Representative Mark Foley's "transgressions" are but the latest of the Hypocracy of the Republican Party. Touted and promoted as the party of "Family-Values", they have produced such notaries as William Bennett (Gambling-addiction), Bill Frist (Insider-trading), Tom Delay (Bribery), and their drug-addled mouthpiece "Drug-Rush" Limbaugh. I'm sorry, but MY "FAMILY VALUES" do not include LYING in order to start a war, "War-profiteering", un- constitutional and illegal surveillance and kidnapping a torture, bribery, "insider-trading", etc. !!!How in the Hell, can these people "Lie-through-their-teeth", and STILL hold public office?? A recent statistic crossed-my-path... of which EVERY American should should be aware: The "C.E.O." of Halliburton... (one David L. Lazar) , whose company received all those "No-bid" contracts for the war in Iraq, has profitted ENORMOUSLY from Bush's war... Lazar's Halliburton stock has increased more than $100 MILLION DOLLARS SINCE THE START OF THE WAR!!! Has YOUR investment portfolio gained $100 MILLION in the last 5 years?? I think not. In past wars, such "profiteering" was not only imoral, but criminal as well. Lazar is NOT in prison, but occupies a "cozy" position as one of Washington's "insiders"... closely connected to, and contributing to the Bush/Cheney/Rove "Crime-family". At the end of WW II, 40% of the cost of of Government was paid by corporate-taxes. Today, the "cozy" ownership of our so-called Democracy by corporations has reduced that burden to a mere 4%. Meanwhile, they garner BILLIONS in profits from the war, the "Fear", and their ever-increasing monopolies. (Think Mobil/Exxon) A "Google site-search" of Republican Party contributors is a scathing indictment of their crimes. The top-ten Republican contributors include SIX Pharmaceutical companies, TWO tobacco companies, and the N.R.A. A similar search of Democratic Party contributors is comprised mostly of "Labor-unions", those middle-class hard-working Americans whom the Republicans are working so hard to destroy. When crimes are comitted, law enforcement frequently "follows-the-money", in order to locate the criminals... THIS "Money-trail" leads directly to the Republican Party.
- posted by Dave @ 12:05 PM