The Occasional Observer

This is outrageous: only 6 of 100 senators and a handful of House members took the time to read the key 90-page classified National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq before casting their vote to go to war.

Are you sh**ting me?

I can't help but think of Office Space, "So what exactly is it you would say, ya do, around here?" To recap: our elected officials have enough spare time to: (a) vote themselves the whole day off to watch OSU-Florida national title football game, and (b) draft and debate a resolution proclaiming the greatness of Boise State's season, but apparently not enough time to read (or even SKIM) a simple 90-page summary of intelligence before casting the single most important vote they can cast. It's items like these that provide a painful reminder that nearly all politicians are basically in it for themselves, and pursue the position for power or other gain rather than to truly represent the people.

That's why less government is best, and local government is better than federal. Always has been, always will be. Go Mitt in '08, cut spending and taxes, and shrink size of federal government.