Brad's Bunker

By Brad Lawrence

THE BUNKER INDEX

PHILATHROPIST FEVER IN D.C.

_{February 1, 2006}

It appears as if the senate and house have gone mad with power. And the President isn't immune, hell, he encourages it.

Little do they care that We, the People of this country, actually elected them. And they don't care with good reason. We're all a bunch of idiots. What do they care if they don't do what they said they were going to do during their stump speeches? They have us to re-elect them.

It's a well documented fact that people generally vote for name recognition. And if that fails, why do you think there is always a fight to be the first on the ballot? Those are the two main reasons most people vote. That and the die-hard party loyalists. But if you have a democrat or republican who only wants to vote for someone from their party, and there's more than one of their party on the ticket, well, we're back to the first two reasons.

And so, the people elected get to be so secure in their jobs that they forget their promises and vote with a wallet filled with OUR tax money. Spending it willy-nilly on anything which makes them feel good about themselves. And in order for THEM to feel good about THEMSELVES, they have to vote for the "other guys" tax boondoggle so "that guy" will vote for his.

Kinda like "I'll wash your hands, you'll wash mine". Or, to put it in government parlance, you let me squander these funds and I'll let you squander yours. Except, of course, it's our money. Which is something they once knew, but lost somewhere in the miasma of the D.C. political landscape.

Take the latest scandal. Jack Abramoff, a one powerful political lobbyist, found himself in a pickle when he was forced to plead guilty to conspiracy, mail fraud, and the old standby, tax evasion. So he agreed last Tuesday to assist government agencies with the corruption investigation involving up to 20 members of congress.

I bet a bunch of our elected congress members are a little uneasy about now.

But after the dust settles over Abramoff's grave it will be back to the usual routine of "oh goodie, I get to spend all of THIS money?"

Because make no mistake about it, if he is serious about taking down the most powerful people in congress, I have no doubt that he's a "dead man walking", but BEFORE he moves up the food chain, not after.

Oh, he'll be found with a gun in his hand and a convincing note saying he just can't live with the shame, etc.

But dead he'll be.

And as the ship of state sails off, it will be blowing it's whistle full blast, as a collective release of breath exhales from Congress.