Yahoo! News – GOP Weighing New Concessions on Ethics: Keep voicing your opinions–we ARE making headway. I really hope that this is a turning point in the “madness” that has overcome the Republican party. The scary thing is that we are so much closer in proximity that we would care to admit.

I had a discussion with a friend last week–and, the Republicans and Democrats argue over miniscule differences in the shades of gray when compared to some of the other governments in history. For example, I have been reading a book about Hitler’s rise to power in Germany. In the early 1900’s, at the end of World War I, there were three active Socialist parties, a Communist party, and several other parties to boot. Each of those political parties were arguing from grossly different fundamental perspectives . . . while here, in the states, everyone believes in the Republic–the differences lie in what policies we choose to embrace.

On a More Somber Note

What have we here?

The White House denied that DeLay’s appearance with Bush was a way for the president to give the House leader a political boost.

‘I appreciate the leadership of Congressman Tom DeLay in working on important issues that matter to the country,’ Bush said before he spoke on the need to revamp Social Security.

At some point, the leadership of the Republican party is going to have to make some choices. This Tom DeLay fellow, is bad news. He allegedly takes illegal money, has created a ton of negative publicity for the Republicans, and has single-handedly thrown a pretty big wrench in this 4-year Republican power-grab. The smartest thing, in my opinion, would be to throw out the spoiled onion, and in doing so, save the whole bag of onions.

If the Republicans continue to make legislation that allows those in power get away with committing crimes and violating the constitution, they are really going to cause problems for themselves in the future–especially considering that ironically, it seems to be the Democrats who are calling for the reduction in the size of government, calling for a decrease of the deficit, and calling for someone to get a handle on the immigration issue. As soon as middle America realizes (if we can get them to watch news and not FOX) the values of Democrat policies, the winds of changes are going to fill a different set of sails.