I know people will say that not all politicians are corrupt, but based on what has been in the news lately, it is hard to believe. Let’s start with William Jefferson. Those that bribed him have admitted (or plead guilty, I can’t recall) to bribing him, but Jefferson says he wasn’t bribed despite the $90,000 in cash found in his freezer. Then you have other congressmen upset that the FBI searched his office. Are politicians above the law? The shouldn’t be, but sure act as they are. Why should congressmen have places that can’t be searched by the FBI with a search warrant? They shouldn’t.

Next, let’s take the case of congressmen flying on corporate jets and only paying first class airfare which obviously doesn’t come anywhere near the cost to operate the jet. That is corruption in my book. The problem with all this corruption is that congress makes up their own ethics rules and then “follows” them.

I used to say that I was apolitical (is that really a word?) in that I didn’t care much about politics. Now I can honestly say that I’m anti-political. I have a strong dislike for politicians and politics. A politicians main job is to get re-elected, so what incentive does he (or she) have to serve their constituents? Very little.