The Last Lie Revealed

Well, Princess Pelosi and Spineless Harry have taken back their last '06 election promise, a full Congressional work week.
From the Daily Campus.

Democrats won a majority in both houses of Congress last November, making several promises to the voters that elected them. Among these was "an end to the two-day work week," and a "return to a five-day work week."

Less than a year later, the Democratic majority in Congress has announced that starting in January, Congress will no longer work on Fridays. As it stands currently, important votes do not occur on Mondays because many Congressmen travel to their districts over the weekend. (emphasis added)
The announcement of a cutback in the Congressional work week has drawn several criticisms and rightly so. The promise of a return to a full five-day work week was a key principle in the Democrats' platform in the 2006 mid-term elections. It is disappointing that the Democratic majority, which has been vocal about its own inability to make gains in the face of a significant Republican minority and a combative White House, has decided to decrease its work efforts. Even though the House of Representatives has conducted 1,000 roll-call votes during its current session, only 106 of those votes were on bills that were ultimately signed into law. The 12 months were the laziest non-election year in the Senate since 1989. Not getting anything done in Congress will not be changed by working less.
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Let's see, the war goes on with no end in sight, Dems are joining Repubs in calling for the invasion of Iran, privatization of public resources continues unchecked, the Bill of Rights is gone,war funding and domestic spying are totally supported by Congress,46 million still don't have health care, the economy is about to implode, the world thinks we are war criminals and imperialists, toys and food are being sold that are poison, and Congress cuts back its work week.
Call me crazy, but I think we are pretty much screwed from any angle, by every side.
Bush, Cheney and their corporate sponsors have nothing to fear from Congress or the people. They win.
I abandon all hope.
I am bereft of all reason.
I stand on the cliffs edge watching our world happily run off it. It might be time to just let it go, try not to get pulled over with it, and build from the ashes.
It's a bad day.

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