Comments on: Charlie Rangel: ‘Hell no, I won’t go’

By: AustinRanter - AKA Gregg

AustinRanter - AKA Gregg — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:21:51 +0000

Night…

Limits on politicians, IMHO, should be nothing more than the poke on a card, the pull of a switch, the push on an icon on a computer screen.

There’s little left to inspire We The People to be proactive in the political process. Right or wrong…left or right, there has to be some mechanism for We The People to have some element of control over government. The polling booth is our only true means of exercising not only a personal and collective voice of choice, but also the power to impose limits on politicians.

But you say, “The American people fall short of actually using their power at the polls.”

Yep, probably so. There’s been severe consequences.

Maybe we’ll hit bottom hard eough to actually become change agents, to overcome being servants rather than masters to our governments.

Maybe…just maybe….

By: NightWisp

NightWisp — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:02:28 +0000

We have too many Congress Critters over 70 in office. Some even hit 100.
Rangel is 80. We need an upper limit on age to serve the business of the people. Some of these guys are the walking dead. It is ridiculous that these people think they are royalty, above the law, and hold office until death. And then passes the office to the next generation. From the results of this Congressional session passed bills, it is obvious they are senile or demented.

By: griff

griff — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:20:11 +0000

Are these assholes for real? Unbelievable!

By: Jim0001

Jim0001 — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:06:31 +0000

Butox would spew everywhere when this reptilian witch’s head explodes and Al Gore would write a book and global warming would destroy the planet….

And it’s George Bush’s fault!!!!!

By: Klaus Hergeschimmer

Klaus Hergeschimmer — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:17:25 +0000

Fancy Pants Pelosi should have her head on the Chopping Block

By: AustinRanter - AKA Gregg

AustinRanter - AKA Gregg — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:09:38 +0000

Hell, if for some weird reason I wound up in Washington (which would automatically indicate something amuck about my ethics) I seriously doubt that I would leave under the same circumstances as good old Mr. Rangles.

It takes a special kind of person to be a member of the Washington Royalty. Being a less than ethical person is an essential characteristic necessary to endure and sustain one’s existence in Washington. At the very least a person has to know how to employ situational ethics.

Washington is the land of enchantment, home to the American Royalty. It’s Shangri La.

Given the way Washington works – I’d probably leave deep and long claw marks before I was booted out of Washington.

At this point-in-time…with such a broken system, I believe that it’s impossible to become a part of the Washington Royalty and not be co-opted into the obvious corrupt lifestyles.

I’m well aware that I’m not perfect. However, I prefer to live my life with some dignity and ethics. Hence, I know that would never wind up in Washington for any reason. I couldn’t wake up every day and look at myself in a mirror. I’d have to shudder in my own skin for even being associated with the less than ethical members of the Washington Royalty.

By: Jim0001

Jim0001 — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:51:55 +0000

“The process is moving forward in a way that will ensure that the highest ethical standards are upheld in the House of Representatives,” Pelosi said.

More change we can believe in from the most ethical administration in the history of our country.

I don’t understand dignity when one is charged with not one but 13 ethics violations. It is a different world in the rarified stratosphere of Capitol Hill.