The Difficulty of Truth: My mom always taught me that if I couldn't say something nice that I shouldn't say anything at all. I have always tried my best to live by this philosophy, and even done so here (with the exception of the many hypocrisies of one particular politician). But tonight I was faced with a reality that really shocked me. I was reading a blog about pork spending in the last congress (the same that currently has a 18% approval rating). I have always been fascinated by how this stuff gets shoved through. Ms. Pelossi promised that the new Democratically controlled congress would be more open and honest and promised to reduce pork. For this reason (alone) I was glad to see a leader finally take such a stand, especially since she was talking about my money. It included a $2 million "porkmark" for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure in Johnstown, Pennsylvania by John Murtha. Turns out that no one could prove that this place even existed so it failed.

But what really woke my up was that 50 different bills were introduced to block either individual porkmarks, or strip the appropriations bill of all of them. And some good folks sat there with their score card and tabulated how each congressman voted. The Club for Growth posted some interesting results of those who voted to do away with the pork and those that didn't.

• Sixteen congressmen scored a perfect 100%, voting for all 50 anti-pork amendments. They are all Republicans.
• The average Republican score was 43%. The average Democratic score was 2%.
• The Democratic Freshmen scored an abysmal average score of 2%. Their Republican counterparts scored an average score of 78%.

So much for change. Reminds me of line by The Who, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss".

So while I might feel a bit of joy at seeing that the Republican's scored better than the Democrats, I was saddened to see my favorite conservative, Ron Lewis, scored 4%. Here is how the honorable men of Kentucky scored:

Davis, G. (R-KY-4) - 12%
Lewis, R. (R-KY-2) - 4%
Whitfield (R-KY-1) - 4%
Chandler (D-KY-6) - 2%
Yarmuth (D-KY-3) - 2%
Rogers, H. (R-KY-5) - 0%

My dad has been saying for sometime that it is time for a change, but that it isn't going to happen with the current two party system. I am starting to wonder if he is right. Twenty years since Roe V. Wade, millions of babies killed - no change. 12,000,000 illegal aliens in the country and the congress and senate can't pass a bill to do anything about it. Spending in congress going through the roof, and it gets worse every year. If I had the money I would run for congress myself.