Misc. Ramblings

It was good advice during Watergate and it's good advice now. Follow the money trail and you will track the full meaning of any story. It is not for nothing that Congress has resisted any attempt at meaningful campaign reform. Including attempts to create blind trusts in which donors could contribute to whomever they wished but the receiving party would not know who donated what and how much.

Obviously, such a system would insulate our Congress critters from the intended bribes monetary influence so it will never happen. If donors can't pay off their employee, also known as the Congressman from Texas, why bother contributing?

As the Delay-Abramoff money trail begins to be followed, it becomes clearer just how corrupt both are. From tunneling a million dollars from Russian oil and gas executives to millions from gambling groups. Money flowed to those in power and bought legislation to support their goals.

Whether this distorts our democratic form of government and, as a result, endangers our freedom, I will leave to you to decide. But to the extent our democracy works, it is because of the consent of those who are governed. Loose that consent and you loose what little legitimacy you may have.

Aloha!