Good People Musings
I know a lot of good people. I mean, a lot of really good, thoughtful, kind, compassionate, dear people. This is not about them.
This is about a couple of people that I heard today that were such a resoundingly refreshing gust of crisp, cool and wonderful air that I feel the need to share.

Alan Grayson
You probably know him as the guy that said the republican health care plan is if you get sick, die quickly. Today I heard him in a committee meeting when he requested the opportunity to ask questions of Broun (Republican Rep from Georgia, I think) who has initiated legislation which, again, attempts to pull all funding from ACORN. He coolly asks if Broun knows what bills of attainer are. This is something specifically called out as unconstitutional as it attempts to spearhead legislation towards a particular entity in an effort to punish. Essentially, it is a way to bypass the judicial branch and the legal system. Grayson is repeatedly asked to relinquish his time to which he empathically says no - until he graciously cedes his time at 5 seconds. Broun squirms and fidgets whining about how this isn't that but it is blatantly obvious that this effort is exactly that and Grayson has the cohones to say so. Rock. Star.
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/

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Elizabeth Warren.
Yet another blissfully sensical, logical, graceful discussion regarding the financial institutions and how our government has enabled them to hijack the financial system. At one point she says that she teaches constitutional law at Harvard, yet she doesn't understand her credit card. She says that there is a perfectly legal line in every 30 to 45 page legal agreement attached to a credit card whereby it states that the credit card company can charge any amount, at any time for any reason and the holder is required by law to pay it. She said that every single item we touch, taste, feel, see is regulated to be safe and has basic standards to which it must adhere - i.e. toasters must be made in such a way that they don't blow up upon use, yet nothing like that exists for our financial system. Great. Woman.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/21/elizabeth-warren-speaks-w_n_329425.html

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