Rant: I think my RW friend is right, none of it matters anymore.

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My right wing friend (He is an old school Republican, He know they are dead, but he just can not at all ever support a “Tax and spend liberal” ever at all) and I car pool together (Washington DC area (Arlington)). We are great friends. So we were talking on the way home about Bush wiretapping people.

Like most, he had some talking points, one was “Well I am not sure if you know this, but for some reason the lib judges were making a huge amount of modifications to his requests”, and you know what, I did know that.

“First, why lib judges, they were all appointed by Rehnquist” I said
“How do you know that?”
“Because that is what FISA says, all judges are picked from the fed judges by the chief justice of the SC” I replied, “and face it, if Rehnquist appointed them, you know they tow the line”
I went on to say, “And I am not seeing an issue with them making changes, that is there JOB, and that does in fact refute your other talking point ‘If they are just a Rubber Stamp, then why do you care’, and aren’t you glad to here that someone is looking at what this guy is doing? “

So we went on, and he basically said, “Well if he has to break the law…”

Anyway… when it was all on the floor, his comment hit me where it hurts…

“Marq, so what if Bush broke the law, they will never impeach him, no matter how low they set the bar with Clinton. I can do nothing about that, you can’t. The politicians in Washington ARE SO FAR REMOVED from the people that they don’t give a shit about what you think, Republican or Democrat. All of them are paid for, and spoken for. No matter how many people you gather in Washington, or anywhere, they do not care, because YOU and ME do not elect them, it is the uneducated dolfs that do. Face it, it really does not matter what Bush did, all of them will do what ever it takes to keep the job, and YOUR trust or MINE has nothing to do with it.”

And you know what, he is right. I have 2 Democratic Senators, Byrd and Rockefeller, great senators for the most part, but I say this about ALL of them. Do I think that they give a crap about me? NO. Do I think that they would, if given a choose, do what is RIGHT by the people if it ment hurting their re-election, NO.

I have a shill for a congress person, Caprico(sp), I think that she would club constituent orphans over the head if Bush said to. Do I think that she would do what is RIGHT by America, NO WAY.

I think he is right, R or D, they are bought and paid for, and I know that we Americans do not hold the receipt. They are owned by mega-corporate fat cats, and the amount of cash we are talking means they are PAID FOR.

So, I think he is right, I really am starting to think that there is nothing we can do, because it is falling on deft ears…

My only thought, public funded elections?