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Doesn’t Congress have real work to do beside investigate a perceived infringement on their “constitutionally mandated” immunity?  We have several real problems in this country without making some up out of thin air.  We have an immigration problem, we have ethical problems in Congress, we have energy problems, security problems, but instead of investigating something real, they instead focus their undivided attentions on a ‘separation of powers’ issue.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner said Tuesday he will summon Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller before his panel to explain their decision to raid a lawmaker’s office for the first time in history.

Before the raid on Congressman Jefferson’s office, the FBI received court approval for the search.  There is nothing is this search that justifies this kind of reaction from lawmakers.  The FBI rightly defended their actions.

The Justice Department filed court papers Tuesday opposing the congressman’s demand that property seized in the office raid be returned. Such a step would be “fundamentally inconsistent with the bedrock principle that ‘the laws of this country allow no place or employment as a sanctuary for crime,”‘ the papers said, quoting language from a near-century-old Supreme Court case.

Rightly so.  I stated here, that using this same idea, I could conduct an illegal activity at my business, and since the federal government can not be involved in private enterprise, they should not be allowed to search my place of business, right?  This is pure nonsense.  No one is above the law, not even the privileged members of Congress.

Congress had better tread softly on this issue.  If the people of this country find out that members of Congress think they are above the law, unlike everyday Americans, they will be voted out of their privileged positions.  If the American people vote these ‘elites’ out of power, they will have been justified in their actions.  The problem with many of these Congressmen is they gain a sense of entitlement when they arrive in Washington.  They may be members of Congress, but they are still citizens, subject to the same laws as the rest of us.  Every once in a while, I think these legislators need to be reminded that they work for the rest of us, and they work at our discretion.

Tags: Corruption, Democrats, National Elections, Culture, Politics by Chuck
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Is it okay for a woman to have an abortion just because the baby may not be perfect?  Lone Star Times has posted parts of an article detailing how British doctors advising their patients to have an abortion if the baby has club feet, webbed fingers or toes, or has down syndrome.  This is just pure nuts.

I have a friend of mine who is/was a helicopter pilot for the US Marines.  My friend served in the Persian Gulf War, in Kosovo, and in the GWOT.  He is now a full bird Colonel set to retire in a year.  This man was born with clubbed feet, a deformity easily corrected by surgery.  If his parents had lived in England at the time he was born, it is possible he would have been aborted.  Everyone wants perfect children, but this is going way too far.  Maybe we need to start with perfect parents, and then we can work on perfect children.  Until then, babies have a right to be born.

Tags: Abortion, Culture, Politics, War by Chuck
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John Murtha is at it again, accusing our troops fighting in Iraq of murder. I with wish he would just shut up. I find that many others are of the same opinion. OpenVoice says “its sad to see senile old men like this get elected over and over again.” Scipio the Metalcon says “Rep. John Murtha began his John Kerry impression.”

It is interesting that a day after Memorial Day, in which we as a nation honor those heroes who gave their lives for this nation, I have to discuss a man who is responsible for the deaths of many of these men because of his mouth. His words are causing anger in the Arab street and are turning the people against our troops. And when he says we can not win in Iraq, he is encouraging our enemies to kill even more American soldiers. I am not even going to reprint what he had to say. Before anyone questions my patriotism, let me say that I too am a veteran having proudly served my country. Murtha has the right to speak out on how this war is conducted, but his status as a former general does not give him any more status to speak out than any one else.

But I will say this to John Murtha. You are an American disgrace. I am ashamed to call you a fellow veteran. You wrap yourself in the American flag and denounce our troops. Your words are killing our soldiers. It is not patriotic to denounce the United States. It is not patriotic to have your words blasting our country and our troops pasted on every Islamic newspaper who hate us. It is not patriotic to embolden our enemies. And it is especially not patriotic to have the blood of our American soldiers on your hands.

I rank you up there with Jane Fonda and John Kerry. Why don’t you just go on and denounce your American citizenship and leave the country. As I said before, John Murtha, you were a good general, but you are a failure as a legislator and you are a failure as an American citizen. You are a disgrace.

Update:  BlackFive has a post of what John Murtha should say to the American press.

Tags: Democrats, Iraq, Politics, War by Chuck
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So much for the Democrats portraying the Republicans as involved in a “Culture of Corruption.”  Turns out one of the biggest purveyors of this term is involved in his own corruption scandal.  Harry Reid, Dem.-Nevada, accepted free gifts from Nevada Athletic Commission while considering legislation concerning government oversight of boxing.

From 2003 to 2005 Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has accepted free ringside tickets to professional boxing matches from Nevada officials while Congress was considering regulating the sport.

Reid defended the gifts saying the gifts would never influence his decision while he was considering legislation.  Right!  Like we are really supposed to believe that.

Harry Reid has been relentless in attacking Republicans as having a ‘culture of corruption.’  There is a culture of corruption when lawmakers when lawmakers can accept bribes and still believe they are acting in the best interest of their constituents.  While Reid took free tickets on three different occasions, two other lawmakers were offered free tickets as well. One was Sen. John McCain who insisted on paying for his ticket and the other was Sen. John Ensign, R-Nevada, who abstained from voting on the boxing bills.  But not Harry Reid.  And he still thinks he did nothing wrong!

Reid was involved with the Abramoff scandal as well by taking money from Indian tribes who were trying to influence his vote.  Abramoff was later indicted on influence peddling causing most lawmakers to give back any money they received from the lobbyist, but not Reid.  The Senator just accepts money and gifts from different lobbyists and he wants us to believe it doesn’t influence his decisions.

Note to Senator Reid: I would be very careful about throwing accusations about a “culture of corruption,” if I were you.  The next time you start slamming down the lid, make sure your own hand is not in the cookie jar.

In a funny post, ScrappleFace is expresses concern for the first known case of Republican to Democrat transmission of the ‘culture of corruption’ disease.

Tags: Corruption, Democrats, Politics by Chuck
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