Posted on 01/25/2006 8:56:09 AM PST by douglas-from-nyc
About 1 minute into his opening comments (non-prepared, just chatting with the Chairwoman Collins) – states that Lobby reform will probably be more contentious than recent intelligence reform brought about under her leadership –
Is this an unintentionally admission that he seeks to protect his wallet, more than protecting the American people?
To wit; if he is not of that mindset, why would he stain others with such a broad brush outrageous suggestion?
From my vantage point, it’s a case of the classic syndrome of the human mind…
If you’re a liar and a cheat – you have a tendancy to think people will lie and cheat…if you’re honest, you find it incredibly hard to understand the opposite mindset; and you would (most likely) out of the gate on any issue presume that your colleagues are approaching lobbying reform in the same ethical manner as yourself –
Praise for Senators Warner, Domenici and Coleman – some of the wisest comments thus far -
Long live the Aspen Institute!
Excellent insight. Thanks for posting this.
Conversely, most times the only way to catch a criminal, is to think like a criminal.
agreed, but this is certainly not that paradigm, that's a whole separate discussion and mostly plays to the issue of human intelligence being gutted during the Clinton Administration, when they did not want to use anyone for infiltration that had a nefarious background -
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