A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. No, make that $700 billion!

THESE SENATORS ARE GIVING THE FINGER TO THE VOTERS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT MOST PROGRESSIVES WILL RE-ELECT THEM. WHAT A BUNCH OF DISTASTEFUL, UNETHICAL EXAMPLES OF EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH WASHINGTON.

 This entry was written a few years ago, the actual event took place in October 28, 1988. 

“Sooner or later, every man sits down to a banquet of consequences” - Robert Louis Stevenson

My mother grew up during the Depression and had to eat mustard sandwiches. As a result my sensibilities have been influenced by many of her penny-pinching habits.