Comment on Congress

[2ndAmendment]

Heard this morning on Bulls and Bears:

Congress is the only whore house in America that looses money.

 

[Railroad]

Heard this morning on Bulls and Bears:

In "Deficit of Decency" Zell Miller talked about learning that the first priority for every member of congress is to work on the next election -their own re-election and their party's presidential candidate. Then after serving the Party's agenda, the loudest or richest lobby gets the most attention.

The "Of the People, by the People, for the People" thing is becoming a forgotten anachronism.

 

[vraiblonde]

Good quote.

 

[2ndAmendment]

The "Of the People, by the People, for the People" thing is becoming a forgotten anachronism.

It was said by our founders.

"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." --John Adams

"A general dissolution of Principles and Manners will more surely overthrow the Liberties of America than the whole Force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader . . . If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security." Samuel Adams, The Writings of Samuel Adams, ed., Harry Alonzo Cushing (G. P. Putman's Sons, 1908), Vol. 4, p. 124.

"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. ... There has never been a moment of my life in which I should have relinquished for it the enjoyments of my family, my farm, my friends & books." --Thomas Jefferson

"Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness." -- Samuel Adams (letter to John Trumbull, 16 October 1778)

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There are many others. Can we be surprised by the deterioration of our nation at the hands of those that think of themselves before others and have no virtue or morals? <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="90%"><tbody><tr><td class="quote">
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