Read the Constitution lately?

It is truly disgusting what our elected officials do on a daily basis with the power we lend to them.

This article will, on it's surface, appear as though it is about the abortion debate. While that is a debate that I engage in, and am more than motivated to discuss, I wish to highlight what might otherwise be overlooked. This is supposed to be an Iraq War Supplemental Bill and one of our illustrious "representatives" felt it was a good idea to tack on a provision that has nothing to do with the war. Now, you can agree or disagree on the war, and you can agree or disagree on the abortion issue, but you must, in all candor, be with me when I say that the name of any bill should be in close alignment with it's contents.

One of the sneaky little tricks in Washington is something called an earmark. It occurs on both sides of the aisle and it is, in this humble thinker's opinion, tantamount to blatantly violating one's oath of office. In its essence it is a money laundering scheme with Tax Payer dollars and You should be thrown out of office for doing such things.

read more digg story