disgust.. .politics

Ok yes I agree that grown men and women acting like spoiled rich kids and even spoiled rich kids acting like spoiled rich kids is disgusting and headache provocing... BUT... I do see the point here.

We are talking about state elected officials who only work paart of the year yet get paid for having worked the whole year... Now if they actually got everything done in that time frame I wouldnt care how much time they took off, but lets be real how many times in the past 5 years has NYS actually passed a budget on time let alone anything else?

Im sick of the grown men and women that WE elect into power doing what they want when they want and not really taking into consideration what the people who voted them in to represent them really want. How about on each representative's web page you put up the bills and what they mean in lay terms and let the constituents of that district vote on that person's web site and then that elected official can then vote along what the constituents want. Yes I realize many constituents probably wont go to the sites to even look let alone vote, but that is then their problem... it's like the saying goes if you dont vote you dont have the right to complain about who your officials are.

I say good for Spitzer for making these officials realize that they are there to do a job and if you dont get your work done in your 9-5 time then guess what you're staying late or taking it home with you. That's how it would be with any other job. Why do we let these ELECTED officials get away with it? Are they not there to represent the views of the majority of their district? Not to say and do what they need to get into office then just go about what they want? We need more business people in elected possitions and less politicans in office.

Enough is enough of these men and women manipulating the system to fit their own agendas.
The sadest part of all of this is that people rarely stand up and take notice of these things until there is something that affects them going on? Where are the elderly when their grandkids' schools loose funding? Where are the health care providers when factory jobs are going over-seas or to another state because they get tax breaks? Where are the Gays and Lesbians when it comes to issues like stem cell research and elder abuse? I could go on and on. It's time everyone stops and takes a look around not just in NYS but everywhere. We're being duped by the very people we as a whole are electing into power.

"If you're not angry you're not paying attention" - I have seen it as a bumper sticker and a tshirt... It should be EVERYWHERE.