Schiavo and Iraq; Ban corporate campaign donations

...I have been reluctant to wade into the Terri Schiavo case...

This is an excellent view of the grandstanding that is happening among Republicans in Congress. The one comparison Kilgore fails to make is that Congressional Republicans that are pulling all stops to save a very sad case of coma-life after life are the same Republicans that are doing nothing to save very alive lives in IRAQ. Why don't they expend this much energy to bring American lives home? Who will protect the oil companies and developers profits?

I'm also beginning to notice a very obnoxious generational problem again. Boomers en masse aren't taking responsibility for their own social needs, let alone the generations that come after them. The Great Generation is dying, and with them a strong sense of civic responsibility. Those who remain are fighting for the generations after them, boomers are not. Boomers vote for tax cuts, and "screw you hippy."

By the way, we need to get corporate money out of politics NOW. Corporations spend MILLIONS each on politicians and parties which is exactly how the Arctic Wildlife Preserve got bought. Limit individuals to $1,000 each (make jail time mandatory for transgressors). Ban advertising. Give candidates a direct mail budget so that everybody has a cover letter from each candidate. Make the press accountable, have real debates, not day after day of fund raisers. It's really not that hard to make America a democracy.