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01-14-2009 01:05 PM |
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I pray our new president is able to find some light with which to guide us in the next year. I pray Congress, all of Congress, wakes up and does what is best for all of us. I pray we see improvement in the status of our country in the next four years.
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While I believe in the Power of Prayer, I also believe that God helps those who help themselves.
The President is not the equivalent of an Old Testament prophet. He may have Teddy Roosevelt's "Bully Pulpit," but Congress controls what legislation is processed and the pursestrings as well. The President is not the public's ombudsman in DC.
Congress - that 9% approval rated group - will never "wake up." It as an institution has no reason to, as long as over 90% of the incumbents have over 15-20-30-40 in office. You will never see any "change" there without concurrent personnel change. |
