Way to Go Ginni….Not!

So this morning The Washington Post did an article on Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has started her own lobbying and political organizing group. While supposedly “non-partisan”, it was specifically set up to cater to “citizen-activist” of the” tea party” movement. “Ginni” as she is affectionately called, says Liberty Central Inc. will educate motivated citizens to "preserve freedom and reaffirm the core founding principles," according to the group's Web site, and will serve as a way for concerned Americans to "make a difference in the fight for liberty and against the liberal Washington agenda." Now I don’t presume to know what goes on between Justice Thomas and his wife but I would assume think that a lobbying firm would not be allowed for the wife of a Supreme Court Justice. It brings to mind that she could go around selling her husbands vote on various items brought forward to the Supreme Court. It also brings to mind that anything she learns and shares in her new position could be seen as tainting her husband’s views. Allowing her this access to both the Supreme Court and to both the House of Representative’s and the Senate seems like too much direct access, and not that she would get swayed but temptation is a bitch.

Can you Really Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?

I hate to compare members of Congress and the Senate to old dogs, because I love dogs of any age, really. But in truth could it be that the majority of Congressmen and Senators are just too old to compromise. Maybe we need to stop re-electing them and start searching for new, young idealists to take their places. Because they can't agree on anything. Case in point Senator Chris Dodd (D. Conn.) has been trying to increase banking regulations for the last 9 months trying to put together a Consumer Protection Act. Today it was finally revealed, and it appears that communications between him and his Republican committee members has broken down to the point that when the Act in question finally hits the floor of the Senate, the Republican's actively plan to filibuster it. So my question is could it just be that they are all too old to figure out how to work together? And would it be wrong of me to ask if we can trade in our models for a newer ones? You know, the ones with less connections, more idealism, and less of a need to be re-elected for fear of losing power in Washington. I mean when do we take our leadership back from the soon to be diaper generation?

You Got Some Splainin to do

So I am sure we all caught Patrick Kennedy's speech from the floor of Congress but where was all this fire and brimstone when we really needed it? In the year when he decides not to run for re-election, now he chokes up about how Congress isn't doing there jobs. Was the speech also directed at himself? I mean he has been in Congress for eight terms, just long enough to say he made a difference but not really. So I say again You got some s'plainin to do! Is it just me or do we all need to take road trips up to DC, that all happen to be on the same day. My ultimate dream is that two people from each congressional district in the United States could descend onto the offices of Congress, each with video camera, and one question. Why can't you pass health care that works? And most importantly why can you work together? And for the democrats, is it fear that makes it impossible for you as the ruling party to work together and pass something, anything?