Good timing. Halfway through their annual "August Recess," member of the U.S. Congress receive new polling data showing congressional approval ratings have reached an all-time low of 18%. That's lower then President Bush, lower than V.P. Cheney, lower than trial lawyers, used car salespersons and Michael Vick. Hitler had better numbers at the height of Worl War II.
But here's the ironic part. As they bask in their well-deserved condemnation, many members of congress are taking time to bash leaders of the Iraqi government for not doing a better job of putting that country together and moving forward. Granted, Iraq is no poster child for good government, but building a representative government from scratch is no easy task. If you don't believe it, reread your American history and see how close this country came to falling apart after winning its independence from Britian.
Iraq may never get its national act together, but the last people who need to comment on bad government are the members of the U.S. Congress. This is the ultimate case of the pot calling the kettle black.
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that's because they're not doing what they were elected to do. maybe they'll get their act together, maybe they won't. they don't have a lot of time.
maybe if they had done what they should have done, we wouldn't have needed the Patriot Act.
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Tenet’s C.I.A. Unprepared for Qaeda Threat, Report Says
The head of the C.I.A. was once in charge of all federal intelligence agencies. That was the case during Mr. Tenet’s tenure, and the report noted that he said as far back as 1998 that “we are at war” with Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
Mr. Tenet and his top aides failed to create “a documented, comprehensive plan to guide the counterterrorism effort at the intelligence community level.” One meeting “soon devolved into one of tactical and operation, rather than strategic, discussions,” the report said.
It concluded that Mr. Tenet “did not use all of his authorities” in leading a strategic effort against Osama bin Laden, and that “the management approach” within the C.I.A.’s counterterrorism center “had the effect of actively reinforcing the separation of responsibilities” among key units.
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