Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [Politics] Tom DeLay gives it up

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, Jonathan King wrote:

> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060404/ap_on_el_ho/delay
>
> Oddly enough, DeLay does not mention the fact that he's apparently on 
> the verge of being indicted by the Feds, who have been picking off his 
> close associates recently.  The frightening thing for the GOP here is 
> that there are at least a half dozen other members of Congress who could 
> be in legal trouble as well (not all directly connected to DeLay or 
> Cunningham, although some are).  Meanwhile, there is also one 
> Congressional crook that I know of in the Democratic Party: William 
> Jefferson of Louisiana.
>
> The lesson I take from this is not that Republicans are more corrupt by 
> nature, but that corrupt Republicans have been taking advantage of being 
> in the party with all the power.


You're getting closer to the truth.  The truth is that the Republican 
party's stand on economic issues has made it a magnet for the greedy and 
corrupt.  If you wanted to be close to very wealthy, very powerful people, 
and gain more wealth and power for yourself, which party would you join? 
It's a pretty obvious choice -- join the party that promises more for the 
rich.  The Republican party became a magnet for the power hungry and they 
have corrupted it so thoroughly that it is barely recognizable anymore.

I hope everyone has been enjoying my national debt graph:

http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/national_debt.png

When the Republicans increase the national debt, where do you think the 
money goes?  If you said "to rich people," you get full credit.  Can we 
get the money back?  Hell no.  It's gone and we're screwed.  But it's OK 
because we almost had a partial-birth abortion amendment and I'll be 
raptured any minute now.

Mike

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