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07.28.2009 5:06 pm

Helpful rules for politicians

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A couple of things that might be helpful to everyday citizens if implemented.
 
1. In order to vote on a bill, senators and representatives must read the bill and state under oath that they have done so. Publicly.
2. When someone…
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06.08.2009 6:33 pm

Politicians are not business experts

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It begins. In exchange for bailout money, the federal government foolishly demanded 60% ownership of GM, which automatically gives Congress and the President the expertise to run car companies. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Rockefeller said, “I honestly don’t believe…

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05.15.2009 5:49 pm

Pelosi is doing what political leaders do the best

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 

I was taught to believe God inspired man to write the Holy Bible. I have not found a reason not to believe that. I do not know the order in which all Bibles were written. I do know the interpretations…

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04.15.2009 7:06 pm

Cynical politicians, cynical voters: Will America survive

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Are Americans who are critical of politicians really cynics? Can politicians, whose stock-in-trade is the pedaling of hypocrisy, effectively run our governments? Will the American model of democracy survive? Or has hypocrisy so eroded our republic that we are now…

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