[hellbender]

Absolutely right. Even the Republicans have no ethics anymore. Why? Because they went to the same schools, watched the same junk entertainment, read the same trashy magazines. Our culture is probably terminally ill. It's tragic that so many good people, like our heroic military personnel, are going to suffer along with the sheeple, but history (including the Biblical history of Israel) demonstrates that when nations abandon principle and become morally corrupt, the entire populace has to pay. Seems very unfair, but that's the way it is.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Don't forget that a large group of Republicans in the House (over 70 members) proposed a balanced budget with very specific programs to be cut or canceled. Also, in the Senate, people like Tom Coburn let the fight to cut pork barrel spending. We have a significant number of statesman like elected people in Congress, however, we need MORE like them.