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To: one_less who wrote (1728)	9/25/2006 3:10:04 PM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10087

That sounds good but my BS meter is going off. Money has always controlled the legislative process.

To: one_less who wrote (1728)	9/25/2006 3:19:55 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

A speech like that would impress me more if she had stated what efforts had been made to date to effect those goals or even a hint as to the reforms she envisions. She is, after all, part of the "corrupt" Congress to which she refers. Like most political speeches, this one has a certain rhetorical aura to it, without much substance. I figured it was more in the nature of a trial ballon to determine whether the unwashed masses would respond to the buzzwords of "honesty" and "civility." But then again, I've become a dyed in the wool cynic<g>