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

[Allen Warren]

Steven, you're absolutely correct . . . "that is just what we remember".  I'm not a Presidential history buff but I've read enough to know that corruption in our White House and Halls of Congress didn't suddenly start occurring in the last 50 years.  In fact, Ulysses S. Grant, the Union General who finally was able to bring an end to the "War Between the States" is considered by some historians to be the most corrupt President in history: http://www.course-notes.org/biographies/ulyssessimpsongrant.htm.  Only time will tell where GW Bush ranks in the corruption list for all Presidents.
 
Allen Warren



----- Original Message ----
From: Steven <NoSpam03 at comcast.net>
To: Forest Grove local interests list <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 11:12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] A heckuva job! ! ! ! ! !


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 
>   
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