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I want to wish Rick, inertiam, a very happy birthday.

You are a true gentleman, and I am honored to call you my friend.

Have a great day, old boy.

From The Associated Press

"WASHINGTON - Add political banishment to the list of problems confronting Rep. William Jefferson, ensnared in a bribery scandal that fellow Democrats hope to turn to their election-year advantage.
"Democrats are determined to hold a high ethical standard," the party's leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, said Thursday night after engineering a 99-58 vote of the rank and file that stripped Jefferson of his seat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee.

"This isn't about proof in the court of law. This is about an ethical standard," Pelosi said. "I wish that the White House would do the same."

Democrats long have accused Republicans of nourishing a "culture of corruption" in Congress, and signaled their desire to make ethics a key issue in their drive to win control of the House in the November elections."


So WAIT, FIFTY EIGHT Democratic congressmen thought that taking $100,000.00 in bribes was NOT an offense that was bad enough to be punished by the "slap on the wrist" of stripping him of his seat on a committee?? Over ONE THIRD of those voting.
What a cess pool.

-EDIT- There are two hundred and two Democratic congressmen. Over FORTY (or TWENTY percent) of them either abstained or were absent.

A few words about things I've learned, from yours truly

Knowledge comes from keeping your eyes and ears open.
Compassion comes from humility; understanding we're all alike.
Experience comes from driving yourself to try new things.
Wisdom comes from knowledge and experience tempered by compassion.