Don't Delay!

Let's Investigate Tom...Today!

Are you anything like me? I'm a guy who likes my government served straight up, hold the corruption, please. I've got no use for it.

But recent developments in the nation's capitol leave me shaking my head in disbelief. Or it would be disbelief if it weren't Tom Delay we were talking about. I've gotten to where I believe most anything about him.

The leader of the republican party in the House has been the subject of four separate ethics investigations. Ethics. Remember them? How does Mr. Delay reconcile his allegedly fundamentalist Christian beliefs with fundamentally corrupt behavior? And for that matter, how about his fundamentalist followers? Aren't they beginning to get a little uncomfortable about now? If you're going to err on the side of life, please also remember to err on the side of ethics!

Here's a handy site that's filled-to-overflowing with the transgressions of Tom Delay. The head of the Ethics Committee (Representative Joel Hefley) actually believed that he was supposed to help maintain Ethical standards in Congress instead of just be a figurehead, and did so. Boy, was he ever mistaken! Tom Delay (by way of Dennis Hastert) had him removed.

Interesting Tom Delay move #1: instead of changing your unethical behavior, change the head of the ethics committee!

Interesting Tom Delay move #2: Get rid of two Republican members of the committee who actually believed Delay had an obligation to behave ethically and replace them with two running buddies. Can you guess who one of them is? Well, it's none other than my very own living, breathing representative dedicated to the lower realms of mediocrity, Lamar Smith!

Question for you: do you think Lamar Smith's $10,000 contribution to Tom Delay's legal defense fund might signal that he's going to be an objective arbiter of Ethics? Letsee here...hell freezes over when?

And another question: could things get any worse? I suspect they can, even though that's awfully hard to believe!