The idea that all will be well in the future may in fact be the beginning of our undoing. It's like pulling on a string at the edge of a piece of cloth. When you start it has a small impact but as you continue more and more of a cloth is eliminated. There are so many things that are piling up like the obligation to pay interest on the national debt in the future. Our lack of fixing things like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The decaying infrastructure of our country which we are ignoring. Our bridges, roads, dams, electrical grid and our water and sewer systems. Everyone of these are essential for our society and are gradually wearing out. There is no move in this country systematically replaced or rebuild these systems. We ignore the loss of one industry after another because of our trade policy. We choose to solve the illegal immigration that allowed 3 million people to enter our country last year by making them legal. We ignore 90% of the shipping containers that could contain disastrous contents. If you look at any one of these issues you can rationalize that we can deal with it. when you look at the totality of these issues one begins to wonder if we are witnessing the beginning of our demise. It will take a very different attitude by our politicians and citizens of this country to address these issues.

Island Dog Yes 500,000 dollars diverted from contributions to personal use via his wife and daughter! Used Homeland Security to locate demcrats in Texas Tried to coerce a Congressman for a vote on medicare Took trip paid for by foreign business intetest

And how many of those was he convicted or indicted?

How the republicans can justify and rationalize the illegal and corrupt behaviors of Delay is beyond comprehension. Mind boggling, even. He has already been santioned three times by the Ethics Committee. So, what does he do? He dismisses those who voted to sanction him, and replaced them with members who contributed to his campaigns. If this isn't a subversion of House ethics, then nothing is.

That is so funny coming from the democratic party. They do more wrong than anybody, but yet it's ignored by the media and all they can do is focus on Delay.

Our lack of fixing things like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The decaying infrastructure of our country which we are ignoring. Our bridges, roads, dams, electrical grid and our water and sewer systems. Everyone of these are essential for our society and are gradually wearing out. There is no move in this country systematically replaced or rebuild these systems. We ignore the loss of one industry after another because of our trade policy. We choose to solve the illegal immigration that allowed 3 million people to enter our country last year by making them legal. We ignore 90% of the shipping containers that could contain disastrous contents. If you look at any one of these issues you can rationalize that we can deal with it. when you look at the totality of these issues one begins to wonder if we are witnessing the beginning of our demise. It will take a very different attitude by our politicians and citizens of this country to address these issues.

This country isn't as half as bad as you make it out to be. Most of those problems have been around for a lot longer than Bush, but you can't focus on anything but blaming him.

The increase in the debt and the trade deficit has grown to epidemic levels under Bush. The total of the issues that Bush is not dealing with is the problem and will impact America long after he is out of office. Why after the economy has improved should we be running a deficit of $675 Billion? Because he has cut the federal revenue to the point that we have a structural deficit that is out of control. What is worse, there is no plan to balance the budget and then pay down the debt that will stand at about $10 Trillion by 2008. He has no plan to stem the loss of jobs and industries like the clothing industry. He wants to further expand the failed trade policy and destroy the sugar industry as well. He not only does not solve existing problems but follows policies that make them worse.

I love it when Miler does the massive "Cut and paste". Trying to spin the conversation away from DeLay. Well, Reid has never been investigated for crimes such as the ones Tommy boy is being accussed of. Not once. Using someones voting record to avoid discussing alledged crimes by DeLay is not only weak, but moronic as well.

And dog? That's a pretty naive thing to say given the state of the nation. But then again, it's not suprising in the least. According to the right everything is "sunshine and rainbows" in the USA. When nothing could be further from the truth.

Last time i checked...The economy was still shaky, the war wasn't over, the debt keeps growing, Osama is still out there, and Tom Delay was manipulating the system to hide serious crimes. How anyone can even TRY to justify giving half a mil to family from a PAC and calling it "pay" is a freakin joke. I have also seen reports that Nancy Pelosi has been doing the same things. If that's the case, she should be investigated as well.

I do agree with the statement that there will always be crooks in government, no matter what the party affiliation. That's the price we pay for democracy. The trick is to make examples of those we catch in the act. Like Tommy boy. I say it should be turned over to the DOJ and let them take a look at his antics.

But i'm sure dubya will do everything he can to prevent that from happening. Them Texas boys take care of each other!

Brad?

Bubba was investigated for alledged financial shenannigans. He came out clean. All the right could get him for was getting a hummer from a fat chick.

The fact that the GOP controlls Congress and the White House is why nothing will happen. I am convinced that we need a split in the power between the Republicans and the Democrats to have any semblance of a responsible government.

Bubba was investigated for alledged financial shenannigans. He came out clean. All the right could get him for was getting a hummer from a fat chick.

"Bubba" was indicted for lying to a grand jury.

The fact that the GOP controlls Congress and the White House is why nothing will happen. I am convinced that we need a split in the power between the Republicans and the Democrats to have any semblance of a responsible government.

Democrats will never regain power until they realize liberalism is not for America. When they stop pushing their hate filled liberal agenda, maybe they will start winning elections again.

"Hate filled?" Were not the ones practicing diplomacy at the tip of the gun dog. Or is that "compassionate conservatism" in action again? Also, for the record, Bubba's lie was about GETTING a hummer from a fat chick.

Nice try.

"In America, it's government by the few for the benefit of the few and their buddies."

Amen! JUST US (cronies, insiders, and rednecks, etc.) The hypocrisy sickens one's soul.

"Hate filled?" Were not the ones practicing diplomacy at the tip of the gun dog. Or is that "compassionate conservatism" in action again? Also, for the record, Bubba's lie was about GETTING a hummer from a fat chick.

Liberals don't practice diplomacy, they just let terrorists and dictators do what they want as long as they don't offend Europeans.

And for the "record", Clinton was indicted for lying.

"Also, for the record, Bubba's lie was about GETTING a hummer from a fat chick.

Nice try."

Right you are, sir. It is unchristian for a JoeUser Christian to pretend that he does not have a closet full of skeletons, lest as suspected he is not a human being but a ghoul! I dare the puritan-conservative to open his closet for full viewing of his skeletons.

Besides which, it seems conservative-puritans overlook that Buba, as only a good Christian would, repented for his sins in front of the whole congregation, nay the whole Country. Can hypocrite that be you say same?

What does this Blog have to do with Clinton? It was about DeLay.