Congress Looks at Puppies for Injured Veterans

I have nothing but respect for our wounded service people and they must have the best possible care.

That being said, however, the fact that a Congressman and a Senator spend time on this "legislation" while two foreign wars reel on out of control, we have no sensible energy policy, and hundreds of thousands of Americans lose jobs each month (in the midst of the deepest recession since 1929) is proof that the folks in D.C. have lost connection to reality.

While elephants are falling through the ceiling onto our heads, we're busily stomping ants on the floor.

The timid incompetents in Congress and the Executive branch alike are desperately clawing for ways to distract the voters from realizing that the monied corporatists are running the show, and the people and the Country be damned.

We have the best government money can buy, and it's doing exactly what it's been hired to do: ensuring that the status quo goes on and on and on so that profits to the defense contractors, health insurers and big pharmaceuticals, and the oil companies roll in strong and steady.

And when we stand by and watch Congress and the President embroiled in "issues" that are (frankly speaking) two or three pages down on the priority list without outrage or even complaint, then we are rationalizing. We are attempting to come to terms with the apparent loss of our ability to influence events in this Republic.

We cannot seem to end the wars or make sound energy policy or take effective action to restore stable, middle-class-supporting jobs for the majority of our people, despite electing a Democrat to the White House and putting solid Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress. So we get busily involved in little causes that make us feel good...that take our minds off the fact that America is in free fall domestically and internationally and we can't seem to get any change, no matter what.

It can be different. We can elect progressives to Congress who aren't bought, and who will vote for the tough choices that need to be made to benefit our Country, our People, and our Future.

And that's why I'm running for Congress.

www.holbertforcongress.com

Jim Holbert of KY 5:05PM August 19, 2009

Oprah did a show segment wherein the actress Glenn Close did an interview with a Vet with a brain injury who received a service dog who was one of many trained by inmates in a prison in a program called Puppies Behind Bars. Glenn Close went to the prison, interviewed the men and explained the program. The program in the prison appears to be a wonderful idea in that it not only helped the Vets but the inmates too. This link is part 1 of the interview and there are other videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pK-enFgSLA&NR=1

Diane 1:54PM August 19, 2009