroads and much, much more lace the current draft passed by the Senate and being considered by the House.

On October 1, it was revealed that The Crypt Keeper (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) had paid her husband's firm $100,000 from PAC funds. This is not a mere accusation; no one is denying that it happened. How can The Crypt Keeper even stand in front of the cameras? Because misfeasance has become accepted, commonplace. They're going to do it, and we're going to tolerate it, even pay for it, while we also pay more for gas, food - everything - because of them.

Political activist and rock musician Ted Nugent asserted this week that the entire Congress should be removed, and he's not too far off the mark. I'd say that four-fifths of Congress ought to be impeached or voted out; Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and Barack Obama should be in prison due to their actions vis-a-vis the subprime mortgage debacle, yet the latter might wind up as President.

I indicated in one of my columns this week what I really think ought to happen, but of course I'd never suggest such action; wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more, say no more...

We're Winning, Damn it!

Excerpt from a Fox News report of Tuesday, March 25, 2008, By Michael Yon:

Al Qaeda is still trying to spin Iraq into civil war, but whereas in 2005-2006 Al Qaeda was succeeding, today Al Qaeda is being shredded.

An Iraqi officer near Sinjar told me that recently a group of perhaps 20 "jihadists," many of them foreign, descended on a Nineveh village. The Iraqi officer said the terrorists killed some adults and two babies. One baby they murdered was 15 days old.

Until recently, such terror attacks inside Iraq could have coerced the village into sheltering Al Qaeda. Yet this time, the "jihadists" got an unexpected reception. Local men grabbed their rifles and poured fire on the demons, slaughtering them.

Nineteen terrorists were destroyed. Times have changed for Al Qaeda here. Too many Iraqis have decided they are not going to take it anymore. Al Qaeda in Iraq is still fighting, and they are tough and wily, but Al Qaeda Central seems to realize there are easier targets elsewhere, perhaps in Europe, where many people demonstrate weakness in the face of terror.

So much for our losing the war. Interesting that Europe was mentioned as a potential target. Would that the establishment media might go with this sort of thing.

Yes... I know...