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Myths and lies on the record
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| Contributor | Rob Brodner |
| Last Edited | Rob Brodner May 31, 2006 08:48am |
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| Category | Commentary |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Last week, Kenneth Lay was convicted of fraud. Prosecutor Sean Berkowitz said that sent a message: "No matter how rich and powerful you are, you have to play by the rules."
No matter how rich, maybe, but the truly powerful get to make their own rules.
Consider the Congressional Record. You probably think it's a record of what our representatives said or did. But that's a myth.
Every night that Congress is in session, stenographers take down every historic word and ship them off to the Government Printing Office. The printing office stays open all night to be sure the official record will be on every member's desk by the following morning. That sounds important.
But the Record isn't a record of what was said in Congress -- the politicians wouldn't subject themselves to that. The Record is a record of what the members want you to think they said.
That's fraud, twice over. It's a fraud on the public, which believes the millions Congress spends on the Record are spent to document what actually happens in Congress. And it's a fraud on those of you who think your congressman talked about you. |
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