I had a thought last night

[glatt]

Sure, there's a lot of negative stuff you can point to, but there's a lot of positive too. In today's paper is the story of how Sen. John McCain, a former victim of torture, was able to force the Bush administration to accept a bill outlawing torture. It's sad that there is even debate about this issue, but McCain isn't getting any kickbacks from the prisoners for pushing this bill through.

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by glatt

Sure, there's a lot of negative stuff you can point to, but there's a lot of positive too. In today's paper is the story of how Sen. John McCain, a former victim of torture, was able to force the Bush administration to accept a bill outlawing torture. It's sad that there is even debate about this issue, but McCain isn't getting any kickbacks from the prisoners for pushing this bill through.

I take no delight in dwelling on the negative and while I appreciate what John McCain is doing by embarassing Bush into signing this bill, I don't expect it will do anything more than push the torture squads further underground. Its not going to stop but we will stop hearing about it.

The only people who can refocus the motivation of politicians back to the best interests of the citizen majority are the very people who are motivated not to. There are some well-meaning people in DC but the infuence of self-interested wealth and the shift towards viewing the Constitution as in impediment to expedient and effective governance has drained my confidence in Federal and State elected officials.