The Savage Republican

I caught just a snippet of CSPAN last night. There was Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, the House Minority Leader, with an easel and a list titled "Ethics..." plus something else in the title line. She of course was raging about Tom Delay, R-TX, House Majority Leader. I saw the Ethics presentation and left CSPAN.
For ANY House member, Repub or Demo, to even mention ethics and not murmur "Mea culpa..." is comic relief. The VERY first thing they do after taking their oath of office is to break their oath of office. What part of the phrase "Congress shall make no law..." do these people not understand?
I will now reveal why I call myself Amendment X:

"Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

This means Article 1, Section 8. Look it up.
This Amendment from the Bill of Rights was meant to guarantee that we would remain a republic, not a democracy.
It was meant to guarantee that Congress would not mandate how much water would flush from a toilet, outlaw the selling of oranges that were smaller than 3 1/8 inches in diameter, Social Security, tatoo removal programs, funded studies on the length of flight attendants noses and any of a myriad of other laws and regulations.
It was meant to trust that a citizenry could, and would run their own lives quite nicely, as long as they were protected from violence and fraud. Including violence and fraud from the government.

The other day I was stopped at the lights at Cty 42 and Hwy 13 looking north. It occured to me that there wasn't anything that I could lay my eyes on that was not taxed or regulated in some way shape or form. And I thought of this:

HE has erected a Multitude of new Offices, and sent hither Swarms of
Officers to harrass our People, and eat out their Substance. From the Declaration of Independence

Ethics...PUHLEASE!!! Just start with keeping your oath of office.