Round and Round We Go Who Cares If the Government Works? We Can Always Blame the "Other Guy"

Benn away for a bit and sorry for the absence, looking for a new job as both my wife and I were laid off. Came across this article today while at work at my part time job. The headline reads State Department Nominees placed on hold by a single Senator, Sen Kyle (R-Nev) because he's not satisfied with the information he is getting back from the Administration on the progress of nuclear arms control with Russia.

Senator Kyle a quick question for you please? Where the hell were you when President Bush decided he was no longer bound by certain treaties such as the START treaty which expires December 5. 2009, and apparently is at the core of this little petty power play.

Of course then we have the larger threat to put a hold on all of Obama's nominees because the Rethugs are upset at the speed that Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt) has scheduled the confirmation hearings for Sonya Sotomayor for Supreme Court Justice. WTF, are you upset because you won't get enough right wing neonazi conservative groups to pony up campaign contributions? Or are you so old and withered your mental processes have deteriorated so much that given six more months you still could not grasp cognitively what you are supposed to vote on, and the speed was still too fast for you?

The Senate seems to think it is their right and place to play petty little dictators and tyrants. They place themselves above the law and reproach all the time forgetting they are elected to "serve the will of the people", not the will of wealthy corporate lobbyist. Perhaps since the Congress cannot bring it about to enact true campaign reform, the people push for a national referendum to decide what should be done with campaign finance laws. Perhaps if we do away with Congress' supplemental income plans and went to a public financed election, many of these do nothing leeches will depart and we can get some true representation by men and women who want our government to work rather then using their petty little powers to bolster their sad deflated egos.