An intern is not a page. Very young, but at least an intern is an adult. This whole incident, which Hastert apparently knew about, is icing on the cake of this corrupt do nothing Congress. They need vacations to take breathers from receiving lobbying money and to campaign for their jobs. There's almost a seamless flow between industry and Congress; they're almost as one. Eric, what do you think about the book State of Denial? It's amazing that some people are still using words like empire for this country. Boy, do I hope we can do better in 2008. But Americans are so stupid I'll bet the Republicans get back in again, and they'll be voted in on security, again. Wanna bet? BTW, I heard Hastert interviewed a while ago. What a piece of nothing. He spent something like 10 minutes talking about [a seating arrangement for a meeting or some unbelievably inane thing]. Truly, it was like listening to your next door neighbor teacher/wrestling coach, which he once was, which is fine but he seems stuck there. It occurs to me that schools generally don't want to hear problems. If you don't deal with your own problems, the administration doesn't want to know you. Sounds like that's the approach he might have taken with Foley. > [Original Message] > From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 10/1/2006 10:56:43 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Ideology vs Experience > > >>Eric, are you trying to deflect attention away from the GOP? > > > If I were, I would have mentioned that other member of > Congress, a Democrat, Gary Studds, who actually had sex with > Congressional interns, and remarkably, had the gall to > remain in office and complete his term. > > It's a good thing I didn't mention that scumbag. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html