The other thread got locked. I didnt mention politcal parties because it was irrelevant to the matter of Foley. The point is that there is another scandal in DC which the leaders in Congress knew about almost ayear ago.
Foley, as chairman of the Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, had introduced legislation in July to protect children from exploitation by adults over the Internet. He also sponsored other legislation designed to protect minors from abuse and neglect
reported Friday that Foley also engaged in a series of sexually explicit instant messages with current and former pages, all male. In one message, ABC said, Foley wrote to one page, "Do I make you a little horny?"
In another message, Foley wrote, "You in your boxers, too? ... Well, strip down and get relaxed."
The sad part of this is that folks in Congress knew of this about a year ago and chose not to do anything till the e-mails were made public. There was even a vote to allow the ethics commitee to decide if they wanted to investigate.
What is there to decide, if a fellow in his position is e-mailing and IMing underage kids with such trash he needs to go.
I guess this demonstrates that Congress is a veritable cesspool that is looking out for themselves at the expense of the people. A sign that we need to clean house and let the light of day in.
The point being that regardless of party or any party using a matter such as this as political leverage is just wrong. It pretty much speaks volumes about our represenatives in both parties in Congress. If some sat on it for almost a year to use it to make a political advantage or kept it quiet for a year to keep the advantage near the election that is just plain wrong.
Congress needs an enema........
Foley, as chairman of the Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, had introduced legislation in July to protect children from exploitation by adults over the Internet. He also sponsored other legislation designed to protect minors from abuse and neglect
reported Friday that Foley also engaged in a series of sexually explicit instant messages with current and former pages, all male. In one message, ABC said, Foley wrote to one page, "Do I make you a little horny?"
In another message, Foley wrote, "You in your boxers, too? ... Well, strip down and get relaxed."
The sad part of this is that folks in Congress knew of this about a year ago and chose not to do anything till the e-mails were made public. There was even a vote to allow the ethics commitee to decide if they wanted to investigate.
What is there to decide, if a fellow in his position is e-mailing and IMing underage kids with such trash he needs to go.
I guess this demonstrates that Congress is a veritable cesspool that is looking out for themselves at the expense of the people. A sign that we need to clean house and let the light of day in.
The point being that regardless of party or any party using a matter such as this as political leverage is just wrong. It pretty much speaks volumes about our represenatives in both parties in Congress. If some sat on it for almost a year to use it to make a political advantage or kept it quiet for a year to keep the advantage near the election that is just plain wrong.
Congress needs an enema........
