[Grovenet] A heckuva job! ! ! ! ! !

[Steven]

that is just what we remember. Previous presidents had their graft too. 
Politician jokes go back ... to Washington I guess.
Demanding honest politicians will get you better liars. Look at the crap 
in our state house.

Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> I'm still convinced we did it to ourselves when President Nixon resigned. 
>  
> We collectively allowed President Ford to say, effectively, "No matter what
> he may have done, let's put this behind us and get on to more important
> things..." 
>  
> In other words, corruption, greed and dishonesty is to be expected in
> government. 
>  
> Who, in their right mind, can wonder for an instant why many - probably most
> - people today think government cannot be trusted? 
>  
> We Americans sowed the wind, back in 1974, and today we reap the whirlwind.
> Our efforts yield little value. And what value there is foreigners take.
> Hosea 8:7 might have more truth to it than we'd like. 
>  
> That's why I hope we do not walk away from GW Bush and his staff, no matter
> how much we might like to put that "national nightmare" behind us once they
> have been expelled from the executive offices. If we do we'll sow the wind
> once again. 
>  
> Getting honest government that we can trust is simple. All we have to do is
> demand it. The problem is that's not easy. We have to be involved, pay
> attention, and put our priorities on honesty and accountability instead of
> convenience. It's easier to ignore dishonesty and hope that whatever it does
> in it's self-effacing greed somehow works in our favor.  
>  
> We have, for these last 7 years, lived with the results of that sort of
> thinking. 
>  
> Ron D'Eau Claire 
>